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Back in late 1999, two psychologists from Cornell University—Justin Kruger and David Dunning—put it to the test whether people who lack the skills or abilities for something are also more prone to lack awareness of that lacking. They started off their research paper with an example of a Pittsburgh bank robber, McArthur Wheeler. McArthur was arrested in 1995 shortly after robbing two banks in the middle of the day, with no mask on, or any other kind of disguise. When the police caught up to him and showed him the footage from security cameras, the robber was confused. "But I wore the juice," he protested. As it later turned out, the poor man believed that if you rub your face with lemon juice, it will be invisible to security cameras. Yeah, right... The two psychologists did other tests too that proved that their theory stands correct—the less competent you are, the more you think highly of your intelligence.
What later has become known as the Dunning-Kruger effect could probably explain why some incompetent people are just so damn annoying. Also, it can provide an insight into why we enjoy spending time with those who are able to laugh at themselves and their dumb brain farts. Don't you think it takes a smart person to admit that they can be very, extremely, overwhelmingly dumb? Therefore, all of these 60 people, who were brave (and smart!) enough to publicly admit the dumbest things they did, deserve a medal. While we won't actually send a medal to each one of these people, we suggest you take a scroll through this list where they are sharing instances that made them question their own intelligence. As always, vote for the ones you like the most and don't forget to share dumb moments that made you question your own mind!
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#1
A couple of weeks ago, I heard my neighbors cat meowing, so I responded with a "meow" of my own. This went on for about 3-4 exchanges until I opened the door and found it was not a cat, it was just another dude meowing back at me. So many unanswered questions.
Samara Morgan 1 year ago
Thank you for this reference, I just watched the movie.
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#2
I have a key fob for my car. It’s set up so that if you hit the lock button once, it locks the car. If you hit the same lock button again, it locks it again and honks the horn so you know you’ve locked it for sure. The thing is, I always want to make super sure that it’s locked, but sometimes I come home to my condo super late, and my parking spot is right under someone else’s window. I noticed that if the key fob was farther away from the car when I hit the button twice, the honk was not as loud. So out of consideration, I would always wait til I was halfway up the stairs to do the double lock honk. What a great neighbor I am!
Anyway, after maybe 2+ years of doing this, one time my girlfriend and I were in my condo and I realized I needed something out of my car. So I go down there but when I get there I realize I had forgotten my keys. Well, I had my phone, so I called my girlfriend and asked if she would stick her arm out the window with the key fob and unlock my car. She mistakenly hit the lock button twice and my car honked. Really loudly! Even though she was all the way up on the third floor!
It was only then I realized...the honk was always the same. It only sounded softer when I was farther away...because I was farther away.
I have a master’s degree...
Susan Castellanoz 5 years ago
Wow, just wow! I can’t believe that you wouldn’t realize your mistake in TWO years!!
#3
When I was cleaning out my shed in the back, I stepped on a rake and the pole smacked me in the face. Literally, like the cartoons. It happened three more times before I came up with the bright idea to move the rake.
Patty Stier 5 years ago
Me too - plus having fun visualizing it happening!
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AnimalMetalHeadUK 5 years ago
I did it just to see if it would work just like the cartoons, and yeah it does, I was mad at myself for a minute.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
My dad did this *once*, and painted the whole rake orange. Come fall? Yep. Whack. Yes, we laughed until we fell down.
Mike Beck 5 years ago
I have also done that. I am proud to say it only took two headaches to move it though.
David Gripon 5 years ago
Similarly, when searching for something in your home that has a match and you see it several times, thinking you've found it. Even moving it doesn't always help.
#4
I once had a brain fart and forgot that porcupines were animals. I was hanging out with my family and my niece mentioned that her favorite animal was a porcupine, and I laughed for a good long time before explaining to her that porcupines weren't animals. I'd gotten them mixed up with pine cones.
I have a graduate degree. My niece was maybe 6 at the time. She schooled me.
AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
That's ok my first fight with my now ex husband was because we were talking about a mongoose. I said I loved them because they reminded me of ferrets which I also love. He said "How does a bird remind you of a ferret?" I asked him to think about that for a minute as I died laughing. He was so mad, he said "I had the bike, it's a bird" I said I did NOT have the bike and it is NOT a bird, just because "goose" is in the name doesn't make it a bird. lmao. I had to google that s**t to a 30+ yo man.
Mary Hiers 5 years ago
I'm 55 with a master's degree and only recently realized that wolverines are real and not just mascots and superheroes.
Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
What to do? Give her a pet pinncone in a tiny cage with a note that says 'I'm sorry."
Kelly Tinker 5 years ago
I traveled through Canada with my mom just driving and camping. During a stop in the Yukon the campground manager kept messing with us. He took us on this weird condescending tour of his gift shop where he treated us like little kids (I was 24 at the time). At one point he pointed to a mounted porcupine and asked if we knew what it was. My mom, getting weirded out and frustrated at this point, confidently blurted out "we know, we know....its a pine cone!". It took a minute of explaining to get her to understand her confusion and the site manager couldn't have been more delighted that we proved we were dumb Americans afterall...
Mohammad Ammar 5 years ago
Honestly they're so good at hiding they might as well be. There's one in my neighborhood. Only know that because I find it's quills sometimes.
Load More Replies... sosunlight 5 years ago
Lol. For some reason, I found 'I'd gotten them mixed up with pine cones' waaaay too funny :D
#5
My coworker asked if there is lactose in eggs, I thought to myself "they both come from the same animal, so maybe". For 5 seconds, I thought milk came from chickens.
Colin L 5 years ago
The number of times I've had to explain that mayonnaise doesn't have dairy.... so many people equate eggs with milk. It's weird!
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Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
I think for some the brain is conditioned to think eggs are dairy as we refrigerate them (US) and they come from a farm animal, so we just associate it. Sometimes I have to think an extra second myself.
Carole Cross 3 years ago
That’s ok - I thought mice were baby rats. I’ve been an executive for over 15 years.
#6
I wanted to make cookies for my mom that spelled "mom" and I ordered one "o" and two "m" cookie cutters
Sam T Godfrey 5 years ago
No no... they ordered an extra "M," not a "1!" *snicker snicker*
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BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
For anyone who doesn't understand. What happened is that she only needed one "m" for mom. You can use one "m" twice but instead she ordered 2 of those.
Vitamin GK 5 years ago
I thought that M and O were sizes of the cookie cutters Lol (Though I noticed the 2 Ms)
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Herb Coleman 5 years ago
I bet you were disappointed when they came out of the oven and spelled "WOW".
