Leaving a kegger one night I cranked up my chevelle and then broke the shifter cable. Says I no problem I'll just slide under the car and put in gear right at the trans. Oops shouda turned off the engine first ehh. Never did get the tire track off my pants.
What's the stupidest thing you've ever done...
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ponyfool
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I used a 35 year old battery charger to charge my 4 year old battery. $350,000 later and I'm still not back in the house yet....Fires suck!
evilmedic13
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Checkswrecks
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DucatiSSsp
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worldbound4now
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Worst ever on my part.... was helping my father at our family owned farm implement business at age 12. Added too much oil to the tranny on a Case tractor. Figured I could get a bit out. While lying under the tractor loosening the drain plug ever so slowly the damn thing slipped out of my hand and proceeded to dump the whole pan full of oil onto my face and into my mouth.
Note to self and lesson learned... always read capacity ratings and fill to that point, then check oil level. Guessing does not work.
Note to self and lesson learned... always read capacity ratings and fill to that point, then check oil level. Guessing does not work.
teerex51
The Italian Scallion
Always be fully awake (it also helps if you're not hung over :crazy: ) when you decide to change the oil on your bike, car etc.
In particular, when draining the oil pan one should never place under the vechicle a container the capacity of which is less than the oil volume in the pan...
This will prevent you from deperately trying to plug that doggone drainhole with the bolt in your bare hands while hot oil is gushing all over the friggin' place.
Don't ask me how I know.... :angry:
Stef
In particular, when draining the oil pan one should never place under the vechicle a container the capacity of which is less than the oil volume in the pan...
This will prevent you from deperately trying to plug that doggone drainhole with the bolt in your bare hands while hot oil is gushing all over the friggin' place.
Don't ask me how I know.... :angry:
Stef
This happened in my buddy's driveway to him. Honestly. It is so funny that I would definitely claim it if it happened to me.
He has this vintage racing corvette that is restored in immaculate condition that he vintage races frequently thru the summer. He also has a "matching" 70's model Chevy pickup (restored and painted in matching colors) as his tow truck. So he shows up at a race with a huge Vee shaped dent in the front of the pickup. This is not a minor prang, mind you.
Seems he was loading the Corvette at a friend's house where he had taken it for some work. Backs the trailer and pickup up the sloping driveway so as to roll the Corvette down the hill onto the trailer without starting it. Trying to be nice to the neighbors early on a Sunday morning. The racecar starts up the ramp of the tandem axle trailer and naturally starts to lever the front of the trailer upwards. Levers it up enough that it unloaded the rear tires of the pickup and it starts moving down the driveway since the parking pawl and the parking brake both activate the rear wheels. The whole assembly of pickup, trailer and race car (partially up the ramp of the trailer) procede down the hill , across the street and stop against a large tree. My buddy rides the whole thing down the hill pressing furiously on the brake pedal of the race car trying to stop.... He later realized that all he had to do was let off the brake of the race car to roll further up the ramp or roll off but he held the brake firmly all the way down the hill trying in vain to stop.
We still buy him beer everytime someone new shows up at a bench racing session to get him to tell the story.
This was another buddy.....and another true story.
Finally gets to buy the ZO6 Corvette that he has lusted after. He had it for 6 months and it was totally pampered, garaged all the time, never driven in the rain, etc. His wife's car wouldn't start one morning so he tells her (from work) to take the Corvette. His wife pulls the Z06 out of the garage, shuts the garage door and remembers she forgot something in the house. She gets out of the car leaving the engine idling and the car in neutral. She walks about 30 feet toward the door and hears a sound. Without the parking brake on the car has started to roll backwards down the (very) slight hill they live on. It rolls and rolls and picks up speed. It rolls off the driveway, across the lawn and rolls directly between two huge pine trees without hitting either one. Did I forget to mention that she left the drivers door open?. Peeled the door off and tore it backwards towards the front of the car. Not a scratch otherwise but the drivers door is a total loss. He never saw it damaged. She called the shop and had them pick it up on a rollback before he ever got home with the understanding that they strip the damaged door off immediately so that he could never see it.....LOL.
He has this vintage racing corvette that is restored in immaculate condition that he vintage races frequently thru the summer. He also has a "matching" 70's model Chevy pickup (restored and painted in matching colors) as his tow truck. So he shows up at a race with a huge Vee shaped dent in the front of the pickup. This is not a minor prang, mind you.
