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
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