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JudgeJ · 14/08/2025 22:38

MannyTeddy · 14/08/2025 13:52

I once parked up on the road outside the post office, went to post a letter and came out and saw my tyre was going flat so I gave it a push with my foot to check it. Looked up and saw a bemused person looking at me, from the driving seat. It was then I realised my red car was parked further down the road. 😂

We moved into the present house in September and we had a lot of snow in December. I did the Christmas cards and said to DH I was going to post them. Returning half an hour later he was worried, where had I been? I said I'd been posting the cards as I'd said and he replied You do know there's a functioning post box at he end of our drive, this used to be the village Post Office!
I'd driven in appalling conditions for no reason at all.

JudgeJ · 14/08/2025 22:30

LittlePigRobinson · 13/08/2025 23:26

Don't feel bad, I once did the same except the PC was plugged in to one of those extension leads with a switch. I'd switched it off with my foot without noticing and couldn't work out why my computer suddenly went off 😂

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Our school technician used to threaten to write a book about stupid requests and problems!

Iwantamarshmallowman · 14/08/2025 22:17

About 26 Years ago while living in a student house we had one of those old fashion ovens that was tall and had a grill that went above head hight oved the hob. awhile we were cooking we noticed this silver murcury type sustance running down from the top of the cooker. We thought about calling the fire brigade but we called the landlord. Before he arrived i noticed my flat mate had placed a silver coloured plastic draining rack on the top of the oven over the grill. it was fucking melting. I still feel embaressed.

Pliudev · 14/08/2025 22:15

I rang the duty midwife to say there was a massive purple bruise on my very pregnant belly. It was a Saturday and the call had to be forwarded by the ambulance service. I decided to have a bath before she came and the bruise washed off. It was purple dye from a skirt I'd been wearing. Had to ring the ambulance service to cancel and listen to the loud laughter on the other end of the phone.

cocoromo · 14/08/2025 22:04

I once went to meet my grandma in town (would meet her for a coffee every few weeks) I had a panic when she didn’t show up and thought something bad had happened so asked 101 to go to her house and do a welfare check. She wasn’t there as she was at the hairdresser. I had mixed up my days and wasn’t ment to be meeting her untill the next day, she was obviously very shocked when she came back to the police peering in her window.

cocoromo · 14/08/2025 21:58

redbusbeepbeep · 13/08/2025 19:58

I am quite honestly never going to get over this. It was my birthday yesterday and as my partner works away he arranged for something to be sent to the house, along with flowers and a helium balloon.

A few weeks ago we had a leak from the bathroom, pretty bad, leaking down the walls and through our light sockets. The plumber came and fixed the leak, however 2 days later it’s leaking again, no where near as bad luckily as we caught it in time. He comes again and haven’t had an issue since.

Today I’m sat having a coffee and I notice a patch around the same area. Furious I phone the plumber to tell him the problem STILL isn’t sorted and he needs to come back as soon as possible, as I’m meeting friends in another city at lunch time and I wouldn’t dare leave it like that.

Plumber comes, it’s not a fucking leak, it’s the shadow from the helium balloon.

This gave me a good chuckle when I needed it! Brilliant 🤩

Phoebesparrow · 14/08/2025 21:56

A few years ago,dp asked to use my eBay account to order his dds a rucksack each

I ordered them,he paid me and all was well

I know my own orders and when they are meant to arrive but because this wasn't one of mine,I forgot about it

A few days later,he nipped round to his mates house and about the time he was due back,the doorbell rang

I headed to the front door,draped myself up the doorframe and in my best sexy voice utted 'fancy a shag,lover boy?'

The poor delivery bloke slung the parcel at me and ran down the drive

Dp showed up a minute later and pissed himself laughing when I told him what had happened

I still burn with shame when I think about it

Airspice · 14/08/2025 21:28

I have just roared out loud with laughter in the quiet zone of my train!!! Sooooo funny!! 🤣

SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter · 14/08/2025 21:24

pontivex · 14/08/2025 21:02

Years ago I worked in an office where I had a fixed desk. I came in one morning and was furious to find that the ceiling tile above me had disintegrated and some disgusting fluid was leaking from the ceiling and was all over my computer, desk, chair, paperwork and various other belongings.
Im ashamed to say I had a minor meltdown as I was preparing for a big presentation that morning and let loose a bit on the poor facilities team in my frustration and that we were all being put at risk from this toxic fluid that was everywhere
They were somewhat baffled and climbed up into the roof only to find an empty bottle of strawberry smoothie up there.
Turns out the smoothie I half drank and forgot about and left on my desk had fermented overnight and turned into a missile and projected itself into the ceiling where it exploded, disintegrating a couple of ceiling tiles and splattering everywhere.
The SHAME!!

