Did you Do Anything DUMB Today???

bellaandme · May 7, 2010

I am very accident prone. I can hurt myself rolling over in bed at night, it's that bad. I'm also a little forgetful and sometimes have a hard time focusing on things. You need to know these facts before you get into the story of my "day".
I walk to work. It's a relatively safe neighborhood, but a little scary when I walk in the dark--which is every morning. So I recently bought a small can of pepper spray to carry with me. It fits nicely in my pocket and would be easy to get to if I needed it quickly. Then when I get to work I remove it and put it in my purse.
Well, the restaurant was very busy when I got there so I jumped right into work. I completely forgot the pepper spray in my pocket. Two hours later I noticed a really odd smell. It smelled like rubber cement. ..Anybody know where this is going?
Shortly after the smell hit me, my lips started burning and my eyes began to water a little bit. YES!!! the safety had come off and the pepper spray LEAKED in my pocket!!! Through my apron, through my pants onto my leg!!

Although I ran to the bathroom and tried to rinse everything off--the effects still lasted about 20 minutes. And I was never really hurt or in severe discomfort--I have a nice little chemical burn on my leg. My friends and i have this to laugh about for awhile--until I do something ELSE dumb to take its place
the thing that is suppose to protect me is that thing that is most dangerous to me!!
Has anyone done something silly or dumb that you want to share? Please say yes--don't leave me hanging...

fisheater · May 7, 2010

Oh my goodness. This happened to my mother only it was a bottle of mace that leaked on her leg and not pepper spray. I'm glad you're ok.

And a dumb thing I did recently... I put a half gallon of ice cream I just bought in the fridge and got a runny sticky mess when I found it later. Ooops!

gailc · May 7, 2010

Well I worked 13 hours yesterday and when driving home I went to change lanes-check the mirrors/blind spot and still missed seeing a van-thankfully they beeped their horn.

Today I did errands before work and told myself I didn't need my truck tarp as rained and the tarp will get wet. Well I bought 5 shrubs and had to jam in the cab of the truck!

bella_donna · May 7, 2010

The dumbest thing I ever did was a few years ago but still embarrases me....

I was running to catch a bus at the bus station, Well, it was pulling away (reversing out of the stop) so I jumped in front to catch the drivers attention,
(the curb was about a foot high in front of the bus) - only to slip on a patch of oil on the curb. So my reflexes made me grab something to break my fall - and that happened to be a windscreen wiper on the bus. So it had no choice but to stop for me

But I didn't break it!

When I got on the driver gave me a real mouthful - I sat there cringing until it was time to get off, it still makes me cringe now...

otto · May 7, 2010

I did something dumb yesterday. I drive an elderly lady around on Thursday mornings so she can live her life, hair dresser, doctors, stores, banks, you know.

She's 90 and can't walk very far so she has a handicap tag. I drive her car when doing for her. We parked in a city lot to go to the bank, and I forgot to put the handicap tag on the mirror.

Yep, came back out in 15 minutes with a $105 parking ticket on the car. I said we should go right to City Hall right now and find out what to do, since technically she IS legally allowed to park there. The clerk at the traffic violations window was as nice as she could be, gave us a form, told us what to do and advised us not to pay it on the spot (my charge wanted to, "not wanting to be a bother".) So we took it back to her house I filled out the form and sent it in.

I imagine it will be dismissed but I feel bad putting her through all the excitement. Or maybe she liked it.

ruthyb · May 7, 2010

I boiled an egg in my microwave

xx

bella_donna · May 7, 2010

Originally Posted by otto

I did something dumb yesterday. I drive an elderly lady around on Thursday mornings so she can live her life, hair dresser, doctors, stores, banks, you know.

She's 90 and can't walk very far so she has a handicap tag. I drive her car when doing for her. We parked in a city lot to go to the bank, and I forgot to put the handicap tag on the mirror.

Yep, came back out in 15 minutes with a $105 parking ticket on the car. I said we should go right to City Hall right now and find out what to do, since technically she IS legally allowed to park there. The clerk at the traffic violations window was as nice as she could be, gave us a form, told us what to do and advised us not to pay it on the spot (my charge wanted to, "not wanting to be a bother".) So we took it back to her house I filled out the form and sent it in.

I imagine it will be dismissed but I feel bad putting her through all the excitement. Or maybe she liked it.

