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I'm a pretty intelligent person, and I like to think that I know a fair bit about cars....

Which is why I put twice the need amount of oil in my car this morning.

Now it's doing odd things and it may be pretty broken.

So, £40 worth of fuel, and another £40 on the mechanic who is on his way.

I'm pretty depressed now, so cheer me up by showing me I'm not the only fool in the world.

Big mistakes I've made? Hmm, well, pick a random day between when I was 15 and when I was 25.

I logged on.

I don't make mistakes, I unintentionally give myself learning opportunities :p

There is a two-year period of my life that was pretty much one continuous mistake from beginning to end.

I won't go into the gorey details. Let me just say that when you're so tight with your drug dealer that he greets you with a hug, you may have a problem.

I won't go into the gorey details. Let me just say that when you're so tight with your drug dealer that he greets you with a hug, you may have a problem.

Hug? Try your drug dealer being your girlfriend...who is also your political science TA, and the one who grades you.

Then dump her...

I don't make mistakes, I unintentionally give myself learning opportunities :p

I like to look at it that way when I can.

Today was just stupidity.

There is a two-year period of my life that was pretty much one continuous mistake from beginning to end.

I won't go into the gorey details. Let me just say that when you're so tight with your drug dealer that he greets you with a hug, you may have a problem.

Hm. I've known a few people like that. Nice to see that you're out of that period.

Yer ma.

Oh, I kill me.

I found out very recently that if you don't know, you shouldn't ask. Nothing but pain and anger and resentment and more pain come from knowing.

Played dodgeball...

... but with motor vehicles...

... in fog.

Hug? Try your drug dealer being your girlfriend...who is also your political science TA, and the one who grades you.

Then dump her...
Ouch. Why do I suspect that you didn't do well in polisci?
My friend Dan used to have a catch phrase that he'd bust out every time one of us did something catastrophically stupid:

"Ooh, is it time for another Learning Moment, children?"
Nice.

I "learned" much more after school than I ever did during school...

Not so nice.

I used to believe in God. Had to say it. Just to annoy the theists, or the ones who can't take a joke, anyway.

And one time, in high school chemistry, we were doing some thing in which we ended up with a bunch of butane trapped in upside down beakers. I want to say we we had been doing something with pressure or something like that.

Anyway I had a genius idea. Still holding the beaker upside down, so that the gas couldn't escape, I called over to one of my lab partners. "Hey, get over here. I have an idea." Now, this guy wasn't... the brightest student in the class. But I tell him "okay, you still have that lighter that we were using for this?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, stick it up into the beaker, and light it."
"Why?"
"... You'll see."

He does. :D

As I run off to the sink, the teacher just looks at me, and shakes his head sadly. "You dumbasses, stop fucking around." But he couldn't really hide his slight grin about it.

So, yeah, I could have set the school on fire or something because I was fucking around in Chemistry. :D

I don't make mistakes, I unintentionally give myself learning opportunities :p
My friend Dan used to have a catch phrase that he'd bust out every time one of us did something catastrophically stupid:

"Ooh, is it time for another Learning Moment, children?"

I "learned" much more after school than I ever did during school...

Hug? Try your drug dealer being your girlfriend...who is also your political science TA, and the one who grades you.

Then dump her...

Heheh or your drug dealer being your.....Mum!

I don't make mistakes, I unintentionally give myself learning opportunities :p

THAT just made my day. I've got to remember that phrase and present my BF in an argument with it one day... just to see the face.

Big mistakes? Well, I was born... and then I fell in love with a certain married asshole. But I learned from both ;)

Ouch. Why do I suspect that you didn't do well in polisci?

Actually, she was fairly professional about it (significantly so for such a raging addict...)

I just wasn't looking forward to the conversation that I feared was upcomming, trying to explain that i did better in that class, and my poor grade was merely a result of the TA being mad at me for no longer buying coke from her after sex.

There is a two-year period of my life that was pretty much one continuous mistake from beginning to end.


There are a couple of years in the early eighties that seem to be completely missing from my memory.

I found out very recently that if you don't know, you shouldn't ask. Nothing but pain and anger and resentment and more pain come from knowing.

Ignorance is bliss, eh?
Life doesn't let us get away with too much ignorance, though. It's rather ironic in that way.

I'm almost 40 now so I have done lots of stupid things. The worst one though and the one that I do have regrets about is shagging a perfectly normal nice girl, for a bet, then dumping her the very next day.

There are a couple of years in the early eighties that seem to be completely missing from my memory.
Me too. Though that might have something to do with when I was born.