That's absolutely nuts! I wouldn't have made the connection either!

AmusedMember · 14/08/2025 21:15

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 14/08/2025 08:55

I always tell this one but I still laugh years later at my stupidity 😂

I once had a wood pigeon in my garden which was stuck down our newly dug foundations and had like 4 cats surrounding it. I saved it and put it in a box to take to vets as it wouldn’t fly.

I called vets OOH and had following conversation.

Me: Hi I have found a wood pigeon and I don’t think it can fly. It might be injured.
Vet: Ok that’s fine I can give you an address to take it to. Can I take a name please?
Me: Sorry I don’t know its name, I only just met him.
Vet: -silence- No…. YOUR name…

I thought they were asking what the pigeon’s name was 😂

This has absolutely tickled me!

GeeBeb · 14/08/2025 21:07

If it helps we called out a pest control man as we thought there was a rat in my daughter's wardrobe, we could hear it rustling and squeaking. Hid round the door when he went in to investigate ready to run. Turned out to be her Bop It game with it's batteries on their last legs. He did say it was a first time he'd been called out to one 🤣 🤣

DarkYearForMySoul · 14/08/2025 21:05

When I was younger (on Mat leave) we had to have an electrician in to do some work. He was a bit younger than me and OK looking.
This nice electrician finished the job and I paid. Just as he was walking out the front door our new kitten slipped out. I have a very loud and authoritative voice when I need to, and shouted “Come back here, you Bad Boy!”
The lovely electrician turned around with a scared look on his face.
I stumbled over words quietly trying to explain I was shouting at the (now invisible) cat.
Not sure if he believed me, but he left quickly and we never booked him again.
Can still feel the mortification (and laughter) over 12 years later.

pontivex · 14/08/2025 21:02

Years ago I worked in an office where I had a fixed desk. I came in one morning and was furious to find that the ceiling tile above me had disintegrated and some disgusting fluid was leaking from the ceiling and was all over my computer, desk, chair, paperwork and various other belongings.
Im ashamed to say I had a minor meltdown as I was preparing for a big presentation that morning and let loose a bit on the poor facilities team in my frustration and that we were all being put at risk from this toxic fluid that was everywhere
They were somewhat baffled and climbed up into the roof only to find an empty bottle of strawberry smoothie up there.
Turns out the smoothie I half drank and forgot about and left on my desk had fermented overnight and turned into a missile and projected itself into the ceiling where it exploded, disintegrating a couple of ceiling tiles and splattering everywhere.
The SHAME!!

Sugargliderwombat · 14/08/2025 20:52

REDB99 · 13/08/2025 21:21

I took my 8 year old DD to the doctor after discovering lumps on her spine which were new and had not been there in the bath the night before. Doctor asked where the lumps were and I duly pointed them out only to be told it was just her spine. Got out a model of a skeleton and made me feel the spine so I knew what one felt like for future reference , mortified.

My OH was worried about the lumps on my babies neck. He asked the midwife. It was her collarbone.

ConnieHeart · 14/08/2025 20:35

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 14/08/2025 18:45

@ConnieHeart In my head you were sitting there like this 😂.

Yes, in my head I was like that too but probably nowhere near as elegant! When the bank manager told me I should have put the chair on the floor I sort of made it look like I was thinking "well yes I could, but I'm.quite comfortable like this, thanks" 🤣

Wildefish · 14/08/2025 20:21

redbusbeepbeep · 13/08/2025 19:58

I am quite honestly never going to get over this. It was my birthday yesterday and as my partner works away he arranged for something to be sent to the house, along with flowers and a helium balloon.

A few weeks ago we had a leak from the bathroom, pretty bad, leaking down the walls and through our light sockets. The plumber came and fixed the leak, however 2 days later it’s leaking again, no where near as bad luckily as we caught it in time. He comes again and haven’t had an issue since.

Today I’m sat having a coffee and I notice a patch around the same area. Furious I phone the plumber to tell him the problem STILL isn’t sorted and he needs to come back as soon as possible, as I’m meeting friends in another city at lunch time and I wouldn’t dare leave it like that.

Plumber comes, it’s not a fucking leak, it’s the shadow from the helium balloon.

