The 'stupidest' thing you've ever done?

[noseybuddy]

I was about 19 or 20 yrs old. A friend of mine came over to pick me up. We were going to a party or something, can't remember exactly. Well I was upstairs still getting dressed. I was all ready expect for the shirt I wanted to wear. Had on my Jeans, my Candies and then remembered that my shirt was in the laundry room. So I didn't feel like putting something over me just to run down stairs so I just held something over the front of my chest. So I started down the stairs (maybe to steps down) with my hand holding something over my chest and my other hand, so I thought holding onto the railing and all of a sudden I went tumbling head first down the stairs. I mean I just rolled all the way down. There were 11 steps left and I hit everyone going down. I landed on the livingroom floor flat on my back with just me, my jeans, my candies and my bra. I will never forget that. My poor friend I know wanted to laugh but made sure I was ok first.

 

[Stacerita]

This next one is by far the worst and I have not told this story to many people. You men out there may not want to read this. The first time that my “friend” came to visit my mother gave me a package of pads that she had bought for me. I don’t know what I was thinking, but when I peeled the backing off of the adhesive strip I proceeded to stick the pad onto myself instead of to my underwear. Need I say more?

Just go with "i was young and didn't know better"

 

[chi_girl]

Thanks everyone. These are great! I’m sure it’ll put a smile on my sister’s face. I just got off the phone with her, and she is still bummed.

I started writing an email to my sister this afternoon with all the stupid things I’ve done in my life, and it wasn’t pretty. Most of the stupid things I’ve done in my life, were really really stupid (The kind of like - why would anyone do such a stupid thing?) and not that funny.

Here are some of the highlights:

- Stole the headmasters car (before I had a license) to meet some friends, and had it promptly stolen from the parking lot of a nightclub.
- While attempting to sneak out one night, tripped over my 3 inch heals and fell down the stairs. That one was hard to talk my way out of.
- Skied during a snowstorm off-piste (we figured it’d save time getting down the hill), lost my balance, and hit a tree. It was even worse (for my friends - I actually didn't get in any trouble) because we didn’t have permission to leave campus that day.
- At my first ‘feminine’ appointment, I was so nervous that I peed on the gyno, and in the same nature, during a very traumatic dentist appointment (I knocked out two of my teeth) I threw-up on the dentist.
- Threw up on a rollercoaster – on my boyfriend – and he still married me. (Are we seeing a trend here?)
- Besides the (already mentioned) hitchhiking through Serbia , my Dsis (2 years older), some friends, and I hitchhiked through much of Europe. What my parenting were thinking when they gave Dsis permission to check me out of school, I will never understand.

The stories could go on and on. I was such a rebel as a teen, and was getting in trouble every other week.

 

[MoniqueU]

When I was in Jr high I used nair to "wax" my eyebrows. Naturally the stuff got all over the wrong place and I left it on too long. I had chemical burnis for eye brows for a LONG time.
I don't even want to talk about all my driving issues. I am no longer allowed to drive due to an eye disease but before I found out about it it was just plaiin ugly on the roads for me. I was so stressed out driving and didn't know why I would do all sorts of whacky stuff that would distract me from my stress.
Ironing a shirt on a glass table I never would of thought that would cause a table to explode!!

 

[chi_girl]

Hahaha - I forgot about this... The first time I wanted to shave my underarms, my roommate talked me into using nair instead. Boy was that painfull. I think I kept my arms up for the nite.

 

[noseybuddy]

Well I didn't do this, but my BF did. I think this is the stupidest thing ever. She has a free standing gas/range. On the bottom it has a drawer. You store your broiler pan in there when it is not being used. Well she thought that was where you put the meat to broil it and stuck it in there. She kept coming back to check on it and couldn't understand why it wasn't done. She even thought that it was broke. I still laugh at that.

 

[monarchsfan16]

during a very traumatic dentist appointment (I knocked out two of my teeth) I threw-up on the dentist.

When I was younger I threw up EVERY time I went to the dentist. Generally ON the dentist. My sister would either bite them or wet her pants. It's no wonder he retired so early
In April I was driving home from school. Our driveway is just below the top of a hill, part way around a curve (follow that). Just before my next door neighbor's driveway, there was a car in a ditch and a cop was getting out of his car to help out. I was paying a little too much attention to that as I turned into our driveway. We have these metal posts, filled with cement on either side of our driveway (they used to be part of a fencing system back when our road was all cattle fields 100 years ago). Well, I cut the wheel too tight because I was looking up the hill and turning right at the same time (sort of in the direction of the action up the street) and sideswiped the pole. As I bounced off the pole (and that hit produced a VERY loud slamming noise), I could see the cop turning to see what had happened What a wonderful way to start vacation

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Ummm... I took prescription painkillers, had several x-rays, got into an extremely hot jacuzzi as part of physical therapy, attempted to change my clothes after the jacuzzi - in a sport's clinic full of men, and passed out, rolling thru the bar-style doors, butt-naked, in front of the men getting massages.

