Dumbest thing you've ever done? (Page 2)

When I was a young teenager I was a BMX racer. I was out on a 'training' (read: stuffing about and going exploring around a local farmer's place without his knowledge or consent, nor that of my parents, come to think of it....) ride, when I realised exactly how late it had got.

I bolted back onto the road, and was nearly skittled by the neighbour's 17 year old son, in his very cool class Chevy BelAir. He stopped and spoke to me, and I explained that I was really late, and was going to get lambasted for it so he offered to help. He wasn't prepared to put my bike in the car, and I wasn't prepared to leave it, and I was about 6km away from home. So, we got out the tow rope, I wrapped the tow rope around my waist, and attached it to the tow ball of his car, and he towed me home, at about 50km/hr.

I've never actually told my parents that! I suspect that now, over 20 years later, that I'd still get a bollocking from my mom if she knew!!

Tee hee!!

Yes, if you're going to put that out there you're going to have to give us some details. Or at least tell us what your sentence was.

Recently 3,567 days ago I tried being friendly to a German Sheperd that belonged to a girl I just started dating (that same day). Well one bite later, I was in a hospital getting mu upper lip put back in place.

Now that I think about it I wouldn't go back to change a thing. We are about to celebrate 10 years of being together and 4 years of being married in December.

OK, so it wasn't such a dumb thing. Actually I can't really list something that I did that was dumb. Anything I have done, I have learned from. Now if I repeat something stupid I will let you know, unless I can't physically report on it I'm sure Q (Jeff) will post the newspaper article.

I have seen almost this exact thing happen but it was a bannana and it (predictably) broke off.  Luckly she didn't choke either.

Hmm as for myself there are sooo many to pick.  Here's one though:

Long story short, I had climbed up onto the roof of a three story house to chat with a young lady who I was not supposed to be seeing.  I knew there was a little bit of roof outside her window (now only 2.5 floors up) and I let myself down onto it (was about 1.5 feet wide and maybe 3 feet long).  We were visiting when her father came upstairs (yes I was dumb enough to do this while the Ps were home (Hmm if they weren't home do you really think I would have been on the roof?).

This caused me to have to step back out onto the bit of roof outside her windown.  Here's where the flaw in my plan became obvious.  I had done a bunch of free climbing so I expected to be able to do a little hop, catch the edge of the roof, and swing up and out of sight.  What actually happened was a jumped up, caught the edge of the roof, went to swing up and a shingle came loose.

It gets better...

The shingle popped lose and I fell past her widow, did one of those cartoon scampers with the arms whirling as I tried to now grab the shingles on the bit outside her room I had been standing on.  Bloodied the hell out of my fingers but got hold.  I am now dangling two stories up holding onto a bit of roof with shingles.  Now my fingers are sliding and...her father walks into the room.

Now I have a decision to make.  I can't see down, so I don't know exactly what is below me.  I can either a) let go and plummet in the hopes that the ground is clear and I can successfuly roll out of a 18 foot fall without breaking anythijng...or...b) call for help and get yanked up by her father where I may or may not have anything broken...

So I dropped.

Luckly, I missed the hose reel on the side of the house by about two feet, rolled out and walked away.  If the hose reel had been two feet left though...

Ahh the wonders of youth hehe

When I was about 8 years old my Dad had heated up the charcoal brickets with one of those electic BBQ starters.  They are essentially a loop of material like the element on your stove that heats up red hot and ignights the brickets.

After the brickets were hot enough he put the BBQ starter on the picnic table and told me "Don't touch it".

Not sure what I was thinking but I grabbed the red hot element in my hand.  A blister the size of my palm quickly erupted.

Ok, jmcelroy's reminded me of one of the stupidest things I've done.

Having relations with my high school boyfriend, at home. When I knew my parents were going to be home any minute. And the garage was on the other side of the house, and it was a quiet garage too, so I wouldn't be able to hear them come in...... *shudder* That didn't end well.

Sounds like someone wanted to get caught!

Why do parents always say this? Trust me, NO ONE wants to get caught. Trust me.

NO, I didn't. Why would I want my mom catch....I'll stop there, but no, it was dumb and well, just dumb.

I hope you don't catch your #6 boinkin' her BF when she's in high school. Think about it....there you go, think about it.

Because the only OTHER explanation is that our kids are stooopid.  And we know genetically that can't be possible...

That sounds errily familiar.  Luckly I'm pretty sure I don't know you Comet *chuckle*

Ok but you have to admit that there is the danger factor of the chances of getting caught making it more exciting.

Hey if they wait till high school you're already kinda a winner...

Yikes...I'm going to go back to my "morally challenged" coner now 8)

No, its called being in high school and not having a place to go or the time alone so you take what you can get. *shudder*

You remember that when you leave your youngest daughter home alone for more than an hour...

Having any sort of sexual contact when you're 16 is fairly exciting on it's own -- having my father walk in on that only serves to make me want bleach my eyes out.

Too early to say about #6 (I'll be WAY OLD by then anyway) but there was a time when I was praying that #1 would get a good schtoopin. (she was joining a convent at the time and we {my wife and I} both thought she needed to get laid.

This statement ranks up there with the one I had with my mother where tried to explain to me the logistics of shower sex: slightly distrubing, slightly cool, totally weird.

Okkkkkkk...moving on.

Comet - 2006-09-14 3:32 PM

Mike 45 - 2006-09-14 2:30 PM   Too early to say about #6 (I'll be WAY OLD by then anyway) but there was a time when I was praying that #1 would get a good schtoopin. (she was joining a convent at the time and we {my wife and I} both thought she needed to get laid.

Okkkkkkk...moving on.

Sure...just when it starts to get interesting you want to bail.  We were right though.  She only lasted 18 months then bugged out and was married in no time.

I am sure I will be a grandfather in no time now.