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 Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:13 pm
I was just thinking of some of the stupider things I've done in my life, and because I'm so very ancient, I probably have more than most of the rest of you, including, but not limited to:
Standing in the street in a raging storm that produced roadway flooding, and removing the lid to a manhole cover to let the rain go down faster.
Boarding up the windows of a three-story beachfront house with large sheets of plywood ... in a hurricane.
Flying in a Cessna into Miami International Airport.
Give me some time, I'll think of some more ... gonk
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:50 pm
That's not too bad. Stories of doing stupid stuff are fun though.
Have you ever given yourself a haircut. I had no choice and considering the fact that I wasn't using a mirror, I did a pretty good job. It was still stupid though.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:32 am
I have cut my own hair, but never without using a mirror. That'd be just ... stupid. mrgreen Actually, my hair is very straight, and for me, that would be suicidal ... you have to be precise to cut straight hair.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:18 am
The only stupid thing I can think of that I've done at the moment was burning myself with an iron as I was getting ready to sing a concert. I was holding my shirt and sort of forgot that my hand was on the ironing board. So I grazed the side of my hand with the iron. I had a nice 3 inch burn for about 4 months or so...
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:01 pm
Ow. I have curly hair so it's easier to cut myself. I'm afraid to list more of the stupid things i've done. I don't want to look too stupid.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:01 am
Blossom, ow, burns! Your story reminds me of ANOTHER stupid thing I did. I was in college, and taking a stained glass course before classes started in the fall. I was concentrating on the piece I was making, went to pick up the soldering iron, which was hot, didn't watch my hand, and picked up the hot tip in my fingertips. When they say your fingertips have tons of nerves in them, they're not kidding. Every one of my finger pads had blisters on them, hurt like hell for weeks. gonk
C'mon, Burger, I'm telling you all the dumb things I've done. Your turn.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:24 am
haha! i could tell some of BB's stories... but I won't be mean (for once).
Another time I burned myself was in high school chemistry class. We had been heating something over a flame. We held whatever we were heating on an iron ring (part of the ring stand). Yeah, so I "forgot" that the iron had a flame under it for the past half hour/40 minutes or so and when we went to put away the equipment, I grabbed the part of the ring that was right over the flame. Ouch.
Another time, I was cooking dinner at home. I was in 7th or 8th grade. Part of the meal was rice. So I measured the rice, the salt, all the ingredients - except the water. Mom came down 40 minutes later to see if everything was ready. When she opened the rice pot, it looked like I was cooking orzo pasta instead of rice.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:08 am
I did something stupid tonight. I made a bet with Blossom even though I had the feeling I was going to lose.
I've been having trouble with words lately too. I'm in a play and one of my lines involves saying "building burnt down" and I keep saying "burning built down" instead. That's probably the least of the stupid word-mistakes I've made in the past few days.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:29 pm
What was the bet? And did you pay up? twisted
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:55 pm
The bet was for a drink this weekend at a party, and he woulda paid up tonight, but the liquor store was closed by the time we got there... muaha!
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:57 pm
Yeah, I'll pay tomorrow. It's not as bad as the time I forgot to grease the pan while baking a cake. That was fun. We had a heap-cake.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:54 am
Orange Blossom The bet was for a drink this weekend at a party, and he woulda paid up tonight, but the liquor store was closed by the time we got there... muaha! That's the payup, but what was the nature of the bet in the first place?
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:22 pm
I think it was just a friendly competition at work to see who could get more pledges for the Royal Fund.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:38 pm
Ah! Is that going well, then?
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:17 am
Yes! We actually ended up majorly exceeding our goal for the semester, and there's still 2-3 weeks of calling left...
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