[mr dragon]

People occasionally do really daft things by accident; lock their keys in the car, send the wrong email to the wrong person, walk into things when it's blatantly obvious it's right there in front of them, even call out the wrong person's name in bed, etc etc. That kind of thing...

I did something really daft yesterday. I have a small 'bag less' Hoover (a vacuum cleaner to the Americans) which is now half a small bag less Hoover. Because it's 'bag less' it has a section at the front (with the filter in it) that you have to detach to empty, and also do the same when you clean the filter inside. A few days ago, after having a little 'hoover' session in my flat, I decided that it needed emptying and also cleaning. Because it creates a lot of dust and mess when you do that I always take it down stairs to the outside car park in our building complex, where the wheelie bins are, to empty it directly into a bag and put the dust into a wheelie bin. All sensible stuff. Right? However, because it was about 7 pm and I wanted to cook some dinner, I decided, in my *genius* state of mind to put the removable section of the Hoover in a small Tesco's shopping bag (I keep a few if I ever do use them at the supermarket- which is not that often), tie up the top to stop any dust getting out, and then put the thing in the hallway by the door to remind me to do it the next day. Now, I'm a typical male who lives on his own- so I tend to procrastinate with certain 'house' chores sometimes. Basically, I didn't take the thing down to the wheelie bins and do it for a couple of days or so. You know how men can be sometime with stuff like that....ie I'll definitely do it tomorrow bla bla bla- which is the code word for: it will get done sometime in the near future, haven't decided when yet...

So, what happens next. On Friday afternoon I ran out of bin liners for my flip top bin in my kitchen. So what do I do....? Because I'm not going shopping until the next day I put any extra rubbish in some more of those saved Tesco bags I have. Before I go to bed I tie them all up at the top, and also put them by my door to take down to the wheelie bins on Saturday morning as well. You can guess what's coming right...? Dopey pants here got up on Saturday morning, and because he had a busy day yesterday and was rushing around, completely forgot one of the bags contained the front part of his Hoover- and threw the whole lot in the wheelie bins that morning. Genius I only realised what I'd done today AFTER I decided that I was FINALLY going to sort out the Hoover. As you can also guess, when I went down to the large wheelie bins downstairs to see if it was still there, they had been emptied.

I now have half a Hoover that I can't use. They don't make that model anymore, don't sell that part, and I have to buy a new one. I'm a fucking turnip head...

What's the daftest thing you've ever done by accident? We have all done daft things sometimes

[ukus]

I put my engagement ring in a little egg cup with some Gin to clean it (a tidbit I read in a magazine) and left it soaking. I still hadn't realized what I 'd done when I was busily washing up and without thinking included the egg cup. It wasn't until later when I was missing the ring on my finger did I realise what I had done. I dashed to the kitchen but alas it must have gone down the plughole with the washing up bowl water when I emptied it. Terry checked the U bend but I never saw my ring again.

[Mr Retro]

When I was a teenager, someone had done something to me that when I thought about what had actually happened later, sent me into an absolute rage. I imagined punching them in the nose and actually threw a mean punch into the air. The trouble was, in throwing the "phantom punch," I caught the corner of my nose with my own fist. The pain was excruciating. Luckily, I didn't do any damage and the pain eventually subsided.

[mr dragon]

That's actually a lot sadder, on a personal level (!), than my Hoover story Karen. A Hoover's just a Hoover- it can be replaced. I can see how you'd feel about something like that. I think it can be quite common though with rings. My Dad lost his wedding ring years ago when we were living in the US. He was having a shower and it came off and went down the plug hole- as well. He didn't realise when it happened, but by the time he had actually realised later on it was too late. They unscrewed the plug cover and looked around for ages, but they never found it.

[JuanaLaLoca]

I did something similar to you, Dragon. I have something called a Scumbuster, which has various attachments, like brushes and scrubbie disks. I had been using the scrubby to clean my tub, and it did a really good job. I bought some replacement scrubbies, and when I was done cleaning one time, I just took the old one off and tossed it. Of course, the garbage had gone by the next time I wanted to use it, when I discovered that they attached to something with Velcro, and that piece attached to the machine. Of course, I had tossed that bit, as well! No more scrubbies for me, and the brushes don't work as well.

My mother once lost her wedding ring. She looked everywhere, and gave it up as lost. My father bought her a replacement. Once, I was looking for something in a lower cabinet in their living room, and found it!

St. Anthony is a saint that you pray to to find lost items. Once, my parents' little St. Anthony statue, which my mother kept on the kitchen window sill, went missing! Talk about ironic! Some time later he turned up under the dining room table, but no idea how he got there.

