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Nancy
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08-01-2000

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think there was a thread like this but i can't find it--but what 'stupid' things have you done lately..

ME i had a letter to mail to my sister about my avon cancer walk--I put a nice breast cancer stamp on it--put my Name on it(i used a work envelope /work address on it) and mailed it out..

NOTICE anything? NOPE?

umm FORGOT to put my sister's address on it..

GOT the letter back today of course with the stamp cancelled.. HAHAHA

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This thread would be more appropriate for me if it were to report on the INTELLIGENT things I do. That would be the unusual, as the reverse is just situation-normal stuff!!! But I will try to play.

The last REALLY, REALLY stupid thing I did was after we first moved to our apartment last April. I decided I could get rid of a mole on my face (that I dislike intensely) by putting --- now I am not crazy, but this was crazy--a dab of this chemical cleaner (that cleans my floors great my eats away my skin unless I wear gloves) on it. Needless to say, the result was horrible. My face looked awful for weeks (!!) and then the mole came right back. Now THAT is really stupid.

gooful

Next! (Bet you can't top that!)

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Last year, I wanted to hang a gourd birdhouse, but had no ladder to reach the branch to hang a line from it. The branch was too high up to throw a lightweight nylon line over it, despite my best attempts.

Wadded up half the line in a neat loop, threw it, it didn't go high enough.
Too light.
Throw, drop.
Throw, drop.
Like trying to throw a potato chip. It wasn't going very far.

It needed some weight to carry it up and over the branch. So, I tied a baseball-sized rock to one end of the line, threw it up and over the tree limb and down onto the brand new ceramic birdbath, breaking the bowl in half.

Argh!

Daydreamer
Member

09-16-2003

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I did a very stupid thing last week. I had sprayed this Soap Scum cleaner in my bathtub and let it sit for a while. I decided to put some bleach in too and when I poured in the bleach the tub turned bright yellow everywhere where the cleaner had been sprayed. I was talking on the phone to my Mom at the time and when I told her what I had done she told me to get out of the bathroom immediately because the combination could cause toxic fumes! I was freaking out but I went and got a fan and turned it on and put on the shower and let the water rinse out the tub. Later on that day I scrubbed the tub with Ajax and luckily all of the yellow stains came off. I'll never do that again!

Another thing I did was a long time ago I had a little too much to drink one night and decided I wanted to pierce another hole in my ear. I took a diamond stud earring and just kept pushing and pushing until it went through. It hurt but I kept pushing! The next day when I woke up my ear was so swollen and it hurt really bad. I'm lucky it didn't get infected. STUPID!!!!

Not1worry
Member

07-30-2002

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am refinishing a wooden 14 drawer dresser of ours that I foolishly painted green 6 years ago. As I've stripped the paint off the drawers, I noticed that the drawer guides were cracking. So I figure I've got some wood glue and a clamp. Gosh, DH is going to be so impressed when he sees my hard work! Not only refinishing, but repairing as well.

Unfortunately, I didn't fully let the glue dry before I put the drawers back into the dresser. Nor did I put the knobs back on the front of the drawer. The next morning, the drawers were totally stuck to the frame and I had nothing to pull on to yank them off. I did manage after bruising all my fingertips to get one drawer out, then I had to bang the other drawers from underneath. They were on there quite snug. DH's stomach would have been very sore from laughing at me. Luckily I didn't do anymore damage banging the things out.

Justavice
Member

07-12-2003

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Herckleperckle- this one is for you...

I have been plagued with moles my whole life. Had more removed than I can count. One evening, I decided I'd had enough of a mole on the back of my neck, so I used my fingernails to pinch it off. Who knew those things could bleed so bad???? Needless to say, it has grown back partially, but not as noticeable as it was. I have since decided to use a professional for mole removal, but yanking that thing off was secretly a little enjoyable. The amount of blood on the other hand....

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My mom has done something that she is just sick about...

She lives in a small town where there is little crime. Yet, it is easy to commit a crime because it is a small town. She and my dad were going on vacation and mom had "safeguarded" her wedding rings (the originals) by putting them in a coat pocket. Later, an organization looking for coat donations came by. Mom donated that very coat without checking the pockets.

No more rings...

