What's the dumbest thing you ever did?

**O'Cathain** · 16th March 07, 07:28 AM

I've done a few dumb things, but Dread reminded me of the time I cleaned my KZ 750. Buffed and waxed the tank to a perfect shine. The seat was a little fadded from the sun, so I thought armor-all would bring it back to it's original lustre. Well, I hopped on and took off, so proud of how nice my bike looked. I came to the first stop sign, applied the brakes, and found myself with my legs wrapped around the handlebars. Ouch!

No more armor-all for me, thank you.

Steve

**Juggalotus** · 16th March 07, 09:42 AM

I was trying to fix our old dryer, its about the same age as the washer and had decided one day to just stop. So I had the top cover off, the dryer unplugged and I was messing with the wiring connections. Basically just cleaning out all the lint and making sure everything was seated.

While doing this, I would plug it back in, hit the button on the front to start it, didn't start, ok, unplug, wiggle this wire, plug it back in and try again. Well, if you haven't guessed it by now, on more than one occasion I forgot the "unplug" step in my plan. Thankfully all it ever did was numb my arm for a split-second. Its like putting your tongue on a 9v battery, just on a much larger scale.

**elitekiltedcommando** · 16th March 07, 04:19 PM

New one from last night... I was awakened around 2 in the morning with an urge to use the facilities. Being that I didn't want to be blinded, I left the light off, deciding to trust on my memory of precisely where the bowl was. To the best of my recollection, I could've sworn the lid and seat were left in the up position... Apparently, I was wrong. Very, very wrong... I'll let you all assume where this is going.

**Big Dave** · 16th March 07, 04:36 PM

Years ago I was working on my FireChicken (FireBird for those not in the know) with some of my Friends. When I went to undo the Battery Cable my ring touched the Wrench and I welded my hand to the fender of the car (I don't wear rings now). I jump back trying to feel better (I was just electrocuted), when I looked at my hand I had paint from the car welded to my skin (it took months to wash off). Of course everyone laughed at me.

That's not all.

Not 15 minutes later and another car. We used to have this race car with the two batteries in the truck, well one of the batteries were already taken out. My Dad asked me to remove the other one while he was at work. I made sure the battery switch was off, and I proceeded to take the battery out of the car. I went to move the other cable for the battery, not realizing they were connected and a Bolt of Lighting came out the back of the car. Once again I got electrocuted. My Sister came running out of the house only to find me laying in the yard behind the car, trying to talk. All she said before she started laughing was "I say a bolt of lighting, so I knew you had to be involved".

I'm not sure if it was the dumbest thing I've done, because I sure learned my lesson.

**Frog** · 18th March 07, 10:46 AM

Well, let's see... Used to live in Pullman, WA, and would occasionally ride with a few others on bicycles down to Lewiston, ID and back...one day a handful of us hammered down the hill and decided we were thirsty when we got to Lewiston. Most of us were in our tallest gear, keepin' up with traffic when we got to the tav. Dehydrated, tired, and thirsty, we stayed a bit longer than we shoulda, figurin' we'd just sweat it out going back to Pullman, which is mostly uphill from Lewiston and about 35 miles away. One guy comes outta the bar, hops on his bike, "clicks" in and promptly falls over on his side - between the heat, exertion, and drinking, he's too pooped to turn the crank, which he'd left in his tallest gear. Being the kindly souls that we are, we 'bout laughed ourselves sick, with me braying as loud as any... then I hop on my bike, and do the same damn thing - ouch!

**Doc** · 22nd March 07, 12:14 AM

Does waking up this morning count.

**Kilted_John** · 22nd March 07, 03:28 AM

Done too many things to count. But, one of the most memorable things was when I was trying to hollow out a bamboo stake with a pair of garden clippers. Jammed the blade into the index finger on my right hand. Didn't feel pain, until I looked down and noticed the purple blood coming out of my finger. Went into shock...

-J