Seems he was loading the Corvette at a friend's house where he had taken it for some work. Backs the trailer and pickup up the sloping driveway so as to roll the Corvette down the hill onto the trailer without starting it. Trying to be nice to the neighbors early on a Sunday morning. The racecar starts up the ramp of the tandem axle trailer and naturally starts to lever the front of the trailer upwards. Levers it up enough that it unloaded the rear tires of the pickup and it starts moving down the driveway since the parking pawl and the parking brake both activate the rear wheels. The whole assembly of pickup, trailer and race car (partially up the ramp of the trailer) procede down the hill , across the street and stop against a large tree. My buddy rides the whole thing down the hill pressing furiously on the brake pedal of the race car trying to stop.... He later realized that all he had to do was let off the brake of the race car to roll further up the ramp or roll off but he held the brake firmly all the way down the hill trying in vain to stop.
We still buy him beer everytime someone new shows up at a bench racing session to get him to tell the story.
This was another buddy.....and another true story.
Finally gets to buy the ZO6 Corvette that he has lusted after. He had it for 6 months and it was totally pampered, garaged all the time, never driven in the rain, etc. His wife's car wouldn't start one morning so he tells her (from work) to take the Corvette. His wife pulls the Z06 out of the garage, shuts the garage door and remembers she forgot something in the house. She gets out of the car leaving the engine idling and the car in neutral. She walks about 30 feet toward the door and hears a sound. Without the parking brake on the car has started to roll backwards down the (very) slight hill they live on. It rolls and rolls and picks up speed. It rolls off the driveway, across the lawn and rolls directly between two huge pine trees without hitting either one. Did I forget to mention that she left the drivers door open?. Peeled the door off and tore it backwards towards the front of the car. Not a scratch otherwise but the drivers door is a total loss. He never saw it damaged. She called the shop and had them pick it up on a rollback before he ever got home with the understanding that they strip the damaged door off immediately so that he could never see it.....LOL.
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FlyingLow
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Ahhh, he couldn't help it. The obvious instinct reaction to a free roll is to step on the brake pedal. The answer always comes later during the second-guessing .
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Mogan
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Is there a prize for the most stupid act?
Last year I decided to purchase a top of the line 300lb Handy lift to make working on the bikes easier. It was delivered in a carton and placed in my garage upside down. In my efforts to flip it over I dropped it on my foot and crushed it. Not a big problem though... only the brake foot!
Last year I decided to purchase a top of the line 300lb Handy lift to make working on the bikes easier. It was delivered in a carton and placed in my garage upside down. In my efforts to flip it over I dropped it on my foot and crushed it. Not a big problem though... only the brake foot!
Rickster
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I can beat all that...but I'm too humble/stupid/proud (at the same time that is) to confess my stupidity in public.
mhc
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A few yrs back my Fatherinlaw was helping me paint my house. He was up on the ladder and looked like he might fall.
I made him get down and I went up. I started painting and insted of moveing the ladder i though I would just reach out.
On my way down I though I knew that that did not look safe. fx. L1,L4 and L5. That keep me down for about 1Mth.
When I ride for a full day my back can remember that fall.
I made him get down and I went up. I started painting and insted of moveing the ladder i though I would just reach out.
On my way down I though I knew that that did not look safe. fx. L1,L4 and L5. That keep me down for about 1Mth.
When I ride for a full day my back can remember that fall.
NoCage
formerly SouthernFJR
In the college dorm parking lot (yes, a long time ago), I'm watching these 2 guys from my 3rd floor dorm window jump starting a car with a dead battery. On the dead car, they hooked the positive to the battery terminal, then proceeded to hook the negative to a ground... one of the fan blades, no shit. It tore the cables to hell and wrapped them around the fan, big time. I'm laughing now just remembering how they scattered when the cables started flying around.
Ever heard the one about the guy cutting a 2 x 4 on his lap with a Skil saw?
