Ever done somthing really dumb?

An hour ago I dropped my Samsung 10.1 tablet and watched it bounce down the marble stairs in to the family room from the kitchen. And if anyone is interested those shock / drop protectors don't really help. Other then it did not get dented. The rubber liner thing with the big rubber blocks at the corners on it added to the amount of times it bounced. I have to get this fixed or replaced before school starts as my son has been using it for reading and school related assistance and it has been helping him a lot.

The thing still works but the screen is shattered. I can get another screen from ebay / amazon for about $20 so it is not all that bad a hit but I am so mad at my self for being stupid and dropping it in the first place.

I hate that feeling...

Hope the screen replacement goes well!

these things happen, could have been worse, get the tool kit to.

Numerical or alphabetical list preferred?

"dare to be stupid...life will be more interesting!"

I was reading my Kindle while waiting for Vietnamese takeaway, put it in my messenger when the order was ready and went home. When I turned it back on a couple hours later the display - not the glass - was cracked. No drop, no bang, no 'nothin. Turns out it had sat against a blistering hot quart container of pho for the ride home and the differential expansion cracked it.

I bought a new display thingy on eBay for $35, installed it and it works like new.

I've never done anything stupid. Some of the smart things I do have disasterous results, but stupid? Never. Not once. I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken...

Have I ever done anything stupid?

Let me ask the wife and get back to you.

let me count the ways.

Is this a by the hour question?

My first admission to stupidity:

1983 or 4: My friend was supposed to follow me to AM/PM to get gas and beer on our way to Sunset Strip. He had his folks newish Impala. The local police had the same cars. I saw the Impala headlights in my rearview while sitting at a stoplight, and when the light turned green, I lit up a John Forceian smokey burnout and tossed it sideways across the AM/PM lot. Much to my surprise, the first clue that my buddy wasn't the car behind me was the red and blue lights flashing in my mirrors.

It really does seem like one of those small firecrackers (the ones that come in packs of 500) don't pack enough of a punch to damage the toilet in your apartment. It should make a little pop and scare everyone in your apartment, but not completely shatter your toilet.

On the plus side, I did learn the value of the phrase "sweetie, I did something really stupid and I need your help rather than your wrath right now".

^ Try a M100. That would do enough damage to qualify for this thread.

In reply to Flyin Mikey J:

I did something similar but it was 17 year old me in a Mitsubishi so beat up the next owner tried to sue me, doing a one wheel peel out of a gas station, and the cop barely even looked at me.

Read the thread about my leaking Chevy prism.

Flyin Mikey J wrote: My first admission to stupidity: 1983 or 4: My friend was supposed to follow me to AM/PM to get gas and beer on our way to Sunset Strip. He had his folks newish Impala. The local police had the same cars. I saw the Impala headlights in my rearview while sitting at a stoplight, and when the light turned green, I lit up a John Forceian smokey burnout and tossed it sideways across the AM/PM lot. Much to my surprise, the first clue that my buddy wasn't the car behind me was the red and blue lights flashing in my mirrors.

Dude, in some circles that is considered a badge of honor.

.... well, twenty years later it is, not too funny at the time.

Flyin Mikey J wrote: Have I ever done anything stupid? Let me ask the wife and get back to you.

If you asked my wife she would answer "Has he ever done anything that wasn't?"

I would probably put my Manhattan down and stop playing with my son's radio controlled helicopter long enough to offer some sort of slurred rebuke.

I could start a three ring binder on stupid stuff I've done. I'll start with breaking a $35,000 broadcast video camera in half.

'Nuff said.

^
I had a cop pull into a smoke cloud with me doing donuts and wait. I just got a warning.

Just the car stuff is too numerous to list, but I have walked away from a good (easy/good paying) job because of laziness and pride. Thats pretty dumb.

Nope! Never! Wasn't me! Wasn't there!I don't even have a boat! That ain't my trailer! What goat?

Bruce

Nothing I'd ever admit to, on an internet forum...

The phone I am using to write this post has a big dark haze now. Some guy dropped it in the oil pan. Twice

What an idiot.

Plenty of regrets, but I'm not going to talk about my past relationships

I was the "clean up boy" when I was 14-17 years working for a builder sweeping out the houses and picking up all the scraps the tradesman threw on the ground.

On Saturday's we would "borrow" the builders or plumbers truck to move our garbage as it was easier (and more fun) than using a wheel barrow. When I was 15 I didn't use my mirrors properly and backed the tailgate into a future owners VW Sirocco door and punched a big hole right in the center.

My dad wasn't happy to hear I had been driving without a DL or even a permit.

Knurled wrote:

That's not stupid. That's merely insane.

Me, on the other hand... there isn't enough internet to list them all...