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Eldercaveman wrote: Also kind of feel like this needs to be posted in this thread....
Haha wow. Who'd have thought those duds at Metro could come up with such a good add.
Check out the parodies of it on youtube, they're pretty cool as well. So is the Dumb ways to Die game. You'll be singing it for days now.... muahahahaa
On that one night, I visited an old friend of mine and somehow we got into smoking pot. After a while I got very hungry and went to a small store around the corner. I picked up a lot of funky stuff and stashed it under my arms and in the front pockets of my jacket. I went to the checkout and dropped a whole pile of sweets onto the conveyor belt. The operator, a shy young miss, scanned the stuff and looked at me. “Is that all?” She asked a little ironically and I said “That’s all, thank you.” Smiling because of all the rubbish I just bought and because I probably looked like I felt, completely stoned. I paid, packed my stuff back up and went back to my friend’s apartment. I entered the floor, looking at myself in the mirror to see how bad it was. It was bad, eyes red like rubies. Then I saw it. A supersize 500gr chocolate bar, several strawberry poles and a12 pack of snickers peeking out of my front pockets…
Please don't bypass the language filter. Thanks Reds8n
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Oh i agree Kalash. It looks like tons of fun. And hey, if you do it and it gets you killed... well at least you went out flying through the air like a boss and dressed like a sugar glider. What's not to love.
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I used to cut keys and mix paint for a living during my undergrad years. After one of my earlier attempts to cut a set of keys, I noticed some swarf on the bitting (teeth), which I proceeded to brush away with my fingers. I was pulling spiral pieces of razor sharp metal out of my finger tips for the next week.
Lesson learned: use a brush to clean up metal filings, not your fingers. Brushes don't bleed.
"That is not the way. The warriors from the sky are above the squabblings of the clans. We choose only the bravest of the plains people. We take no sides."
Flarack wrote: On that one night, I visited an old friend of mine and somehow we got into smoking pot.
Please don't bypass the language filter. Thanks Reds8n
You know that could be the opening line to a million "dumbest thing I ever did stories".
Good start by the way, I was hoping for something better though, you need to work on your follow through.
Flarack wrote: On that one night, I visited an old friend of mine and somehow we got into smoking pot.
Please don't bypass the language filter. Thanks Reds8n
You know that could be the opening line to a million "dumbest thing I ever did stories".
Good start by the way, I was hoping for something better though, you need to work on your follow through.
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Shespits "Anything i see with YOLO has half naked eleventeen year olds Girls. And of course booze and drugs and more half naked elventeen yearolds Girls. O how i wish to YOLO again!"
Rubiksnoob "Next you'll say driving a stick with a Scandinavian supermodel on your lap while ripping a bong impairs your driving. And you know what, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP, YOU FILTHY COMMUNIST"
While the list of daft things I've done is long and glorious, one of my favourites goes like this.
I was flying to Australia for work,
I arrive at immigrations in Perth after a long day followed by a long flight.
The immigration officer asks me "do you have a criminal record?"
I reply "I didn't know I still needed one..."
Not the smartest thing I've ever done.
If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it. item 87, skippys list
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marv335 wrote: While the list of daft things I've done is long and glorious, one of my favourites goes like this.
I was flying to Australia for work,
I arrive at immigrations in Perth after a long day followed by a long flight.
The immigration officer asks me "do you have a criminal record?"
I reply "I didn't know I still needed one..."
Not the smartest thing I've ever done.
That is brilliant...
I'd have let you in for that
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marv335 wrote: While the list of daft things I've done is long and glorious, one of my favourites goes like this.
I was flying to Australia for work,
I arrive at immigrations in Perth after a long day followed by a long flight.
The immigration officer asks me "do you have a criminal record?"
I reply "I didn't know I still needed one..."
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Yesh... well I almost did something. I almost signed up with a merchant sailing crew as an apprentice.
In other news my "stupidest thing ever" that I'd like to do?
This:
Just once. I don't care if it kills me.
I think this would be cool to try as the last thing on your bucket list. I honestly think the only reason he wears a helmet is for aerodynamics (its open face so dunno really) and primarily to hold the cameras lol, if he hit anything at the speeds he is going it would be the curtain call...
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Like most people, I've got a lot of things I could add to this thread, but I'll just pick two.
When I was a kid we used to skateboard around our little port town. There are some cliffs there, and there's a tarmacadam path that goes down the side of the cliffs, ending at a footpath onto the port approach road that lorries thunder down all day. The turn onto the footpath is nearly ninety degrees, and it had a metal barrier on it. The tarmacadam path is rough, with only an area about 4-5 feet wide that will take a skateboard on it, right next to the metal hand rail. The rest is all torn up because of subsidence.
So of course, we decided to skate down it. At first, a quarter of the way, then half. After we'd survived that a fair few times (at breakneck speeds) I decided to do the whole thing. So I'm rocketing down towards a metal barrier with trucks on the other side, totally focused on staying steady on the thin strip of tarmac, when I hit a small wedge shaped imperfection. Somehow the board stops dead and I sail through the air in a beautiful ballistic arc. I had loads of time to think about how I was going to land and how much it was going to hurt. I skidded along on my hands leaving some nice bloody smears and ragged bits of skin, and then hit the ground hip first tearing a nice chunk out of it, before rolling and bouncing to the path at the bottom. Fun! Was hard to get on a board again after that.
