Things you only do once

[DedalusBloom]

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

Quad biking. Went once for SILs hen do in Brighton. Why we couldn't have stayed in Brighton doing nice things instead of driving for 45 minutes to a muddy field in the middle of nowhere is beyond me. It was February. It was raining. It was freezing cold.
The quad bikes were owned by an extremely dodgy looking bloke. In the induction mine got stuck in reverse and the brakes were too stiff for me to use. I went backwards across a field, through a hedge and down a ditch before it stalled. Got back on the horrible quad bike to avoid making a scene. Spent 30 horrible minutes being sprayed by mud from the person in front going round and round a a track crying quietly. Never again.

@YouokHun

Smoking.
Tried it at age 13, puked and never went near one again.

THAT ^ was in response to

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HelloFrostyMorning

Jump out of a plane with no parachute.

(Sorry if this has already been said. Haven't RTFT.)

No one else has mentioned it @HelloFrostyMorning. Perhaps you’re the only survivor of this experience?!

Also, Luton Airport.

Sugar free sweets from Aldi in a cute little packet.... 3 days of gut rot and misery!

Don't rub tea tree shower gel anywhere near your fange..... 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

I went to Ireland and climbed up to top of castle to kiss the Barney stone. My legs were hurting so much. I sat down for 15 mins then got up to go back down and my legs had stiffened up. Going down such steep steps was far worse than getting up and I wanted DH to help me down but he had gone ahead helping a lady with a pushchair and a toddler. I had to wait until last as I was worried about holding everyone up. My legs took almost a week to recover.

Visit Gibraltar: horrible place with aggressive monkeys: Been once and hope I don't ever go again.

Never been to Dubai and I don't want to!

[quote noodlezoodle]@AutomaticMoon please write a book! I want to know more both about getting married in Botswana and buying the Shetland church house![/quote]
Aw bless you, Noodle, that’s kind of you to say! I want to write for children but perhaps adults would be better targets and I won’t have to bother inventing stuff?

I was also born in a communist dictatorship, only once, but I can’t take credit for that 😃 My mother was a ‘crazy artist’ (her own description) which made for an eventful and chaotic childhood with a lot of one off experiences 😛

Travel overland from La Ceiba, Honduras in one go to LA. A boat then one massive coach journey - 72 hrs? Surprisingly never got DVT, likely due to the fact I was a spritely 23 year old who couldn't budget for toffee. Got stopped at Tijuana and US custom officers thought I was absolutely bonkers when telling them where I'd started from.

I just remembered, when I first came to England from Botswana, I went to M&S and got a little pot (hummus size) of crab something. My first and last time eating it, I ate the whole pot and promptly threw up 😂

I’m fine with eating a whole pot of clotted cream so I don’t understand why this happened but crab never tempted me again 😭

DickMabutt73962

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

Did you get the job? 😬

Haha. No, it was a total mess, the water was muddy and I was covered in mud splatters and also I was holding a single piece of paper with the address written on it and that got muddy too so I couldn’t quite make out the number/location of the interview. (Long before mobile phones) I remember a very kind and very drunk homeless man walked with me to the building because I was so lost/overwhelmed.

I did, however, subsequently get a much better job.

A sun £9.50 holiday.

I know, I know but was sooo skint at the time

Scuba diving , or at least the bit in the PADI exam where you have to go to a certain depth and take your mask off.
Grimly remember sitting on the beach and vomiting with fear before that !

Cecillie it’s awful isn’t it - I wear contact lenses while diving (can hardly see without them), had to retrieve my mask with eyes shut so they didn’t wash out. If my mask ever actually got lost mid dive I’d be screwed!

Epilate an armpit

Kayaking (with a 8 year old) wet cold and no way out! Never again!!

Give birth no one can top my DC!

@coronafiona - DH took the DC on a couple of £9.50 Sun Holidays when they were little... he has fond memories!

I always opted out, couldn't imagine anything worse

@WillowintheUK

Tried andouillette - one teensy mouthful. Truly awful. 🤮

Bloody awful stuff. I was an au pair & this was served regularly. Being far too polite, I felt obliged to take a little bit each time 🤢🤮

Cycling with your hands crossed on the handlebars. Didn't end well.

@coronafiona

A sun £9.50 holiday.

I know, I know but was sooo skint at the time

I've been on a few and enjoyed them. I knew what to expect though.

@changenametimeagain

Give birth no one can top my DC!

Same

@Cecillie

Scuba diving , or at least the bit in the PADI exam where you have to go to a certain depth and take your mask off. Grimly remember sitting on the beach and vomiting with fear before that !

Ran out of air at 30 metres, never bloody again!

@WillowintheUK

Tried andouillette - one teensy mouthful. Truly awful. 🤮

DH tried it the first time we visited Paris - we were 22 and had only been together a few months so I think he wanted to impress me with how adventurous and worldly he was. He nearly cried after one bite and, ten years later, still gags when it's mentioned.

It has been known exclusively as "jobby sausage" since that day.