Porto DaMartinica 5 years ago
He can bind them together and optimize the cutting for mass production, he'll be remembered as the Gutenberg of bakery
#7
Fixing a clogged sink by removing the drain pipe and thoroughly rinsing it underneath the tap of the sink I just removed the drain from.
Rannveig Ess 5 years ago
Don't feel bad. My sister forgot her cell phone the other day so I pulled up Google Maps to locate her, so I could go give her the phone. Which was with me at the house. So I then called her to tell her she'd left her phone. Which surprized me by ringing, because it was at the house, with me.
Thomas Turnbull 5 years ago (edited)
I've done that, I drained all the water from the open pipe and then poured it back into the sink.
Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
That is one of those times when someone who loves you says,"It could have happened to anyone sweetheart."
#8
I was sitting in traffic, and I noticed that all the other lanes were moving while mine hadn't budged an inch. I craned my neck trying to see what the hold up was, and finally figured out that I wasn't in a lane at all, but had been patiently waiting behind a line of parked cars.
Giles McArdell 5 years ago
Done this the other way round, drove past a queue of cars I thought were parked. Got honked at allot.
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
And it was at that moment that he knew, he had messed(I don't curse) up
Philippa Davies 5 years ago
I once saw somebody waiting to get out of an underground parking lot. Problem was, the car in front of him was taking its sweet time to move, so he honked. What he didn't realise for a while was that nobody was actually in the car in front, so honking wasn't going to make a difference... eventually he just overtook it.
Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
I grew up living on an island-boat only access. The ferry line allowed cars to park, so sometimes people would accidentally sit behind parked cars. Never happened to me, I always watched carefully but have been close. Or you may miss the line passing what you think is a parked car so you have to turn around on a busy street and potentially lose your spot-which can be bad during the late afternoon with people returning home.
Perfumista Perfumista 5 years ago
Did this outside a parking garage, we thought we were on line to get in.
Kari Panda 5 years ago
Been on the other end of that :) Had a minor emergency while driving, so I pulled over - complete with the correct blinking signals. The car driving behind me for some reason stops, too, and doesn’t continue. This was very early in the morning - there was literally no other driver anywhere in sight and I had even stopped behind a whole slew of properly parked cars. Guy doesn’t continue, just stares at me, confused. I wave my hand to signal him he can go on. He doesn’t continue. I actually turn off my engine so he knows I won‘t move anytime soon. Guy doesn’t continue. After at 5-10 minutes, he finally starts driving, at snail‘s pace, and passes by. Very strange experience... To this day, I don’t know what I should have done to let him know he can go :/
Margaret O'Connor 5 years ago
I have done this in the bank drive thru. One time a teller came outside to give me a heads-up.
#9
I snuck out to do teenagerly things at around midnight and got back at around 4 in the morning. I very slowly, agonizingly slowly, took my keys out of my pocket, selected the correct key, inserted it into the front door lock at a speed of one tumbler per fortnight, rotated it counterclockwise while palming the rest of the keys so as to not let them jingle and successfully unlocked the door. I removed the key from the lock at the same snails pace and put my keys back in my right front pocket. I went to reach for the doorknob and rang the doorbell. That was when I died.
Kisses4Katie 5 years ago
Quick, run to your room, toss off your shoes and jacket, and stumble out! Pretend to look for the doorbell dasher with them!
JessG 5 years ago
Exactly what I was gonna say, lol. Toss your stuff to the side and act sleepy
Load More Replies... Id row 5 years ago
You learn the hard way that whenever you try to be quiet, that's when you make the most noise.
Philly Bob Squires 5 years ago
Sneak into the bedroom so as not to wake the wife... Then, drop your cell into the metal trash can next to the bed... and knock everything off the nightstand retrieving it! Yeah... I make a terrible sneak!
Load More Replies... Philly Bob Squires 5 years ago
We all got caught one way or another... I successfully snuck back in the house, got through the entryway, tripped over the dog and knocked over a lamp. So much for silence.
carina hocking 5 years ago (edited)
Ever tried to keep in a laugh while reading under the covers so I dont disurb hubby? Yeah, I AM dying here😂
#10
A couple months ago, my husband and I went on a walk. There are a lot of trails where we live and a couple of lakes. So we walked down a trail to the lake, turned left up another trail, and ended up at the top of a street. We start walking down the street and I realize there is a house that has a wishing well in their front yard like we do. I point it out to my husband and then I realize they have the same truck we do, too. I point out the truck and then I realize that we were in front of our own house. It wasn't my brightest moment.
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
That's when he asked me "who are you and why are you following me"?
Sweetie Dahling 5 years ago
That is so something I would do as well. I don't know how I've survived for this long being blissfully ignorant for most of the time
#11
Wanted to light a candle. Struck a match. Changed my mind about which candle I wanted to light, and decided to light a Yankee jar candle instead. Couldn't get the lid off with one hand. Stuck the lit match in my mouth so I could use both hands to get the lid off.
Couldn't smell the scented candle.
Could only smell singed nose hair for days.
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
oof, like the time when I thought it would be a good idea to put a piece of moldy chocolate I found behind the couch on the floor in my mouth, to pick some extra stuff behind the couch. Was not fun...
Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 5 years ago
Just curious... does that smell any different from regular hair?
Jessie 1 year ago
Any kind of burnt hair smells so disgusting I’m not even sure you would want to be familiar enough with that to notice any difference.
Load More Replies... Susan Castellanoz 5 years ago
That’s pretty dumb! Next time use a fireplace match or a lighter.
#12
One time I microwaved a single mozzarella stick for 30 seconds. It seemed an appropriate amount of time. When it was done I popped it in my mouth to eat it. It was molton lava hot. As it seared the inner workings of my mandible my brain began screaming "get rid of it!" So I did. By swallowing it. I felt the burn travel down my esophagus and into my stomach. It hurt so bad. It was only made worse by my friend laughing hysterically at me and exclaiming that even dumb dumbs know to spit it out.
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
I hate too hot or cold stuff. If coffe or frozen icecream is given to me. I will wait it out so it's lukewarm or melted to ingest it. I hate that the inner workings of my mandibles get hurt
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Id row 5 years ago
When I was a kid, my father said he'd give me 50 cents if I ate a hot pickle slice. These things were hot af and I thought I'd outsmart him by swallowing it whole and my smug self collected the 50 cents. That thing burned a hole in my stomach for the next 6 hours and I learned a very valuable lesson that day, lol. I get that molten cheese is a different kind of hot, but I'm not convinced your stomach knows the difference.
Bama Belle 5 years ago
Not to be a Debbie Downer but that can actually kill you. A guy in the UK died last year because his throat was burned from eating a hot fishcake. Even though he went to the hospital, he was sent home with pain reliever. That night, his throat swelled closed. The cause of death was listed as asphyxiation.
