 What is something stupid,or outrageous you've, done at some time or other. Hilda 1/21/05 3:17pm This made me think of something I did one time. http://www.softlywhispers.us/Debbiej/guys/01/20.jpg Back when my best friend and I used to go to bars,we were out one night and met this guy.He sat around talking to us and we really like him.He was a lot of fun and I just had a feeling that my late husband,John,would like him too.So I asked him to go home with me to meet my husband.DUH ??LOL And I was sober too. LOL He said OK. So he followed me home.He said all the way that he just knew he was going to be a dead man that night. LOL John was a big husky lumberjake type guy.When Curtis (that was the guys name) walked in behind me,I told John, Look what followed me home tonight,can I keep him? John was leaned back in his recliner.Curtis said later that after seeing John in that recliner,he just knew he was a dead man then. LOL John got up and met him and believe it or not we all became very good friends.He liked John and John liked him.I knew they would hit it it off.Then he went over to Saudi Arabia and we lost track of him over the years.So after Joel and I married,we were gone somewhere one day and came home and there was note on the door from him.He didn't know John had been killed until he stopped b my mother in law's (John's mother) and she told him.He called later and came out and him and Joel hit it off good too.He came around for a while and then just disappeared again.Haven't heard from him in a long time. But when I saw this joke thingy it made me think of that.LOL Ok, now lets hear some more stories about things you all have done.LOL  HS 1/21/05 3:57pm meet two of my other girl friends at a bar and the one meet her husband there when he got off work... his buddy droped him off.. now there three three girls one guy and two cars.... then other girl friend from out of town stopped seeing our cars.... now this bar just up the street from where I live.. after some afternoon drinking.. was time to get some thing to eat.... all us girls wanted to ride together... so let the guy drive my car...... about that time the sister-in-law drives by and see a man getting in my car... me in the other car... not the way she told it to my husband and every one..... took a while but got it told right .... when the girls all showed up at my house couple of days later.. for the good ole days... Carol 1/21/05 9:37 pm Loved reading these stories. Hazel, glad that your husband got the real story finally. Hilda, so neat that he wound up being friends with both of your husbands. Well, now I'll tell one on myself. Several years ago, I was shopping at a mall. I noticed a new store that had opened, and went in to check it out. I saw something that I wanted to buy, but didn't see a price tag on it. So I took it up to the cashier and asked how much it was. She smiled and said, "One dollar." I continuted shopping and again found something that I wanted without a price tag. I again took it to the cashier and asked the price. She gave me a funny look and replied, "That's one dollar." This entire scenario was repeated again. The cashier looked at me with disbelief and said very slowly as if I were retarded, "Ma'am, that costs one dollar. EVERYTHING in this store cost one dollar. This is a Dollar Store!!" I was so embarrassed. Dollar Stores were very new at that time. I'd only seen one or two, and certainly didn't expect to see one in an enclosed shopping mall. Darlene 1/21/05 10:24pm 2 things, both doing with locked cars. The first day I brought the Ford Escape home I accidentely hit the lock button when I got out Keys, purse, groceries all locked in the car & it was HOT! Good thing I had a house key hid outside! Cost me $45.00 to get a lock smith to come out and unlock the Escape. And it was such a simple process to unlock it! The second time I had my little car. Suan wanted to go eat after her treatment. We had things in the car so wanted to lock the doors. She needed help so I got out & went around to help her get out. not once did I think about the keys while helping her & neither did she. We went in, ate came out to go home. Guess what??? The keys were still in the ignition. So i called her son & he came & took us home so I culd get the spare key. Those are the only times I ever remember locking keys in a car. I probably could write a book on stupid things I have done! Dorie 1/21 11:02 pm Carol, that is so funny that you would tell that story today as I was just going to post and ask if anyone had ever been in a Dollar Tree store...There is a real neat bread and muffin store on the west side of town that we go to and before we went to Des Moines for New Years I wanted to take Allison and Shane a couple kinds of bread....we saw this store up a couple spaces that said Dollar Tree so we decided to go see what it was...it was a diollar store...had never been in one before....I have seen them around the city, but had never gone in any.... Dorie 1/21 11:24 pm I went to the jewerly store to have a ring sized and locked my keys in the car, I did have the cell phone in my purse so, I called one of the neighbors and she came and picked me up...I have done that more than once!!! Oh, for the days we didn't have to worry about leaving keys in the car with unlocked doors...didn't lock our doors at home either...guess those days are gone forever... Susan 1/22 12:20 am
