What's the stupidest thing you've ever done?

Ok... more.

There was the time I threw my foot down when I hit gravel in a turn at close to 40 mph..... scratch one ACL, MCL, meniscus and misc other damages.

There was the time I thought "Yeah, I can cross that sandbar"..... 12 hours, and about a million mosquito bites later, the tide finally lifted me off.

There was the time I drove under the drive-thru with the car-top carrier a good 4 inches higher than the posted "Maximum Height..." sign. The building didn't move, but it sure did one helluva job on the carrier. Chevy Chase woulda been proud.

There was the time I drug my kayak across about 200 yards of pavement, and discovered the dime sized hole I wore through the bottom when I was in about 10' of murky, bull shark infested water.

There was the time as I watched kids half my age, and half my weight negotiate it that I thought "Yeah, I'm good enough, and my knee is strong enough to ski down that mogul filled, ice covered slope".... scratch the ACL a second time.

There was the time after escaping injury and serious mechanical damages after flipping my ATV backward, directly over me, on a steep rocky mountain side, that I stood on the uphill side of the ATV, where it had miraculously stopped after just 2 rolls, with adrenalin pumping, and brain turned off, that I flipped it back onto it's tires. The wonder that is gravitational forces, combined with just enough momentum allowed the flip to continue about 300' on down the mountain side, while I stood helplessly watching the ever increasing speed of the roll, intensity of the flips, time spent airborne between each impact, with pieces and parts of the ATV flying every which direction. It was a long and agonizing 18 mile tow back to civilization.

There was the time I thought "I'll show these guys how tough (and stupid) I am" then proceeded to walk up a ladder with no hands and 196 pounds on my shoulders. A broken L-5, a scholarship and military career lost, and 30 years of pain has caused regret of that moment the better part of my life.

Oh... the memories

Damn, Bust. Is your screen name reffering to your bones?

Clay pigeons, Davey, but if the shoe fits....




Famous last words... "Hey, watch this."

Bust.....wow. That's some pure bad luck!

Paddy,

My dad always said "Accidents don't happen. Accidents are made."

My hand was pretty well invested in the architecture of all of my unfortunate escapades. I actually consider it fairly GOOD luck to have survived a number of them.

Failed to take advantage of a $100,000+ investment sure thing windfall.
I bought 1,500 ounces of silver @ $16/oz (family inheritance) and didn't sell when it peaked a year or so ago at $50+ oz.
I recall thinking saying to myself "Self, this might be a good time to sell". The Missus said whatever I thought was best she'd go along.
But noooooooooo...
I hung on like a greedy piggy and watched the trough get pulled away. I eventually did sell but with nowhere the gain.
I was kinda green on the precious metals learning curve, learnt the hard way re the volatility of silver and why it's called the Poor Man's Gold. If you're not wise to the world of metals you'll stay a poor man.
I'm doing much better now

Assumed I had friends and people gave a fuck about me.

One morning a few years ago I slammed my thumb shut in the drivers door and locked the keys in the car at the same time

Invite a prostitute to my homeafter a drunken night :/

Broke my collar bone in 5 places when I rammed into another bicyclist. Going way too fast and didn't anticipate him turning. Very stupid.

I turned down sex. The girl kept throwing herself at me over and over, every time I saw her (which was a lot because my best friend was dating her sister). And I kept turning her down. Now you're probably thinking she was... unattractive, but no, you'd be wrong. She was quite attractive... for her age. And this is where you'll understand where I'm coming from. I was 18 and she was 13.
As a now 30 year old virgin (shut up) I look back and wonder. But as soon as I think about it I know I made the right decision, and I'll stand by that decision for the rest of my life.

I had sex with my bfs mate. Not the best decision

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Originally posted by CatBack

I turned down sex. The girl kept throwing herself at me over and over, every time I saw her (which was a lot because my best friend was dating her sister). And I kept turning her down. Now you're probably thinking she was... unattractive, but no, you'd be wrong. She was quite attractive... for her age. And this is where you'll understand where I'm coming from. I was 18 and she was 13.
As a now 30 year old virgin (shut up) I look back and wonder. But as soon as I think about it I know I made the right decision, and I'll stand by that decision for the rest of my life.

Uhhhhhhh yeah.