#13
I once threw a stone high in the air directly above me. Absolutely no reason for that, just because I could I guess. Instead of walking away, I kept standing there, looking at the stone falling down until it was too late to move. I still managed to put my hands up protecting my head, hurt a lot anyway.
I don't think I'll ever win a Nobel prize.
P.A.B. 5 years ago
No, but you are right on point for one of those presidential “NOBLE” prizes...good on ya, mate!
Bacony Cakes 5 years ago
Yes you will! An Ig Nobel for discovering that stones hurt when they land on your face!
Loonatic7 5 years ago
I threw a rock once when I was 6... it hit a seagull... I still feel guilty...
Katie Lutesinger 5 years ago
Oh god I did the exact same thing when I was a kid, except it was a small chunk of concrete. It hit me directly in the eyeball. A week of wearing an eyepatch and an entire subsequent lifetime of never living it down.
Peter Kelly 5 years ago
To be honest, your throw should be commended! To throw an object high in the air so accurately that it comes straight down and hits you is astonishingly difficult.
Rachel Arteiro 5 years ago
You still in the running for the Darwing awards though. I like your chances.
#14
one time i was thinking about aqua from Konosuba and i thought "natural blue hair isn't real, but what about blue eyes?"
i have blue eyes
i have blue eyes and i was questioning their existence
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
Yeah.... *turns on Gurren Lagan, season 1, and vegetates*
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Niki Norway 5 years ago
Well, that's kind of funny because blue eyes actually DON'T exist in humans. They are just super light brown.
#15
I locked my car keys in the trunk of my car, hours later when I got my keys out, I proceeded to reenact what happened to my friends, complete with actually locking my keys in the trunk again...
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again?
Susan Castellanoz 5 years ago
By any chance do the back seats open to the trunk and were the car doors unlocked?
#16
While helping my girlfriend make dinner one night we needed some lemon juice and she asked me to squeeze a lemon. Now logic would dictate you cut the lemon in half before you squeeze the juice out of it, but not this brilliant [guy]. No sir! I just squeezed the [hell] out of it, rolling and palming it in my hand until the peel finally broke, releasing the lemon juice into a bowl as requested. Needless to say, when she turned and saw what I had done she was amazed (probably by my impeccable ability to follow orders). She then asked how I ever managed to live alone, and I'm pretty sure that's why I'm not allowed in the kitchen anymore.
Katy McMouse 5 years ago
Uh, whenever I need lemon juice, that's exactly what I do. Is that weird?
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
Yeah like half the human population does it this way. And it’s more efficient.
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Jaybird3939 5 years ago
well, the rolling and squeezing would have given you more juice, but usually you cut it after that.
Petra Schaap 5 years ago
well... i know someone who tried to make orange juice by throwing 5 unpeeled oranges in my food blender......
Kari Panda 5 years ago
Went on a date with a guy someday - his home, we wanted to cook together. He had a very fancy kitchen - super stylish, modern, induction cookers etc. And then he asked me how to cook noodles :/
#17
Made some soup on the stove in a saucepan and poured it into a bowl and some of the soup dripped down the side of the boiling saucepan so I licked it
Philly Bob Squires 5 years ago
I put an oven glove on my right hand then reached into the oven and grabbed the pan with my bare left hand. Yeah, I kinda fried it a bit!
#18
I went my whole life thinking the saying was "the ghost is clear" instead of "the coast is clear". Im 21 just found out yesterday at work lol
Katy McMouse 5 years ago
I was twenty-three before I realized "euthanasia" weren't kids in China.
Jennifer Brown 5 years ago
Kind of like Joey from Friends and his thinking the saying was "its a moo point" as in a cow's opinion. Not wrong there either.
MikariMartini 5 years ago
I was in 40’s when a 20-something learned me the difference between “flush it out” (to reveal) and “flesh it out” (to add more info or ideas) In reference to problem solving. I always heard flush. It blew my mind!
Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
And the ghost said, "Think you can see right through me don't you?"
#19
I realized this year that pufferfish fill themselves with water when they expand instead of air... I’m 25
Jane Dorothy Warner 5 years ago
They suck water into their stomachs which swell like accordions.
#20
A couple years ago I was moving out of my apartment, so I had the whole place packed up. I had a cold at the time, so I decided to take some alka-seltzer. With all my cups put away, I get the idea that I should just toss the meds in my mouth, and drink out of the sink to wash it down. Well the tabs get stuck in my throat and the water begins activating the meds. I'm sitting there alone in my kitchen, clutching my throat and foaming at the mouth into the sink. I was ashamed I was about to die in the least cool way ever. Luckily they dissolved quickly enough for me to catch my breath and not die.
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
I had an associate pastor of a youth group tell me did this as a teenager to freak out girls in class, lol. Now I wonder how he got rid of it after the joke?
#21
First day of university I go out to explore the campus, only to find the same odd piece of litter in the corners of multiple buildings, almost seemingly strategically placed. even more oddly, it was the same exact piece of cardboard trash I kept seeing. Strange, but probably just leftovers from an event where the university handed out something stored in them. Upon seeing the 5th or so inproperly disposed of piece of cardboard, I take it upon myself to be a good citizen and properly recycle the misplaced trash. A simple enough task that even I couldn't screw up! I casually walk to the corner, kneel down, pick up the piece of trash and... I can only imagine what people must've thought after seeing me react to the piece of trash that had somehow outsmarted me, gluing itself onto my skin. I was like a cat with a piece of tape on its paw, flailing wildly, too afraid to scream, the only sound that could be heard was cardboard flippyflaps echoing down the halls. After the 4th or 5th good swing at the air, the cardboard remained permanently affixed to my skin and I had finally begun to realise what was happening. I, a superior intellect, a student of a well respected university, had been caught. By a mousetrap. GG.
Cori 5 years ago
I've been known to sabotage them with salt. If you throw them away, they just replace them. But the salt makes them less sticky and easily goes unnoticed. 😉😈
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StinkyMonkey 5 years ago (edited)
those glue mouse traps are illegal where I'm from because they're inhumane. One of my old bosses used them anyway and we had to put the mice out of their misery once they were stuck to them. It's atrocious. We had to do it once because he'd put them down without telling us, but after that we always binned all of them and ehh 'kindly' reminded him that they're illegal for a reason.
Patty Stier 5 years ago (edited)
You really had me laughing at "the sound of flippyflaps echoing down the halls!" When I read that I couldn't help but laugh out loud! (Still chuckling)!
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
These items should be illegal, so throwing them away was correct.
