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The worst thing you've ever tried( (Lighthearted)

232 replies

whatausername · 01/07/2023 17:34

Embroidery.

Separating out all those threads brought on an inner rage and despair I never knew I had.

OP posts:
DreamTheMoors · 01/07/2023 21:27

Parasailing behind a speedboat.

One of the lines broke on the parachute and I fell 40 feet down into the lake and broke my tailbone.

I couldn’t sit properly for six months.

CastleTurrets · 01/07/2023 21:28

Hershey bar.

Literally smells like vomit.

Capitalismwantsyou · 01/07/2023 21:29

Also, truffles- like mouldy garlic

Ginlovingmumof4 · 01/07/2023 21:36

Having my arm pits waxed - horrific! Only the once and never again.

Delia123 · 01/07/2023 21:42

Southern Comfort. Drank too much of it on an empty stomach and fell out of the first floor window of a wine bar. Landed head first in a bush. I was fine but the smell of Southern Comfort still makes me feel sick 25 years later.

Firecarrier · 01/07/2023 21:43

Smoked salmon 🤮

And I'll eat anything!

Stickybackplasticbear · 01/07/2023 21:56

Being a lodger

Volunteering at a trendy gallery in Peckham to get sector experience.

Horlicks, I puked straight away when I had it as a kid and now even the smell makes me gag. I'm not normally pukey or dramatic with food, but I've got some kind of pavlovian conditioning with Horlicks 😂

Jellywobblescobbles · 01/07/2023 22:23

AhDad · 01/07/2023 17:37

My exhusband

Jujitsu for self defence - what a load of shite that was!

mochi ice cream balls- was like having cold slugs in my mouth

Leather pants to a motley crue concert - the slimiest legs and a pool in my cowboy boots

Hahaaha especially the last one

specialsauce · 01/07/2023 22:27

A cockle

citychick · 01/07/2023 22:43

Another one for Aperol Spritz. Nasty.

Hatsforbats · 01/07/2023 22:51

Felting
A friend made me try out a kit with her, she said it would be relaxing.
I reality I got cramp in my fingers, stabbed myself with the tiny shitty needle thing hundreds of times and my hands got hot and itchy from the scratchy fibre stuff. I threw my half a limp elephant, that looked like something a cat would hack up, in the bin.

Henry176 · 01/07/2023 23:00

American root beer, it sounded nice, but tasted like boiled Elastoplast.

Ameanstreakamilewide · 01/07/2023 23:03

Delia123 · 01/07/2023 21:42

Southern Comfort. Drank too much of it on an empty stomach and fell out of the first floor window of a wine bar. Landed head first in a bush. I was fine but the smell of Southern Comfort still makes me feel sick 25 years later.

I heard the Curb Your Enthusiasm music after I read that post.

Henry176 · 01/07/2023 23:04

Southern Comfort. Drank too much of it on an empty stomach and fell out of the first floor window of a wine bar. Landed head first in a bush. I was fine but the smell of Southern Comfort still makes me feel sick 25 years later.
I had a similar experience with Pernod, even the smell of it turns my stomach.

BettyBoopy · 01/07/2023 23:07

Little moons -tank cold slimy slugs
zumba -insane

Ameanstreakamilewide · 01/07/2023 23:08

20-odd years ago, a friend of mine got absolutely smashed on cheap red wine.

I took her home and cleaned up the vom. To this day, the smell of any red wine instantly transports me back to that day. So I can't touch the stuff.

Fizbosshoes · 01/07/2023 23:09

Adults "for fun" netball. It took me right back to being in PE lessons and no one wanting me on their team (admittedly for good reason- because I was atrocious) it wasn't at all fun.

Fizbosshoes · 01/07/2023 23:11

chilli icecream

2pence · 01/07/2023 23:17

The orange side of Mission Space at Disney's Epcot.

I love coasters, the more extreme the better, but something odd has happened to my ears and I cannot bear being spun, can't even go on a teacups ride.

I only have myself to blame. Disney put sooooo many warnings up, I guess because two people have died on this ride due to its extreme nature.

Basically, it's a centrifuge like the one astronauts are trained on and it simulates a space launch with appropriate G-force and weightlessness. You're strapped into a tight flight deck and the screen is just in front of your face and then you are spun and rotated at 35 miles an hour while you take off on a mission to Mars.

Every moment of it is pure hell. The green space mission next door to it is fine (albeit just as claustrophobic) which led me into a false sense of security. The lesson I am taking away from this is that when you are queuing for a ride and it has multiple warnings telling you how extreme the experience is and also has sick bags at arms reach inside the ride, take the advice and don't go on it. Especially don't go on it if you are an unfit, overweight, menopausal woman.

I feel triggered just thinking about it now.

weightymatters73 · 01/07/2023 23:20

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 01/07/2023 17:41

Andouillette. Oh dear.

😂😂yes me too....

Pyjamasleeveprincess · 01/07/2023 23:29

Slimming world chocolate cake in a mug. If you want to know what chocolate omelette tastes like then this is it for you.

Roller-coaster at Blackpool which I got taken on by my mother's abusive ex husband. He thought I was being a wimp and taking me on it would cure me. If by cure you mean giving me a lifelong absolute hatred of the damn things then yes, he was successful.

Dogstar78 · 01/07/2023 23:39

omgsally · 01/07/2023 17:49

Hen do's.
Baby showers.
Go ape.
Abseiling.
Pretty much anything adventurous, especially if it involves going fast.

Literally my list. We could be (slow) friends.

Bonjovispjs · 01/07/2023 23:49

Calamari
Beetroot
And I agree with those saying Aperol spritz, had one for the first time a couple of weeks ago, God it was rank and a waste of £9.

Groutyonehereagain · 01/07/2023 23:55

Lager
Tea
Snails
Grits

Dogstar78 · 02/07/2023 00:09

Early morning flights- unless there is literally no other choice.
Smoked tequilla cocktail- thought I'd try it. Horrible.
Eating a sea penis. I saw them alive just before it was stir fried. Hideous- was on a work trip in China. Had to politely eat it.
Holidays in any Canary Islands- Just not for me- tried them all. Or a holiday camp. Or actually any holiday with 'onsite entertainment'. Eurodisney, happy to throw going to France in with that too.