Dumbest thing you've ever done?

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Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
5 Sep 2014 6:38pm
Took off from Jibbon beach in a huge southerly on a broad reach to New Zealand. (Before I knew how to gybe or water start.) Was too scared to try and turn around because I knew I'd fall off, so I just kept going, until the land began to look rather distant.

In fading light, was about to ditch everything, and try to paddle my Bombora tri-fin a few miles back to boat harbour (yeah, that's how far I'd gone). At the last moment, a deep see fishing boat happened to come past and rescued me.

In retrospect, bloody stupid, breaking just about every safety rule in the book. (Though I did carry some spare uni-joint rope in my harness)
busterwa
busterwa
3782 posts
3782 posts
5 Sep 2014 5:17pm
stepped in dog **** then while hopping trying to remove it with a stick i headbutted a power pole.
Dezman
Dezman
NSW
818 posts
NSW, 818 posts
5 Sep 2014 7:35pm
It's only a dumb thing if you don't learn from it!

I paid $700 for this iPad I'm typing on when it came free from the universe!!!

Yes I thought I had paid for it in store but I had only handed my licence over for the sim ID, so I walked out.

half way back to the car I realised my mistake and returned to pay them..........

Lesson ! The universe throws free dog bones everywhere that no one owns, and it's a real dumb Dog who passes it by.


Surfer62
Surfer62
1357 posts
1357 posts
5 Sep 2014 7:04pm
Got married, won't do that again
E T
E T
QLD
2286 posts
E T E T
QLD, 2286 posts
5 Sep 2014 9:19pm
Was walking down the street in a shopping centre and turned to admire a gorgeous woman walking by, I looked at her too long and I walked straight into a light pole and knocked myself out.

Haven't learnt from it though.

ET.
Kamikuza
Kamikuza
QLD
6493 posts
QLD, 6493 posts
5 Sep 2014 9:23pm
Replied to Milsy.
jn1
jn1
SA
2763 posts
jn1 jn1
SA, 2763 posts
5 Sep 2014 9:01pm
Read one of Smicko's replies.

(We are getting into the gutter now aren't we Kamikuza ?)

VB MAN
VB MAN
1156 posts
1156 posts
5 Sep 2014 7:36pm




Surfer62 said..

Got married, won't do that again


Sorry mate, wish I could have gotten this to ya sooner
youngbull
youngbull
QLD
826 posts
QLD, 826 posts
5 Sep 2014 9:37pm
When I was 17 I had a vl turbo. Back then the internet was crud, mobiles just starting and I knew everything. I decided I could boost my vl abit. So I installed a boost gauge and was showing 7, bugger that time to wind her up. Knowing very little I cut the actuator rod about 5mm welded it back and went for a spin..

1st sideways, 2nd sideways, 3rd sideways now at about 110kms, I looked at the boost and hitting a nice 21 - followed buy a screeching sound, steam out the bonnet and black suet poring out the exhaust. Killed the head and turbo in about 1.5mins of stupidity. 3k later and I sold the car and brought a 1983 celica.
I went from dumb to full retard.
Buster fin
Buster fin
WA
2599 posts
WA, 2599 posts
5 Sep 2014 8:35pm
Not studying hard enough...
Unhook3d
Unhook3d
WA
467 posts
WA, 467 posts
5 Sep 2014 8:47pm
"Full retard" -that's gold.
I grabbed my mates brand new timber bass guitar at a party when I was sloshed at 17yo. Thought I was a bit drunk to keep hold of it so better throw the strap over my shoulder. After strapping, let go, and bam. Down she goes.
Slit in the strap was on the topside.
Over $1k later I was sober. Terrible night.
dmitri
dmitri
VIC
1040 posts
VIC, 1040 posts
5 Sep 2014 11:37pm
drinking aftershave when working on supertrawler in my early 20s
paddymac
paddymac
WA
943 posts
WA, 943 posts
5 Sep 2014 9:40pm
At a party on a summer's afternoon and the beers are tasting good.

Lots of lovely young things, and enough beer that I'm thinking I've gotta chance.

Someone starts a game of backyard cricket. I decide to do one attempt at a fast ball and manage to hit a random girl walking behind the batsman in the breast with the ball.

She cries and all female eyes turn to me as the thoughtless evil guy who randomly throws balls at women's breasts. Needless to say, I stayed single that night.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23677 posts
WA, 23677 posts
5 Sep 2014 9:46pm
Thought it was a good idea to write "Mark" in my own (purple coloured) puke on the stairs, at my 21st at a nightclub.