[kitchenwitch]

I have done so many stupid things where do I begin? They all stem from either being careless or being in a hurry, or a combination of both. I've forgotten to put my cash drawer away at work a couple of times, thankfully I've had someone else cover my ass so there weren't any dire consequences. I'm a lot more careful now because it totally freaked me out at the time.

As far as throwing things away accidentally, I can't tell you how many knives I thrown out with empty pizza boxes. And I'm fairly certain one of my little soy sauce dishes got tossed one of the last times we had sushi.

[wakeyboy]

I've occasionally left a door unlocked, or a window open when I've gone out. Luckily We've never been burgled. I check these things more than I used to though now.

If I've had two things in my hands, one I want to keep and the other I want to put in a bin I've got it the wrong way round before!

I also put pizzas in the oven and then get distracted and then find a lump of smoking carbon when I finally remember.

I once filled up at the petrol station, paid and drove off and kept hearing this tapping sound. I pulled over and discovered that I'd not put the screw cap back in place and it was hanging down and tapping on the side of the car.

[waterbeetle]

KW and I were driving to Norfolk VA from NY. I was going to a new duty station (Navy) so we had the car filled with our stuff, luggage and dog. We stopped for gas along the way and I got a free car wash with the fill up. As were sitting in the wash, watching the water cascade down the windshield we both realized, at the same time, that we had luggage on the roof! After a fit of laughter we calmly drove out of the wash and down the road a piece before we stopped to see if all our stuff was soaked, it wasn't, but it was still funny

[SilverMiniCooperS]

Waterbeetle - that's funny!


The most stupid thing I've ever done - many years ago - was leave my handbag in the shopping cart in Kroger's parking lot after unloading the groceries...and didn't realize it until I got home! I rushed back and the cart collector person had found it and turned it in. I was incredibly lucky as nothing was missing.

I've done the 'leaving something cooking on the stove or oven' and for a long while now use a timer. When we lived in Denver years ago I put the kettle on and Pat my neighbor called to show me something. I popped over there and when I returned the kettle was a mass of melted metal! I went and bought a new one and when Klaus asked what happened to the old one I told him it sprung a leak!! Well, it was the truth really.

I have to say that now I am on my own, I find myself being a lot more careful about things that could be dangerous - like leaving stuff on the stove, double checking to making sure the doors are locked before bed. When there's two of you, the other can always catch things like this...like Klaus always made sure the doors were locked...but Cinnamon doesn't seem to think it's important!

[JuanaLaLoca]

And then there was the time that I came out of work during a blizzard, got the car started to get the heater going, grabbed the brush and scraper, and locked the car! A guy who came by helped me, but it took him about an hour and a half and required him to use bare hands, which couldn't have been a good thing during a blizzard.

[tonyrockyhorror]

I voted for Carter in 76

[JuanaLaLoca]

I voted for Carter in 76

I voted for Ford.

[SilverMiniCooperS]

I voted for Carter in 76

I've locked my keys in the truck a couple of times - thank God for Mr. Pruitt, a local lock smith who will come to your aid (for a fee of course), but he's in his eighties now I think, so I don't know how much longer he'll keep going. He has a long string with gawd knows how many key blanks on it - they're numbered, and mine is #20!!

[Druid 2156]

I voted for dubbya in 2000.

[wakeyboy]

I voted Conservative in one local election and the last general election.

[ukus]

KW and I were driving to Norfolk VA from NY. I was going to a new duty station (Navy) so we had the car filled with our stuff, luggage and dog. We stopped for gas along the way and I got a free car wash with the fill up. As were sitting in the wash, watching the water cascade down the windshield we both realized, at the same time, that we had luggage on the roof! After a fit of laughter we calmly drove out of the wash and down the road a piece before we stopped to see if all our stuff was soaked, it wasn't, but it was still funny

[ukus]

I voted for Carter in 76

...... YOU WIN the daft award!!


I wish I had a dollar for every time I've picked up my hairspray and sprayed liberally, thinking it was deodorant

[tonyrockyhorror]

I could make an absolutely stoopid connection between arm pits and hair spray, but it would only serve to satisfy my inner adolecent so I won't do it.

[JuanaLaLoca]

I could make an absolutely stoopid connection between arm pits and hair spray, but it would only serve to satisfy my inner adolecent so I won't do it.

[SilverMiniCooperS]

I could make an absolutely stoopid connection between arm pits and hair spray, but it would only serve to satisfy my inner adolecent so I won't do it.