:D

Hug? Try your drug dealer being your girlfriend...who is also your political science TA, and the one who grades you.

Then dump her...

ooh that sounds bad :-S

i lived with a drug dealer for a year (and was buddies for a year before that). those two years of uni would be my big stupid mistake... but then they've made me who i am today.

Ignorance is bliss, eh?
Life doesn't let us get away with too much ignorance, though. It's rather ironic in that way.

life sucks because of that. *nod*

Stupid shit?

I could write a book on stupid shit.

Let's see... I frequently post to NSG when I'm stoned or otherwise under the influence of some drug, typically caffeine.

More stupid shit... let me...see...

I told a friend I'd watch his 4-month old cat, and I let him bring it over and I turned my back, while my nasty 15 year old cat was growling at it. The two began to fight and my cat would have killed it... but it didn't but stupid me, I didn't use the hockey stick against the wall to break up the fight. I used my bare hands and while holding the smaller cat, my cat tried to violently climb my leg. I have nasty scars left over from that.

I'm sure I have more...

Oh right... dating my ex-boyfriend was a moment of sheer stupidity.

I've answered the phone while high.

I let a friend of mine use my hotmail account and then dared her to message my ex-boyfriend while I was still dating him. I told her she could say and do anything... while it was funny, it was some massively stupid shit I did there.

More stupid shit?

Ok, I had an assignment due in my second semester of college and I was bored. I was procrastinating and I decided to install Linux on my computer, on which I hadn't partitioned the hard drive and I was up till all hours, fixing my computer, and I had class at 8am, and I had to leave the house by 7am. It was 3:30am when I realised this and I had just managed to restore my install of windows... I didn't manage to get to bed at all, and I was extremely cranky that day.

Me too. Though that might have something to do with when I was born.

:D

Young whipper snapper

now that im over 50 i have worry about doing stupid things every freaking day.

THAT just made my day. I've got to remember that phrase and present my BF in an argument with it one day... just to see the face.
I'm glad to be of assistence

Big mistakes? Well, I was born... and then I fell in love with a certain married asshole. But I learned from both ;)
I don't think your birth could really be called your mistake. Not that I'd call it a mistake at all :fluffle:
Actually, she was fairly professional about it (significantly so for such a raging addict...)
Strange that
I just wasn't looking forward to the conversation that I feared was upcomming, trying to explain that i did better in that class, and my poor grade was merely a result of the TA being mad at me for no longer buying coke from her after sex.
I probably just wouldn't have believed it. But this is the internet, so I naturally do ;)
Ignorance is bliss, eh?
Life doesn't let us get away with too much ignorance, though. It's rather ironic in that way.
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Me too. Though that might have something to do with when I was born.

:D
:p
*badumtish*

life sucks because of that. *nod*

nooooo life sucks because while you dont want to know what you dont know, if you dont ask now it will come out later when its far worse.

there is just no escaping the bad judgement of others.

life sucks because of that. *nod*

Only for a while.
Knowing that you don't know and not daring to ask cause it might be bad sucks for much, much, much, much longer.

nooooo life sucks because while you dont want to know what you dont know, if you dont ask now it will come out later when its far worse.

there is just no escaping the bad judgement of others.

'while you don't want to know what you don't know'?

Wow I think, I think that is profound....

My oldest boy asked me a question about something or other the other day, for his homework, and when I gave him quite a detailed answer, he asked me.

"Dad how do you know that?"

My reply.

"Son if I knew how I know half of what I know, I'd only know half of what I know"

Totaly plagerised, but it seemed to fit the occasion.

I told a friend I'd watch his 4-month old cat, and I let him bring it over and I turned my back, while my nasty 15 year old cat was growling at it. The two began to fight and my cat would have killed it... but it didn't but stupid me, I didn't use the hockey stick against the wall to break up the fight. I used my bare hands and while holding the smaller cat, my cat tried to violently climb my leg. I have nasty scars left over from that.

For those who remember, here's the original thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=541616

And now that I have my digital camera back, I can show the scars on my leg. It's not as good now because it's not all bloody and gross. I didn't get all the scars in it, but it does show the best ones.

http://weaselhut.net/Picture 039 (Small).jpg

See... when I said I do stupid shit, I go all the way.

I'm 60 years old. I've made so many stupid mistakes, I've lost count. But, I'm still alive to talk about them. And, believe me, my kids wish I would stop ... talking about them, I mean.

(Actually, my kids are ok - my ex-husband was a mistake).

