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What's a stupid thing you've done that you still think WTF did I do that for?

675 replies

whatsnewpussycat777 · 12/02/2021 19:12

Me Blush

I wanted to kill the weeds between the slabs up to the front door.

No fucker one told me that they were going to crumble and dissolve if I used neat bleach.

What an idiot. 😢

Have you anything stupid to make me laugh on this cold evening 😃?!

Ps. Don't use bleach on certain slabs. certainly not neat

OP posts:
Mmmmdanone · 13/02/2021 09:54

I was looking at my phone and walked in front of a bus. Luckily the driver was on the ball enough to stop, but I can't believe how stupid I was. I lie awake thinking about how that could have been it for me! I won't ever do that again though so every cloud and all that!

Boardeduplife · 13/02/2021 09:55

@whatsnewpussycat777

Me Blush

I wanted to kill the weeds between the slabs up to the front door.

No fucker one told me that they were going to crumble and dissolve if I used neat bleach.

What an idiot. 😢

Have you anything stupid to make me laugh on this cold evening 😃?!

Ps. Don't use bleach on certain slabs. certainly not neat

Not sure what’s wrong with this. We killed an unwanted tree root in our garden this way. Worked perfectly.
Boardeduplife · 13/02/2021 09:57

@Jaichangecentfoisdenom not sure why you think that was funny. She was lucky she wasn’t raped or worse.

Tinabn · 13/02/2021 09:57

@SmidgenofaPigeon

I tripped on a high concrete curb, and I actually told myself NOT TO PUT MY HANDS OUT as I fell because once I broke my wrist and it was painful. So I just went down like a sack of spuds.

I broke two ribs. I can tell you that is HUGELY more painful than a broken wrist, and I probably wouldn’t have broken my wrist anyway I’d have just broken my fall Blush

The first thing the person who helped me said was ‘why the hell didn’t you put your hands out?!’

Oh, I did this falling off a wall, I wanted to be able to wipe my own bum so made the decision to fall on my face! DH had to hose the path down to get rid of the blood. Still got the dent at the tip of my nose.
shinynewapple21 · 13/02/2021 10:02

@stitchmaker85 try popping the plates in the sink and pour boiling water on them .

Svolvaer · 13/02/2021 10:06

My phone rang while I was ironing. I “answered” the iron and burnt the side of my face.

Iknowwhatudidlastsummer · 13/02/2021 10:06

What, like, Steve Brexit?!

😂 😂 😂

Mmmmdanone · 13/02/2021 10:11

I was coming out of a shop once after buying a sandwich that I was carrying. I tripped and fell over. So desperate not to drop my sandwich I didn't use my hands and ended up hitting my head on the pavement. My sandwich was fine but I was a bruised mess.

Moonflower12 · 13/02/2021 10:12

I can now add 'confusing Mound of Venus with Mount of Venus' to my very long list of stupid things! GrinGrin

littleloopylou · 13/02/2021 10:12

@Boardeduplife obviously it's not great, but how can you not laugh when you think of the insistent drunk lady badgering some poor man to drive her home? And he just went along with it - he was obviously a good sport!

Eruss · 13/02/2021 10:13

I have found my people!

Too many to remember but yes to draining food and then throwing in bin, locking myself out, taking tray out of oven with glove and then taking the other tray out with bare hand.

Was in a rush once and ironed clothes to be worn whilst I was wearing just my underwear, stood too close to ironing board and burnt my stomach.

Wanted to see how sharp my new knife was.....so I ran it along my finger Shock

TSSDNCOP · 13/02/2021 10:16

The stuff I was mixing had all gone up the walls of the electric mixing bowl. So I pushed a wooden spoon down the pipe thing on top of the bowl while the mixer is still going. It was the most stupid possible thing. The spoon and bowl exploded into flying shards. I still marvel I didn’t lose an eye.

ThisTooShallBeFantastic · 13/02/2021 10:17

@Boardeduplife I could have drowned in the river, PPs could have been hit by a bus/broken their necks etc. The point is: luck holds and no lasting harm done = funny, luck fails = tragedy. That’s life.

