Stupid things you have done

[Nictrix]

Following on from Rottas thread I thought one hearing of stupid things that members have done in the past

Years ago I pushed my motorbike for a quarter of a mile after it ran out of petrol.
I got to the petrol station and the first thing I went to do was turn the fuel tap from reserve back to on.
It was already sitting at on which meant I hadnt ran out of petrol, I still had reserve left and had pushed it for nothing.

 

[stuartC]

Ooops

Back in my biking days, I would regularly fill up and then forget to turn back to main tank. Then a couple of miles down the road I'd conk out. First time I did it, I called my Dad 'cause I thought I'd broken down. He travelled c.14 miles only for me to explain that I'd "found the problem" and he went straight home again.

Oops^2

 

[rossonr]

Years ago when doing soMe DIY I was removing a nail from plasterboard with a claw hammer. Rather than getting down from the ladder and getting a piece of wood to use the hammer to lever against i decided to pull using the claw hammer and smacked my self right between the eyes with the round hammer head. Left a big bruise and was continually asked what had I done. Of course I was honest and told them I took on six guys picking on a girl and was a true hero

 

[hopz121]

Years ago when doing soMe DIY I was removing a nail from plasterboard with a claw hammer. Rather than getting down from the ladder and getting a piece of wood to use the hammer to lever against i decided to pull using the claw hammer and smacked my self right between the eyes with the round hammer head. Left a big bruise and was continually asked what had I done. Of course I was honest and told them I took on six guys picking on a girl and was a true hero

:lol:

 

[PerryGunn]

Well there was the falling off a bike one

And the I'm a fecking eejit one

I think I'll stop there for now...



...apart from mentioning that i'm not the only eejit and it's hard to ignore Bing trying to drive through his garage door :evil:

 

[Marlon]

Years ago when doing soMe DIY I was removing a nail from plasterboard with a claw hammer. Rather than getting down from the ladder and getting a piece of wood to use the hammer to lever against i decided to pull using the claw hammer and smacked my self right between the eyes with the round hammer head. Left a big bruise and was continually asked what had I done. Of course I was honest and told them I took on six guys picking on a girl and was a true hero

 

[Marlon]

Where to start :scratchhead:
Well last week I decided to finish off my chilli con carne under the grill to melt the cheese, but I'd stuck lots of tortilla crisps in it. One minute later through billowing smoke I pulled it out with all the crisps on fire

 

[obewan]

Had a CBR that had a intermittent starter motor issue (until i replaced it). I used to bump start it by pushing it halfway up a small hill around the corner from where I live
My bike mechanic mate came around to diagnose the problem and started it by running alongside it to bump start
You are probably ahead of me now!
The next time it didn't start I thought 'how hard can it be?'

Last thing I remember when I was lying on the floor was the back wheel whizzing past my head.
Number one contender for that years Darwin awards!
Amazingly the bike was unmarked

 

[Bing]

...apart from mentioning that i'm not the only eejit and it's hard to ignore Bing trying to drive through his garage door :evil:

What I didn't follow this up with was admitting I did it a second time a month to two later and totally fucked the door, necessitating £500 on a new one... The wife wasn't impressed because at the time I was still unemployed and running out of funds fast

I also recently went to change a shower light bulb, mistook the bulb for a twist type, broke the old bulb and then spent ages with pliers trying to get the rest out. When I finally got a torch I realise it was a pull-type fitting and had to go buy and install a whole new light fitting. Fortunately it came with a bulb... That effectively cost me £35 :slaphead:

 

[john-e89]

I could fill the forum for days. :roll: However...

My then girlfriend, now the wife, bought our first house together and after a year saved enough to replace the old threadbare carpets with some proper fancy new ones, 3days later after washing up one night I sat down with a full glass of red and knocked it all over the new carpet, swear...swear??? you've never heard swearing like it, I could've shot myself, well an hour later and 3 t towels and a big bottle of salt later it was gone, thankfully it was a water proof carpet so managed to avoid any stains, phew!

Went and poured another glass of red in relief and promptly knocked that bas***d over as well in exactly the same place, rage and self abuse does'nt get near it..!!

What a 42 carat dipstick!! I swear that's a true story.

 

[MACK]

Cut some very tall trees down on a field behind my house (you know where this is going!) Long story short really made a mess of one that fell the wrong way over my neighbours fence and missed there kitchen window by about half a foot. I nearly died on the spot! fortunately they didnt have a greenhouse or anything just grass. still have nightmares!!!

 

[dr_john]

What a 42 carat dipstick!! I swear that's a true story.

That's brilliant John!

I'm just trying to think of which of all the stupid things I've done in my life ranks first.

 

[Number5]

Here you go Perry, I've fixed your post for you...

I once put my rear wheels on the front of the Zed, then posted on the forum and asked why they were rubbing so badly

 

[PerryGunn]

Here you go Perry, I've fixed your post for you...

I once put my rear wheels on the front of the Zed, then posted on the forum and asked why they were rubbing so badly

There was no need to fix it as I posted a link to the thread thinking that people might like to relive my embarrassment in full rather than seeing spoilers... and it was only one wheel




:lol:

 

[Number5]

Here you go Perry, I've fixed your post for you...

I once put my rear wheels on the front of the Zed, then posted on the forum and asked why they were rubbing so badly

There was no need to fix it as I posted a link to the thread thinking that people might like to relive my embarrassment in full rather than seeing spoilers... and it was only one wheel
:lol:

Ahh ! I thought the "ejit" referred to the photo above and didnt follow the link !

 

[jack07]

Many moons ago I was making a special tool and had used my last good hacksaw blade. to cut through a bar of hardened steel.As I only had about 1/4 way to go I thought it will be brittle so one good sharp hammer blow will snap it off.Yes,it did,and the resultant projectile bounced off the bench and went straight through a new can of gloss black aerosol ! You can guess how well this paints everything in the garage including The left side of my head! Just for good measure it was cellulose paint so out came the thinners to clean up with,left eye and all! Not to be repeated

 

[buzyg]

I once bought a Rover 213 for £800. Paid far too much for that car. Amongst other repairs I welded two sections of bake bean cans into the rear wing to give me some thing solid to attach the filler to. Every time it went over an expansion gap on the Bridge a little puff of rust used to come out of the heater vents. Those where the days. :lol:

 

[Stark]

I once woke up in the morning, naked, got the ironing board out to iron my shirt. My friend wasn't too glad to see the end of the iron greet it's 'happy' state!!!!

 

[dr_john]

I once went to Zurich for a meeting a month too early

 

[z4pilot]

Years ago, the then girlfriend's car stalled at a set of lights and wouldn't start. She was driving, so I got out to push it over the junction. In my hurry to get it moving, I just stood in the open passenger doorway, applied my shoulder to the A-pillar and started to push....

The road was wet... I slipped... and down I went - head first between the A-pillar and the door, slamming the door on my head for good measure.

2 blackeyes and a lesson learnt!