'while you don't want to know what you don't know'?

Wow I think, I think that is profound....

My oldest boy asked me a question about something or other the other day, for his homework, and when I gave him quite a detailed answer, he asked me.

"Dad how do you know that?"

My reply.

"Son if I knew how I know half of what I know, I'd only know half of what I know"

Totaly plagerised, but it seemed to fit the occasion.

when i wrote it i was thinking of toby keith's song "i wish i didnt know now what i didnt know then"

and isnt it the truth that we really dont remember how we know all the stuff we know. maybe thats what google is for.

How about doing over 160 Miles an hour (257 Kilometers an hour) on an over powered motorcycle; racing a buddy while a police vehicle passes you going the opposite direction and thinking "well I’m already speeding I’ll just act like I didn’t see him".

That was a huge ticket!
:headbang:

For those who remember, here's the original thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=541616

And now that I have my digital camera back, I can show the scars on my leg. It's not as good now because it's not all bloody and gross. I didn't get all the scars in it, but it does show the best ones.

http://weaselhut.net/Picture 039 (Small).jpg

See... when I said I do stupid shit, I go all the way.

Ouchies!

Ouchies!

That is just one of a few places she got when I separated the cats. Strangely, it didn't hurt...

Not sure.

Self-harm is up there as the most stupid thing I've ever done, ever. Other than that, most of my big regrets are either things I did, or did not do, and which have since fucked up my life in entertaining ways.

Two years ago I basically had such a poor work ethic and sleep habits that I never had the energy to get up and go to class. I ended up failing Calc 2, two semesters in a row, and getting a D in freshman bio.

Now, that shouldn't sound too bad on its own. Unfortunately, I was going to a private, and expensive university, and the resulting grade fallout ended up nearly getting my scholarship dropped. I was given a year to fix things. My parents, who were paying the remainder, were left unaware of my failing grade situation, because I faked my grades to them, and kept them thinking all was well. A year later, my scholarship was dropped, and my parents finally got a chance to see the train wreck of a situation it really was. I came home, after having wasted roughly 25-50 thousand dollars of my parents money, depending on how you look at the credits I managed to transfer here to my new school.

...yeah. I'm a little bit of a fucking moron.

No drugs. No partying. No booze really until the summer when I knew I was coming home. Just plain, undiluted stupidity.

That is just one of a few places she got when I separated the cats. Strangely, it didn't hurt...

Heh heh, sorry for laffing, but thats just a few scratches really. Still I guess it's all subjective. Once you've been a butcher you do sorta shrug off most cuts and scraps you get.

Heh heh, sorry for laffing, but thats just a few scratches really. Still I guess it's all subjective. Once you've been a butcher you do sorta shrug off most cuts and scraps you get.

It is. It's fine. I deserve it. I could've fixed it using a hockey stick but I didn't so I got what was coming to me. :)

Well, that doesn't make me feel so bad now. My stupid thing, well here's a bit of backstory:

The high school I went to was two stories high and so confusing to get around in that they give every student a map when they are either freshmen or transfer in. My locker was right across from the guy's bathroom on the second floor, as well as right by the science classrooms and I am female. I happened to be in science class that first day and had to go to the classroom. Not taking my map, since I didn't want to dig in my backpack for it and remembering that there was a bathroom across from my locker, I went to it. Walking into the bathroom, I saw this real cute guy. He said, "I think you're in the wrong bathroom."

I replied, "I think so too," and turned around, headed out and down the hallway, turned right on to the next hallway, and went to the girl's bathroom.

Well, that doesn't make me feel so bad now. My stupid thing, well here's a bit of backstory:

The high school I went to was two stories high and so confusing to get around in that they give every student a map when they are either freshmen or transfer in. My locker was right across from the guy's bathroom on the second floor, as well as right by the science classrooms and I am female. I happened to be in science class that first day and had to go to the classroom. Not taking my map, since I didn't want to dig in my backpack for it and remembering that there was a bathroom across from my locker, I went to it. Walking into the bathroom, I saw this real cute guy. He said, "I think you're in the wrong bathroom."

I replied, "I think so too," and turned around, headed out and down the hallway, turned right on to the next hallway, and went to the girl's bathroom.

heh yeah the wrong toilet, I have done that before too. I walked into this loo once and thought wow what a nice loo, no urinals though, I shrugged, went to the cubicle done my business and walked out. It was only as I walked out that the reason the bog was so nice, and no urinals was cos it wasn't the mens.