#22
I frequently see a man cross a four-lane road near my home. We have a fairly similar schedule and I see him often. He's well-known in the neighborhood and he's deaf. NBD.
I once slowed down as he crossed the four lane in driving, white-out, downpour rain and I though to myself, aw man, he doesn't know it's raining because he's deaf.
Stephanie Did It 5 years ago
I have a condition which gives me extremely cold hands, so I wear gloves in air conditioned places even in summer. I once signaled to a bartender for "2 more" and he started talking super loud to me. I said Why are you yelling? He replied, You were wearing black gloves so I thought you were deaf. The other bartender was ROFL.
Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
Wait until the deaf community hears about this. Ok....that can either be hilarious or highly offensive...
Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
You're like the people who scream at people because they THINK a person with a hearing aid can hear them better.
#23
Made a cup of coffee, got out a cereal bowl, poured cereal into my coffee, then put the cereal box back in the fridge.
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
like me holding a gluestick and an ice-cream cone, but its 10:00 and I'm tired, so i try to finish my project to get it over with and end up simultaneously licking my gluestick and splotching my ice-cream on my piece of paper, so now i have to go print a new one and wash my mouth.
Sam Cook 5 years ago
One recent thing I’ve done when I’ve just woken up in the morning (once I’m in my college’s cafeteria) is, while making my coffee, I’ll accidentally pour one of the tiny coffee creamers that you peel into a metal trash tin nearby. I’m so tired that I’ll only suddenly realize as I’m doing the next. All I can do then is say, “Thank God for coffee.”
Roxy Eastland 5 years ago
My daughter recently put some curry crackers in a bowl to eat. Then got the milk out to pour herself a glass of milk, and poured it onto the crackers instead . . .
#24
One morning my vision was all blurry so I started freaking out and called my gramma to take me to the doctor. Then like 20 minutes later realized I just forgot to put my glasses on. I’ve worn them since 1st grade and totally forgot for half an hour.
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
me: wakes up early to pack everything only to go to school without my homework. also me: I think I also left my brain at home
Ann Abdelzaher 4 years ago
LOL I've done that. I've had to have corrective lenses since I was 5 but have worn primarily contacts for 26 years. ONe day I must not have been fully awake because after I finished my rituals in the bathroom I went to go to work and realized everything was really blurry.... yeah had forgotten to put my contacts in. Good thing I realized before getting behind the wheel because anything further than 2 feet away is a big blur.
Pantea 5 years ago
Something similar happened to me few years ago, but I had my glasses ON. All day I walked around at work and told myself "I think I need new glasses, these aren't enough anymore, everything is blurry". Around 8 PM that evening while shopping I realized that I was wearing contact lenses + glasses.
#25
At my company we had the new director of HR come in to talk to a couple hundred people. He started going on and on about how we need to improve ourselves and work on our personal standards. Then he starts asking questions of the audience as he walks around. He says, "Does anyone know what the R word is?" I confidently raised my hand--thinking now is the time to get some easy face time with the new executive. Exec: "Yes, son?" Me: "Retard" The entire place went dead quiet and everyone turned around and looked at me. Black lady next to me: "Oh lawwwwd...." Exec: "How about reorganization?" I actually don't remember what happened past that. But I have a job. I still have nightmares
Sarah 5 years ago
Something like that happened to me. My science teacher was talking about how babies learn words and stuff like that (he gets off topic a lot), so I sort of zoned out, but then I heard him ask, "What is your first word?" and he pointed at me. So I said, "Elmo" thinking that he meant the first word I ever said. Apparently, we were back on topic and talking about the Scientific Process. My friends teased me about it for weeks.
Jill 5 years ago
I will have to remember this when I talk about the scientific method with my students. Can you imagine how much attention I will have if I start off with the first step being "Elmo"!
Load More Replies... Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago (edited)
If he was thinking it was like a "You're right! And that is not a term we use!" Think if it was the n word.... That word, retarded, should not be thrown around to mean stupid|silly. I hate when people do that.
Ace Cole 5 years ago
Why did you feel the need to specify the fact she was black? That doesn't really matter.
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
The lady next to him, her comment was priceless. I could hear that in my head, and the side eye he got from her.
Robert Robi Z 5 years ago
Once my English teacher was asking us questions to practice our listening and speaking skills. The first question was 'What is your favourite food?' He asked everybody that question. There were a lot of us students and when he came to the end I was already getting bored and losing concentration, so when he asked the next question, 'What is your best friend's name?' I answered 'Hamburger'.
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
How the fûck would anyone know he was looking for “reorganization?” If it’s the H —R— guy then I’m gonna assume the R is for resources.
#26
I saw an animal in the woods behind my house and my immediate thought was KANGAROO! I live in Indiana.
pansexualandproud 5 years ago
i did something like that. my dad was watching a nature program and I walked in and said loudly is that a buffalo, it was a bobcat. my dad then called me back into the room later to show me when a real buffalo was on the TV. he had a good laugh about that and I got really embarrassed.
#27
A few years ago I googled "do the people upstairs have a cat?" and it has never left me :/
Saphira 5 years ago
the results I got were our upstairs neighbors are squirrels in the attic
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Boudewijn van der Mik 5 years ago
You won't get an answer if you're using a VPN.
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Blue of the yams (They/He) 5 years ago
I've gotten about this close to googling "where is my phone" a couple of times.
#28
Locked myself out of the house and couldn't pick my locks I'm a locksmith by trade
Masen Silas 5 years ago
Ive locked myself out a LOT. So luckily I keep a window open for ventilation, first couple times the neighbor helpfully called the cops, next couple times she just yelled to make sure it was me, now she has completely given up hope and if I get robbed, too bad.
SB 4 years ago
lol After having to break into my own house I now have hidden a key on the property where it won't be found (not like under the door mat or in a fake rock).
Load More Replies... MikariMartini 5 years ago
Find a secure place to hide a key. I got a tuna can, a cat food lid, and buried the key in the garden. It’s saved me numerous times!
#29
Three times now, I have taken the cap off of a tube of super glue and put it in my mouth to hold it. Three. Times.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Dutch proverb: Even a donkey never hurts himself twice on the same stone.
Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 5 years ago
*tries to pronounce your username* *dies*
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Jodie Lynn 5 years ago
I have made this mistake and glued my tongue to my top teeth then proceeded to laugh and nearly suffocate myself
Erica Cochrane 5 years ago
i cant eat snacks while doing jigsaws as i have too often tried to eat the jigsaw pieces instead of the snacks. once a friend asked me to hold a penny for her. i had it in one hand, a cereal bar in the other. a moment later she asked for the penny back. it was gone. i'd eaten it along with a bite of my cereal bar. ><
Jane Moore 4 years ago
OK so the cap is not sticky - if it was sticky no one would buy the product - so what s the pooint in this story!!!!
