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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:
ifitpleasesandsparkles · 12/02/2021 23:24

@Elledouble

At home, alone, stone cold sober and for no reason I can fathom, decided to try doing a Sporty Spice-style high kick. I was wearing a pencil skirt, so as the right leg went up it took the left with it and I fell on my arse so hard I winded myself.

This is outrageously funny 😂

My friend got into a high-kicking competition with her partner. He was in scruffy old boxer shorts with a hole in them. He said to her "oh yeh, check this out!", high kicked, and one of his bollocks popped out the hole. She nearly wet herself laughing and I did too hearing the story.

MizMoonshine · 12/02/2021 23:25

I worked in this sweet boutique. One of the items they sold were battery operated lightbulbs, just a little novelty light for a desk.
One of them had arrived faulty so I set about fixing it. Removed the glass, fiddles with the wires, good to go. Applied super glue to the glass and pushed it on with all the force god saw fit to give this idiot.

Super glued fingers full of glass.

I bled all over the store and had to run out to get plasters because someone had moved the first aid kit.

hazandduck · 12/02/2021 23:25

@MisiSam

This isn't something I've done but it's something I've thought it's very embarrassing.

For a while I thought brexit was a man.

😂😂😂
MizMoonshine · 12/02/2021 23:26

Oh and high kicking! Kicked over my cousin's head (entirely pissed) fell and broke my wrist in such a way that the bones overlapped. Right before a holiday to Spain.

Fucking idiot.

margaritasbythesea · 12/02/2021 23:29

'got caught in z bed'

Grin
IncludeWomenInTheSequel · 12/02/2021 23:29

@MisiSam

This isn't something I've done but it's something I've thought it's very embarrassing.

For a while I thought brexit was a man.

What, like, Steve Brexit?!
pumpkinpie01 · 12/02/2021 23:29

There was a piece of land next to our house which 2 houses were being built on. One day I opened the front door and there was a brick on the driveway I had had a bad morning and was cursing the builders as I tried to throw it back , forgot I'm totally crap at throwing and the brick fell onto my car windscreen totally smashing it .

DoItAfraid · 12/02/2021 23:30

@Jasperjosephjulian

Sent a text complaining about my boss to my boss. In a panic to make sure they didn't see it I told them I'd been sexting my partner and sent it to them by accident so could I have their phone for a minute to delete it when it arrived.

It worked but I'm still mortified about my excuse.

I have to make change now as the story is well known in my friendship group Blush

You told your boss you were sexting ?! OMG !!!!
jambeforeclottedcream · 12/02/2021 23:31

@thenettyprofessor

I made stock from scratch, then strained the lot into the sink
I've done that before 🙈
binnhill · 12/02/2021 23:32

Stood up on railings , the spike went through my shoe into foot......
Nailing a piece of fence back on and leaning through to hammer nails on other side,realised I had now got head stuck on neighbours side of fence.......
Walking down street guy said "hi Jen (not me) did you enjoy the party". ,decided to pretend to be Jen,went back to his flat,decided didn't fancy him,Said I'm going to get some booze, never went back......
ConfusedBlush
All when 18 and bored,on the dole.Blush

Hammonds · 12/02/2021 23:35

@LimitIsUp

Tried to put out a fire from burning fat in a grill pan by pouring water on it (mortified at own stupidity - was also very dangerous)
Shock
flappityflippers1 · 12/02/2021 23:37

I am in stitches at these 😂😂

My DS was teething badly, I went into boots and asked where the Anusol was and how to apply it. ANBESOL is what I needed for DS 😭

Also baked biscuits and used a plastic tray. I’ve no idea what possessed me, I knew it was plastic! It melted all over the oven.

Used the shower curtain rail to see if I could swing. It came crashing down with me. I was an adult (and slightly concussed!)

Put clove oil directly on my gum as thought it’d work quicker. Never touched the stuff again!

Made a brew a few weeks ago and rather than take the tea bag out the cup and put it in the bin, I threw the entire freshly made brew in the bin.

EmotionallyEncumbered · 12/02/2021 23:38

This was a long time ago but still makes me think WTF.

