What brainless thing have u done lately?

RPESN ↓

Sun, Dec 12 2010, 8:51 pm

Y'know those smileys with tears jumping out of their eyes???!!! This is the funniest thread I think I've ever read! Done lots and lots of those mentioned. My kids actually sometimes ask me to fall asleep whilst telling a story coz of the strange things I say. Leaving shopping behind is one thing, how about your baby embarrassed

? I tend to be thinking about the next thing whilst replying to the first thing so of course I give my kids some very strange answers. Luckily, all of them (age 3-9) have a great sense of humour and crack up.
My 3yr old loves emptying my shopping, but he used to put everything in the fridge. I'd be searching the kitchen for ages till I found the stuff. One time, after I'd been shopping I couldn't find a carrier bag with I think a calendar in it. I'd emptied the fridge already (toothpaste, barley, etc), and couldn't work it out. 3 days later I took a pot out of the fridge (wedged in tight), only to discover that the said little child had stuffed the bag in too but I just couldn't see it.
Great to know I'm not actually going crackers.

↑ Luvinglife ↓

Mon, Dec 13 2010, 12:28 am

The following story actually happened to me when I was about 10 yrs old; went to grocer accompanied by my 2 year old sis. sis being wheeled by yours truly in stroller. Met acquaintance en route. Complimented cute sis.
Do grocery shopping. Walk out with bags in hand.Way back, see acquaintance again. Remember compliments. Lightning strikes.. This time I am not wheeling stroller! Run back to grocer.baruch hashem sis safe and sound.

seeker ↓

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 1:32 pm

This is totally the best thread ever. I feel almost normal.

Anybody else have a trunk full of other people's stuff? I say, "Oh, I'm going to the Schwartzes today, I may as well bring along the books I borrowed from them 5 months ago. And on the way I'll be passing by the Rosens', I can drop off that outfit I borrowed..." It goes into the trunk and comes home with me again. I am running out of trunk space for my own stuff. Seriously. I should just swear off borrowing.

↑ leomom ↓

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 2:29 pm

seeker wrote:

Anybody else have a trunk full of other people's stuff? I say, "Oh, I'm going to the Schwartzes today, I may as well bring along the books I borrowed from them 5 months ago. And on the way I'll be passing by the Rosens', I can drop off that outfit I borrowed..." It goes into the trunk and comes home with me again. I am running out of trunk space for my own stuff. Seriously. I should just swear off borrowing.

And when you finally give up and bring all the stuff back into your house, you'll run into Mrs. Schwartz and Mrs. Rosen at the supermarket.

↑ cuties' mom ↓

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 3:04 pm

yy wrote:

seeker wrote:

And when you finally give up and bring all the stuff back into your house, you'll run into Mrs. Schwartz and Mrs. Rosen at the supermarket.

Thank you for reminding me. I borrowed some books from a neighbor around 3 years ago. I should really return them one of these days.

married21

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 3:27 pm

The morning after our last Sheva Braches we went to get our marriage license. We took a cab, got there and stood on an endless line. When it was almost our turn I realized that I left my pocket book in the cab. Every single form of ID (think passport, social security card, birth certificate) that I possible owned was in that pocket book plus all my credit cards. I PANICKED! My poor dh was trying not to laugh too hard at my hysteria.
End of story, we called the cab- he found the pocket book and drove it over to us.

***

When I was in high school, school on Sunday was a nightmare. We all went to sleep late on Motzei Shabbas and by the time the morning came I was barely able to get out of bed. One Sunday morning, I woke up and had like 15 minutes to get to school. I got dressed in a massive rush and ran the whole way to school. While I was davening I was wondering why I was getting strange stares towards my feet. I looked down and I noticed that I was wearing 2 different shoes!!! Hahaha! I finished davening and ran right home.

↑ sarahd

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 3:53 pm

The absolutely most brainless thing I have ever done - and it's only because G-d looks out for idiots that I'm still alive and intact:

The first time I was in Ukraine, our yeshiva had its own little gas boiler hanging on the wall. One day I walked in and smelled gas. I looked at the "kalonka" and said, "Oh, I see the flame went out here," lit a match and held it to the gas pipe....