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
Okay, I'm having a no brain day, there is no glue on the cap (at least the ones I've used, maybe) so why is this a problem??
#30
So this happened a couple days ago, I got home from school tired as hell so I decide to take a nap at around 5:00. Well it turns out to be really deep and when I wake up my clock says 7:50. This freaks me the [hell] out because school starts at 7:20 and I quickly get changed and sprint out to my car to drive to school. As I'm driving there is surprisingly little traffic but I don't think anything of it and I pull up to the school parking lot. It is completely empty and I'm confused as hell so I walk over to two police officers and they inform me that it is actually 8 pm not am and I realize that I probably look like the biggest dumbass around. I just yelled at myself all the way home about how dumb I am.
Patti Vance 5 years ago
did this in high school. came home, took a nap. when i woke up my folks were home. dad was still in uniform and mom had her make up on but still in a robe so i thought they were getting ready for work. i rushed to get ready. they asked why - told them. being the pranksters that they are they said...okay. ran out of the house and down the street to where the bus picked up. after a while noticed no other kids out there, it's getting darker and realized what a dumbass i was. walked back into the house with my parents sitting at the table laughing their asses off.
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
How u guys don't notice the weather outside???? I have had it happened to me multiple times. I just look out the window or recheck the clock not sprint away without a 2nd thought. No metting or school is imp enough to not think properly for a sec
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jevais 5 years ago
I was a bank employee thought it was Monday and went to work. Took my card that activates the employe's door, it doesn't open, can't go to work, I start to shake it with all my might, a siren goes off, a guard with a big police dog comes up to me, I'm scared, the man looks very angry, the dog is growling, his teeth are big, the asks me what I'm up to, I tell him I tried my card, but door doesn't open, he says show your card and ID card, I don't understand why, he laughs and says it's Sunday the bank is closed. I got up at 6:00AM, my Sunday was ruined!
Stack o' Pancakes 5 years ago
once i woke up at 5 in the afternoon and thought it was 5 in the morning and no one told me for THREE HOURS that it was in the evening.
Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
Did you make a stack o pancakes thinking it was for breakfast?
Load More Replies... StinkyMonkey 5 years ago
not quite as bad, but when I was still in school I woke up, fully convinced it was time to get up, got dressed, got my back pack ready and it wasn't until midway through my weetabix that I properly looked at the clock and realised it was half past three in the morning. This happened twice.
I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago
I've done something like this!! But it was usually around an hour before I had to wake up.
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Wolfstar 5 years ago
I did something similar in high school. My friend and I were going to his house at 6 from orchestra rehearsal. I was hella tired after playing the Elgar Cello Concerto over and over again. My friend plays the violin, so he didn't have to play much. I asked him to wake me up when it was 8 before I fell asleep on the floor. He woke me up after a while and told me it was 8. I panicked and thought I was going to be late for school. I ran out of the house to the school. The doors were locked so I spent a good 30 minutes trying to get in before I realized it was 8 in the evening, not the morning. I went back to his house grumpy and annoyed. He was laughing his ass off and he was calling our other friend to tell him what happened.
Susan Williams 5 years ago
Did this in Elementary School, too. The bell rang so I gathered my stuff and walked home. Later found out it had been the bell for recess. I never told anyone and nobody mentioned it later.
Annette Easton 5 years ago
It might not be different. Right now where I live it's dark at 5am, and at 5pm.
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Josephine Wuilmart 5 years ago (edited)
I'm from France, at the end of high school we have our last examination week in July which is when the sun seems to always be up, be it 7Am or 7PM making it hard to know what time of the day it actually is .. Anyway, I was on my few last days of examination, tired from all the pressure and took a nap after coming back from one philosophy test I had in the morning. I had this big test that I really relied on to graduate the following morning. I woke up all groggy in the middle of the afternoon to the sound of my sister in the hallway heading out, thought she was going to school and freaked out so terribly I literally jumped down my bunk bed rushing into the hallway asking my sister what time it was and why the hell had no one tried to wake me up, saying how I would never graduate and everything was ruined and starting crying so baaaaadly until my sister started laughing her head off saying how it was still the same day and I had only slept like two hours lol x')
Martha Meyer 5 years ago
Had the same thing happen to me once, except I realized my mistake before actually stepping out of the house! Spent the rest of the evening in a state of deeply unsettling time confusion that I couldn't shake.
#31
Had a biscuit in hand and the ear phone in the other. Put the biscuit in ear and ear phone in mouth. At work. Why must I be such a disappointment.
BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
lol. It's like when I peeled a banana and I threw the banana in the garbage and put the peel into my mouth
Mildly Disturbed Cat Birb 5 years ago
And when I was eating a granola bar and listening to music but I keep on holding the granola bar to my head and was wondering why I can't hear anything.
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Philly Bob Squires 5 years ago
Just don't be ironing a shirt and have the phone ring at the same time...
Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago
I've seen the result of that in cartoons. Ouch.
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Henry Cheves 5 years ago
I was once carrying a book and an apple core and I nearly threw the book away.
cinderelly 0f sPiRiTlAnD 4 years ago
Curious George when Houston put mustard on walkie talkie and spoke to hot dog
Makayla Rhodes 5 years ago
One time I asked my mom where my phone was. I talking to her on the phone. 🤦♀️
Franek Mierzwiński 5 years ago (edited)
I once played at a backgammon tournament in the final. There were about 500 spectators and they even showed the game via a big screen. In order to celebrate that i ordered a very expensive Whisky for me and my opponent. I had the Whisky jar in front of me but also the shaker. When it was my turn to throw the dices suddenly a big laughter started. I was confused till i noticed that i put the dices in the Whisky jar.
#32
Once I picked up a lemon, wondered “do lemons bounce?”, and immediately threw it on the ground.
It was the last lemon.
They don’t bounce.
Obi Wang Kenobi 5 years ago
Impossible! According to Karen university, because Earth is flat, then lemons are invincible!
Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
Thank you. It is early morning , one cup of coffee and I'm laughing out loud.
#33
Phoned the police to report my car stolen after being unable to find it after a shopping trip. As I was on the phone I looked around idly, at which point I spotted my girlfriend's car. I'd borrowed it. Mine was in the garage for an MOT.
Carol Lewis 5 years ago (edited)
I did something similar. I came out of a store that I had sworn I parked my car in front of. I walked all over looking for my white sedan, it was gone. I was just standing back in front of the store wondering if I should call my husband or the police first. As I stood there deciding I realized I was standing in front of our green Toyota pickup that I had driven there in.