Hehe, I think she probably enjoyed the diversion

starryeyedtiger · May 7, 2010

I almost fed my adult fancy goldfish "sushi" (baby fancy goldfish) a few minutes ago!

Last week they laid eggs on my Amazon Sword plant and I put the plant into a seperate tank. It had been a few days and nothing hatched, or so I thought! I told Jack that I didn't think the eggs had been fertilized and I asked him to put the plant back into the big tank while he was here with me.

(Ok background story- I had the Worst morning ever- what should have been a 30 minute Coronary CTA test took over 4 hours! 3 attempted IV sticks, 2 pills, 9 IV/med flushes (yes, 9) , and my heart rate still wouldn't slow down! Then, they went ahead with the test anyways. Worst morning and Coronary CTA EVER!) Soooo needless to say, I'm still a bit out of it! Since I was completly out of it and Jack was over here keeping an eye on me- he thankfully noticed that there were tons of tinsy little goldfish babies swimming around everywhere and he saved them and put them into a different tank!

I almost fed those poor little babies to the great big fancy goldfish

I'm SOO glad Jack was here and noticed them since I've been sick! They're all now in my "breeders tank" safe and sound!

cheylink · May 7, 2010

Originally Posted by Bellaandme

I am very accident prone. I can hurt myself rolling over in bed at night, it's that bad. I'm also a little forgetful and sometimes have a hard time focusing on things. You need to know these facts before you get into the story of my "day".
I walk to work. It's a relatively safe neighborhood, but a little scary when I walk in the dark--which is every morning. So I recently bought a small can of pepper spray to carry with me. It fits nicely in my pocket and would be easy to get to if I needed it quickly. Then when I get to work I remove it and put it in my purse.
Well, the restaurant was very busy when I got there so I jumped right into work. I completely forgot the pepper spray in my pocket. Two hours later I noticed a really odd smell. It smelled like rubber cement. ..Anybody know where this is going?
Shortly after the smell hit me, my lips started burning and my eyes began to water a little bit. YES!!! the safety had come off and the pepper spray LEAKED in my pocket!!! Through my apron, through my pants onto my leg!!

Although I ran to the bathroom and tried to rinse everything off--the effects still lasted about 20 minutes. And I was never really hurt or in severe discomfort--I have a nice little chemical burn on my leg. My friends and i have this to laugh about for awhile--until I do something ELSE dumb to take its place
the thing that is suppose to protect me is that thing that is most dangerous to me!!
Has anyone done something silly or dumb that you want to share? Please say yes--don't leave me hanging...

Oh my, that's more dangerous then "dumb". A pepper spray where the safety comes loose, not safe.....
Take it more as a learning experience then something to laugh at. Self defense courses are the best way to protect yourself.

Two days ago, I put the ice cream in the refrigerator

............Now that's dumb!

strange_wings · May 7, 2010

Not too much. Just the usual running into door frames and tripping over stuff. Though last night I was blowing on my spoon, a piece of potato fell off and had hot goulash splash up into my eye - I make my goulash with a lot of paprika and some cheyenne pepper since I can't get hot paprika around here. So that didn't feel too good.

cheylink · May 7, 2010

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Not too much. Just the usual running into door frames and tripping over stuff. Though last night I was blowing on my spoon, a piece of potato fall off and had hot goulash splash up into my eye - I make my goulash with a lot of paprika and some cheyenne pepper since I can't get hot paprika around here. So that didn't feel too good.

I really hope you mean Cayenne pepper.....

butzie · May 7, 2010

Naw! That would be the other day when I super glued my fingers to each hand. Both hands. At least not together.

catkiki · May 8, 2010

When I was in high school, I was in a play. I was in the girls dressing room changing into my costume. I was backing up, checking it out before I went to make-up. I spun around to go out and ran smack dab into a cement post! I had the biggest shiner ever! My poor eye was purple for a few days!

3catsn1dog · May 8, 2010

Mines not all that dumb since I have a tendancy to do something dumb daily and then forget about it when the next dumb thing happens. Anywhoooo...

This morning I woke up in a foul mood P.O.ed at BF because the jerk had the nerve to let an ant eater loose in the house and then mice, an aardvark, possums, and numerous other freaky animals got loose and where running all over the house while me and my daughters where screaming and the oldest had the anteater crawling around on her head sticking its long tongue out searching for ants..........The dumb part of it all...IT WAS A DREAM! and I was still furious at BF because he didnt listen to me when I said keep the lids on!

