Ever done anything you didnt realize was stupid till after you did it?

Originally Posted by Kiwideus

My dad has old WW2 phones that you had to crank the handle to charge -they were portable phones and I got someone to hold the wires and I was really cranking them - that girl was crying hysterically but I could not tell if it was laughing or crying - I was electrocuting her and I was going faster. Ooops! Explains why she isn't so normal now

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Oh, got..to....catch..my....breath..... OMG, just like a "Three Stooges" movie in real life,..... ... your poor friend, but oh, what a sight! hehehe

Originally Posted by catsknowme

......PLEASE won't you tell? Curious minds want to know

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-and have them written in stone on the internet? -absosmurfly not!!!

YES!!! Mostly buying things! But the dumbest thing I did was get a tatoo that I HAD to have at the moment! I don't even like it!

Hmmm, I can't think of anything at the moment

Ok this happened in my twenties, it was the time when pastel coloured floral fashion was in...anyway so it was christmas, my brother bought me a lovely pair of trousers and matching top in soft pastel colours with floral design, I'd forgotton to buy something I needed for christmas dinner, so I thought i'd pop to the garage as they were open christmas day.
So I get showered, put on my make-up and do my hair nice, spray on some new gorgeous perfume i'd been given and go to the garage...not many people were about obviously but I was smug that I'd been turning lots of heads of those I had passed, guys must think I'm hot I think and the women must love my suit...so anyway about an hour later I get a phonecall from my brother and family, we exchange merry christmas and he thanks me for his gift, then I thank him and say its gorgeous then he says " We're really glad you love them, of course Pam picked them out and we know how much you love to snuggle up in pyjamas" and I have never lived it down, every christmas I get asked if i've been out in my pj's

Sure hope your leg heals up soon, Meagan! Please get to the Dr. if the infection doesn't improve very shortly!

If I began listing all the things I've done in my life that were stupid, I'd probably crash the server!

I've spent decades trying to beg cats to sit still on bathroom scales, only to have someone tell me a week ago that I should just weigh myself, then weigh myself holding the cat.

Unbelieveable. How did I not think of that?

Gareth! That's classic!

Originally Posted by Gareth

I've spent decades trying to beg cats to sit still on bathroom scales, only to have someone tell me a week ago that I should just weigh myself, then weigh myself holding the cat.

Unbelieveable. How did I not think of that?

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Well heck!
I do "stupid stuff" all the time now!(could be my age, you know, since I`m 55 now)
Anyho...I was talking on the phone when i did this...so maybe I was simply distracted....just the other day....what I did was... I put some left over grilled chicken in a small glass bowl, added a bit more BQ sauce and covered the dish with plastic wrap to put in the microwave for my lunch.
At the same time I was baking cookies in the oven....and the thought came to me (while I was still chatting to my friend) to wait a few minutes till the cookies were done, and with the oven still hot, I could heat the chicken in there instead, since i don`t really care that much for the taste of chicken heated in the microwave anyhow.
About 15 minutes later I went to get it out of the oven...and my glass bowl had "CRACKED" all over! It was`nt till I inspected a bit closer that I realized it was just the melted plastic wrap that I`d forgotten to remove before putting it in the oven!
Think that`s funny? Well see how silly you feel when the phone rings and you try to answer it...only to realize that you are answering the TV remote!!!
Don`t laugh too hard though....you`ll be old someday too...if you live long enough!

This happened a few weeks ago...

I had a particularly hectic day at work and came home exhausted. I remember thinking that I needed to water my pot plants on the patio, and how nice it would be to relax with a glass of wine and listen to some music.

I went into the kitchen and started to fill up my watering can (it's one of those 500ml ones).... with wine

I felt like such an idiot! good thing no one saw me do it!

Originally Posted by Gareth

I've spent decades trying to beg cats to sit still on bathroom scales, only to have someone tell me a week ago that I should just weigh myself, then weigh myself holding the cat.

Unbelieveable. How did I not think of that?

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I'm guilty of that one too. It was only a little while ago that I saw it mentioned in a thread on here....and now it seems so obvious!

My details on this one are a little sketchy (you'll see why, lol), but one time I was at Keith's apartment and there was something wrong with one of the torch lamps. I forget if it was a bulb or whether the knob was broken. So being nice I decided to try to fix it. Well of course I didn't unplug the lamp beforehand so when I went to look at it, I touched some sort of exposed metal that shouldn't have been exposed and wound up electrocuting myself! It wasn't too, too bad, but I do remember that my hand and arm were buzzing and shaking for about an hour afterwards, lol.