Brad Schaade 4 years ago
Went to the store (I, admittedly been drinking). Waited for 30 minutes for a woman to play all of her lottery so I could pay for more alcohol. When I walked out, my vehicle was missing. Had the clerks call the manager and the police. After them viewing the surveillance footage, the cop takes me outside. Points around the corner and asks, "is that it?" I parked in the spot I used to when I worked there 2 years earlier, but never since. A few weeks later at a downtown meet, the same cop was there. He proceeded to ask me, "lose your vehicle lately?" I died knowing that I'll never live this down
Makayla Rhodes 5 years ago
Once my mom had her car being worked on for about a week. It comes back one day and my dad tells me to look out the window. I do and don’t see anything weird. He tells me to say what I see in the driveway. I say “I see moms car” and go back to what I was doing. My dad bursts out laughing and half an hour later I realized what happened
Mark Kelly 4 years ago
At work I went out to my car in the parking lot and panicked for a few seconds when I didn't see it and realized I parked on the street. Always parked in the lot after that
Mark Kelly 4 years ago
pfft glad there is no yearly MOT here in Canada where I live. No emission test either.
#34
Sent a text to my friend telling him he left his phone with me.
Franek Mierzwiński 5 years ago
I once left my phone at a client. When i was turning back to take it he told me that he tried several times to call me to tell me i have lost it, but i did not take the calls.
TheBeastedPug 5 years ago
This reminds me... one time I was with my sister (16). We were at home and saw our Dad left his phone at home. Well, he has 2 phones a work phone and the phone he left at home. My sister said to call his phone. I did and suddenly heard the phone on the table ringing.
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
Looking for your phone with the light on your phone, modern problems, lol.
Masen Silas 5 years ago
I called my mom mad af one day since I couldnt find my phone... It took 30 minutes until we both realised
Petra Schaap 5 years ago
oh, so many times. Forgot to take my phone to work; "oh, I must send my boyfriend a text that he cant reach me"
#35
Was folding laundry one afternoon. Picked up a white shirt with some faded grey letters, looked very vintage. Had a black collar. I'm looking at this shirt and see the letters are some kind of weird font/ launguage. It looks like the Elf language from LOTR in font and German lettering, with lots of diaeresis and vaguely familiar letters. So I'm standing there for like 5 minutes, closely studying this damn shirt trying to figure out WTF language this is, even asking my boyfriend if he knows where he got this shirt (is it a band name? gift from someones vacation overseas?) I mean I'm going crazy trying to figure it out, this familiar yet never before seen language. Turns out it was an American Eagle shirt inside out...
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
me who wears half of my pants the wrong way because there is no indication, my parents see it immediately, I don't understand, then i realize, not only am I wearing my pants backwards, but they're inside out as well
#36
Put some hot, boiling sauce into a shot glass to let it cool down for tasting. Do something else for ten seconds. Spot shot glass 'Ah right I wanted to check the taste'. Proceed not to gently suckle on it, but down the still almost boiling, fatty fluid into my mouth like cold vodka.
Susan Castellanoz 5 years ago
Didn’t register the heat index coming through the glass to your fingertips, huh?
Bill Taylor 5 years ago
Lucky the glass didn't shatter? Why would you place hot liquid in a shot glass?
#37
Worked in kitchens for over a decade. Put a metal pan in the microwave to heat something up.
Tiny Dancer 5 years ago
Not a pretty sight, yikes! Years ago, I woke up to my autistic kid (about 10) singing, "Happy Birthday" at the top of his lungs. Took a few seconds to register the smell of smoke. Set the land speed record flying into the kitchen to see flames shooting out of the micro! Slammed the door shut, grabbed the fire extinguisher and took care of it. The ceiling of the micro literally had stalactites melting onto the bottom, it was surreal. The culprit? I used to hide the packages of potato chips in there so he wouldn't eat them. The metallic potato chip bags. Yeah, they burn pretty darn good in there.
Arctic Fox Lover 5 years ago
Yeah, a few months ago, I put a bowl of mashed potatoes into the microwave---with my fork still in it. I was like "Why are my potatoes making a crackling sound? And why do they smell so burnt, it's been 20 seconds."
Jill 5 years ago
I used to work at a company with a lot of engineers which had a microwave that not only opened oddly but that the timer was quite "complicated". After a while of joining the company I could tell who were the engineers and the rest. The engineers would stand there trying to figure out how the dern thing worked after having hit one button and not getting it to work while the rest would hit the buttons randomly and figure out how it worked within a few days. without any problems. For us engineers it took at least a week to figure it out...even if we RTFM. Sometimes knowledge IS a dangerour thing.
#38
Couldn't find my glasses. They were on my face. Also walked into a pole. Not a small pole.
Philly Bob Squires 5 years ago
I was on a call with a friend. She wanted to say hi to the wife. I give my phone to the wife. Then spent the next 10 minutes searching the house for my phone so I could check mail or something while she was talking...
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Halestorm 5 years ago (edited)
When I was in elementary school, I used to walk down the hallway reading books. I'd periodically glance at the heels of the person in front of me so I wouldn't miss any turns our line made as we walked through the halls (I still actually do this when walking and reading in a group). One time, I got a to a good part in my book and didn't glance up for a while. I managed to walk right into a wall. Absolutely brilliant.
Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago
Lost my glasses. Looked all over. Gave up. Opened the refrigerator to get cold water. Found glasses.
Syra 5 years ago
I was freaking out one time because I thought I lost my glasses after being in the car. We were in the middle of nowhere, and I'm practically blind without my glasses. My grandmother and I both freak out trying to find them and I go to scratch my eyes, then feel my glasses sitting on my face. Both me and my grandma had a major brain fart.
MikariMartini 5 years ago
One time one eye was blurry, I didn’t know why. Blink, blink, rub. What’s up with my eye? Put glasses back on, went to rub it again and my finger went right through the hole. Luckily, I found the lens under the seat in my car.
#39
Told my friend that the 4th of July celebrations must be beautiful at the place we were. We were in Linlithgow, Scotland and I was talking about the palace and loch. Friend is Scottish. For obvious reasons they do not celebrate the 4th of July.
Lily Mae Kitty 5 years ago
I have a cousin who's sister is married to a Brit. She was visiting the UK and asked him what the Thanksgiving celebration was like there. He said "Every day is Thanksgiving since you lot left." I still laugh about it. She also once argued with him that in the US, we speak American and not English.
Avery Jones 5 years ago
No of course they celebrate the Fourth of July! The world does revolve around the US after all/j
Vanta Black 5 years ago
You should go back for Hogmanay or Burns' Night. And check out the Highland games, as well.