Seaworthy
Member

01-29-2004

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Deesandy.... say it isn't so!! How sad Since Mom lives in a small town, can't she call the organization & have them check the pockets?? or has the coat already been sent on somewhere else??

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I sure hope there's some way to get the rings back!

I put my daughter (16 mos. at the time) into her car seat, handed her the keys to play with, locked the car door, closed the door, then, while standing outside the locked car realized what I'd done. It was a hot sunny day, I was so worried. I tried and tried to get her to roll down the window and bless her heart, she really tried...yes, even at 16 mos. It was at an office, we called and AAA came out. It seemed to take way too long. She was ok though. I did find out that my car was very hard to break into (Suzuki Samauri). This was in 1992. I never gave any of the kids car keys to play with again ever.

Sherrie
Member

11-23-2003

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Deesandy that reminds me of when last year my sister had just moved into her new house and it was my birthday weekend. We spent the weekend shopping for ME! That Monday I was headed home, my sister was taking the kids to school and her husband was off to work. I started loading my bags of new and old stuff outside the front door. I did not have a house key yet so was doing a walk through to make sure I had locked up the house, gotten all of my stuff and cleaned up any messes I may have left. While I was in the garage I heard what sounded like a truck stop and restart moving down the street. I suddenly had a strange feeling and thought of everything sitting on the porch. I went to check and everything was gone. Going down the street was a Charity van. I ran down the street (nice introduction to the new neighbors) yelling and waving my arms. By the time I caught up to them I could not talk because I was huffing and puffing so hard. When they opened up the back doors so that I could get my stuff I was heart broken. Everything was thrown in there to be sorted later. I was able to find about 90% of my stuff and chalked the rest up to good karma and charity. I was sad though because we had finally found a pair of jeans that fit me perfectly. We still laugh about what the neighbors must have thought and what were the odds that I would discover the day and time of the monthly neighborhood pick up.

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My mom didn't come to the realization until weeks later. It was too late to try to track it down.

I have occasionally set down a shopping bag only to find it missing later...I know how that felt so to loose an entire day of shopping would be terrible!

My neighbor set her purse on top of her car and drove away. She lost the purse and it was never returned.

Something that happened to my brother that was not his fault but very upsetting was when he went to Las Vegas with his buddy. They checked out of the hotel and had a few hours to burn before the flight home. They put their luggage into the rental car and locked the trunk but not the car, thinking that nothing would happen to a rental car. Not thinking about the new option to open the trunk from inside the car is what lead to the theft of their luggage, including their airline tickets home.

They discovered this after loosing the last of their spending money and at the airport, checking in the car.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Deesandy, I checked your profile to see where you live because just today (or maybe yesterday, I am losing my mind) our newspaper carried a little blurb that said a local charity had found rings worth $23,000 in the pocket of some donated clothing and was trying to find the owner.

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
happymom, one day i was at the gym and a woman came in hysterical because she had put her 18-month-old grandson in his carseat, started the car and then got out to put things in the trunk. somehow, baby locked the doors.
everyone had all these ideas from calling the fire department or tow truck operator to breaking a window. i walked up to the car and said, "do not push that button!" twice, really loud, pointing to the locking mechanism, and the first thing the baby did was smile at me and "push that button"! we all laughed and grandma got in quick before baby 'didn't push' that button again!

Starshine40
Member

07-30-2002

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 1:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Years ago I once put some regular dishwashing liquid into my dishwasher as I was out of the powdered type made for dishwashers. Shades of "I Love Lucy".... there were all these bubbles just foaming out at the bottom of the door.

My son who was about 12 at the time came in the room and we had a good laugh about it. I told him not to tell the rest of the family what I had done!

Sunrvrose
Member

08-13-2001

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 2:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
WELLLLLLL... Just to change the tone of this topic, which husband or boyfriend would you like to hear about?

Husband #1 was a cop who I met while he was TRYING to cheat on his wife. He said he was "seperated". My mom and I said, "When you show us the divorce papers, we will consider (me) going out with you." Darned if he didn't show up knocking at the front door a couple of months later with divorce papers in hand. We dated, we married, just a couple of years later, he was off to the races again, multiple women. So, DIVORCE Number one.

Now, I have learned my lesson, right?

Husband No 2. I met a real southern gentleman. Fresh from Louisana, shiney faced, dimples, pure as the driven snow. Dated 6 months, married.