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Originally posted by CatBack

I turned down sex. The girl kept throwing herself at me over and over, every time I saw her (which was a lot because my best friend was dating her sister). And I kept turning her down. Now you're probably thinking she was... unattractive, but no, you'd be wrong. She was quite attractive... for her age. And this is where you'll understand where I'm coming from. I was 18 and she was 13.
As a now 30 year old virgin (shut up) I look back and wonder. But as soon as I think about it I know I made the right decision, and I'll stand by that decision for the rest of my life.

For her age? WTF dude.

Sometimes WBW scares me.

I was bout sixteen and my dad was cutting our lawn with his brandnew John Deere riding lawn mower, I talked him into letting me cut the lawn, so he let his beloved daughter mow the lawn. I had been on it mowing for a couple of hours doing a great job, untill it slipped down the bank of our fishing hole and it sank to the bottom. Daddy was not very happy with his lol perfect little girl, I thought he was gonna kill me. He kissed me and told me he loved me and never let me touch his lawnmower again as long as he lived.....

That's a funny story. Sure one helluva way to get out of mowing the lawn. He was probably to relieved that you didn't get seriously hurt to be mad. My brother did that with a JD855. Didn't sink it, but it did blow the engine.

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I turned down sex.

I had a similar experience in college. It haunts me to this day.

Me late teens/early 20-something socially naive and stupid and geeky and she was older Mrs. Robinson-like (Jan) in Botany/Horticulture. She was like a hippy-type, taking continuing-ed and the like...VERY butch, not real feminine, close cropped hair and laid back. I was attracted to her socially and we got along great but sex NEVER entered my thoughts.

My girlfriend (now wife) was in a nearby city and I'd go there on weekends for a second PT job and we'd fuck like crazy. I also hung out at a local go-go topless bar at the college town and away on weekends; all innocent neighborhood stuff, we hung with the owner and staff, my girlfriend would tag along and get hit-on by a couple of the dancers and we'd have fun for hormonal thrills. It was crazy times.

Jan and I eventually clicked (she to me especially) and would study together, wander about and do some field collecting trips. She would make constant sexual references and flash her breasts innocently and "accidentally"; at the ice cream parlor she told me she had a hard time controlling herself around me and, knowing me and my girlfriend fucked like rabbits on the weekend, she offered to be "her" during the week.

At that point my memory kinda goes blank because we parted suddenly, Jan never returning to class. My only guess is that she was embarrassed at perceived being sexually and socially rejected. Honestly, I never had any sexual attraction to Jan, just friends, despite her knowing me being hyper sexual.

To this day I kick myself for what fun, or heartache, might-have-been.

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I was bout sixteen and my dad was cutting our lawn with his brandnew John Deere riding lawn mower, I talked him into letting me cut the lawn, so he let his beloved daughter mow the lawn. I had been on it mowing for a couple of hours doing a great job, untill it slipped down the bank of our fishing hole and it sank to the bottom. Daddy was not very happy with his lol perfect little girl, I thought he was gonna kill me. He kissed me and told me he loved me and never let me touch his lawnmower again as long as he lived.....


You're lucky the mower accident didn't kill you. Many stories annually re debilitating/fatal mower accidents, especially with kids.Iit's hard enough having grownups at work remain accident/death free. Be careful out there.

Took a job on a Mobile Psychiatric Crisis Team in a major city. The whole decision was stupid. Every day of my two years of work there my life was in danger for pay that didn't amount to what it was worth. I gave psychotropic medication injections to prostitutes with schizophrenia to keep them stable in the community, picked up a drunk homeless guy numerous times until the one time he was dead and we had to have a makeshift funeral for him and no one came. I talked to a paranoid lady through her door for months until she let me in and gave me iced tea that tasted like roach spray as I watched roaches climb up the walls and chose not to ask her why she was wearing underwear on her head. I won't bore you with the rest but every day was a reminder of my dumb decision.

I was around 14 or so and had the bright idea to put a table saw blade on the end of a weed wacker. Finally got it on, tested it a little and it worked great. So me and my friend go to the corn field to have some fun. Started up the weed wacker, revved it up, and the blade goes flying in the opposite direction of us. Didn't realise that some older table saw blades have a diamond cutout around the arbor hole. It broke out due to the excessively high rpms of the weed wacker. To this day I'm glad I still have my feet.