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

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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

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alwaysneedmore · 12/02/2021 21:56

God, there is literally just so so many things I can post, but even just one of them is incredibly outing never mind them all put together.

Earlybirdmissedtheworm · 12/02/2021 21:58

Got a new kettle and quite a few of the reviews said that even after boiling it twice before use as the instructions say, it still had a funny smell.
I boiled it twice and after the second time took the lid off and put my face into it and sniffed.
As soon as I did it I knew what an idiot I was. Steam burns on my face were awful.

Itsjustaride8w737 · 12/02/2021 21:58

I was attempting flat pack furniture, put a small bit of wood in the wrong place (forgot what they're called). I needed to remove it to put a screw in so decided to use a knife.

Knife slipped and sliced my hand, bloody everywhere as i hit a tendon, dp had to leave work and take me to A and E for many stitches 😂

Hammonds · 12/02/2021 21:58

@Giggorata

Poured some off-ish cider into the compost bin. (At that time, everything went into the compost bin. If I cut my finger, I would run across and bleed into the compost bin)

Ended up with a wasp factory. That was a bad summer.

😂😂😂😂
Hammonds · 12/02/2021 21:59

@Earlybirdmissedtheworm

Got a new kettle and quite a few of the reviews said that even after boiling it twice before use as the instructions say, it still had a funny smell. I boiled it twice and after the second time took the lid off and put my face into it and sniffed. As soon as I did it I knew what an idiot I was. Steam burns on my face were awful.
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Hammonds · 12/02/2021 22:01

@Turnedouttoes

This is quite outing if anyone recognises me. Last year I turned on DP’s TV, lit some candles on the unit underneath it and then went into the kitchen. Came back into the lounge wondering what the weird burning smell was Confused Miraculously the TV was still on but the candle had burnt right through the sensor you aim the remote at so we couldn’t change the channel or anything.

Next day I went to Curry’s and bought a new one. That night once again I lit the same candle under the TV. Instead of melting this one, it left a huge black mark on the screen. I still have no idea what possessed me to light the same bloody candle again!

I may have taken the TV back and pretended it came damaged and got given a replacement Blush

WTF 😂😂😂
LemonRedwood · 12/02/2021 22:02

Put washing up liquid in the dishwasher when I'd run out of dishwasher tablets. Inexplicably thought it would pretty much work the same. Even though as a teen I'd seen what happens when you put washing up liquid in a town centre fountain plenty of times 🤦🏻‍♀️

RedcurrantPuff · 12/02/2021 22:03

Picked out my toenails
Locked my sister in the shed and threw away the key

ImFree2doasiwant · 12/02/2021 22:04

Got married.

Stressedoutsomuch · 12/02/2021 22:05

@FightingFiles

Defrosted a freezer with a knife. Suddenly it sort of fizzed and apparently that killed it. £600 for a new freezer 👍
I hear ya! Did the same..
MoltenLasagne · 12/02/2021 22:07

Boiled up chicken carcass with veg to make stock. Put a colander into the sink to drain it and didn't put anything underneath it to catch the liquid. Drained the whole lot down the sink. Did it again about a month later too...

dublingirl66 · 12/02/2021 22:07

Heard a lovely bird in the garden the other day
Took out my phone and opened FLIGHT RADAR to see what it was and where it was going
Took me around 20 mins to figure out the mistake I had made 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

ifitpleasesandsparkles · 12/02/2021 22:07

@JustCheesz

I once stood on the end of rake to see if it really does come up and hit you in the face.

It does.

Hahahahaha!

garlictwist · 12/02/2021 22:08

Locked my front door and then for some reason unknown to mankind posted my keys through the letter box.

I had to sleep on my mates sofa for three nights until my mum,who had a spare key, was back from holiday and could let me in.

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whatsnewpussycat777 · 12/02/2021 22:08

I have found my tribe my gloriously stupid tribe 😃

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Ahmnotacat · 12/02/2021 22:08

I once stood on the end of rake to see if it really does come up and hit you in the face.

It does.

That made me laugh a lot. As did the sexting one.

I've done loads of stupid things, but last year I referred to myself in the third person and as 'Mummy' in a work meeting. Along the lines of 'Mummy will take you through the presentation now'.

BlowDryRat · 12/02/2021 22:09

@RedcurrantPuff

Picked out my toenails Locked my sister in the shed and threw away the key
I take it she was eventually freed?
Okokokbear · 12/02/2021 22:09

I threw the remote at our 1 month old TV and broke it. I meant to throw it to or at my partner and I there it towards the TV instead. But we still have the one we bought 11 years later so it not that bad I suppose.

Elbels · 12/02/2021 22:10

Moving out of a flat, while packing dropped one of my housemates plate. Decided to glue it back together and left it to dry, came back later to pick it up and realised I'd glued it to the worktop.

Plate was a cheap ikea one and definitely not worth the cost of a damaged worktop!

Ahmnotacat · 12/02/2021 22:10

Oh and just the other day I had a sink blockage, unscrewed the U-bend (feeling DIY AS FUCK) and then instantly tipped the contents down the sink... which now had no u-bend, just a hole into the cupboard below, where it all splashed straight back out.

2fat2 · 12/02/2021 22:12

Twice I've reversed my car without looking in the rear mirror and hit a car behind me 😫 I should add from a standstill, so boot hard enough to do much damage. These days I'm very careful to check all mirrors beforehand.

I've also drained spaghetti and thrown away the spaghetti.

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whatsnewpussycat777 · 12/02/2021 22:13

I'm sorry, but I'm laughing at with you 😙😀

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goodwinter · 12/02/2021 22:14

@Scarby9

Put my finger into a stick blender, slammed the car door on my hip, got stuck in a Zedbed, drained spaghetti and throen it straight from the sieve into the bin, reversed into a large black and yellow striped pillar...
What a day Grin
LashesZ · 12/02/2021 22:15

I wanted to check if my creme caramel was done on top after blow torching the sugar so dipped my finger in. Burnt off my fingerprint.

PopcornFiend · 12/02/2021 22:16

Jumped off a moving train. I was a teenager and it was an older train with non-electronic doors. It pulled up at the station where my dad was waiting to collect me and as I got to the door the train started pulling away. I panicked, opened the door and jumped out onto the platform. Wearing wedge sandals. My dad saw the whole thing and nearly had a heart attack!