Dumb Things We've Done

[mal]

CARS

1
Very recently I took MT79 and his girlfriend to Kulpara dogs, and noticed the
temperature gauge was on full and pulled over.
I ahh err ahh err forgotted to err ahh err put the radiator cap back on after checking the water at home

2
My first go at passing my drivers test with the sarge at Semaphore police station.
Passed the written test, and back in the 70s we had to pass a drving test.
I did my parking ok
I drove ok
I did everything well
We got up a steep hill.
I activated the handbrake in my dads Torana
To release the handbrake was a turning knob near the speedo in those cars.
I turned it AND PULLED IT OUT by mistake
We were stuck there
We both had to walk back to the station
I had to call the RAA
I failed the f.....g test !

They brought out a song a few years before that called 'The Fool on the Hill ' !

3
Party
Got this bird into the back seat and ................
When I did me pants up and opened the door about 20 people started clapping

Another song to describe that ' I was only nineteen '


4
car Auction with MT79 + another buddy
we were going to buy this 4 cylinder hatch, do it up and sell it
The car was up in 2 cars time
The car up at the time was a Pajeero
the bidding got to $2700
mate asked shall we have a go for it
i said wait for the next one
it went 2800
then my mate bid 2900 and got it
only f....g problem was I meant the next one = next car not next bid !

We drove the car out and it smoked like a f...g chimney

[gadj1976]

Got pissed in Canberra whilst living there. Stumbled out of taxi, and despite trying to keep my balance, I effectively got a run up and hit my shoulder on a brick wall (about 3cm from a tap).

I managed to get inside (still don't remember this part) and went to sleep. Woke up the next morning and went to have a shower, still hungover, put shampoo in my left hand and then went to put the left hand on my head.........nothing.... except excruciating pain. I asked my housemate what the hell happened. He recalled the events leading up to me being taken from the wall, to home. Luckily the wall was the apartment block we lived in.

So I went to the hospital and said to the Nurse, "I think I've dislocated my shoulder". I made up a great story about rollerblading and hitting a rock. She said "so.... pissed were you". I had to cough up the truth.

Anyway, I had to wait about 4 hours and finally I thought, this is crazy, I'm just gonna go home. My old man who works with North Adelaide Juniors put my right shoulder in after a footy injury years ago and I remembered how he did it. So I went home, rolled a towel up and put it under my left arm, then put my left arm in an "L" shape across my body, grabbed my elbow and yanked it as hard as I could. Without too much effort in the end, it popped back and I could use my arm again. Pharken hurt though!

[grant j]

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[JK]

A couple from primary school days ...

1. PE Class and it's volleyball time, the teacher boots the ball for all the kids to chase at the beginning ... We all chase off like mad hares and Roly Poly CP leads the ensuing pack ... I can feel them baring down on me and in my panic reaching for the ball (which I got) forgot completely about the volleyball net and ended u-know-what up on the ground with all these faces staring down at me. Sadly, this wasn't the greatest concern as the net had actually cut/scratched my face and I walked around with grid shaped scabs on my face for the remainder of the week!

2. Year 2 Sports Day and I'm lined up in the 100m dash ... I break away from the group and comfortably lead all challengers ... About 5 metres from the finish line and certain victory my floppy hat blows off and stupid me runs back to get it ... I can still see Steven Bradbury passing me and all those bastard parents laughing as I finished last!

Me, bitter? Never ....

[Baron Greenback]

A couple from primary school days ...

2. Year 2 Sports Day and I'm lined up in the 100m dash ... I break away from the group and comfortably lead all challengers ... About 5 metres from the finish line and certain victory my floppy hat blows off and stupid me runs back to get it ... I can still see Steven Bradbury passing me and all those bastard parents laughing as I finished last!

Me, bitter? Never ....

Brings back a memory from High School...
Really needed to go to the toilet for a number two right before the 100 metre sprint.
Didn't have time and busted my arse to get to the finish line so I could duck off to the loo before I soiled myself!
Ran so fast I won the race for the first and only time!