Sarah 1/22 2:09 am I know I told this one before, but the new Grannies haven't read it. One day I went outside and my car was not in the driveway. I thought darn it, someone stole my car for the four new tires I had just put on it. That is a very sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. I went in and called the police; they said someone would be right out. As I was waiting for them to arrive, I stood looking our the window at the grocery store next door. AND THERE SAT MY CAR in their parking lot. I had gone uptown, stopped at the store on the way home and walked home. Oh, how embarrassing, I had to call the police and tell them what I did. Darlene 1/22 6:45 am I shop in the Dollar General all of the time. It is fun just to look around. They have so any gift items. I buy all of my cleaning products, paper, plastic & laundry products there. Also some food items and some personal care products. I have a friend who used to be embarrassed to be seen carrying a bag from there. That was when the store first came here. Now I see some of the most well to do people in there shopping. Darlene 1/22 6:52 am I did a similar thing with my drivers license. Stood in line for quite a while, got up to the desk, gave my license to the clerk. She wanted to know what I wanted. Told her I wanted to get my license renewed. "Why" she asked? "They aren't due until next year". Boy was my face red. I had wasted the whole morning in line. i had just read the expiration date wrong. Hilda 1/22 11:16 am I do the same thing.LOL I can't ever remember how old I am either.LOL The years are going by too fast to remember.LOL My brother had a stroke about 8 or 9 yrs ago and he really don't know how old he is,so when you ask him,he just grins and says I Don't Know.I told him I was going to start doing the same thing.LOL Shirley 1/22 10:41 am I FINALLY THOUGHT OF THE MOST STUPID THING I HAVE DONE OF MANY. WHEN I LIVED IN FL.(OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE CRIME CAPITAL OF THE USA) I WENT IN THE STORE TO SHOP.TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR.CAME BACK OUT AND WENT TO UNLOCK MY CAR AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT WAS ALREADY UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION.I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT! I JUST THINK GOD PROTECTED IT.I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE OR SINCE. Lee 1/22 12:03pm This is the first thing that popped into my mind. It may not be stupid but it sure made me feel stupid as well as embarassed. This CC&P from one of my nurse's stories. I was medication nurse on the cancer floor. One of the patients, female, was complaining of pain. Her pain med was a shot of Demerol. I walked into her room and she was sitting up in bed. I told her to lie on her side so I could adminster her medication. She did as told. She asked if I could give it without hurting her. I told her sure. I told her to squeeze her toes together real tight as that will relax the hip muscles. I asked her "Are your toes squeezed tight?" She said yes. I pulled back the covers just uncovering her hip and gave the injection. I asked her if it hurt, she said no. She then proceeded to pull the covers off of her. There she was in plain view. She was a double amputee. Talk of feeling like a fool. She laughed so hard that she peed in the bed. From then on until discharge, she asked for me to give her the shots. She always said "My toes are squeezed tight" Glo 1/23/05 1:38 pm
Janet 1/23 10:00 pm Many years ago in Pennsylvania, we only had one car. I could ride the bus to town but if I wanted the car, my husband would walk to work. One day I went downtown shopping for qute sometime and got on the bus with all my packages. When I walked in the house, Ed asked where the car was! I had to get the bus to go back downtown and get the car from the parking lot!!!! Stupid??? Sammy 1/24 9:28 am to Hilda I guess about the stupidest thing I ever did was go to work and lock my car with my work tools, purse and keys inside. No one could get my doors open. I had to call a locksmith to open the doors. It cost me $45.00. I then waved goodbye to the locksmith, Locked my car and went in to work only to realize, my purse, tools and keys were still in the car. I think my brain had gone on vacation without me. The next day, I had an extra door key made and wore it on chain around my neck until I retired. Barbara 1/24 10:55 am to Dorie Yes, sadly to say. When I was young, my parents and I drove to Ill. for our vacation. We were gone almost a month and when we arrived back home---our door was not locked. Dad had forgot to lock it. Nothing was stolen and don't believe anyone had entered the house. Those were back in "The Good Old Days" PepsiPopr 1/24 6:31 am to Hilda Teen Age Years - but not the Road Racing (Draggin') on the Gulf Coast; some of the guys and I went to the Cherokee Indian Fair, Cherokee, NC. Did two really stupid things then (wud not do it NOW !) 1. Indian Knife thrower had an Indian maiden assistant; she stood in front of a background board and he threw knives all around her, some within an inch of her head . He asked for volunteers from the audience, and I, like a fool, accepted. (Odd - no one else volunteered !) When the first knife hit, I literally froze, and my life passed before my mind's eye. But he was good, no problems. 