Omg…I laughed so loud the dog jumped of the sofa

Gliblet · 14/08/2025 20:09

cannyvalley · 14/08/2025 10:15

This thread has me absolutely howling, thank you so much everyone for sharing and making my day!

When my son was newborn , many years ago, I was in a cycle of cluster breastfeeding … he seems to be feeding every 20 mins. I had feeding bras that clipped down, and that day was wearing a v neck top that pulled I down to feed.

I was sat half dozing on the sofa , baby in Moses basket having a snooze, waiting on the postie delivering a parcel.

when he knocked I shot up to answer the door, and couldn’t understand why he was being so weird, giving intense eye contact, stumbling over his words and handing me my parcel before scarpering.

I wondered if I looked as rough as I felt, sleep deprived , hair all over etc.

a few minutes later my baby woke and I went to pull my top down to get ready to feed him.

lo and behold, my v neck was already pulled down, and my feeding bra unclipped.

id answered the door with my boob hanging out the v neck of my tshirt, bra open and on full show like a crazy engorged peekaboo.

poor postie.

Ohhh you are not alone! DS was a cluster feeder and one afternoon when he'd been feeding for what felt like hours the doorbell rang. I shuffled to the door, opened it, took the parcel, put it down on the hall floor, signed the thingy, then looked up, saw the postman's face, looked down and realised DS had stopped feeding to examine this fascinating change of circumstances and I'd been standing there with my tit hanging out...

Pinkrinse · 14/08/2025 19:12

We got a dishwasher repair man out as the bit that spins had come off and neither of us could fix it so assumed it was broke. He walked in, looked at it, and pushed it back on! 10 secs work and we had to pay the call out. (He could at least have pretended it was difficult to fix) 😂😂😂

canyouseemyhousefromhere · 14/08/2025 19:06

ConnieHeart · 14/08/2025 16:51

Just remembered a recent incident. I had to sit in a meeting at a bank to accompany a guy I work with. We walked into the meeting room with the bank manager, there were 2 seats at a desk which they sat at & the bank manager pointed to a chair for me that was like a metal camping chair fixed to the wall folded up. I opened it and sat on the seat. About 10 mins later the bank manager turned to look at me and said "I thought you were a bit high up. You're supposed to take the chair off the wall before you sit on it!!!" 🤣

Sitting in my garden reading this and just laughed very loudly- I can hear the neighbours whispering behind the fence.
😂😂😂

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 14/08/2025 18:45

@ConnieHeart In my head you were sitting there like this 😂.

AIBU to shrivel up and die of embarrassment?

NavyRose · 14/08/2025 18:41

Putneydad7 · 14/08/2025 18:30

Be careful, after 3 callouts the plumber will think you are making a play for him

Depressing

VK456 · 14/08/2025 18:40

Easily done!

I booked my car in once because there was an awful rattle in the back once I started to pick up speed. Turns out I hadn’t pushed the rear car seat fully back into position after laying it flat to transport something

Bluddyellfire · 14/08/2025 18:37

Zanzara · 13/08/2025 21:12

I can make you feel better OP....

Many years ago, DD had to go to the dental hospital in the city to have two back teeth extracted under anaesthetic. It involved an early start, parking some distance from the hospital, and all the trauma of the extraction with a young and nervous child. Once it was all over, we gratefully drove home to our village and I made her some lunch.

Two hours later she came to me, highly distressed, and showed me her mouth. At the back of her mouth, where the teeth had been extracted, she had two nasty looking boils or abscesses, and was very upset. So we duly got back in the car, drove back to the city, parked a mile from the hospital and walked back there.

The dental surgeon and the team were very concerned when they examined her, and mystified as to what was happening. It was all very worrying. Eventually one of them asked what she had had for lunch.

A cold, clammy hand of realisation seized my heart.

She'd got a baked bean stuck in each cavity.

I couldn't get out of there fast enough...

Fantastic 🤣🤣🤣

Putneydad7 · 14/08/2025 18:30

Be careful, after 3 callouts the plumber will think you are making a play for him

Whammyyammy · 14/08/2025 18:26

My husband way away one (4 months with RAF) and a load knocking noise at the back end of the car started as I went round corners.
Got it booked into the garage, took the day off to take it l. Felt proud taking it myself only to have the mechanics call me to say it's fixed within an hour.

It was a bottle of lemonade rolling out in the boot.
Luckily didn't get charged as it made them laugh