And just how much of the bottle did you drink BEFORE you filled the watering can? (He he he)....actually...now that I think of it maybe the watering can would make a great wine glass...probably could down it fast enough you would`nt even miss the music!

Well, this isn't actually my fault, but I can relate to catsknowme's electrocution story.....Before our basement was redone (which was when I was in 8th grade), the main family room down there had no windows, so it was obviously pretty much pitch black if the light wasn't on. I have a brother who is six years younger than me....at this time, I was about 10, so he was 4. Anyway, he couldn't turn the switch to turn the lamps down there on and off, and my dad is a real stickler for saving electricity (you don't leave lights on in empty rooms). To solve this problem, my brother, Scott would sometimes unscrew the lightbulb on lamps just enough to break the circuit and have the lamp go out. Well, anyway, I went down one day and the overhead light was burnt out, so I headed over to the table, feeling for the lamp. I went to turn it on....flicked the switch and....NOTHING. I figure Scott's been messing with the lamp, so I try to find the bulb, sort of blindly waving my hand over the top of the lamp. Turns out, the bulb has been COMPLETELY removed and, wouldn't you know it, I stuck my thumb directly into the socket. Yeah, that stung.....

Not as bad as when my little sister, Kate, tried to plug in the dryer and was touching the prongs....apparently she actually couldn't let go for a few seconds and may have passed out afterwards for a split second. She was completely fine, though, luckily.

Originally Posted by Leli

Not as bad as when my little sister, Kate, tried to plug in the dryer and was touching the prongs....apparently she actually couldn't let go for a few seconds and may have passed out afterwards for a split second. She was completely fine, though, luckily.

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My ex did that installing out clothes dryer. He plugged in the power cord, before the cord had been plugged into the dryer. When he sat the cord down the two ends touched and blew up in his face. There is a giant black burn mark(you know, like on cartoons when the blow something up and there is the black fraying out from a circle) on the kitchen floor. I dont think it did anything to him. But it was loud and I saw the flash from the living room.

Considering he works with electrical parts on airplanes... hmm...

And what we've learned from this thread is that people (myself included) can be real idiots when it comes to electricity!!

(responding to the original post) I usually fix ingrown hairs with a clean needle. Just the tip under the hair pulls it out from under the skin, then I pluck it out with tweezers so I don't risk focing it back under with the razor. If I do get pus on it (every now and then) I wash the area, wash my hands, and squeeze/pop it. Then a dab of Neosporin and it's good as new. Never had any more problem than that.

And my own stupid thing, kinda gross


The only time I ever did "surgery" on myself, it actually worked! I had toenail growing into the side of my big toe. It was extremely painful. And infected. I used cuticle scissors to cut the nail next to where it was VERY grown into the skin, and pulled the piece out with tweezers. Then I squeezed all the pus out, washed it very well, and used a q-tip to push Neosporin as far in as I could. As the nail started to grow, I took the pad off a bandaid, trimmed it to fit, and stuck it up under my toenail, so it would grow above the skin, rather than into it. It was sore for a while, and I had to get the pus out a couple more times, but now, 3 years later, it's fine. Not exactly shaped right, but it doesn't grow into the side of my toe anymore, and doesn't hurt! At one point, I couldn't even put socks on! Not fun in October, in Ohio!

Of course I've done lots more stupid things, not all of them resolved so well!


Amber

Originally Posted by fatkitties

(responding to the original post) I usually fix ingrown hairs with a clean needle. Just the tip under the hair pulls it out from under the skin, then I pluck it out with tweezers so I don't risk focing it back under with the razor. If I do get pus on it (every now and then) I wash the area, wash my hands, and squeeze/pop it. Then a dab of Neosporin and it's good as new. Never had any more problem than that.

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yea, that is how i usually take care of ingrown hairs, but my skin and stuff swelled up around it and the hair just seemed to have disappeared. so i cut it open to search for the hair and drain it. it seems to be doing okay, it hasnt changed alot in the past few days, i dont know if that is good or not, but we'll see

I tried to take a pan out of the oven...minus pot holders!! OUCH!!!