We'll I wasn't that stupid but I did run my left thumb into my table saw as I just finished ripping a long board. Isn't that why they make them pusher sticks? I found that out the hard way. It cost me many hours in the E.R. and many weeks to grow a new thumb print. Thats the shop stupid human trick. My garage one involved putting a Concours up on center stand with wet sandles on my feet and right foot slipping off the lever and losing my balance and 'riding' the Connie as it slowly tipped away from me into a stack of concrete blocks perfectly positioned to leave a gnarly gash in the fuel tank. Fortunately only injury was Connies that time.
We'll I wasn't that stupid but I did run my left thumb into my table saw as I just finished ripping a long board. Isn't that why they make them pusher sticks? I found that out the hard way. It cost me many hours in the E.R. and many weeks to grow a new thumb print. Thats the shop stupid human trick. My garage one involved putting a Concours up on center stand with wet sandles on my feet and right foot slipping off the lever and losing my balance and 'riding' the Connie as it slowly tipped away from me into a stack of concrete blocks perfectly positioned to leave a gnarly gash in the fuel tank. Fortunately only injury was Connies that time.
twowheelnut
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Ya know... I'm still waiting for Gunny to post and fess up his faux pas before I even think about sharing my recent whoopsie!
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I had spent the better part of a Saturday installing a brand-new Hannigan fairing on my BMW m/c. It looked so pretty, and I was so proud! So I wheeled the bike out onto the driveway and "posed" it directly in front of the one-piece pivoting steel garage door I had just closed. Now a quick trip into the house through the front door for the camera, then back out through the garage--oops, a quick push of the opener button to open the door--remembered too late about where I parked the Beemer. A very sickening crash, a lot of smashed plastic and fiberglas, and all done to a fairing that had exactly "0" miles on it. Spent the better part of a month repairing the damage, ordering/installing replacement windshield, mirror, etc. Took quite a while to get over being mad at myself. :angry2:
painman
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I'll fess up. Came home once a few years ago (before I got the FJR), on the old HD and pulled into the garage like usual. Except this time I didn't put the kick stand down and you guessed it, wam, fell into a bunch of shelves with all my cans of car/bike cleaners, paint cans ect. tumbling down on me. After several minutes I managed to get out from under the bike and as luck would have it my neighbor was there to give me a hand getting the old boy back on its two wheels. Bad part was I was not under the influence of any substance.....go figure. PM. <>< :wacko:
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GunMD
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Ever since your first post insisting that I had violated protocol I have been trying to think of something...but I got nuthin'. I can't seem to recall anything worthy of posting. I'll keep thinkin'.
ionbeam
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And all this time I thought MD was a human.
Along those same lines, when interviewing a person for a mid-level management position they were asked something similar to, "What areas of your performance do you think you could improve in?"
"Oh, my efficiency for sure. I get all my tasks done well ahead of the due date and include not only my goals but supplemental information too. This causes my boss great stress because he must always try to find real challenges and extra work to keep me busy. I need to learn how to slow down and work more at the pace of everyone else around me." [said with a straight face too!]
Hmmm, to both I offer a dose of this:
MD, do you find life boring?
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Scab
I got nothin' here...
Well now, let's see...
How 'bout the time I flash-burned my eyes while welding...and was BLIND for 4 days. Oh, I learned where the furniture was very quickly, could hang a finger-tip over the edge of a glass and pour myself something to drink, but I burned every #@#%^& finger I had trying to light a damn cigarette.
Or,
The time I was cleaning a paint gun and inadvertantly sprayed lacquer thinner into both eyes.
Or,
The time I was welding at eye level while in a crouched position and the molten metal dripped and embedded into my scrotum. (yeah, chicks dig scars)
Or,
The time I launched a 300ZX through the paint booth wall.
Or,
The time I welded a hole in an oil pan...still installed on the car.
No, wait. That one worked.
How 'bout the time I flash-burned my eyes while welding...and was BLIND for 4 days. Oh, I learned where the furniture was very quickly, could hang a finger-tip over the edge of a glass and pour myself something to drink, but I burned every #@#%^& finger I had trying to light a damn cigarette.
Or,
The time I was cleaning a paint gun and inadvertantly sprayed lacquer thinner into both eyes.
Or,
The time I was welding at eye level while in a crouched position and the molten metal dripped and embedded into my scrotum. (yeah, chicks dig scars)
Or,
The time I launched a 300ZX through the paint booth wall.
Or,
The time I welded a hole in an oil pan...still installed on the car.
No, wait. That one worked.