Not my finest moment....






Disregarded friend's advice a few years later at same club. If it is 6ft, has a scarf around the neck and looks "enough like a girl" it actually may not me...?




Or maybe - never ridden a motorbike, but am first to get on a postie bike we just filled with methanol and added a 50hp nitrous kit onto...............

I think maybe the latter was dumbest..
elmo
elmo
WA
8894 posts
WA, 8894 posts
5 Sep 2014 9:55pm
Experimenting last night with densities of two pack polyurethane foam

Small mix of

1-1/2 teaspoons in a sealed plastic cup.......Sweet

3 teaspoons in a sealed plastic cup.......like a dry ice bomb.... except considerably messier
GPA
GPA
WA
2529 posts
GPA GPA
WA, 2529 posts
5 Sep 2014 10:04pm
Less than 2km from home - going flat out looking like I am going to get a PB after a 35km bike ride, lights go orange and I think I'll jump onto the footpath and skip through before she goes red... wrong! Bike vs Car and bike comes off worse. Crushed L2 vertebrae, two broken ribs and I spent the next 2yrs in terrible pain that still niggles me 15yrs later.
cauncy
cauncy
WA
8407 posts
WA, 8407 posts
5 Sep 2014 10:33pm
Rooted a goat, then posted it on seabreeze
smicko
smicko
WA
2503 posts
WA, 2503 posts
5 Sep 2014 10:55pm
jn1 said..
Read one of Smicko's replies.

(We are getting into the gutter now aren't we Kamikuza ?)



www.berro.com/joke/funny_stupid_responses.htm
Best I could do.
This week was longer than a Perth to Broome bus trip with Milsy in the aisle seat.


fingerbone
fingerbone
NSW
921 posts
NSW, 921 posts
6 Sep 2014 11:21am
I undid a S bend under a sink ..... very carefully took it out of cabinet......diddnt spill a drop.....then emptied the S bend back into sink...
oldgina
oldgina
NSW
55 posts
NSW, 55 posts
6 Sep 2014 1:12pm
Surfer62 said..
Got married, won't do that again


Did nobody warn you....?

I think you know it's time to get married when you are ready for someone else to tell you what to do...

oldgina
oldgina
NSW
55 posts
NSW, 55 posts
6 Sep 2014 1:15pm
cauncy said..
Rooted a goat, then posted it on seabreeze


At least you didn't marry one.....
NewScotty
NewScotty
2350 posts
2350 posts
6 Sep 2014 5:15pm
Got done drink driving on my learners on New Year's Eve dressed in toga.
That would rank about 23rd dumbest.
Craig66
Craig66
NSW
2466 posts
NSW, 2466 posts
6 Sep 2014 9:27pm
Well tonight it was posting on another thread,

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Very-bored/


And then posting on this one
landyacht
landyacht
WA
5921 posts
WA, 5921 posts
6 Sep 2014 9:09pm
stuck my head in a sliding door on a Hiace to check on dog , whist door was closing. came to on concrete apron of petrol station with both ears split and bleeding , id swear the dog was laughing his head off
Pugwash
Pugwash
WA
7733 posts
WA, 7733 posts
6 Sep 2014 11:32pm
fingerbone said...
I undid a S bend under a sink ..... very carefully took it out of cabinet......diddnt spill a drop.....then emptied the S bend back into sink...


I have done that Twice... Kitchen and bathroom
actiomax
actiomax
NSW
1576 posts
NSW, 1576 posts
8 Sep 2014 2:16pm
Took up working for myself
Simondo
Simondo
VIC
8025 posts
VIC, 8025 posts
8 Sep 2014 8:36pm
actiomax said..
Took up working for myself


I did that, but it was the BEST thing I ever did!
subasurf
subasurf
WA
2154 posts
WA, 2154 posts
8 Sep 2014 7:08pm
Almost got myself killed a few times while mountaineering in the French alps.

Other than that, no big regrets. Very happy with my life at the moment and I wouldn't be in this position if my past handed brought me to this point. Biggest regret is not answering a phone call from a mate who wound up getting killed half a week later.
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
8 Sep 2014 9:10pm
I was cold so I moved out of the shade into the moonlight.
Pitbull
Pitbull
WA
1267 posts
WA, 1267 posts
8 Sep 2014 9:06pm
Put my sisters hair clip into a power point. (way before RCD)
felixdcat
felixdcat
WA
3519 posts
WA, 3519 posts
9 Sep 2014 8:53am
Got married twice!
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