Found out one day later, that I was pregnant. I had no clue. Talk about a pregnancy of worries. I think I broke almost every pregnancy cardinal rule!

 

[macraven]

Ok, I add a car-related story. Last week (I can't believe I am posting this) I was driving into the parking ramp at work and I scrapped my mirror on the ticket machine. sigh.....

you lucky ducky......only scrapped your mirror

i knocked the entire sucker off............lost the side mirror and dented the car..........it was a new car only 2 weeks old........


if it would make your sis feel better i could tell my other stupid things i have done but afraid i would get arrested.........they aren't car related.

 

[Sparx]

I blew up a can of cooking spray on the stove and nearly killed my mom. A ball of flaming oil was sent flying across the room to where she was standing just a few seconds before. the room was covered in oil. THe can is still lodged in the celing.

I mixed up the dishwasher soap and the regular soap. need I say more?

I nearly blew up the vacuum. I forgot to empty out the dust container and it got full and started making a really scary sound. I emptied it out fast!

I was cleaning and I carried down some plates from upstairs and I sliped and got 87 stiches.

There are so many more, lets just say that I'm not Domestic in any sence of the word!

 

[laurie31]

Well, I can't top the leaving someone stranded in another country without money and ID story (sorry, but ) but here are mine.

and yeah...I'm worried about the Tag Fairy bait factor, too, but hey - he/she/it missed the Fart Thread, so maybe this will be safe.

Coming home from work one night, I was listening to a good song on the radio. I had it up pretty loud and turned into my garage and stepped on the gas to drive inside in time with the beat. Only the beat wasn't in time with my turn and I drove into the side of my house. Got to pay the deductable on the car AND the homeowner's insurance.

Now for DH's car stupid car story. On DD1's first Easter, we had 20 million things to do and nothing was going right. She was only 6 months old and I had bought her Easter dress before she was even born. I was so excited for her to wear it. Well, wouldn't you know, she spit up all over it as we were walking out the door. We had to go to church in separate cars as I had to go straight to work from church. So I cleaned up DD as fast as I could, put her in my car, and we were off. DH was right behind me. Or so I thought. When he didn't catch up to me, I pulled over and waited for him. Finally I went back to the house. In his rush to leave (he cannot STAND to be late for anything, and he COULDN'T be late that morning, as he does the sound for our church and we were doing a big musical drama for Easter!) he had cut too close coming out of the garage and hit his mirror on the side. Okay, not good, but why is he still here? He bent the railing of the garage door so it couldn't close, and the door from the garage into the house didn't lock. The only way to lock the house was to close the garage door. So he's desperately trying to unbend the railing with a pair of pliers trying to get the door to shut so we can leave. I try to tell him it would be okay to leave it up "just this once" but we lived in Birmingham then (not in an unsafe area, but not the kind of place where you leave your house unlocked either) and DH wouldn't hear of it. Our home owner's insurance has a clause that if we leave the house unlocked, we're not convered for theft! So, there we were, late for church, with a crying baby, trying to make repairs to our garage. Believe it or not, the day only got worse from there!

Laurie

 

[jonestavern]

When I was in college I went to D’Angelos for lunch one day with some friends. When I went to pay instead of pulling out a bill I took out a feminine hygiene product. Naturally the cashier was a young guy. I was mortified!

This next one is by far the worst and I have not told this story to many people. You men out there may not want to read this. The first time that my “friend” came to visit my mother gave me a package of pads that she had bought for me. I don’t know what I was thinking, but when I peeled the backing off of the adhesive strip I proceeded to stick the pad onto myself instead of to my underwear. Need I say more?

I'm laughing so much tears are rolling down my face!

Oooh, here's one..
when DSis & BIL were newlyweds they were feeling a little frisky while in the shower. they decided spraying shaving cream on their ummm..naughty bits would be sensuous. Well, the shaving cream was mentholated!
they felt very freshened for excruciating hours later!

Jean

 

[figment52]

I didn't do it but it happened to me.

My DBIL was backing out of his driveway, not looking where he was going, and backed right into my 6 week old PT Cruiser that I waited 10 months for (when they first came out). It was a two car garage/driveway and I was on the other side. About nine months later, I slipped and parked in the driveway again, just bout the same spot and you guessed it, he did it again.