Were in our new house 1 month, my 15 year old son volunteered to hook up the stereo system as a nice surprize to loving hubby while hubby was at work. While DS was hooking up Stereo, I was using a mitre box to cut really cool inside frames for windows, then painting them. And I hung some drywall in the garage. We were converting it into a room for DS.

New DH came home and went thru the roof. He said my son (his step-son) had touched his stuff without permission. He said that I was "Way TOO Competitive", for a woman.

The part that just still sticks in my craw is that nobody was trying to do anything but fix up our house.

So, If I ever fill out a personality profile for a dating service, I guess I'd better reveal that "While you are gone to work, I might just hang drywall, hope it doesn't pi** you off!"

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Juju2bigdog, my mom was living in the projects of Detroit when she married at the age of 18. While her rings didn't cost thousands of dollars (or even close to that) she cherished them as much as if they had.

That is what makes it so sad...later in life my father replaced the rings with a larger diamond. If she could, she would trade that one for the first set.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sunrvrose, good work on getting rid of both of them ASAP.

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sunrvrose, maybe the third time is the charm?

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was going to post the stupid things I do then, Sunrvrose reminded me I also have a first husband which would take up thread as the most stupidest thing I ever did. So I will start post first husband.

I'll start off with the time I super glued myself to the island in our kitchen while hosting my first Christmas dinner for "current" husbands family.

Followed by the 3 times I got into the wrong car. First wasn't a big deal witnessed by only one fellow pumping gas (did give him a big chuckle though). Second time I almost gave the owner of the truck a heart attack since he happened to be in his truck. And the third is without a doubt the most embarassing. My SIL just bought a new car and we all went to dinner. As we we're leaving I saw her get her keys out. The car in front of us deactivated the alarm and unlocked the doors. So I opened the back door and got in. After a minute I noticed no one joined me. I looked and there were 7 pairs of eyes looking at me. The 4 people that the car belonged to and the 3 people wishing I didn't belong to them. Oh how I hated having to open that door and get out.

Lastly and this just happened on Friday 13th. My husband and I went out to the casino. I just got a fresh drink and needed to use the rest room. I sat the drink on top of the toliet paper dispenser. Now this is that never ending TP with no porforation for tearing. So as I gave it a good yank I watched I swear in slow motion my drink fly off the dispenser and land in "yes" inside my pants.

Ddr
Member

08-19-2001

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROLROLROLROL!!!! BiloxiBelle, that is hilarious!

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tabby! Great idea about the baby in the car! LOL! I'm glad it worked!

Starshine...I did the same thing as a teenager. My dad was ready to kill me! We laugh about it now though. The entire kitchen was kneedeep with suds.

Oh no BiloxiBelle! I am LOL! Sorry!

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't done or can't remember doing anything stupid :-(

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Biloxibelle, you are good!!!

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Monday, March 01, 2004 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Justavice, sounds as if you and I can easily go on the mad side at times.

Tabby, terrific, quick thinking!

Sunvrose, get a panel to help you pick the next guy, ok?

Deesandy, you might check the pawn shops. Whoever found them might have tried to pawn them. Or, if there is a local paper, have them do a story on her situation--with a place to drop them anonymously. Might shame someone into returning them.

Starshine, sounds like something I would do! Thanks for the warning! (I knew there must be a reason why dishwasher products were invented but suspected a sham.)

Biloxibelle, your stories made my morning. I can just picture those scenes! Everytime I think of you in those situations, I start laughing again.

You guys are all an absolute riot!

Mack
Member

07-23-2002

Monday, March 01, 2004 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We had a very good microwave installed over our stove....one of those that's also the hood. So far so good. After a year or so I noticed that even though we didn't fry a lot of foods there were some small spots here and there. Being the good husband I decided I'd clean it. First tried warm, soapy water...no go...then warm, soapy water with a little ammonia....no go....then straight ammonia....still no go....off to the garage and my industrial strength oil/grease cutter...too good....not only took off the spots but also melted the plastic front of the microwave. Luckily we sold the house and moved out of state and the new place doesn't have the same arrangement because I was barred from cleaning the replacement microwave in the old house and the garage cleaner is not to enter the house under any circumstances.