Tiny van Pouderoyen 5 years ago
Dutch friends of mine were on holiday in the UK. Driving around they saw a petrol station. "Look, they got BP here too!"
#40
I suspected a roommate of stealing my food from the fridge, so I put a lock on the fridge and freezer door handles. Turns out you can still open both.
#41
I farted while we were spread out sitting on the ground in my gym class. Everyone looked behind towards me and I looked behind me, only to see that I was looking at a wall.
Susan Williams 5 years ago
I was at the park one summer with a bunch of friends, boys and girls from my grade school. We decided to play baseball. There was a lot of silly stuff happening. At one time, I was on second base when someone did something really crazy. Don't recall what it was. We were all paralyzed with uncontrolled giggles. I laughed to hard, I peen my pants. I was wearing shorts and it ran down my legs. I was torn between embarrassment and more giggles. One of the boys saw it first and pointed it out by shouting to the other kids. I'll never forget that moment.
Niki Norway 5 years ago
I laughed so hard at this it brought a tear to my eye.... Will I ever grow up?!
#42
I tried to use a birthday card that I got from my grandparents for my 18th birthday as ID to get into a night club.
Emilingo 5 years ago
My parents told me this story about a time my grandparents went to New York. They were asked for their passport, they said we don't need one, we're from Utah. Again they asked for their passport. Apparently New Yorkers don't know Utah is in the same country.
Katchen 5 years ago
Were your grandparents returning from a trip to another country?
Load More Replies... Jane Moore 4 years ago
I a 65 and the Amoxon delviery driver would not accept my bus pass to prove that I am over 18 -I love thatguy
MikariMartini 5 years ago
Yea, I didn’t get this either. Who would use a birthday card as ID anytime?
#43
Often when I'm closing a door quickly I will hold the edge of the door rather than the door knob. You may be wondering: "isn't your hand in the way of closing said door then?!" The answer is yes, I have slammed my fingers in doors too many times because I refuse to hold the fucking door knob.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
I've done this with my car door - more than once.
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SilverLining 5 years ago
Did this at work in a metal door. I thought I lost my plaster in the door. Then I realised that plaster had a nail...Now I'm missing up to my first knuckle on my middle finger.
Serbob 5 years ago
Either the Panda Police missed blocking the swear word or they're evolving.
Saeyoul Akiyune 1 year ago (edited)
I do that too, holding the edge of the door, as if the k.n.o.b is some demonic thing - I have come close to but have never actually slammed my hand in the door. I /have/, however, slammed a finger (the same one -_- ) in the money drawer at work while trying to close the damn thing
#44
“Don’t touch. Wet paint.” I touch
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Everybody touches. It also works with signs like "Don't use" "Don't open" and "Don't switch off."
EA 5 years ago
If we are told ‘don’t do something’ our brain focuses on the ‘do something’ part and that’s what we remember. It’s best to say the reverse, like ‘please contact us if you have queries’ instead of ‘don’t hesitate to contact us’. Or ‘leave switched on’ instead of ‘don’t switch off’.
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Joe Reaves 5 years ago
"If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.” Terry Pratchett
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
"Don't press the red button" The red button is i r r e s i s t i b l e.
#45
I was in class one day messing around with my stapler. "I wonder what'll happen if I staple my finger." *Staples finger." "Huh. I don't know what I expected." Edit: I feel I should mention I was 16 when this happened.
Stack o' Pancakes 5 years ago
I was playing with a mini stapler once and thought to myself "be careful you could staple your finger" and then I stapled my thumb. Fun times.
Pansexual-Pancake 5 years ago
OMG same thing happened to me in 4th and no one noticed except the teach who decided to take my mini stapler
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Maryam Abdur-Rahim 5 years ago
I was like 6 and the stapler was jammed so my stupid self tested it on my finger, long story short i stapled my finger and had to have my mom remove the staple.
Roxanne D'souza 5 years ago
I did that too but very intentionally while I was very sober. I wanted to see how much pain I could bear and if it really would hurt that much and so I stapled my thumb, but not all the way down. It was a double prick and I obviously had to pull the staple out. It didn't hurt at all actually and once I cleared the blood, I almost forgot it even happened.
Kallyn Desmarais 5 years ago
Accidentally stapled my thumb in college; assistant dean forced me to go to the ER to get a tetanus shot right then...just in case. ER doc was like..."okay , since you're here, here's your shot, but for future reference your campus clinic gives them too..." (campus clinic being like 20 yards from my dorm, too).
#46
I drove over a mattress
It was in an alley in a puddle, I thought I would glide right over it. Thing got stuck in my tire well, had to call a tow truck to lift my car and beat it out with a hammer. Next morning found that it had punctured my front left tire and had to get a new one. Did another dumb thing by thinking I get a whole new wheel not just tire so ditched my wheel by the dumpster and then drove to the garage on a flat spare only to be sent home to get my wheel also.
It was a bad day or two
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
story of my life, tell me about it. I go to school only to realize that i dont have my essay that i spent 3 hours on, tell my teacher i dont have it, resumes class, after class in next period, realize it was in my bag the whole time and have to turn it in for late credit
Brandy Grote 5 years ago
I ran over a mattress (narrow street, oncoming car, etc). All the way to the mechanic I heard a metallic whipping whapping noise. A spring had wrapped around my axle. That was just another expensive repair on my lemon mobile.
#47
Went to a bank to withdraw money. Bank teller asked me how I would like it and I said: "in cash". Bank teller just stared at me, while my friend is dying of laughter. Meanwhile, I stand not understanding the issue.
P.A.B. 5 years ago
The teller was referring to denominations: i.e., how many 20 dollar bills, how many 10 dollars, etc. did the person want to receive their $.
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Erik Lawrence 5 years ago
my answer is usually "tripled" hasnt worked yet, but i hold out hope.
#48
I saw a bear in the woods and panicked so I threw food at it.
BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
Lol. Must do that next time. I'll include some burgers though
AnimalMetalHeadUK 5 years ago (edited)
Yes, throw rocks and sticks or anything that will hurt it if you can, while backing away slowly, DO NOT throw food, it won't hurt the bear and if it thinks you have more food, it will come after you, and they are a lot faster than us.
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I've lived at my house for half a decade and I still get mixed up on which way the key goes in the front door. I'm starting to wonder if I should get tested.
Loveyiii 5 years ago
I have had my Subaru Outback for 7 years and still can't get the wipers to do what I want them to do on the first try.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
When Grandma first got a car that had multiple functions on one thingy, she kept turning on the wipers when she wanted to use the turn signal - or something like that. She would joke that she was afraid of setting off an ejection seat. 😁
Load More Replies... Jane Dorothy Warner 5 years ago
I can beat this one. Have lived here for over 30 years and still get the landing and hall light switches muddled up.
