Your "I'm an idiot moment"

[megan4777]

I have 1...it's a doozy.

My really dumb moment was the other night when DH and I were watching a show that mentioned that someone was famous from "New Zealand, also on the continent of Australia."
I didn't believe that New Zealand was near Australia so I made DH look it up.

I'm REALLY dumb. I used to know where all the countries were (in h.s. ....only 10 yrs ago!) but now I'm a freaking moron.

My poor dh just kept asking me if I was serious while I made him look up where New Zealand was. I also found out that you don't have to actually be ON that body of land to be part of a continent.

I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY dumb.
I swear that I forgot EVERYTHING since I've had kids. In h.s. I excelled in English and Social Studies.!!
So, does anyone else have a REALLY dumb moment to share?

OK, I edited b/c I finally realized it's not "you're I'm an idiot moment"....it's your I'm an idiot moment...
yet another example of my IQ being below a fart

 

[canwegosoon]

oh...that's not too bad, I mean it's not like that comes up every day

 

[dreamergirl78]

Don't kick yourself. I have those "Shoulda had a V-*" moments all the time.
Here's one and it is Disney related too. I am pretty embarassed to say it but whatever...
So when we were staying at POP we had a 4th floor room and right on the corner of the stairs too. So of course me being an idiot, we walk up and down the stairs for a few days. At one of our DIS Pop meets I am talking about how the stairs are killing me. And someone asked why I didn't take the elevator? I said because they don't have elevators here. I seriously thought that one of the disadvantages to staying in a value was no elevators. Swear to God, I felt like the BIGGEST ditz ever. But then another gal at the meet said she didn't know there were stairs in the big yo-yo's and stuff so I felt a little better.

 

[nja33]

In high school I was in the choir. We were doing a folk song from Austria and the director asked where Austria was. I was having a good time, joking around with some friends, and piped up, "By Australia". The second it left my mouth I cracked up because I knew how terribly wrong I was.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

I had one happen the other nite at the CMAs. I was sitting about 9 rows up from the floor (great seats) beside a nice couple from St Louis. I noticed that the guy had this HUGE sparkly ring on with a red bird on the top so I asked him about it. He told me it was the 2004 Championship ring from the St Louis Cardinals - he is one of the coaches. My "date" (retired Navy guy) hears him and chimes in to say he is a Detroit fan. I chime in and say "well I'm a BENGALS fan!". Both guys look at me like I was nuts but didn't say a word. They chatted a bit over my head when a good 3 minutes later it dawned on me.... I started laughing and told the guys I had to "plead girl" because I just realized that the Cards were a BASEBALL team (the red bird sitting on a baseball bat on his ring should have been a clue!) and not a FOOTBALL team (like the Bengals).

Ok if it had been a HOCKEY team I would have been fine. Oh and apparently the Cardinals had a big year this year.... I had NO CLUE!

 

[Captain Brain]

I had one happen the other nite at the CMAs. I was sitting about 9 rows up from the floor (great seats) beside a nice couple from St Louis. I noticed that the guy had this HUGE sparkly ring on with a red bird on the top so I asked him about it. He told me it was the 2004 Championship ring from the St Louis Cardinals - he is one of the coaches. My "date" (retired Navy guy) hears him and chimes in to say he is a Detroit fan. I chime in and say "well I'm a BENGALS fan!". Both guys look at me like I was nuts but didn't say a word. They chatted a bit over my head when a good 3 minutes later it dawned on me.... I started laughing and told the guys I had to "plead girl" because I just realized that the Cards were a BASEBALL team (the red bird sitting on a baseball bat on his ring should have been a clue!) and not a FOOTBALL team (like the Bengals).

Ok if it had been a HOCKEY team I would have been fine. Oh and apparently the Cardinals had a big year this year.... I had NO CLUE!

The Cards won the World Series. I guess that you could call that a big year.

 

[Taylor]

This actually happened to a friend of mine about 20 years ago.

He boarded a plane to fly to Philadelphia. About half way there the flight attendant announced "Would Mr. John Smith (not his real name) please ring his call button?". He rang his button, and the attendant came up and asked "Mr. Smith, are you on your way to Philadephia?" He said yes. She said "No you're not, this plane is going to Boston." He actually boarded the wrong plane. Security wasn't so tight back then.

 

[First-timer]

ok so heres my dumb moment....... it was summer and i was mowing the lawn and i ran out of gas.... so i go to the garage and there are two cans one was blue and one was red. well the red one had spider webs on it and was very dirty but the blue one was nice and new... so...... i chose the blue one.... i fill it up and continue mowing the lawn... it back fires very loud!! and quits.... its dinner time anyway so i figure ill finnish after dinner..... i get back out and try to start the mower and i pull like 50 times and it is only 2 months old so its like brand new.... i am now swearing because it wont start.... (i dont normaly swear at all) so dh comes out and tries to start it and says we will just have to return it because its brand new.......... then i say" well i just filled it up with that gas over there" he looks and WOW did he yell!!!! he said thats not gas thats kerosine!!!!!!!!! i said ooooppppsssss i said why doesnt it say it on the can?? he showed me ...... it did in big raised letters that were the same color of the can....... then he taught me
blue = kerosine
red = gas
yellow = diesil


so he had to take the carborator off and drain it and clean it then it worked!!!

