What idiotic thing have you done despite knowing the outcome would not win a nobel prize?

[NoEffingWaytoSurvive]

Stapled my finger to see if it would hurt.

Kept reversing my car despite the parking sensors going like the clappers. Hit another car and could only blame myself.

Ran my finger over a sharpened knife to see if it was sharp. Nearly lost the tip of my finger there .

Married my ex-husband

Locked my car keys in the boot of my car. Twice. Had to get now ex-h to rescue me from 40 miles away.

Cleaned a hand blender whilst it was still plugged in. Whole new meaning to the name 'hand blender'.

Oh many occasions of picking up hot things from the oven without gloves. ‘I’m sure these potatoes won’t be that hot…’

@RandomCatGenerator in a similar vein, I regularly take a casserole dish out of the oven using oven gloves, put it carefully down on a heatproof mat, and then pick up the lid with my bare hands.

I broke my wrist once when I fell on it, it hurt like buggery. Two years later I fell over again, onto concrete, and I instinctively didn’t put my hands out to break my fall because I remembered how it hurt to break my wrist.

Instead I broke two ribs that took 9 weeks to heal and I’ve honestly never known pain like it. I’d have killed for one broken wrist over crying with pain when sitting/standing/laying/using the loo

Checking to see if the electric ring on the hob was still on with my hand, rather than looking at the knob. It was on unfortunately.

Ran my thumb down a razor blade to see if it was sharp.

Broke my toe accidentally kicking a small concrete border in the garden. Broke one on the other foot demonstrating how I'd done it.

When I was younger I pressed my cheek against a grill that was on the outside of a house protecting a heating vent.
I knew it was going to be hot and I knew not to touch it with my hands because it was hot. So why I thought touching it with my cheek would be better I'll never know!

@Watto1 I did that too. Whole hand on it. Ouch.

When I was about nine, I climbed up our wooden door with a carrier bag on my back and shouted for my mum and dad to come, jumped off and obviously fell flat on my back from 6 feet. I thought the bag would act as a parachute

My mum was about 15 at a party, and took her jumper off while she had a fag in her mouth, hairspray inferno! Then pucked in the fire and got hot ash in her eyes 😂

Didn't put suncream on my legs on Monday as I figured they won't burn as easily as the rest of by body does . Despite having had burnt legs everytime I wear shorts on holiday. Yeah I'm still in pain.

Holding oven gloves in one hand and taking out a cookie sheet bare-handed with the other.

Ironed an expensive blouse on a high heat to see if it could take it despite the label suggesting otherwise. It couldn’t and I not only melted the expensive blouse but also buggered up the iron. In full transparency, I’ve done that twice now.

stabbed my hand with a knife.
I knew I shouldn't try and carve a piece of curved MDF with the biggest chef"s knife but was holding the base so firmly I knew it'd be ok.

well, it wasn't. the knife slipped of course and plunged into the base of my middle finger. no permanent damage in term of usage, but needed 3 stitches and the scar still hurts like a motherfucker 3 months later.
can't stretch my hand, can't put weight on it, anything sharp touching it is very painful.

yes, I'm an idiot sandwich

These have made me wince and grin in equal measure.

I have met my people.

Stuck my finger into the cigarette lighter in the car (you know the ones you pushed in and then when they were hot enough they popped out). I didn't smoke but wanted to see how they worked.

I still have a spiral scar on my finger!

My brother dared me to put my finger in the bulb socket and turn the power on.

I did. Felt a huge sensation and pulled my finger out.