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Are all men this stupid or is it just my husband? (Light hearted)

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Notasbigasithink · 24/02/2026 18:14

Feel free to add stupidity across all family members including wives etc
My husband took with him to work today the UNCOOKED breaded chicken gudgeons for lunch and ate them!!!! Firstly they were for our tea tonight, but secondly, why the fuck didnt he stop eating them when in his words 'the texture did seem rather strange'... 🤦‍♀️
What acts of stupidity have you witnessed recently from what you would call, on the whole, intelligent people?!

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JoshLymanSwagger · 24/02/2026 18:19

💐 What an idiot.

Andrex is on offer for £9 for 24 rolls at Morrisons. Tell him to call there on his way home.

Notasbigasithink · 24/02/2026 18:22

JoshLymanSwagger · 24/02/2026 18:19

💐 What an idiot.

Andrex is on offer for £9 for 24 rolls at Morrisons. Tell him to call there on his way home.

Annoyingly he seems to have the most cast iron stomach known to man! He ate it around 12.30pm and feels fine apparently 🤷‍♀️

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PinkElephants356 · 24/02/2026 18:25

That is so funny!

SaulJunction · 24/02/2026 18:26

Raw gudgeons?

He thought he was eating sushi.

DysmalRadius · 24/02/2026 18:34

Somebody please link to the bloke who ate the fat balls the poster had made for the birds!!

HolTimeAgain · 24/02/2026 18:36

Notasbigasithink · 24/02/2026 18:14

Feel free to add stupidity across all family members including wives etc
My husband took with him to work today the UNCOOKED breaded chicken gudgeons for lunch and ate them!!!! Firstly they were for our tea tonight, but secondly, why the fuck didnt he stop eating them when in his words 'the texture did seem rather strange'... 🤦‍♀️
What acts of stupidity have you witnessed recently from what you would call, on the whole, intelligent people?!

I did that once by accident, couldn't believe it but I wasn't ill. Won't be doing it again though!

ViciousCurrentBun · 24/02/2026 18:51

Mine eats stuff really out of date, a bit like Martin in Friday Night Dinner, never ever been ill. Nine months out of date mince pies? No problem. I now buy some reduced post Christmas each year and see how long he can hold his nerve It has become an in joke. He has a jar of caviar he bought in Russia in the 1980’s, he has said he may eat it more than once.

Goodadvice1980 · 24/02/2026 19:17

DysmalRadius · 24/02/2026 18:34

Somebody please link to the bloke who ate the fat balls the poster had made for the birds!!

I remember that one 😂 apparently he saw them in the fridge and thought they were artisan muesli balls!

Notasbigasithink · 24/02/2026 19:18

ViciousCurrentBun · 24/02/2026 18:51

Mine eats stuff really out of date, a bit like Martin in Friday Night Dinner, never ever been ill. Nine months out of date mince pies? No problem. I now buy some reduced post Christmas each year and see how long he can hold his nerve It has become an in joke. He has a jar of caviar he bought in Russia in the 1980’s, he has said he may eat it more than once.

Edited

Hilarious 😂

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Tableforjoan · 24/02/2026 19:24

Dh is always eating dubious things. His even completed dares for cash to eat gone off food.

Strangely it’s when he is eating the most healthy his guts go. I jut have to look at chicken thinking it might not be fully done and I’m already going to have digestive issues.

damemaggiescurledupperlip · 24/02/2026 19:45

Why would anyone eat an artisan muesli ball though?

Haveyouanyjam · 24/02/2026 22:20

Isn’t it goujons? Gudgeons are fish…

Haveyouanyjam · 24/02/2026 22:21

My ex at university thought when a woman shaved her bikini line that meant anywhere a bikini would go. Top and bottom…

FoxRedPuppy · 24/02/2026 22:23

Fat balls is one of my favourites in classics 😂

Have to say I wouldn’t eat raw chicken, but I eat loads of stuff past its best before (mince pies would just be best before, but use by).

randomchap · 24/02/2026 22:50

Once dated a girl who thought lions and tigers were the same species but lions male and tigers female. It did not last

JohnTheRevelator · 24/02/2026 23:05

An ex of mine did all the following:-

Tried eating an uncooked,frozen garlic bread baguette.
Tried eating an uncooked chicken breast.
Put nasal drops in his ears.
Tipped mouthwash all over his hands, thinking it was hand cream.
Poured uncooked rice into the cat's litter tray, thinking it was cat litter.
Poured barbecue charcoal into the cat's litter tray thinking it was cat litter

After all these incidents,I did seriously begin to wonder about him.....

