The dumbest thing you ever did?

[Blackbird.]

EDIT: I hate airplane's too. When i had first gotten my ipod, i didn't know how to turn it off. We get on the plane and the flight attendant asks me to turn my ipod off. Not knowing i said "You have to wait until it shuts it self off" and she kept saying "turn it off". So every time she said that, id raise my voice a little bit and say the same thing as she was getting pissy with me. She finally stormed off and another, nicer, flight attendant came by and showed me how to turn it off.

You can't have iPod's on airplanes? (Sorry bout off-topicness but curious)

I can put in another dumb thing I did, I put my feet on the front pegs and i've never done that before and i paniced because at first it felt like i couldn't steer.... so I of course didn't think about the brake, no that's too logical, instead I slammed into a parked car flipped over the handlebars, then the hood of the car then landed on my back on the sidewalk. A good round of the wind knocked out of me and scared.

 

[wfooshee]

Learn to drive, n00b.

Um, DA's not exactly a teenager. He probably HAS learned to drive since that event.

Some of these responses are pathetic. "I hit my little toe" ?!

Lets talk about getting mom's new Dodge (Less than 7K miles) , 3/4 through a barrel roll before landing it. Lets talk about Deciding to join the Army, "Cuz Dad did it". Lets talk about experimenting with Cocaine and ending up in the the ER.

Some of you just haven't lived life to any degree.

Most of them just haven't had ENOUGH of it, yet; not like those of us in the second 20th of a millenium.

I can't say I ever wrecked my parent's car (I've actually never wrecked a car, period!) but I popped a tire off the rim racing around a friend's circular driveway. We had to be NASCAR boys, y'know. The wheel damage was difficult to explain. As was the overheated Toyota resulting from a clogged radiator, in turn resulting from racing a friend (in second place most of the time) down a muddy back-country road. I washed the car but neglected to clean under the hood, and got busted. Then there's the bodily fluids stain in my roommate's car's passenger seat, which I borrowed to take my girlfriend out to the woods for a bit. This is the same roommate whose new tires I flat-spotted when he told me to check the brakes out.

So give these kids time, they'll catch up.

 

[Barracuda]

You can't have iPod's on airplanes? (Sorry bout off-topicness but curious)

When you take off you can't have any electric device on to keep away interference. I find this rule quite stupid though because even a cell phone doesn't interfere with the planes radio communication (was tested by mythbusters)

 

[Diablomonkey]

Hmm lets see...

I would have to say the dumbest thing that I ever did/do is not knowing how long to wait until you ask out a girl that just got out of a relationship. I tend to wait to long and the next thing I know they are going out with someone else.

 

[Sage]

Um, DA's not exactly a teenager. He probably HAS learned to drive since that event.

And Blake’s not exactly an idiot. He posted that tongue-in-cheek.

Hate to disappoint you guys (especially AO ), but I can’t think of anything I’ve done that would merit a post. I’m prudent beyond anything you can believe – the last time I really hurt myself was 11 years ago, and all I did was slice my finger while trying to cut an orange.

 

[wfooshee]

And Blake’s not exactly an idiot. He posted that tongue-in-cheek.

Hate to disappoint you guys (especially AO ), but I can’t think of anything I’ve done that would merit a post. I’m prudent beyond anything you can believe – the last time I really hurt myself was 11 years ago, and all I did was slice my finger while trying to cut an orange.

See, that's what happens when you don't really know anybody. But geez, think about it! There's got to be SOMETHING not real bright there somewhere in your history.

 

[Der Alta]

I think this is definetly in the top ten of dumbest things.

@DA, maybe people have just lived to a smarter degree than some.

The title of the thread is "What's the dumbest thing you ever did?" not "What stupid things have you done in life?" Burning your hand while drunk, isn't the dumbest thing, its simply stupid. Setting Mom's car on fire because you were playing around with flaing arrows and a crossbow, is dumb.

Learn to drive, n00b.

Youngest brother was 16 at the time. Dirt road + Excessive speed + sharp corner + lack of driving ability = Barrel Roll. A combination of 4 stupid things = Dumbest.

 

[Barracuda]

I just thought of another stupid thing i did, that i think must have been the stupidest thing i've done

One day i was in my closet trying to get something on the shelf. I pull up a chair to help me, and once im standing on it, i pause for a good minute just staring at an empty light socket. I don't know why, but i put my finger in the light socket and pressed. My whole body went numb from the shock that i got and i fell off the chair, luckily just landing on the floor and not hitting anything.