Leakyradiator · 13/02/2021 10:18

Totally outing. I slammed my own head in the car door. It was a horrible, wet windy day, the type where the rain was being blasted horizontally. I had sort of dipped my head inside the door to get my bag out. I’m shutting the door I somehow was still thinking ‘ must shield from this horrible rain’ and proceeded to slam the door shut on myself. It was sore. I don’t know if anyone saw me. But I didn’t help myself really when I walked into work and said ‘ you’ll never gues what I just did’ Confused

Calyx72 · 13/02/2021 10:18

@Threadgood

I got so engrossed in reading a leaflet about a mindfulness group that I fell over a bollard.
😂
IncludeWomenInTheSequel · 13/02/2021 10:21

My husband's apprentice needed to drill a hole in a plank of wood.

He braced it against his thigh - my husband didn't get to him in time and he drilled into his thigh, only noticing when a big ribbon of flesh came whirling out...

I picture it in my mind disturbingly often Envy

MMMarmite · 13/02/2021 10:23

[quote Boardeduplife]@Jaichangecentfoisdenom not sure why you think that was funny. She was lucky she wasn’t raped or worse.[/quote]
The chance of a completely random man being a rapist is very low. He didn't target her, twas the other way round.

It's funny because, well, poor bloke Grin

Leakyradiator · 13/02/2021 10:23

Ooo. I’ve got another one. I was walking home from my friends. I was 16. Beautiful hot sunny glorious day. Wearing tight pink trousers and white t shirt. Thought I looked the bomb. And I did Grin heard lots of commotion coming from across the road. Lots of young guys in a house watching football or something. Noticed some had their tops off. Was admiring the view when I walked into a lamp post. Guys totally seen it and I could still hear them roaring with laughter when I got to the bottom of the street , my face and trousers matching colours Blush

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 13/02/2021 10:26

[quote Boardeduplife]@Jaichangecentfoisdenom not sure why you think that was funny. She was lucky she wasn’t raped or worse.[/quote]
I do take your point, I think it was the way she told it that tickled my funny-bone. I could just see it happening to me when I was younger and the vision of poor man being given no option but to drive 7 miles out of his way to take her home just cracked me up. But you're right, she was lucky. Very sad we even have to think this way, though Sad

TheDaydreamBelievers · 13/02/2021 10:28

@Boardeduplife it's funny specifically BECAUSE she came to no harm and he was such a good sport. Its obv not something people would recommend doing

RaisedbySloths · 13/02/2021 10:40

Not long after passing my driving test I went out in my little old banger down the motorway. Started to panic when it wouldn't go above 30 mph with my foot to the floor. People were honking me and looking in my rear view mirror I could see a trail of smoke behind me. Finally made it to a petrol station and pulled over. Went to put the handbrake on and realised I hadn't taken it off Shock

bendmeoverbackwards · 13/02/2021 10:40

When I was about 6 months pregnant, I had to have a fasting blood test. After the first blood test, I had to drink this liquid and was told to return a few hours later. I thought it was a good idea to walk uphill to the shops heavily pregnant and on an empty stomach.

I ended fainting in Waterstones and they called an ambulance to take me back to the hospital. I was so embarrassed!

EleanorRigbyWasReal · 13/02/2021 10:44

A long time ago now but...

I was minding my parents home whilst they were away for a 6 week break. I was single so, I moved in with the dogs. They’d had a new ensuite done and a few days before they were due home, I cleaned the house, top to bottom. Washed the taps with Cif or Jif, it was then.

When they got home I got a distressed call from my mum who said all the “gold” had come off the taps in the ensuite. No one told me they were so fragile and couldn’t be cleaned with any bog standard cleaner. So, ten taps to be replaced. Double basin, bidet, bath with loads of knobs, toilet handle 🤦‍♀️

ichundich · 13/02/2021 10:47

I once climbed a wall which had a sign saying "Anti-climbing paint in use". I felt like I had to know what "anti-climbing paint" is. I certainly found out 🤦‍♀️.

HearMeSnore · 13/02/2021 10:59

Had an irritating sinus infection that made me constantly want to sneeze but it would never quite happen. In frustration I decided to force a sneeze by inhaling pepper.

Jesus. It burned like Hell. My face went tomato red, I was sweating and my eyes were streaming for 20 minutes... and I still didn't bloody sneeze.

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