The second one involved the cliffs again, but this time much further out in the countryside. The clifftops are ringed by electric fences to keep the cattle in, which I knew. I was climbing up the side, and heaved myself over the top, being mindful of the fence. Unfortunately, there was a big smelly maggoty cow pat in front of my face when I came up, and I instinctively reared away from it. Head, meet electric fence. Blacked out, fell forward face first into the cow pat. Delicious.
This one was pretty dumb (and kind of embarrassing even for an internet) but I'm glad I did it in a way.
It happened yesterday, I was walking home from the cinemas and in the car park near a bunch of stairs where there were a bunch of people my age about five of them and as I went past they made snide comments towards me, (I knew they were going to say something.) now usually I just went about my business and ignored it but I always felt like a coward afterwards, so this time I bit the bullet turned around took my coat off and threw it to the ground,
I then basically stormed towards the biggest guy there who was ripped like a freight train knowing this guy would probably beat the hell out of me and squared up to him, demanding to know exactly what he had just said about me, now this was really dumb because I knew this guy could beat me easily but I was sick of being pushed around my whole life with the adrenaline pumping I didn't feel scared anymore it was really weird.
It basically ended up with him pinning me down by the throat, he was bigger than me and had muscles like zeus so I couldn't do anything, he then said if I didn't back of he would hit me I then basically just said: "If your going to do it then stop talking about and do it" I must have said this five times at least but he still wouldn't hit me even though I was egging him on,
Eventually after I egged him on a bit and jabbed him in the stomach a few times, he strangely let go and it sort of turned into an argument with me asking them what gives them the right to make people feel bad about themselves by openly insulting them as they walk past? I didn't get any decent answers as expected, one of them started BS-ing about me having the same trainers as someone they know but I had heard insults so I was not convinced, one of the girls there had the decency to ask me if I was alright so I guess they were a mixed bunch one of the others just laughed like a hyena.
Eventually he just asked if I was going to go home again, by this time the adrenaline had worn off and I realised I was in way over my head, I just told him if he backed off I would. In the end he just put some distance between us both going to where he was stood originally and I walked on home.
It probably seems monumentally stupid to anyone reading this but I was actually proud of myself even though I pretty much lost, in the worst of it with the neck pinning I was pretty much daring him to hit me, I didn't feel afraid even though I knew this guy could destroy me if he wanted to. The fact that I stood up to myself was a victory for me, kind of like I had proved to myself that I was not a coward. My whole life I had put up with stuff like that and I had just had enough.
I feel pretty stupid now for doing it, but I would have felt worse about myself I had just walked away, I'm glad I at least attempted to make my point, even though I walked into a fight knowing I was going to lose.
Anyone else ever felt like this or been in a similar situation?
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"You have enemies? Good! That means you stood up for something at some point in your life."
Ardaric_Vaanes wrote: I then basically stormed towards the biggest guy there who was ripped like a freight train knowing this guy would probably beat the hell out of me and squared up to him, demanding to know exactly what he had just said about me, now this was really dumb because I knew this guy could beat me easily but I was sick of being pushed around my whole life with the adrenaline pumping I didn't feel scared anymore it was really weird.
It probably seems monumentally stupid to anyone reading this but I was actually proud of myself even though I pretty much lost, in the worst of it with the neck pinning I was pretty much daring him to hit me, I didn't feel afraid even though I knew this guy could destroy me if he wanted to. The fact that I stood up to myself was a victory for me, kind of like I had proved to myself that I was not a coward. My whole life I had put up with stuff like that and I had just had enough.
I feel pretty stupid now for doing it, but I would have felt worse about myself I had just walked away, I'm glad I at least attempted to make my point, even though I walked into a fight knowing I was going to lose.
Anyone else ever felt like this or been in a similar situation.
I wouldn't call this stupid, save for the whole "go on, hit me" thing. The rest of it is just you finally getting fed up of being a doormat, and making a point by not taking it any more, despite the fact that you weren't going to win. To be honest, it'd be more stupid to me if you stood up against someone who you could take in a fight.
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marv335 wrote: While the list of daft things I've done is long and glorious, one of my favourites goes like this.
I was flying to Australia for work,
I arrive at immigrations in Perth after a long day followed by a long flight.
The immigration officer asks me "do you have a criminal record?"
I reply "I didn't know I still needed one..."
Not the smartest thing I've ever done.
That is brilliant...
I'd have let you in for that
We put them in because of that.....
Yes, that's why it's brilliant.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Dunno if this is the dumbest thing I've ever done, but it's up there:
After one mortar attack there was an unexploded 120 mm mortar that some grunts were poking with a stick. We stopped to watch them thinking how stupid they were, yet here we were, still well within the blast radius watching these guys poke at an unexploded mortar (and not stopping them). I guess we had become a bit desensitized to things then, but thinking back, it was still pretty fething stupid to do. To misquote Obi-Wan, "Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who watches him?"
There is a fine line between genius and insanity and I colored it in with crayon.
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