Needless to say I filled my idiot quotent for the day with that this morning........

No more Almond Joys before bed....Just added to my list of foods that instigate bad/freaky dreams!

krazy kat2 · May 8, 2010

I had a stun gun that had the cover velcroed to the top of it. I though that was stupid, because if you need it, you really don't have time to pull the velcro and remove the top. I took the top off, clipped it to my belt and covered it with a long shirt. The car I had at the time had a problem with the driver's door, so I had to slide across the seat to get out. I slid, the long shirt caught the stun gun, slid it off my belt under my butt and I sat down right on the button and could not get off of it. I was sitting in the car, shaking and chattering until I finally fell over off of the button and it turned off. DH was pumping gas and was laughing so hard he could not even get over to help me. I felt like someone had pinched me for a week.

jazzythecat · May 8, 2010

Well, not today but a few days ago I walked into a window, it was so clean

Jackz, Jazzy & Ginga.

cheylink · May 8, 2010

Originally Posted by JazzyTheCat

Well, not today but a few days ago I walked into a window, it was so clean

Jackz, Jazzy & Ginga.

Oh no! I have done that before, in front of my boyfriends family, I was so embarrassed

!

snake_lady · May 9, 2010

I haven't done anything physically dumb like the examples given....tho, I do do stupid things that I know I shouldn't be physically doing and end up paying for it....but thats me being stubborn.

Ummm, I seem to be doing emotionally dumb things as of late

Thats bout it for now....but the day is young. LOL

misty8723 · May 9, 2010

I just did something dumb that is going to cost me $150. I was making reservations on the airline web site, and trying to find the cheapest fare and also coordinate with my family coming back down here with me. The fares were changing minute to minute, so I finally got the best I could and made the reservations - only to find out I had us on two different flights on the second leg of the trip. Since this is the first time they've ever flown, the whole point of this exercise was for me to be with them on the flight down. So, I had to go in and change the reservation, for which they charged me $150! I couldn't get them to waive the fee either based on the circumstances. I'm so upset right now I could cry.

c1atsite · May 9, 2010

Originally Posted by krazy kat2

I had a stun gun that had the cover velcroed to the top of it. I though that was stupid, because if you need it, you really don't have time to pull the velcro and remove the top. I took the top off, clipped it to my belt and covered it with a long shirt. The car I had at the time had a problem with the driver's door, so I had to slide across the seat to get out. I slid, the long shirt caught the stun gun, slid it off my belt under my butt and I sat down right on the button and could not get off of it. I was sitting in the car, shaking and chattering until I finally fell over off of the button and it turned off. DH was pumping gas and was laughing so hard he could not even get over to help me. I felt like someone had pinched me for a week.

Krazykat - That's wild and crazy. Makes for a great dinner table story I'm sure - One you'll have forever

Originally Posted by Misty8723

I just did something dumb that is going to cost me $150. I was making reservations on the airline web site, and trying to find the cheapest fare and also coordinate with my family coming back down here with me. The fares were changing minute to minute, so I finally got the best I could and made the reservations - only to find out I had us on two different flights on the second leg of the trip. Since this is the first time they've ever flown, the whole point of this exercise was for me to be with them on the flight down. So, I had to go in and change the reservation, for which they charged me $150! I couldn't get them to waive the fee either based on the circumstances. I'm so upset right now I could cry.

I'm sorry Misty. I hope you'll recover the money from some other source. As a former co-worker would say, you lose money one way, then gain it back another.

As for my dumb thing,

I was browsing shops with a friend I hadn't seen in a long time. Well, along the way, we'd buy odds & ends like iced tea and magazines. - All at a fast pace too (because people in NYC walk very fast like they've got ants in their pants, thus, your pace tends to "match up" with the nearest crowd/motion) Well, a seller gives a plastic bag when you buy soda, etc. so I stuffed my change from a $20 into a plastic bag really fast (rushed by the fast pace of gogogo) and then I left the bag on the floor of a furniture shop we went into "just for fun"

(I was sitting on a sofa saying "Oh my, this sofa is so cool!" with no intention of buying it - So silly/absurd/insipid) .... Well, losing cash in a stupid plastic bag was not fun

and there was a magazine in that bag too. This is why I need to be more careful when I socialize because the giddyness can blind me to common sense/caution.

Anyway, this wasn't today. It was earlier this year.

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