STUPID things we did and aren't afraid to admit...

[DeanFL]

I'll go first.

Just a couple hours ago, washed and detailed the golf cart. Electric Yamaha. Turned on the garage stereo/CD - 'Chicago' tunes, nice background stuff. Cart in the garage - jumped in; key in and turned on, pushed the reverse switch and backed out onto the driveway. Stepped on parking brake and turned the key off.

Got the hose and bucket with soapy water. Started the job and in the background heard this irritating very high pitched sound. eeeeeeeeeee. There was a landscaper down the block, thought it may be his weedwacker. Washing for 15 minutes more and still...that sound. Landscaper still there. More minutes. Still, that darn high pitch. eeeeeeeee. Maybe the CD or stereo is going. Nope, it's AOK. Maybe it's the squeal a hose makes. nope. Tinnitus acting up again?... oh no. Landscaper now gone. This is crazy. Sound making skin crawl. eeeeeeeee. Now, more than 1/2 hour into the job I'm cleaning the dashboard -and- the cart's reverse switch is still on. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee. stop.

STUPID.

[kittygilchrist]

I'll go first.

Just a couple hours ago, washed and detailed the golf cart. Electric Yamaha. Turned on the garage stereo/CD - 'Chicago' tunes, nice background stuff. Cart in the garage - jumped in; key in and turned on, pushed the reverse switch and backed out onto the driveway. Stepped on parking brake and turned the key off.

Got the hose and bucket with soapy water. Started the job and in the background heard this irritating very high pitched sound. eeeeeeeeeee. There was a landscaper down the block, thought it may be his weedwacker. Washing for 15 minutes more and still...that sound. Landscaper still there. More minutes. Still, that darn high pitch. eeeeeeeee. Maybe the CD or stereo is going. Nope, it's AOK. Maybe it's the squeal a hose makes. nope. Tinnitus acting up again?... oh no. Landscaper now gone. This is crazy. Sound making skin crawl. eeeeeeeee. Now, more than 1/2 hour into the job I'm cleaning the dashboard -and- the cart's reverse switch is still on. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee. stop.

STUPID.

Funny!

[Chellybean]

I'll go first.

Just a couple hours ago, washed and detailed the golf cart. Electric Yamaha. Turned on the garage stereo/CD - 'Chicago' tunes, nice background stuff. Cart in the garage - jumped in; key in and turned on, pushed the reverse switch and backed out onto the driveway. Stepped on parking brake and turned the key off.

Got the hose and bucket with soapy water. Started the job and in the background heard this irritating very high pitched sound. eeeeeeeeeee. There was a landscaper down the block, thought it may be his weedwacker. Washing for 15 minutes more and still...that sound. Landscaper still there. More minutes. Still, that darn high pitch. eeeeeeeee. Maybe the CD or stereo is going. Nope, it's AOK. Maybe it's the squeal a hose makes. nope. Tinnitus acting up again?... oh no. Landscaper now gone. This is crazy. Sound making skin crawl. eeeeeeeee. Now, more than 1/2 hour into the job I'm cleaning the dashboard -and- the cart's reverse switch is still on. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee. stop.

STUPID.

how funny my wife got mad at her car last week, she turned the car on to roll the window down to give me a kiss good bye and said have a nice day.
she put it in reverse and said stupid car it won't go into reverse whats wrong with my car, arrrrgh.
I stood there in fear of saying something wrong because i knew it would of got me in trouble some how!!
She then said oh silly me i didn't start it.
Well i had a good laugh that morning and didn't step in it either L.o.L

[Cisco Kid]

The stupidest thing I've done in a long time, was when I drove away from The Villages in February.
Some days I fear I'll never make it back.

[2BNTV]

A woman was trying to make a phone call to her home and was hitting the number keys on her keyboard as I was working nearby fixing a terminal. She looks at me and asks me why her phone, is not working.

Trying to be as polite as far possible, I looked at the phone and then the keyboard several times. She angrily demanded an answer as she seem to imply that my working on a terminal, had everything to do with her phone not working. I informed her it would work better, if she hit the keys on the phone.

She turned several colors of the rainbow in embarrassment.

True story.

[jnieman]

While running a test on my husband's phone the other day to test the ringer, I used my phone to call his phone. When his phone rang I said to myself, who is calling now I'm trying to run a test on the phone.

[Chellybean]

A woman was trying to make a phone call to her home and was hitting the number keys on her keyboard as I was working nearby fixing a terminal. She looks at me and asks me why her phone, is not working.

Trying to be as polite as far possible, I looked at the phone and then the keyboard several times. She angrily demanded an answer as she seem to imply that my working on a terminal, had everything to do with her phone not working. I informed her it would work better, if she hit the keys on the phone.

She turned several colors of the rainbow in embarrassment.

True story.

brave fellow, l.o.l.

[CFrance]

The stupidest thing I've done in a long time, was when I drove away from The Villages in February.
Some days I fear I'll never make it back.
That was dumb.

Stupidest thing I've ever done was at a T intersection. 1971. Looked left; looked right, pulled out, rear-ended the car waiting in front of me. (Where did he come from?)

[kittygilchrist]

I think if I told you how stupid I have been, men would flock to my door, so, I am zipped lips here at

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Here they come again to feed us. Please tell my brother...

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All charges will be filed.
To her friends, Miss Kitty and her pets are being fed twice a day.

