Foolishness

[Somebody Else]

When holding a wickedly sharp knife in one hand, do not, on any account, attempt to catch the carrot you dropped in close proximity to it with the other hand - it's a messy recipe.

Anyone else do anything similarly malcoordinated recently?

[Bar Kochba]

When holding a wickedly sharp knife in one hand, do not, on any account, attempt to catch the carrot you dropped in close proximity to it with the other hand - it's a messy recipe.

Anyone else do anything similarly malcoordinated recently?

WOW bout the most random thing ive ever read did this happen to u

[Proletariat]

While cooking earlier, I forget I had just opened one of the cupboard doors that hangs from the ceiling. I leaned over to get something from one of the lower drawers in the kitchen and you can guess what happened when I stood back up. I do something this stupid just about monthly.

[Reenk Roink]

Don't try fixing a wedgie, while at the same time, switching your gear from "Park" to "Drive" or you might just lose driving privileges...

[Fragony]

Sliced of my finger with a fridge a few months ago, beat that

[The_Doctor]

Sliced of my finger with a fridge a few months ago, beat that

Never pick a coin out of a fire that is changing colour.

Never booby trap a tree by half cutting through a branch then try to test it by jumping on it.

[Beirut]

Foolishness?

Letting your two kids and their two friends play with clay in the house.

And this is just the sink where they washed their hands. You should see the kitchen table.

[Reenk Roink]

Gosh, that looks like blood...

[Duke of Gloucester]

I am sure the fun they had was worth it. (for them!)

[Fragony]

Well another case of unspeakable folly, if you have to go with your boat under a bridge, make sure that the bridge is high enough.

Fragony = Fragony -2500 euro

[Ianofsmeg16]

Never throw Potassium Powder into a Bunsen Burner, with your friend standing close to the burner....I very nearly set him on fire poor lad...

[Duke Malcolm]

When holding a wickedly sharp knife in one hand, do not, on any account, attempt to catch the carrot you dropped in close proximity to it with the other hand - it's a messy recipe.

Anyone else do anything similarly malcoordinated recently?

Yes, but with a German Sausage...
I have a cut on the bit between my thumb and fore-finger...

[Viking]

When you cut a frozen American(aka big) muffin in two halfes, make sure you don`t have your finger directly below the knife.
I still have the scar; almost cut in to the bone(if didn`t).

[Alexanderofmacedon]

My friend was taking me home and I yelled at a friend of mine, who is a girl. She's very attractive and just her name got my driving friend to look...

...He hit the car in front of him screwing the heck out of his liscence plate

Funny stuff...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Recently nothing major, but when I was a child I stabbed myself in the mouth with an arrow.

I can still feel the scar.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Never try seeing how much paper you can cut through with the razor from a pencil sharpener. I cut off the very tip of my left thumb, and have a scar there.

[Craterus]

Don't fall off a theme park ride.

There's mine.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Don't ever shave naked whilst standing in front of a mirror that hangs directly above a very hot radiator.

[SwordsMaster]

Don't ever shave naked whilst standing in front of a mirror that hangs directly above a very hot radiator.

Ouch! I feel you comrade. Been there.

[Beirut]

Don't ever shave naked whilst standing in front of a mirror that hangs directly above a very hot radiator.

I'm not sure if this is just British wisdom or has been gained through personal experience. And I can offer neither sympathy nor empathy unil it has been made clear.

Did you, BKS, my boss, my buddy, Lord of this your Kingdom of Peace & Love, shave naked in front of a mirror hanging directly over a hot radiator?

13,454 Org. members want to know.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Actually, I for one do NOT want to know.

[Divinus Arma]

I was working at a submarine sandwich shop as a teenager and was a little drunk. ( I was a baaaaaaaaaaad kid)

Anyway, as I went to slice this gentleman's sandwich in half, I simultaneously sliced into my left thumb. (very deep- still have the scar)

I ran into the back kitchen to wash my hand, leaving the sandwich there and telling no one what happened. It was so quick that no one saw or had any idea. "Cut and run" quite literally!


The scary part: The man had ordered a meatball sandwich and I shall never know what became of it, since no one knew why I scampered off...

I reckon he found it to be extra saucy that day.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Well I was an idiot this morning. My mistake was thinking while washing the top of a can of dog-food.

Now I have a great little cut nearly directly on the middle of my right thumb. Maybe it'll leave a scar to balance out the ones I have on my left thumb....

[TheSilverKnight]

Never cook (American) bacon without a shirt on

Always use shaving cream unless you are using a small electric razor to do a few touch-ups

Do not attempt to break up cat-fights (between cats, girls, or girl cats)

Never stick your finger on a fork that's been left in a pot of pasta that's been left to boil/simmer for a few moments...

[Lemur]

Don't take any dietary supplements because your wife says "You ought to take these." I forget what the evil substance was, but I fell over with a fever, my body turned bright red, and I wondered if I was going to die. When I recovered, I found that the stuff warned that all of this might happen in tiny print on a giant piece of paper folded inside the box.

This lemur has been very cautious about vitamins/supplements ever since. Now I wish I could remember what that stuff was ...

[Samurai Waki]

When shooting a pistol, never put your thumb on the hammer (tore my thumb off my hand when I was 15 and had to have it reattached)... Don't think I've shot a pistol since.

[Ja'chyra]

Oh so many:

Never check the chamfer on the piece of steel you just milled with your thumb - Lost tip of finger

Never cycle home after 6 double vodka's - broken shoulder

Never push your mums shopping down the conveyor belt in Tesco's - 3" Scar on right palm

Magnets on TV screens make pretty colours but don't do much for the picture afterwards - New TV

And not forgetting the old favourite, if it looks too high/far/heavy/wide/deep then it probably is.

In my defence most of these were when I was younger, let's hope age brings the much vaunted wisdom

Maybe the best, or worst, was someone I worked with:

When you wear a harness it's better to clip it on rather than fall 75 foot hitting a girder every 6 feet - Broken Back

[Scurvy]

never walk into to one of those automatic doors when theres a "closed sign" outside, it really hurts....

[Geoffrey S]

When driving around Greece in a bus two years ago with school whenever I stood up I hit my head on the bagage rack above me. Would have thought I'd learn after the first few times, but no.

Chap in my year skates a lot, but had grown somewhat during the holidays which changes the necessary technique. Not once, but twice when taking a bend he stabbed himself in the back of the foot with his other skate, the second time rather deeply; can't skate for a while now.

[Jubilation T Cornpone]

When replacing the power switch for the electric shower, always make sure there isn't a seperate fuse switch for it, maybe hidden up above the mains switch for the rest of the electric appliances. If you fail this simple test then at least don't pull the switch box over the exposed wires which brings them into contact with each other. If you fail that test then whatever you do, try and miss the sink on your way backwards across the bathroom....