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

ok so heres my dumb moment....... it was summer and i was mowing the lawn and i ran out of gas.... so i go to the garage and there are two cans one was blue and one was red. well the red one had spider webs on it and was very dirty but the blue one was nice and new... so...... i chose the blue one.... i fill it up and continue mowing the lawn... it back fires very loud!! and quits.... its dinner time anyway so i figure ill finnish after dinner..... i get back out and try to start the mower and i pull like 50 times and it is only 2 months old so its like brand new.... i am now swearing because it wont start.... (i dont normaly swear at all) so dh comes out and tries to start it and says we will just have to return it because its brand new.......... then i say" well i just filled it up with that gas over there" he looks and WOW did he yell!!!! he said thats not gas thats kerosine!!!!!!!!! i said ooooppppsssss i said why doesnt it say it on the can?? he showed me ...... it did in big raised letters that were the same color of the can....... then he taught me
blue = kerosine
red = gas
yellow = diesil


so he had to take the carborator off and drain it and clean it then it worked!!!

I can't think of a better way to make sure that DH is the one that mows the grass from now on!

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I do!

I got my dad a shirt for Christmas, right? It has his favorite character from Star Wars on it - Watto.

My parents and I were talking about Christmas gifts this evening, when my dad complained that he wasn't going to get anything.

I blurted out "Oh but you have this shirt that you'll love so much, you'll take the one you're wearing right off and put this one on."

My mother screamed at me, but I had no idea why, as I had no clue as to the fact that I just had a blonde moment.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

1. I was tired and decided to take a short nap on the couch. I couldn't sleep too long, so I set the microwave for 40 minutes, and dozed off. Apparently you can't run the microwave without anything in it. DH was not amused. $40 idiot moment.

2. I love Christmas lights on our trees and bushes outside. But I dread putting them on because it takes forever to cover each light between the bushes with black electric tape. (And then taking it off later!) So, last Christmas my sister stopped over while I was taping up the lights. We talk as I am working for about 2 hours. I finally explain to her how I am going to invent something to slide over those bulbs. And she informs me, Hobby Lobby sells that already. I have wasted YEARS of my life messing around with that tape!

 

[monsterkitty]

My whole life is a duh! moment!

 

[Mumbling Jumba]

I just had it. I typed a long winded mumbling jumba monologue. I have no idea what I did looked away hit a button and turned back to it a blank screen.

I guess it just shows that it can happen at anytime.

 

[megan4777]

Noone else is an idiot, like me?

Ok, my next example (these will haunt me one day. At least they're documented for my children), is about 8 yrs ago. I couldn't figure out how many a couple was. You know when someone sends you to the store for, "a couple of onions" or "a couple of peppers." I never knew how many they wanted....2, 3...4??? how many?

I seriously didn't understand that, " a couple" was 2....Like a couple.

It hit me in the egg aisle of price chopper one day. I swear I still remember when I was standing in the eggs and said *outloud* "ohhhh, a COUPLE."

My dh swears I'm smart (he's VERY intelligent), but I know he's humouring me b/c I have a ton of these "duh" moments.

 

[Honu]

I very long time ago, I was 15 and completely and totally gaga over a senior guy, who was the "it guy" at our school. He was sitting alone at the pool and I worked up the guts to go over and sit with him. As we sat with our feet dangling in the water, he told me he had just been accepted to USC and was thinking about majoring in engineering. I glanced up and with stars in my eyes

and replied,
"I didn't know you have to go to college to drive a train."

 

[lulubelle]

I normally consider myself a pretty intelligent person, but I felt like an idiot when I said this...

DH's new boss (Charlie) invited us to his house Sat. night for snacks and drinks. While making our drinks, his wife introduces us to their two grown children, their spouses and three grandchildren (who are all there watching TV and visiting). About 1/2 hour later I say in front of the entire group, "wow Josh, I can really see the resemblance between you and your dad (refering to Charlie)". The room is silent and Josh says "Uhhh, Charlie is my father-in-law, I am married to his daughter". Later in conversation we learn that Charlie and Josh do not have a glowing relationship and are not very close. I was so embarrassed over my error and basically felt like A COMPLETE IDIOT - what was I thinking with that comment? Way to make a great impression on DH's new boss

 

[spazzyjazzy]

When I worked at Kmart I saw an old friend from high school. We were chatting and then I decided to ask her "So, when are you due?" She says I am not pregnant. OMG, I was so embaressed. She totally looked pregnant and I from then on I never ask that question even when it is very obvious that the person is pregnant.

 

[rie'smom]

Gosh,let me think,I have so many..........

 

[sydally9367]

My "I'm an idiot" moment came during Steve Irwin's memorial service that was shown on Animal Planet. I was watching it with DH and they showed the Prime Minister John Howard giving his condolences. Across the bottom of the screen, it said "The Hon. John Howard". Well, apparently I don't read well because I sat up and said "THAT GUY'S NAME IS THE HON!" I kept laughing and laughing because I was cracking jokes about The HON being a Star Wars character; I was greatly amused. Then DH starts cracking up and I thought it was because I am such a humorous genius..then he tells me "read that again"...I've never felt so silly in my life. DH will STILL call me and leave voice mails saying "Hi, it's THE HON, just calling to check on you!!" or sometimes "May the HON be with you"

 

[ashjohnson80]

This summer I went to visit my uncle, who has since passed away. We were sitting around talking and my mom said something about the name "Seavert" or "Ceavert" I'm not sure how it's spelled and how she thought it was a nice name. I said "Who on earth would want to name their child Seavert?!" My mom said, "Ash honey, didn't you realize that's your uncle's first name?" He started laughing. I said, "But I like it! I was just kidding!" And then we all got the giggles. D'oh! But I'm glad that I got to have that last funny moment with him.