Originally Posted By mele In an effort to show that I realize we ALL make mistakes, I've created this thread. You can post fun stuff or maybe more serious stuff. (Hopefully most of us have more silly stories to share!) I did something incredibly stupid a few weeks ago. We pulled a big shelf away from the wall and there was a lot of dust and a little bit of mildew on the wall (YUCK). So, I sprayed the wall with a little Tilex Mildew Remover. Big mistake! Some of the Tilex got into the electical outlet. It started to smolder a bit. I thought it would die out quickly but began to prep myself for a dash to the fire estiguisher (sp?). It started sparking a bit, then suddenly a HUGE stream of sparks shot out of the wall. It was like the tail of a small rocket. It went on for a few seconds (which seemed like hours) and then went out. It also blew out the power in one half of the house. None of the outlets were working and flicking the circuit breakers didn't help. Luckily the house didn't burn down and once the outlet was replaced (for less than $3, the electricity began working again. It was easily fixed but I was terrified and sick to my stomach that I did something so lame! Gee, flammable liquid doesn't belong in electrical outlets? Who knew? ;-)
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I do something stupid pretty much as a daily event. I'll have to think of a good one.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I have done the ever so comical, put the liquid dish soap in the dishwasher and ended up with a house full of suds. I felt like I was in an I Love Lucy episode or something.
Originally Posted By Ursula This was years ago. I had a client who I was also good friends with. I saw him in the kitchen at the facility where I worked and where he had a session that day. We were chatting and another client enters. I introduce them and in doing so I call my friend the wrong name. I would swear on a stack of bibles that that WAS his name. But it wasn't. I was wrong and it turned out that I had been using the wrong name for him and of course he chose that exact second to correct me. Neither client really spoke to me much after than.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight ok this is borderline sad /stupid and funny all at once.. Sometimes at our house we answer the phone with some smart alec greeting. On thier particular day I was answering the phone with...*in a grim english butler tone* " House of Gates Mortuary, you stab them, we slab them..how may I help you" wellit was one of my dear friends calling me to tell me that one of our other dear friends had passed away the night befor. ugh!! talk about feeling stupid and terrible..yet I still answer our phone that way at times..
Originally Posted By mele LOL, sherry. Were you able to clean up the suds before anyone else found out? Oh no, Ursula. It's sad that your friend didn't talk to you much after that. I wonder why he didn't correct you before. Mulva anyone? ;-) When I had my first GS parent meeting, I was talking about the different holiday projects we had planned. I almost ALWAYS say winter holidays, instead of Xmas, but the one time I said Xmas one of the moms said "Well, we're Jewish." I was handling things well, I told her that we will include that in our celebrations and meetings, that GS is about all nationalities and religions, etc. Then I said "I'm really glad you told me. It's not like I would be able to tell that you are Jewish." !!! I might as well have said "Well, you don't look Jewish..." Ugh.
Originally Posted By mele Oh no, Lady Starlight! Talk about a horrible coincidence. And I'd probably keep doing the same thing, too.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight lol, << might as well have said "Well, you don't look Jewish...">> I've SO had those moments!
Originally Posted By sherrytodd <<LOL, sherry. Were you able to clean up the suds before anyone else found out?>> We are in a top floor apartment. I used up every towel in the house. I was so afraid that it was going to go through the floor in the ceiling of the downstairs unit.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper When I used to need hairspray I would, on occasion, put deodorant on my hair and hair spray under my arms. Ouch! I hate taking two showers in the morning.
Originally Posted By bloona I got stuck in the dentists chair when my belt went down between the back rest and the seat part of the chair. Im due for a check up in a couple of months again....really looking forward to that!!!! NOT. He says hello to me now when he sees me in the town centre, with a "ha ha, look who it is"look on his (rather cute) face.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA One of my first jobs, I worked a short time as a bagger in a grocery store. One busy afternoon, I was moving quickly from one check out stand to the other to stay ahead of the steady stream of customers. I jogged over to one of the check out stands, and began quickly filling the bags with groceries. When the order was complete, the check out person announced the total -- '9.10' [she said it 'nine-ten'] ...to which I replied... 'A big fat hen' [you know, the nursery rhyme 'one, two buckle my shoe' et al] Just as this came spilling out of my clever little mouth, I look up, and the customer is, how shall I say, a bit heavier than average, in fact, she was quite large. I looked at her, she looked at me. I smiled a sheepish smile, and said something about '3,4 shut the door' and slinked away.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I have done the following all as and adult: Backed out of the garage without opening the garage door first. Smashed a television with a golf club, not on purpose. Dropped my laptop out of the driver side window of my vehicle while driving down the road in excess of 55 mph. Left the water running in my bathroom sink, (they have NO overflow drain) and flooded the bathroom and caused lots of water damage below that had to be fixed. The water was barely on but ran for two days.
Originally Posted By tapdancemom >>Dropped my laptop out of the driver side window of my vehicle while driving down the road in excess of 55 mph.<< How in the world di you do that?
Originally Posted By avromark And here I was just going to post "bought a pair of tighty whities". I've done lots of stupid things, too many to list. /end.