[Mic]

About 6 days before I was to depart for a holiday to Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, I realised my passport was not where I thought I had 'safely' left it. My house was packed up in boxes as I was moving house when I got back, so after unpacking 15 or so big boxes where it might have been, I raced over to the Roxby Downs post office to see how to apply for a fast-tracked passport. They told me I needed to get to Adelaide now (560km away), which I then started to do until my car broke down (for the first time ever). I rang both of the town's mechanics who told me it could not be fixed until 2 weeks later due to the Christmas period/holidays. I then rang the Passport place in Adelaide who was able to book me in their very last appointment (4:30pm) before they shut for the next 4 days over Christmas. With no car I had to fly to Adelaide (which cost me a ridiculous $370 one way) in the last seat they had available, jump off the plane and race down to the City in a cab to make the 4:30 appointment for my fast-tracked replacement passport (which cost me $380). I remember physically shaking when putting my application in, if there was a problem my 3 grand holiday would be down the toilet. Luckily they were open the day before I was to depart, giving me my passport about 20 hours before I was taking off. My $3000 holiday turned into a $3800 one. Very stupid mistake.
My new passport is now in a very safe and secure location.

[bulldogproud]

1. Had just started dating two different girls (had only had the one date with each though) and sent an SMS message to the wrong girl. Got out of it somehow (DW, this was wayyyyyyyyy before Sheree btw).
2. Had to catch a train to go from, I think it was Foligno, to Rome in order to catch a flight back home. Saw one that had Roma - Ancona on it and thinking that it was going to Rome and then onto Ancona boarded it. Unfortunately, it was on its way from Rome to Ancona and Foligno was a stop along the way. Ended up on the other side of Italy not sure how to get back to Rome in time. Ended up booking a taxi that cost $US 500 (in 1990). Can remember the taxi driver's words - 'uno momento, I just ringa da wife to tell her I not be home tonight'.

[Mr66]

Barracked for St.Kilda for nearly 40 years.

[Hondo]

Doing a presentation with my Boss at a clients site in front of 15 people. In the middle of the presentation I feinted, fell over and smashed the glass of the overhead projector with my head. Presentation suddenly over, boss had to drive me to QEH Emergency Room



At least I can say it was 10 years ago

[Dogwatcher]

Spewed at the bar at my wedding.

Let's not bring that up when the missus is around, please.

[Mr66]

Doing a presentation with my Boss at a clients site in front of 15 people. In the middle of the presentation I feinted, fell over and smashed the glass of the overhead projector with my head. Presentation suddenly over, boss had to drive me to QEH Emergency Room



At least I can say it was 10 years ago

Bit hard on yourself.
Only dumb if you had been drinking for two hours.

[Dirko]

Lunch at Skillogalee, went to the car, THOUGHT I put my wallet in the console. Drove off. Arrive at B & B some 15 kays away, no wallet. FFS...
Missus then says she can remember that I put it on the car roof, and couldn't remember me putting it in console...
FFS. Drive the 15 kays, doing about 10 kays p/h along the road looking in vain (black wallet ). No luck, no luck at winery either. FFS.
Back at B & B cancel the cards etc, ring B & B owner and advise we can't pay them etc , following day go to leave throw a CD in the console. Watch it disappear BEHIND the console. WTF . Stick hand back down there, in a hole I've never seen and FFS there's the wallet !

[Dogwatcher]

Oh well, at least you got lunch at Skillogalee!

[Dirko]

Oh well, at least you got lunch at Skillogalee!

Ahh the Shiraz.mmmmmmmmmmm...

[Dogwatcher]

Man, i've got soooooo many stories for this thread.

[Punk Rooster]

Man, i've got soooooo many stories for this thread.

so have I, but discretion is the better part of valour...

[bulldogproud]

Man, i've got soooooo many stories for this thread.

DW, will have to get you drunk at a quiz night sometime and hear them all

[Psyber]

Many years ago I met a lady at a party and we got on well. As things were warming up I very carefully explained that I had just been through a break up and was not pledging committment, just a casual non-exclusive relationship. She said she understood, and that suited her.

Some months later after we had been seeing [etc.] each other fairly regularly, she asked me to a party and I said I had another date that night and she threw her drink over me. Apparently, later discussion revealed, the fact that I bought her some moderately expensive French perfume for her birthday had negated the understanding we made at the outset, in a way that a cheaper present would not have done.

Which was my biggest mistake?
1. Believing her in the first place.
2. Seeing her for too long.
3. Buying her a nice birthday present.
4. Being open about the other date despite our apparent understanding.

[Punk Rooster]

all of the above Psyber...

[stan]

all of the above Psyber...

Yeah agree with punk here, Psyber you poor fella.