You have to know the entire family teased him constantly and none of us parked in the driveway for months. Between the two accidents my boss, who my BIL knew, backed into his DD's car (with that 'something too close to the bumper alarm going off') and BIL teased him about needing to go to drivers ed. When BIL hit my car again my boss called him and offered to car pool to drivers ed.

I only park in the driveway if I know he is out of town, or if I do park there I move it if he starts to leave.

 

[Blondy876]

I have so many to choose from. Here's a couple:

1. I cut my finger tip off in a folding chair when I was 10. Not only stupid but left a lasting scar.

2. I got a 4 inch splinter in my tush 2 weeks before my wedding.

3. (And probably the best) I got caught sunbathing topless by the pizza delivery guy.

 

[LadyyRedd]

In the cooler months, I always keep a 12 pack of Diet Rite soda in my car, so if I get lunch on the go or anything, I always have a drink that I want. They always stay cold and have never had any problems (can you see where this is going?). On a Jan trip to WDW, I took one out of the box and put it in the can holder so I'd have a nice cold drink ready for the drive back from the airport.

By the time we'd gotten back, I'd forgotten all about putting that can there. Opened the passenger door and couldn't figure out why there was brown stuff all over the door, dash, and window.

Suddenly it hit me. The can had frozen and exploded!

My sister has never let me forget.

Kimya

 

[monarchsfan16]

My mom set the smoke detector off boiling water. And since the smoke detector is hard wired to the alarm system the fire chief showed up (even better he's dad of my sister's best friend...), and the rest of the fire department was dispatched (luckily the chief got here first and told them to go back to the station).
BTW, my mom is a home ec teacher

 

[Skywalker]

Cooking related story here.

I was making an oven roast, the kind where the directions said to put a little water in the bottom of the pan. It said that if the pan was becoming too dried out, add a little more water. Okay. Well, it NEVER said that the water you add should be hot so...

I took the roast out of the oven, decided it was not done and a little dry, so I poured some cold water onto it....

Seems that cold water + 500 degree pyrex roasting pan = explosion.

Who knew?

The pan litterally shattered and spewed across the room, and the roast beef shot up in the air. The pieces of the pan melted the floor tiles in a scattered pattern throughout the kitchen (and are still prominent...dang we have to replace that floor.)

The roast beef landed in the dog's water bowl.

Of course, we had guests in the next room who all ran in all concerned and yelling "What the heck was THAT?"

I still get asked for my special recipe for Exploding Roast Beef.

 

[Forevryoung]

Car story: My dad is NOT a morning person. One morning the alarm repair guy (a friend of the family's) was at our house fixing the alarm. My dad said hello to him, grabbed his normal glass of oj and proceeded to back his car into the repair guys car pulling out of the garage . It took more than a thousand dollars to fix both cars.

I say dumb stuff all the time (it's the blonde)-
Ski Club Member: "Would you like to join the ski team?"
Me: "Ummm it's warm out" (It was the end of Sept)
Ski Club Member: "Dont worry, we wait till there is snow on the ground"

I took a flier and realized my comment made no sense.

 

[chrisney]

Have to tell this one. I was taking my dog to get his stitches out...knowing that he gets sick in the car. He was up front on the passengers seat when he leaned toward me and proceeded to throw up right into my purse. In an attempt to redirect the stream, I drove into the curb, flattening not one but two of my tires in a strictly residential neighborhood.
In the purse? My cel phone and license (along with everything else). I had to leave the car, gingerly dig out my AAA card and search for a house that might have someone 1) who was home and 2) who would open the door to a stranger. On the fourth or fifth attempt, a lovely older gentleman allowed me to use his phone (I had asked only that he call AAA for me) and I called my husband, crying. After he got done laughing, he said he'd come get the dog and would call AAA for me. The older guy asked if I wanted his maid to come help me clean, and gave me paper towels and a couple of trash bags.
So my husband came and got the dog as I sat by the side of the road trying to salvage things from my purse. He then waved as he went by a few minutes later, having gotten the stitches out. And then, he went back to work!
I had to wait for a tow, and then walk through the dealership with plastic bags full of stinking contents to rent a car. I'm sure they had to fumigate the rental office after I dug out my license (surprised they rented to me at all!) I promised to be better the next day when I returned it.
The cel phone was totalled, as was my purse and much of the contents.
The dog no longer rides up front. And the d*** dog has yet to throw up in any car but mine.
One of those days when life just isn't fair...

 

[dumboiu]

This next one is by far the worst and I have not told this story to many people. You men out there may not want to read this. The first time that my “friend” came to visit my mother gave me a package of pads that she had bought for me. I don’t know what I was thinking, but when I peeled the backing off of the adhesive strip I proceeded to stick the pad onto myself instead of to my underwear. Need I say more?

now that is funny....