[tomwed]

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[kcrazorbackfan]

Just a couple of months ago, my first time back to playing golf from having my shoulder fixed, I was playing with two other guys and one of them hit near a sand trap on the right side of the fairway. As I approached the trap, I saw the ball and as I turned around to motion to the guy as to where it was, I drove into the trap. Luckily, it was a shallow part of the trap and had the consistency of concrete slurry, like they always do, so I stepped on the gas and out the cart came. I got out and quickly raked the tire marks in the slurry, errrr sand. Kind of embarrassing for the Pro Shop Mgr. to do that. :doh:

[looneycat]

While running a test on my husband's phone the other day to test the ringer, I used my phone to call his phone. When his phone rang I said to myself, who is calling now I'm trying to run a test on the phone.

:clap2::clap2::MOJE_whot::MOJE_whot::1rotfl:

[looneycat]

my wife, well, really me, put a pencil behind <ahem> her ear. five minutes later, accompanied by hysterical laughter and the phrase you idiot, she pointed to my, er, her ear. :ohdear:

[Barefoot]

While running a test on my husband's phone the other day to test the ringer, I used my phone to call his phone. When his phone rang I said to myself, who is calling now I'm trying to run a test on the phone.
:1rotfl:

[tippyclubb]

Drove cart onto our driveway and turned ignition key off. Stepped out of cart and saw it rolling backwards. Grabbed front windshield with both hands while trying to get my foot into cart to push down parking break. Leg not long enough. Starting screaming for Tom hoping he would hear me inside the house with doors and windows closed. He did, and was a bit agitated with me that I did something so stupid. A few hours later we laughed about it.

[redwitch]

Got in my cart, put it in reverse, stepped on the gas, nada. Tried going forward a little, zilch. Sat there a few seconds, tried again. Still wouldn't move. Called my mechanic almost in tears. Said he'd be right over. Stared at cart. Well, to be honest glared at cart. Immediately called mechanic and said never mind, I fixed the problem. Turned the key in ignition to on position and went on my merry but decidedly embarrassed way.

[jnieman]

Got in my cart, put it in reverse, stepped on the gas, nada. Tried going forward a little, zilch. Sat there a few seconds, tried again. Still wouldn't move. Called my mechanic almost in tears. Said he'd be right over. Stared at cart. Well, to be honest glared at cart. Immediately called mechanic and said never mind, I fixed the problem. Turned the key in ignition to on position and went on my merry but decidedly embarrassed way.

:1rotfl:

[Chatbrat]

Drove 400 miles to an event, right location wrong day , I was 2 weeks early

[ScorpioSquared]

Once upon a time my young children had bunch of friends over and they were having a great time playing games and such in our basement. I ordered a couple of pizzas and ran out to our neighborhood place to pick them up. The owner was the epitome of the Soup Nazi, having a well known reputation for surliness. He barked at me that no such order was called in. Not to be deterred and desperate to feed a boat load of kids I held my ground. The pizzas were produced the kids ate and enjoyed. I taxied some of the kids home when the time came and upon arriving back at our house my husband casually mentioned that a chain pizza store called and wanted to know when I was going to pick up my pizza order. I didn't do this once to the neighborhood pizza guy I did this twice! The second time he was in a better humor (knowing this lady is a dingbat we'll just do the order). After the second time I would have my son go in to the place and pick up our pizzas. I'm sure he had a picture of me in the back kitchen. :shrug:

[vinricci]

On my first car I thought I would surprise my Dad and do an oil change all by myself. I had seen him do it many times in the past and it looked easy. I had an hour before he got home from work so I had plenty of time. I drained the old oil with no problem, sealed it back up, opened the 4 cans of oil. The rest would be easy. Anyway, 45 minutes later Dad pulls up and my head is still under the hood. He takes one look at what I'm doing and busts out laughing. I had been adding the new oil drop by drop through the dipstick. Boy was I embarrassed when he showed me where it was supposed to go.

[mixsonci]

One hot summer in New Hampshire I was home for a few weeks and my son let me have his Camry while I was home. He was a mechanic and had an old truck to get him back and forth to work. One hot morning, I get in the car and turn the key in the ignition. Then I start to set up the air conditioner and other buttons and panic. I can't remember all that was wrong but I remember the air conditioner would only blow hot air. I was in a panic because it was my son's car and I thought I already broke it on him. I sat in the car crying and called my son at work. When I told him what was happening and all the things not working, he said to me, "is it on"? To test, I stepped on the gas, and nothing... Evidently, when I turned the ignition on, I didn't hold it long enough and I didn't realize that the engine never turned over, so it was only on accessories. To this day, he has not let me live that down.

[Carla B]

Drove 400 miles to an event, right location wrong day , I was 2 weeks early

Did similar thing but only 150 miles round trip. One week early, so had to repeat the trip next week.

[TheVillageChicken]

This photo is documentation of the stupidest thing I have ever done...I know it was 1974 but really, Daisy Dukes?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/allsteel29/003_3.jpg

[John_W]

In 1972 I was in the Army stationed in Savannah, Georgia. I was driving my roomate's car, a 1970 orange Z-28 Camaro. We had stopped by a few of our local hangouts and it was a pretty quiet scene. We decided to hit Brunswick, which we had not done before. It was 60 miles south on I-95, I won't tell you how fast we were going, but I got to the Brunswick exit in 40 minutes.

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/1970-chevrolet-camaro-11%20.jpg

[jebartle]

Many, many moons ago....First date with the "ole boy", dinner date at super fancy restaurant, they served a great salad with cherry tomatoes, oh yes, I bit into tomato and the "ole boy" got a face-full of juice...Amazingly he still married me!

[dbussone]

Many, many moons ago....First date with the "ole boy", dinner date at super fancy restaurant, they served a great salad with cherry tomatoes, oh yes, I bit into tomato and the "ole boy" got a face-full of juice...Amazingly he still married me!

You obviously have many qualities that overcame a minor error with a tomato. But I do have to say I wish that scene was available on YouTube. LOL.