What dumb thing did you do today?

[fatjay]

I should preface this with English is not my wife’s first language, and barely her second. So I got what was coming to me.


I’m out in the garage and called in and asked if I could have the rubbing alcohol, and a screwdriver. Don’t judge, I’m rationing the beer. So she comes out and I take a drink and said this tastes terrible, and where’s the rubbing alcohol? She said it’s in the screwdriver with a strait face. I said no, I need the rubbing alcohol to clean off some metal, the screwdriver was a separate item. She said ooh, that makes more sense. I told her it’s a good thing she’s pretty.

 

[k0ua]

I was backing the tractor into its parking spot in the garage, looking back over my shoulder, not easy with arthritis in my neck, I heard a crunch.... shattered the trim piece around the door with the edge of the bucket.

Dad used to always say "watch your front end, watch your front end" when I was a kid just learning how to drive and operate machinery. I was about 13 or 14 and learning to drive the 65 ford truck with 3 on the tree. We finished up with the field work literally operating it in a big 40 acre field, Went to park the truck, drove by an open barn door and reversed and cut the wheels too hard to the right and caught the barn door on the front bumper and ripped it off its hinges and dented the fender on the truck. I felt bad, real bad. Dad didn't say much, just started picking up the pieces of the door and rehanging it. I didn't watch my front end. I was looking backward. I haven't forgotten that incident over 50 years ago.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
You have to wonder how many of those things they'd done themselves.
I was mowing the lawn at the greenhouse and my father had just gone to lunch when I clipped a waterline, and water went everywhere. I called him and he came down to shut the main line off but his only comment was "I usually have to fix one evey year, just not this early"... then went back home to finish his lunch.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I was thirsty, looked in fridge and saw a big jar of cherry Kool Aid. I drank it all even though it was super sweet. I hear wife open the fridge "where's the hummingbird food?".

 

[K5lwq]

I was thirsty, looked in fridge and saw a big jar of cherry Kool Aid. I drank it all even though it was super sweet. I hear wife open the fridge "where's the hummingbird food?".

Now that is hilarious!! :laughing:

 

[airbiscuit]

Did you get a buzzz out of it?

 

[k0ua]

I was thirsty, looked in fridge and saw a big jar of cherry Kool Aid. I drank it all even though it was super sweet. I hear wife open the fridge "where's the hummingbird food?".

It is very good to laugh in these times...

 

[shovelmike]

Dad used to always say "watch your front end, watch your front end" when I was a kid just learning how to drive and operate machinery. I was about 13 or 14 and learning to drive the 65 ford truck with 3 on the tree. We finished up with the field work literally operating it in a big 40 acre field, Went to park the truck, drove by an open barn door and reversed and cut the wheels too hard to the right and caught the barn door on the front bumper and ripped it off its hinges and dented the fender on the truck. I felt bad, real bad. Dad didn't say much, just started picking up the pieces of the door and rehanging it. I didn't watch my front end. I was looking backward. I haven't forgotten that incident over 50 years ago.

Yes, those kinds of lessons stick with you. At least it's light damage, just a 2" wide strip with attached weather strip.

 

[Oldpath05]

Dumb? Last week I had a ladder slide out from under me while painting my barn, and dumped a gallon of red siding stain (also fell on my azz, still hurts a week later). I would have had just enough to finish the job, but I lost about 1/2 gallon so there was no way I could finish after that. OK, call the paint store, arrange for curbside pickup and got another gallon.

The next day a different ladder slid sideways along the wall and I dumped that whole new gallon (managed to avoid falling though). Call the paint store and get *two* gallons so I have extra. Finished the job without further incident but that was about $90 in wasted paint, and the ground next to my barn looks like there was a chainsaw massacre. In retrospect I should not carry full gallons with me up on a ladder.

Oh yeah I done that, two years ago I landed on the ladder and my back hurt so bad for a month I could just barely walk or get out of bed, no one had back pain like I did, I hate ladder work......

 

[Oldpath05]

Tree cutting 101 and 1/2.... Last Saturday I went to cut down a 18" tree for some lumber, I did the front cut in about 8", brought saw out cut few more bushes, then started the back cut, got almost all way through then tree started to lean, then wondering why tree wasn't falling, looked in the front and forgot to make the downward notch on the tree, so brought saw around and started to make the notch cut, didn't get far so quickly backed saw out and let the chips fall where they may, 20' off location. First time in 45 years of cutting trees that I forget to make a downward notch cut, and I'm still mad about it.