‘What’s the most innocently stupid thing you’ve ever done?’ – 22 people who were both incredibly dumb and incredibly lucky
13.
‘I had a whirlpool bath, and I put bubble bath in it. Well, it was a bit of a mess.’
–heroics-delta8s
14.
‘I once touched an electric fence. For bonus stupidity points, I knew it was electric, and I was also soaking wet.
‘It felt like I’d been punched. At least the other Scouts found it amusing.’
–ClydeB3
15.
‘Aged 15/16. I used to climb out of my bedroom window (ground floor flat) and walk across Wimbledon Common to my boyfriends house. Usually after midnight and parents asleep.
‘In my late teens early 20’s also walked four miles home (pissed) at 2am from a nightclub as had no money for a cab and buses had stopped running. A couple of cars stopped to offer me a lift. No thought for my own safety being a female.’
–Ashamed-Assumption12
16.
‘Years ago I put a whole chicken in the oven and turned it on. Had a quick shower then came through to see how it was doing, noticed I’d turned the gas on but it either hadn’t lit or it had went out. Without thinking I pushed down the clicker to ignite it. Blew the over door off.’
–imaverageatdbd
17.
‘At the gym, hopped off the treadmill for a second and left it running at speed while I grabbed some water.
‘Instead of (a) stopping it or (b) straddling the treadmill like I’ve done hundreds of times to get back on, I just spaced out and stepped on to the running treadmill from the end. I had to sprint like a MF not to be sent flying backwards into the exercise bikes.
‘I am 43. I sometimes wonder how I’m allowed out by myself.’
–Emeline-2017
18.
‘I had the same thing with a tin of Diet Coke. Not quite to the extent of the freezer being blasted open but the tin had blasted the end off and the freezer drawer was smashed through.’
–notanadultyadult
19.
‘My brother and I were about eight and nine years old respectively. And doing what your average eight year olds did when at their grandparents for long periods of time, we explored every drawer and cupboard looking for something cool.
‘We weren’t disappointed when we came across a set of darts. Big stabby pointy ones. Sadly we didn’t find a dartboard, but that was ok. We just used the walls. And came up with a game of ‘dodge the darts’ as we launched them at each other. How we never ended up seriously injured I’ll never know.
‘When my mum found out she hit the roof big time and had to redecorate a room at my grandparents house which now resembled a war zone building with the amount of pock marks caused by the darts.
‘I thought she was being unreasonable exploding in anger at us at the time, but over the course of the next two decades I repaid my grandparents with wee jobs and favours, never accepting money for any of it as dartgate lived long in my mind.’
–Guiseppe_Martini
20.
‘My dad owned a shop for a while when I was aged about 9-11 and had a grindstone for cutting keys. After he sold the shop he kept it at home in the garage. Once when it was running I put my finger on the wheel, I have no idea why. I’ve still got the scar.’
–InkedDoll1
21.
‘Back in year 7 I really didn’t fancy PE so I moaned about it to a year 10 friend. She said she’d write me a note.
‘Handed it to the teacher and he just proper belly laughed. She’d written ‘Proseccopickle has left her PE kit at home today so she can’t do PE’ in handwriting that looked like a toddler’s. Never lived it down with the family.
‘Also on sports day in year 8, I’d signed myself up for the high jump. I got a really good run up then forgot to actually jump. One of my more stupid reasons to go to A&E.’
–proseccopickle
22.
‘In junior school, I’d got very wet on the way there, so I put my scarf over a nice warm grate in the cloakroom. Turned out it was some sort of vent for the boiler and I nearly blew the classroom up. My scarf forever had a massive singe mark across it.’
–feralhog3050
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