Being dumb and its drawbacks
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Luckily, it wasn't me, but a co-worker of mine recently tried to jump over a chain railing with his hands in his pocket, in front of the whole department he nutted the ground with his nose. A lesson for us all. On a more stretched out timescale, a former co-worker of mine who had incessantly, for two years, moaned about not having a proper stand for his laptop and who had got by by using an appropriately sized cardboard box for the duration, eventually, after someone pointed it out, realised that in the box was the stand he had ordered all that time ago. It still brings a grin to my face now:-D tom -- modified at 11:41 Wednesday 23rd May, 2007
Philosophy: The art of never getting beyond the concept of life.
TClarke wrote:
tried to jump over a chain railing
Well, my hands weren't in my pocket, but about 14 years ago I thought it was a great idea to try and jump over a chain that was stretched out about waist high between 2 poles. So I got up plenty of speed, took a leap, and my thigh slammed into the chain cutting my arc short and sending me head first into the sidewalk. I somehow managed to break my fall with my hands, but to this day my thigh muscle has a dent in it from this spark of genius. Needless to say, there was a good amount of beer involved.
BW
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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Luckily, it wasn't me, but a co-worker of mine recently tried to jump over a chain railing with his hands in his pocket, in front of the whole department he nutted the ground with his nose. A lesson for us all. On a more stretched out timescale, a former co-worker of mine who had incessantly, for two years, moaned about not having a proper stand for his laptop and who had got by by using an appropriately sized cardboard box for the duration, eventually, after someone pointed it out, realised that in the box was the stand he had ordered all that time ago. It still brings a grin to my face now:-D tom -- modified at 11:41 Wednesday 23rd May, 2007
Philosophy: The art of never getting beyond the concept of life.
TClarke wrote:
after someone pointed it realised that in the box was the stand he had ordered all that time ago.
:laugh: :laugh: Choked on my coffee reading that one. :D
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i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.
--BarnaKol on abusive words
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Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
#1) I was once walking down the street with a group of friends when I noticed an extremely pretty girl walking down the other side of the street. I continued to look at her as I walked, a few seconds later I walked right into a light pole and landed on my a** flat on the ground. Needless to say all my friends laughed their a**es off, as well as the chick. #2) Several years later, I was driving my car, starting from a stop light, when I noticed another pretty girl at whom I honked, but failed to notice the stopped car in front of me. Luckily I wasn't going very fast. Interestingly, there was no damage to my car, but I completely smashed the bumper of the 1970's era VW Bug stopped in front of me, which incidentally was driven by another beautiful gir. Cost: over $300.00. No, I didn't have insurance. It wasn't required in those days. The girl (at whom I honked) and her mom both stood on the sidewalk laughing their a**es off. The girl looked especially happy and flattered. I guess she got an esteem boost from that. Oh well, happy to oblidge. I joined her in the laughing. What else could I do? It's good to be able to laugh at yourself. Pretty girls make guys do stupid things. Thank God for pretty girls.
Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
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Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
Playing darts, on roller blades, while drinking and smoking. In a second-floor bar. But that's hardly the dumbest thing i've done. Just the dumbest thing i care to think about right now... ;)
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i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.
--BarnaKol on abusive words
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TClarke wrote:
tried to jump over a chain railing
Well, my hands weren't in my pocket, but about 14 years ago I thought it was a great idea to try and jump over a chain that was stretched out about waist high between 2 poles. So I got up plenty of speed, took a leap, and my thigh slammed into the chain cutting my arc short and sending me head first into the sidewalk. I somehow managed to break my fall with my hands, but to this day my thigh muscle has a dent in it from this spark of genius. Needless to say, there was a good amount of beer involved.
BW
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peartbrianwelsch wrote:
Well, my hands weren't in my pocket
Your lucky, I've never seem someone come to a halt so abruptly. His nose seemed to have the qualities at impact of porridge, not the slightest hint of a bounce. He just lay there, spark out. I shouldn't laugh, but I did, for about a week actually
Philosophy: The art of never getting beyond the concept of life.
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Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
Got Paul beat... Beautiful girl walking bye in clinging sheer white, slow moving car meets parked car....
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
My hand is currently hurting from playing too much Wii sports the last couple of nights!
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My hand is currently hurting from playing too much Wii sports the last couple of nights!
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No no no!! That's called Mii Sports...and I haven't had the energy to play it for a couple of days! :laugh:
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No no no!! That's called Mii Sports...and I haven't had the energy to play it for a couple of days! :laugh:
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Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
I put oxygen and acetylene in a potato canon and ignited it with a welding striker. Evidently I am still alive or Heaven is overrated.
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TClarke wrote:
after someone pointed it realised that in the box was the stand he had ordered all that time ago.
:laugh: :laugh: Choked on my coffee reading that one. :D
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i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.
--BarnaKol on abusive words
Classic, indeed!:laugh:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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I had this old car, which was the Dodge version of the El Camino. I went to open the door, and pulled the car handle right off. I thought, "well ain't that a beatch." Went to the other side and also pulled that one off! (Thankfully I had a window open so I could open from the inside.) I apparently need to lay off the steroids.
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leckey wrote:
I apparently need to lay off the steroids.
:laugh::laugh::laugh: Either that, or start buying sturdier vehicles. A Hummer, maybe?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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As for the chain railing: Been there, done that. "Won't happen to me", I thought, "I can easily jump high enough". Yeah, and as things were, I can also jump "too early" very well. Asphalt sucks.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
Sadly being none too tall myself i actually caused my friend to fall flat on his face as he tried that. Reason? I went under the chain... he goes over... Well yeah you can imagine how that worked out for him.
"I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead." [Homer J Simpson]