There was an almighty explosion right in my face; dirt and leaves came flying out of the boiler and unbelievably, nothing happened to me except a couple of twigs stuck in my hair.

Half an hour later, it hit me what a lucky escape I had had. And how dumb I was. I was shaking for the next few hours.

momsprince

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 6:01 pm

dveibel wrote:

Moral: The power of a compliment...

↑ RPESN ↓

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 6:19 pm

married21. Reminds me of the time I'd gone to school in a rush as usual. Sometime during the morning I'd gone to the bathroom along with someone else (were we cutting class?), suddenly in the midst of our chatter, she girl said "what's that sticking out of your cardigan (sweater)? Our uniform had a navy skirt, navy cardigan and navy tights. I'd grabbed my cardigan off the chair in my room not realising there was a pair of tights under it, clinging to it. A few inches of one leg of the tights had been hanging out from under the cardigan, like a tail, for a couple of hours!! Being very self conscious at the best of times I was MORTIFIED, even tho she reassured me that she didn't think anyone else noticed it....

↑ yo'ma ↓

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 7:00 pm

I thought I did a brainless thing today, but it wasn't me Smile

. I turned the hot water thingy on to make a coffee and when I was ready to take it because I saw the light was off, I thought I forgot to turn it on because it wasn't hot, but it wasn't plugged in well. Yay, it wasn't me!!

↑ Luvinglife

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 7:33 pm

RPESN, reminds me of a story that happened not to me but to a classmate of mine.
We were in the 2nd grade and we were playing jumprope. When this girl was jumping robe, something slithered down from underneath her skirt. Lo and behold.. Her nightgown fell onto the floor. How it got there is beyond me..
And please don't doubt this story, too strange to be fictitious!

↑ leomom ↓

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 8:46 pm

Well, one day when I was in high school, my sister came up to me in the hall, all upset because she had forgotten to take her pajama top off before putting on her shirt that morning.... and therefore had also forgotten to put on her bra. She basically spent the whole day with her arms crossed over her chest. (This was in public high school - so it was coed, too.)

No need for me to be anonymous because my sister will never read this, and anyway, this happened about 25 years ago...

↑ sequoia ↓

Tue, Dec 14 2010, 9:01 pm

sarahd wrote:

Oh wow. Glad you were okay!

My grandparents have the same thing in their apartment for hot water.

pumpkinsbubby

Wed, Dec 15 2010, 12:28 pm

I went down to the basement to get something, and I couldn't remember what I wanted to get! I had to yell upstairs and ask everyone if I had mentioned what I was going down for!

pobody's nerfect

Wed, Dec 15 2010, 1:13 pm

I went down to the storage locker in our apartment's basement and tried to open the combination lock using the code from my ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lock. crazy how I can't remember a phone number from the time I look it up til I dial, but a code remains in my memory forever.

Smiles

Wed, Dec 15 2010, 1:20 pm

I tried to take out the pit from a avocado with a knife and the next thing I know is I have a huge hole in my hand. The knife cut through the pit and the avocado and right into my hand. It hit me so hard I felt like I got electrocuted. When I got the stitches the Dr. told me I should be happy it didn't come through my hand. I hope someone will learn of from this brainless idea and never remove a pit like this!

↑ yo'ma ↓

Wed, Dec 15 2010, 1:32 pm

Smiles wrote:

I did that 2 weeks ago, but all I did was nick my hand. It hurt and I still have a mark, but it was nothing. I still take the pit out like that Rolling Eyes

↑ LadyG

Wed, Dec 15 2010, 1:43 pm

Jacuzzi wrote:

Once used nail polish remover instead of eyemakeup remover PAINFUL!!

I started doing that at the mikvah once, since the bottle wasnt labeled. But it smelled so weird, I realized that it was nail polish remover. Boy did I stop fast!