 

[Touring Mars]

Hate to disappoint you guys (especially AO ), but I can’t think of anything I’ve done that would merit a post. I’m prudent beyond anything you can believe – the last time I really hurt myself was 11 years ago, and all I did was slice my finger while trying to cut an orange.

Don't worry, we'll get you eventually - and plus, you're at University now... it's only a matter of time..

*sends Sage a bottle of Jack Daniel's and a pair of roller skates*

Thinking about it more closely, Jack Daniel's has been involved in more than one incident which could easily be called my 'dumbest' moments - a couple of which I can't mention here (not least because it's too embarrassing) - although one event involved going to the Sheraton Hotel (a 5 star hotel) in Edinburgh with my mate Mark (after sharing a bottle of JD together at 3pm in the afternoon) wearing a luminous green vest and a suede shirt. We pretended that we were a rock group and proceeded to have a 'wander' around the hotel and ended up being chased out by security. Ah, them were the days...

 

[Omnis]

I’m prudent beyond anything you can believe...

I can believe that. You live on the edge of a mountain...

 

[Loon]

The title of the thread is "What's the dumbest thing you ever did?" not "What stupid things have you done in life?" Burning your hand while drunk, isn't the dumbest thing, its simply stupid. Setting Mom's car on fire because you were playing around with flaing arrows and a crossbow, is dumb.

I'm pretty certain that dumb and stupid are close to meaning the same thing.

 

[Duke]

I'm pretty certain that dumb and stupid are close to meaning the same thing.

It's a subtle distinction that the years will highlight for you, if you're lucky.

 

[Silverzone]

Heh, thought of a better one. I jumped right out of the back of a moving pickup truck going down the worst dirt+rock road I've ever seen. I rolled, and hit my head on a rock. It sucked majorly.

 

[Michael88]

1. Well, some time ago I believed that it would be no problem to drive on ice with my cycle at full speed, the result was a 3-times broken elbow, a broken hip and a world full of pain and a surgery.

Yes you can drive on ice with your cycle, but please dont do it without protection!

2. Running around in the house after drinking some beer; falling down and my chin hit a tabletop and I almost bit off my tongue. Result was a mouth full of blood and a nice surgery. I dont have to mention that my chin was blue and sore for a week and I had problems with speaking for two months.

 

[Jondot]

*sends Sage a bottle of Jack Daniel's and a pair of roller skates*

*Sends his neighbour a video camera*

I don't know really. I have lots of small things, and anything really dumb I don't want to say. One thing that does stick in my mind, however, was with one of my previous phones.

Remember these Nokias? They're totally waterproof, you see, so when I got one I just had to go and show off by dropping it in my drink... and leaving it there. Sadly, what I hadn't realised was that I hadn't pressed in the little rubber flap thing that stopped water getting into the vulnerable bit where you plug in the charger. Yeah...

So, when I pulled my new phone out of the glass of Coke, I wasn't so pleased, and found one dead (but delicious) Nokia... Three days that phone lasted me



I got one of these a few years ago, and was delighted by the fact that it was totally waterproof. So, 3 days after I got it, I was showing off to some friends and dropped it in my glass. I left it there for a minute or so, safe in the knowledge that it was completely waterproof. And it was...

...apart from the bit where you plug it in at the bottom. Geniously, I hadn't actually pressed in the little rubber flap at the bottom, and so when I pulled it out

 

[Venari]

In a car... blind crest in the wet too fast just after I'd had my rear suspension reset to factory (when it used to have lots of negative camber.)

Road went right, so did I, then had to go a lot left, then a lot right, then it kinda went over and over. Exit one of the 62 UK spec VW Golf Rallye G60 SEs. I miss that car. Dumb.

And slightly sillier, I was using an electrical power transformer which I had taken out of its case inside a cupboard. It was turned with the terminals facing out, so the control was on the front. To use it, I had my hand inside the cupboard, resting on top of the transformer. The other thing on top of the transformer was the 240 volt solder tags. So, I relaxed, rested my wrist on the top, got electrocuted across the wrist, which made me pull my hand up really quick. I smashed my hand into the top of the cupboard, which made me slam my hand back down onto the transformer with such force I actually stabbed myself with the two soldered terminals... which then (of course) proceeded to electrocute me again.

 

[Loon]

It's a subtle distinction that the years will highlight for you, if you're lucky.

If I'm lucky I'll roll a car or try cocaine, all so I can say I lived life to the fullest extent possible?

I'll pass.

 

[Duke]

If I'm lucky I'll roll a car or try cocaine, all so I can say I lived life to the fullest extent possible?