JohnTheRevelator · 24/02/2026 23:09

ViciousCurrentBun · 24/02/2026 18:51

Mine eats stuff really out of date, a bit like Martin in Friday Night Dinner, never ever been ill. Nine months out of date mince pies? No problem. I now buy some reduced post Christmas each year and see how long he can hold his nerve It has become an in joke. He has a jar of caviar he bought in Russia in the 1980’s, he has said he may eat it more than once.

Edited

My late DM once ate some liver sausage pate that had been opened for about 5 weeks. She said she thought it was OK before it was within the 'use by' date. I said that it states on the packet that once opened,use within 4 days regardless of what the use by date says! How she wasn't ill,I'll never know.

MsVisual · 24/02/2026 23:17

randomchap · 24/02/2026 22:50

Once dated a girl who thought lions and tigers were the same species but lions male and tigers female. It did not last

Edited

Sorry, this is a typical MN misandrist thread, anecdotes about stupid women are not allowed

Auroraloves · 24/02/2026 23:22

JohnTheRevelator · 24/02/2026 23:05

An ex of mine did all the following:-

Tried eating an uncooked,frozen garlic bread baguette.
Tried eating an uncooked chicken breast.
Put nasal drops in his ears.
Tipped mouthwash all over his hands, thinking it was hand cream.
Poured uncooked rice into the cat's litter tray, thinking it was cat litter.
Poured barbecue charcoal into the cat's litter tray thinking it was cat litter

After all these incidents,I did seriously begin to wonder about him.....

I’m laid in bed reading this and laughing my head off at the rice for cat litter 😂

edited to add, omg I hadn’t read the bbq charcoal bit 🤣🤣

HowAmIGoingToBeAnOptimistAboutThis · 25/02/2026 01:27

An ex bought a bag of new potatoes. The instructions on the bag said they could be eaten hot or cold. We had a massive argument because I said they had to be cooked before being eaten hot or cold. He thought he could eat them straight out of the bag. I actually wish now that I hadn't argued with him and just let him eat raw potatoes. He was a dick in many other ways tbf.

JohnTheRevelator · 25/02/2026 02:13

HowAmIGoingToBeAnOptimistAboutThis · 25/02/2026 01:27

An ex bought a bag of new potatoes. The instructions on the bag said they could be eaten hot or cold. We had a massive argument because I said they had to be cooked before being eaten hot or cold. He thought he could eat them straight out of the bag. I actually wish now that I hadn't argued with him and just let him eat raw potatoes. He was a dick in many other ways tbf.

😂😂😂 This is hilarious!

BlueEyedBogWitch · 25/02/2026 03:06

The Fat Ball DH thought he was eating artisan sausage rolls 😀

BlueEyedBogWitch · 25/02/2026 03:13

The grossest thing I’ve ever heard of was my late mum and dad’s gardener opening their barbecue one spring to clean it for them ready for summer and finding a burger on it from the previous summer, which he proceeded to pop into his mouth.

When they old him how old it was he just grinned and said, ‘My stomach can’t read.’

🤢

sashh · 25/02/2026 04:37

A recent one of mine. I wanted a glass of blackcurrant squash, I went in the kitchen got a glass, unscrewed the lid of the bottle and poured myself some vinegar.

My mum had loads but my favourite is when she asked a friend of min who is Deaf if her watch was Braille.

My carer who is a wonderful caring and intelligent man had a brainfart or something. He said something along the lines of new countries and places using the name 'land'. He was thinking New Zealand and Newfoundland.

I agreed with him and then started listing other new countries like

England
Scotland
Finland
Greenland
Deutschland
Holland
Poland
...

You get the idea.

BlueEyedBogWitch · 25/02/2026 07:37

My dad once gave my then-toddler DS diluted blackcurrant liqueur in his sippy cup. He thought it was Ribena.

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