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Things you only do once

304 replies

DedalusBloom · 09/02/2022 15:55

Mine was walking down stairs with my hands in my pockets. Didn't end well Grin

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prettygirlincrimsonrose · 09/02/2022 17:21

Melted chocolate in the pan instead of a bowl over some water.

DickMabutt73962 · 09/02/2022 17:22

Jellied eels Grin

And what should have been a one time only thing turned into just one more go. Zip lining. I'm terrified of heights and both times ended badly. But there I went a second time (after losing a chunk of hair the first time and falling about 6 feet to the bottom after the rope came out)

Happylittlethoughts · 09/02/2022 17:22

A flume 👀 I saw death

doadeer · 09/02/2022 17:23

My mind went to a disgusting place at this questions! Shame on me. 🥴🤣

BellatrixOnABadDay · 09/02/2022 17:23

Getting married and getting divorced 😁

DidgeDoolittle · 09/02/2022 17:26

@WillowintheUK

Tried andouillette - one teensy mouthful. Truly awful. 🤮
Done that. Most definitely never again. It's vile.
roarfeckingroarr · 09/02/2022 17:27

Cheat on someone. I was young. It was awful. I'll never make that choice or get myself in a situation like that ever again.

edwinbear · 09/02/2022 17:27

Also, getting connecting flights via JFK, there not being an option to transit between them. I'd remortgage my house to pay for direct flights, rather than do that again.

Tiddlywinkly · 09/02/2022 17:29

Running an ultra marathon (this one was 100km). I was so bored and the training took up too much time.

DurhamDurham · 09/02/2022 17:29

Going to Bongo Bingo.

Once was more than enough Grin

ziggiestardust · 09/02/2022 17:30

Tried to force a key in a lock. Predictably, it broke off and left me with a nice locksmith callout charge 😩

VolcanicProtectorMan · 09/02/2022 17:30

Aerial Adventure at Center Parcs. Thought I wasn’t afraid of heights and ‘kids can do it, so I definitely can’. Once was enough for me!

ISmellBurnings · 09/02/2022 17:33

@roarfeckingroarr

Cheat on someone. I was young. It was awful. I'll never make that choice or get myself in a situation like that ever again.
Exactly the same! I was young, we’d stupidly got back together which was a big mistake. It’s not something I’m proud of and I’d never do again. It also showed me how wrong we were together.
ThreeKneeRepeater · 09/02/2022 17:35

See the Northern Lights.
It was wonderful but I don’t need to go again.

BeautyGoesToBenidorm · 09/02/2022 17:35

@DurhamDurham

Going to Bongo Bingo.

Once was more than enough Grin

Wasn't that one of Silvio Berlusconi's notorious parties? 😁😁
GameofPhones · 09/02/2022 17:36

Walked downstairs reading a book. Headfirst into the glass- panelled front door. Luckily it didn't break, but my head and neck did hurt.

Also walked downstairs holding a long piece of cloth. I trod on it and nearly went headfirst again. Luckily managed to grab a banister rail in time.

Daenerys77 · 09/02/2022 17:37

Camping. It might have been better in fine weather, but I don't plan to find out.

ComingtoKent · 09/02/2022 17:37

Skiing.

Foijkl · 09/02/2022 17:38

@edwinbear

Also, getting connecting flights via JFK, there not being an option to transit between them. I'd remortgage my house to pay for direct flights, rather than do that again.
Snap.

Bad bad experiences

FitBy40 · 09/02/2022 17:39

Go to the toilet with my phone in my back pocket. Pulled my trousers down and my 2 month old (uninsured) iPhone went straight down the pan 😳 irreparable damage caused 😭 that was an expensive lesson to learn!!!

Plumface · 09/02/2022 17:39

Lick a battery

Fly Aeroflot (aka Aeroflop)

Argue with a Salvadoran taxi driver

grapewine · 09/02/2022 17:40

@ClawedButler

Tried seitan.

Strikes me that "satan" would be a better spelling.

Omg, this. Never again. . See also: vegan chicken substitute. Once.
Foijkl · 09/02/2022 17:40

Stand on a pavement next to a big puddle on a busy London street. On the way to a job interview. Blush

Comedycook · 09/02/2022 17:41

I no longer leave my phone on the counter top whilst unloading the dishwasher. Plates are kept in a cupboard above the counter and I dropped one and it smashed my phone screen to smithereens

FindingMeno · 09/02/2022 17:42

Bungee jumping.
I will never ever ever again.

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