2. Later, we went to an Indian Blow Dart professional's exhibit - (more advanced than the PEA-Shooters we used in grammar school) Again, I volunteered, and the guy did well - not a mishap involved. I still have flash backs about these two events - - it WON'T Happen AGAIN !!! Vi 1/24 2:21 pm Oh wow! this is hard, have done so many stupid things in my lifetime.Locked my keys in the car when I went into the bank. Had 3 cop cars there, they couldn't get in, 2 different mechanics came and they couldn't get the door open, even with those long things they use to open them with. Finally my brother came with a coat hanger, he wedged it in about the window and finally after 4 hours with all this help he got it open. One officer told me it was a shame I wasn't in Atlantic City, someone would have opened it in a second. haha. That is only a mild one compared to others I have done. One time the bathroom door got locked by mistake and closed. I really had to go bad, and couldn't find the key, so went outside, climbed in the window so I could unlock the door, then remembered I did have another bathroom off the utility room. Haha, I just completely forgot in my panic. Had just moved into my house, guess I didn't know my way around, haha. Lee 1/25 12:25pm I know that this thread has really set us all to thinking. I just have to tell this one about a friend of mine. Sharon and I worked the night shift together. She was always sleepy and sometimes it was a chore to keep her alert. She lived about 40 miles from work. When she arrived in her hometown, she thought that she would just take home some food from the local drive in. She knew that she needed to eat and would be too sleep to cook on arrival at home. She drove up to the drive thru and ordered a cheeseburger, fries, and a coke to go. The lady at the window said " Excuse me Ma'am this is the bank, not MacDonald's" Here is another one: As newlyweds, this couple were still very playful with each other. One morning, her husband said that if she needed him, he would be outside working on the car. About an hour later she decided to go out and talk to her husband. She couldn't see him and went around the side of the car. She saw that he was under the car. All she could see was him from the waist down. she noticed that his fly was open. Being very playful, she placed her hand inside his fly and gave a gentle, playful squeeze. Much to her surprise she heard a scream. She removed her hand and out from under the car came her neighbor's husband. He was helping to fix the car and her husband had borrowed the neighbor's car to go after a car part. After seeing what she had done, she ran into the house. I wish I could see her again and see if she remembers the incident. Mary Jane 1/24 11:06pm one of the stupidest things I ever did, was to have my daughter & her nf at the time to retreive a box along side of the road. It said dishes on the box. We hauled it home, woke up my honey & had him to carry this big heavy box inside & we opened it, to find only trash, hahaaa. I've done other stupid things, but this I recalled first. Wayne Three things from before I got a life. 1. Whie at Southwest State in San MarcosI was very poor so I used to take hot dog orders and coast my car down the hill to the hot dog stand then drive it back up to the dorm filled with hotdogs. I made a nickel per dog and some nights earned $25. You calculate how many dogs that is. One night a friend of the female kind went with me down to the stand to get the dogs and helped me deliver them. Later we celebrated the business out on the county line and then in her bedroom that shared a wall with her parents. She returned me to the dorm where I recovered consiousness the next morning and could not find my car. I always parkedin the same spot. I called the cops to report the theft. The sherriff's deputy that came to take the report was the same one who later escorted me out of Hays County after I burned down a dorm at Riverside and flunked out. The girl had parked my car on the lower side of the dorm so she could get me into the building without the dorm mother seeing me. Never saw her after flunking out. 2. Got smacked out on the county line and ended up in Lubbock, Texas the next morning in just my underwear and socks. That was over a hundred miles from school. My car was at the beer joint out on the county line along with my clothes and the little money I had. 3. Went to the modern art museum here in houston with guys from work. Got to work late the next morning with a tattoo on my left arm. Small flower and painful. So now I got to work and come home.
Another one of her episodes.
When Mama had cancer,she was coming to help me with her for a while.She
lives in Fla. She rode the bus and I was going to pick her up at the bus
station that night.I was a little late and when she came out to the
car,She said," Thank goodness you are here.There was some guy in there
trying to get her to go out with him.She said I told him No, that I was
waiting to be picked up. DUH ? LOL I said JO that's what he was trying
to do,pick you up.She said Oh my gosh, I didn't think how that sounded.
During WW2, Canada and Great Britain were the last to take in women for active service. I think when Britain was bombed that was the changing point. ( not sure about that tho'.) They had a "push" to recruit gals in the "Wrens" the British and Canadian Navy. a newly formed unit. Well, on a dare, I joined, and was doing fine till I came face to face with our family Doctor for the physical.. He knew my parents would object strongly and he really gave me a hard time, He threatened to call my Mom etc. but relented when i called him unpatriotic...He threatened to have me up on charges of insulting an officer..He let me in, but made sure I was reprimanded with immediate KP duties. Years later, my Mom told me he called her right after our "tiff"
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