I put a coat hanger down my back to do an impression of the band Five Star (I'm as confused as you are about that one), then tried to stop the cat who wasn't allowed in bedrooms getting up the stairs, the cat scratched me and I fell down the stairs, my sister found me at the bottom with a scratched face entangled with the cat and a coat hanger and couldn't work out what on earth had happened Grin

Figmentofimagination · 12/02/2021 23:40

@NoKingDingaLingTitsInAbsentia, but why were they a thing?!?! It just doesn't make sense because as you say it has no where to go.

And also, I really don't understand why they put the bouncy castle right behind this hole for everyone to walk over (and me to fall into).

SummeHoliday · 12/02/2021 23:40

I was about 14. Put my hand flat on the top of a ham, and found the biggest, sharpest knife I could, and - while thinking it wasn't a good idea - started cutting directly towards my hand. Entirely predictably I made a nice deep slice on my index finger. First aid administered by blood-hating DFather, after which I put my bandaged hand BACK ON TOP OF THE HAM and tried again. And sliced so deeply into my thumb that it had to be stitched Grin

theviewfromhalfwaydown · 12/02/2021 23:43

Once while shaving my armpits I though “I wonder if it would hurt to shave your nipple” the pain was awful and wearing a bra was torture for ages.

I also put a knife through my hand while trying to get burgers apart. I don’t even like burgers.

DeRigueurMortis · 12/02/2021 23:44

For reasons utterly beyond me, 2 weeks ago I decided to reach into a hot oven to turn over the baguettes I'd been baking.

Without an oven glove....

I've now got a very nasty burn on my hand as a reminder of not to be so bloody stupid (or rather think about what I'm doing rather than trying to multitask) Hmm

CantBeAssed · 12/02/2021 23:50

I was doing dishes in sink and for some reason i will never understand, decided it would be a good time to change the fuse on a plug that had blew...
Didnt even take the time to dry my hands and, wait for the double whammy of stupid, didnt put the cover on the plug....stuck said plug in wall socket and flicked the switch and promptly was fired across the room...
Then i sat fascinated that the hairs on my arm resembled a hedgehogGrin

Juliancoped · 12/02/2021 23:52

@FightingFiles

Defrosted a freezer with a knife. Suddenly it sort of fizzed and apparently that killed it. £600 for a new freezer 👍
I did that too. There was a puff of gassy air and it died. Grin
stitchmaker85 · 12/02/2021 23:53

I keep breaking plates by pre heating them up on the gas hob. Our kitchen is ridiculously cold and when the plates come out the cupboard they're like ice. About 5-10 seconds on the smallest gas ring takes the chill off them so the food doesn't go stone cold as soon as you dish up.

Twice now, I've forgotten and got distracted by something else needing to be done at dinner time and am rudely interrupted by the sound of a shattering plate.

Worst thing is I still do it Blush

TheSparkleJar · 12/02/2021 23:53

I thought the blade of my pill splitter might be getting a bit dull, so I ran it down the length of my thumb to test the sharpness. It was still very sharp!

Dita73 · 12/02/2021 23:57

Driving home from town once. I was heavily pregnant with my two year old also in the car. I could smell burning but I thought it was because I was driving past a bloody crematorium! Wasn’t until the car started to fill up with smoke that I realised it was on fire! We all got out fine but I felt a bit of a tit!

Catsonacradle1 · 12/02/2021 23:57

Loads! I put a hot pan on my pvc window sill it got stuck funnily enough. When i was drunk and young i put contact solution in my eyes because they were stinging and I thought it would help. Ended up in a and e the next day i had rubbed my eye that much i had scrapped it. It was agony

ToadsThePeanutButterSnob · 12/02/2021 23:58

@theviewfromhalfwaydown

Once while shaving my armpits I though “I wonder if it would hurt to shave your nipple” the pain was awful and wearing a bra was torture for ages.

I also put a knife through my hand while trying to get burgers apart. I don’t even like burgers.

Oh my...

😮😮😮

SingleHandSue · 13/02/2021 00:00

@IncludeWomenInTheSequel

Stapled my finger to see if it hurt.
I did exactly this, not so much as to see if it hurt, more to see if it would actually go in to flesh.

Of course it went in to flesh. It went in hard and deep (ooh err missus)

I did a ridiculous fake laugh to to try and style it out while panicking as blood poured out of my thumb.

My mum, god bless her, helped it out with tweezers under the kitchen tap while stifling her laughter.