I'll pass.

All I said was that there was a subtle distinction between stupid and dumb, not that either of them was SMART.

 

[Loon]

All I said was that there was a subtle distinction between stupid and dumb, not that either of them was SMART.

I suppose I took you wrong. I Just don't think that there's that a big a difference to sort things you've done wrong into stupid, and into dumb, they're just too similar to be considered so different.

 

[Sage]

Though I can’t personally contribute much, if you want to hear several really good stories involving stupidity, here are my two favorite Penn Radio episodes:

In a Cage with a Million Bees, The Monkey and the Dwarf (click on Prev to continue the Monkey/Dwarf story)

The Blowdryer Story

 

[OZZYGT]

I suppose I took you wrong. I Just don't think that there's that a big a difference to sort things you've done wrong into stupid, and into dumb, they're just too similar to be considered so different.

I think you're taking it too literary Loon.

DA meant "dumb" as something foolish, ignorant, naive you did that was of course, related to some stupidity, that may have had a big effect in your life, not only at that moment but also later on, and that you're probably still regreting it now.

My case for example: I refused to take guitar lessons when I was like 13, and that was sooooo dumb, cause by now I could have been good at something that I love...which is creating music. Now, I just don't the enought time to dedicate it to music, so I wish I took those classes.

That was dumb.

Now, last week, I was at a rock concert and I had a lot of drinks by when the mosh-pit started so it was a good idea to stay out, specially if I barely knew where I was standing at. I, however, got in. BIG mistake...

That was stupid, and something that I may forget in months.

Falling off your bicycle, and cheat on your possible soul mate, are 2 different things.


Get it?

 

[Loon]

Ok that makes sense to me.

Dumb things have long lasting effects. While stupid things are less prone to effect you 5-10 years from now.

Right?

 

[OZZYGT]

Ok that makes sense to me.

Dumb things have long lasting effects. While stupid things are less prone to effect you 5-10 years from now.

Right?

It's not like there's a specific rule for both words, but if the thread tittle states "The dumbest thing you ever did", then it basically means the biggest mistake you've ever done, It may be stupid or dumb or idiotic, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't post something like "ohh, last time I went to Wendy's I didn't turn off my car's engine and just left it there with the keys on while I was eating inside". I mean, those are ocassional mistakes that you may or may not do. But again, this is not what this thread is about.

 

[Sarebear]

Dumbest things I've ever done include letting nice girls get away and getting involved with bitches.

Sorry to tell you this but there are no such things as nice girls. we are all bitches.

 

[Driving Park]

The dumbest thing I ever did?

I was 8 and at a friends house. We were playing something, I don't remember what, but for some reason my friend was swinging a golf club at the grass as hard as I could. Here's what I did: I walked too close to him and the golf club smashed into my eye. Now, my friend's house was on the other end of our section of the neighborhood from our house. My mom was in our house, and she heard my scream. I had a black eye, and after the fact, there was a red ring around my eye because the club had shoved my glasses into my eye. It's a wonder they didn't break!

:-)

 

[Blake]

And Blake’s not exactly an idiot.

That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

…the last time I really hurt myself was 11 years ago, and all I did was slice my finger while trying to cut an orange.

Dear god man, you need to have something to drink!

*sends Sage a bottle of Jack Daniel's and a pair of roller skates*

While you’re sending free booze I’ll have some Jim Beam, too. Thanks.

Meanwhile, I’ll echo everyone who has mentioned not telling a girl how they felt.

 

[Sage]

Dear god man, you need to have something to drink!

Why do you think I avoid drinking in the first place?

 

[Keef]

While we're on the subject, I made a stupid mistake Wednesday night. Or maybe it started Tuesday night, because I got drunk then. And then I got really drunk Wednesday. Like, so drunk that I felt like the flu x3, spent all Thursday completely exhuasted, and started feeling better around 3 pm on Friday. Two more days to heal...

And some dumb things I've done recently involved females and "relationships". I'm not sure what I did that was dumb, but it was dumb. Whatever.

 

[1X83Z]

Dumbest thing I ever did was post an actual answer to a thread like this on another forum.

Why was that so dumb, Duke?

 

[Jay]

Hard to single out a single dumbest thing.

You only lost it for 3 months after going 113km/h over the speed limit? Here that'd be at least 12 months gone. I lost mine for 3 months for "just" doing 42 km/h over the speed limit..

And I didn't lose mine at all for getting caught doing 71km/h over when I was 18 on my Provisional license.