Still nobody saw me so *shrug*

Fookin' great name BTW. I wonder how many people it will piss orf!:D

I stayed with my abusive, cheating, viciously mean ex for quite a long time because I thought that he was really a good guy at heart and would be nice to me eventually if I just stuck it out and tried harder to make him happy. It's hard to get much stupider than that. :(

It is. It's fine. I deserve it. I could've fixed it using a hockey stick but I didn't so I got what was coming to me. :)

Heh yeah cats and hockey sticks huh! I was laying in bad fast akip the other night when I heard a massive crash.

My wife leapt out of bed as I lay there thinking ohhh I wonder what the cats have broken this time.

Heh the boy cat had knocked a ceramic oil burner smelly thingamajig in the loo, whilst falling into the pan!

Heh wet bogwashed boy cat! MY wife decided to leave him wet, and he smelled like bog freshner all day until we bathed him.

I stayed with my abusive, cheating, viciously mean ex for quite a long time because I thought that he was really a good guy at heart and would be nice to me eventually if I just stuck it out and tried harder to make him happy. It's hard to get much stupider than that. :(

its a hard lesson to have to learn. but youre not stupid unless you refuse to leave or take up with another man who does the same thing.

its a hard lesson to have to learn. but youre not stupid unless you refuse to leave or take up with another man who does the same thing.

Well, I didn't do a very good job of leaving the Evil One - it took him actually declaring that, since he'd always known I wasn't good enough for him, he'd found himself an "upgrade" (yes, he even said that) in the form of a barely-legal teenager with big boobs. (Pathetic, huh?) I'm certainly trying to avoid putting up with any more guys like him, though. :)

I've done plenty of stupid things. Some of them were fun and some weren't so fun but all in all i'm glad I did them.

Well, I didn't do a very good job of leaving the Evil One - it took him actually declaring that, since he'd always known I wasn't good enough for him, he'd found himself an "upgrade" (yes, he even said that) in the form of a barely-legal teenager with big boobs. (Pathetic, huh?) I'm certainly trying to avoid putting up with any more guys like him, though. :)

you should switch teams *nod*

Everything I have done that appeared to be stupid is actually a carefully devised and highly elaborate step in my master plan.

...

Even trying to run across a frozen over manure pit and failing.

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Even being thrown out of the back of a mudbogging pickup truck.

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Even getting caught by the police drunk and naked at 2:00 am while trying to run home.

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Even duct taping a fellow high school student naked to a toilet.

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Even riding my bike off a cliff and hitting a tree on the way down.

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Even almost decapitating myself with a riding lawnmower.

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Even the poo cannon.

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Yes, even taking three groin kicks from a blackbelt martial artist without dropping to the ground for $500. and losing it on double or nothing because I couldn't take a fourth.

It's all a cunning scheme. :p

I am a male. I own three cats. I sleep in the nude. This morning those three facts finally added up to pain and much blood.

My friend Dan used to have a catch phrase that he'd bust out every time one of us did something catastrophically stupid:

"Ooh, is it time for another Learning Moment, children?"

I "learned" much more after school than I ever did during school...

I go with "Now, what did we learn?"

I am a male. I own three cats. I sleep in the nude. This morning those three facts finally added up to pain and much blood.

Ouch. Next time sleep with the door close, friend. :) The cat is a great companion except when they get in the way, then it's just the "stupid cat".

Eating a microwaved hard boiled egg. I took one bite and the thing exploded in boiling hot eggy chunks all over my face.

If your hard boiled egg ever gets cold, its better just to eat it cold...

Eating a microwaved hard boiled egg. I took one bite and the thing exploded in boiling hot eggy chunks all over my face.

If your hard boiled egg ever gets cold, its better just to eat it cold...

You're lucky the thing didn't explode in the microwave! o.O My aunt did that once, blew the door clean off >.>;;;

Finding out the girl I loved for 5 years was a lesbian. *cringe*

there's not a message board big enough to hold all the stupid shit I've done in my life.

I once yelled in a somewhat laughing manner "NO" after my principals speech...in front of the whole school. Luckily, only the friend I was really talking to knew it was me who said it.

I fell out of a tree and landed headfirst because I was girl-watching with my new binoculars.

I drank most of a bottle of tequila by myself on a mostly empty stomach.

I dated a woman I knew damn well I shouldn't have, and it caused me all the trouble my stupidity warranted and then some.

I went running dressed all in white late at night in my neighborhood. I knew not to do that, but it didn't occur to me at the time that that's what I was doing, if that makes any sense.