Ren Karlej 5 years ago
Get a sensor fitted so they come on automatically and end the problem! Worked for me!
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Arctic Fox Lover 5 years ago
I still do that because I'm usually not the one who unlocks the door XD
Load More Replies... AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
Don't feel bad my last house we lived in for 3.5 years and I still didn't have the light switches figured out. We just bought a brand new build and moved in, my family is taking bets to see how long it takes for me to figure these ones out because there are WAY more light switches
Maryam Abdur-Rahim 5 years ago
Same here I've lived in my house for 4 years and still have trouble unlocking the door.
bruce westfall 5 years ago
Lived here for over 25 years and still mess up the light switches by the front and back doors. on one the outside light switch is close to the door, on the other one switch closest to the door is the inside light. Think I will rewire it and laugh at my wife like she has for decades at me. I do love her very much.
#50
I’m waiting in an airport in a foreign (to me) country right now. This is my second time in the airport and my third booked flight. The first one I was reading a book at the gate and didn’t notice everyone leaving (how?!) I watched that plane moving down the runway and wondered how long until I would be boarding. I rebooked the flight for the next day, but accidentally booked the wrong one and it left while I was sleeping peacefully at my hotel. I’m a bit nervous about this third one tbh.
HighDesertArtist 5 years ago
Hahaaa! My husband and I sat down for lunch at a cafe within view of our gate so we wouldn’t miss our flight. We proceeded to watch it board, then taxi away from the gate before we realized THAT was our flight. The worst part is neither of us clued in the whole time! Fortunately they were able to put us on the next flight an hour later.
Jill 5 years ago
My tip for the day. Dont let everyone in your party use noise cancelling headphones! There is no way you will hear boarding calls even when they specifically call your name throughout the airport even if you are sitting looking at the door where you need to board. Lesson learned!
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Stayed at an Air BnB this weekend. It took me a full 2 minutes to figure out how to get the water to come out of the shower head instead of the lower spout. I was pulling, pushing, twisting, bopping, and man handling every surface of that bath hardware until i figured out you just pull down on the tip of the spout. I took that shower in shame.
Kari Panda 5 years ago
Have no shame, it‘s generally agreed upon that figuring out an unknown shower is a nightmare ^^
Christian Bradshaw 5 years ago
Same. I forgot other bathrooms don't have it like that
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Charlotte A. 5 years ago
When I moved to my current place, it took me several days (maybe around a week?) before I even noticed my shower had a spout too...
#52
Until I was 16 I thought that dark meat and white meat came from different turkeys
Kaitlyn fire 5 years ago
Me too!!! I seriously asked my mom to buy a dark turkey for Thanksgiving because i like the dark meat the best
#53
A few years ago i could not figure out if the new electric stove was on or off. I was familiar with flame stoves so i stuck my hand flat on the heating coil. My hand had burnt circular stripes all over it. The stove was hot.
Dianne DeSha 5 years ago
Oh, I grew up with a gas flame stove. One of the reasons I hate the electric ones I've had in several apartments over the years is because every time I see it I always envision myself putting my hand down on a burner I don't realize is hot.
JessG 5 years ago
Um, except a gas stove actually has an open flame on it, and an electric doesn’t. Big difference
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Every elevator going down in a busy NYC hotel was already full of people so I decided to go up. When I got to the final floor I accidentally got out of the elevator instead of just staying put.
Franek Mierzwiński 5 years ago
Some 30 years ago i was visiting Paris. There were three doors in the wall where i supposed to be the elevators. I waited and waited and finally run out of patience, so i knocked the door hard. The door opened and a guy with a telephone receiver in one hand asked me to be more quiet.
Giles McArdell 5 years ago
At the office I regularly get in the elevator on the ground floor, press "G", then stand there like a twat wondering why it's not going anywhere.
#55
I took the wrong train to get back home and didn't realize it until i had already sat in it for more than half an hour. Twice. It was the same wrong train that leaves a few minutes before the train i wanted to take. I used to commute the exact same route for years. A one-hour drive took me five hours until i got home. When i realized that i was sitting in the wrong train AGAIN, I cried.
Romenriel 5 years ago
And that's why I always obsessively check if I am in correct train. But I did different dumb thing. I was taking train home and I was reading. It was already final part of my journey, last twenty minutes before the station I was supposed to get off. Then I suddenly realized the train is stopping. Oh, crap! I took all off my things in a hurry, run for the door, opened it... and there was no platform. The train was not in the station yet. I almost run out of train in the middle of nowhere.
doneisdone 5 years ago
Wow where are you that you can open the train door??
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#56
I had a key ring which was this little piece of plastic with paper inside. I wrote my address on it incase I lost my key.
Mya Lugar 5 years ago
Nothing funny about this. I am a senior, BEGINNING to forget some. I went to a pet store and bought a "dog tag" that you can print front/back on the machine. On one side I printed FOUND MY KEYS, and on the other printer my cell phone number and the words "Thank you" It has already saved my bacon 2-3 times. (attached to my key ring)
Banjo Peppers 5 years ago
Putting your ADDRESS on your HOUSE KEYS is pretty dumb, actually. Now they know where you live and have a way to get in.
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#57
I couldn't find a colander when the pasta was done, but I found the thing you use to steam vegetables (there's no handle on these). So I held the thing over the sink, and poured boiling water directly onto my hand.
Charlotte A. 5 years ago
I once dropped a pizza, but my reflexes decided to try to save it. I caught it sauce and molten cheese side down on my hand and wrist, and most of the topping fell into a desk drawer with printing paper in it. Got quite a burn...
#58
I used to boil eggs in my kettle, one time an egg cracked so I had to clean it out. To see if the water was ‘eggy’ afterwards I decided to smell the steam as it came out...
Maryam Abdur-Rahim 5 years ago
Once i was hungry so i decide to make myself some soup. I pick up the soup container and pour some into my bowl. I look at the soup and think "this looks different than before." My brother walks into the kitchen and laughs. That's when i noticed that it was vegetable broth not soup.
#59
Am a doctor. Can't read clocks.
Erik Lawrence 5 years ago
because reading a clock is a medical issue? wtf?
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Just these last few weeks I've been teaching my 11 year old. Got him a watch. Been doing things like, at 6:47 you can have a snack, type things. He has been catching on well.
Catherine Graffham 5 years ago
Difficulty reading clocks is something they look for when diagnosing dyslexia
Erik Lawrence 5 years ago
hey look! this girl figured out why this post is here!! great job.
Load More Replies... Aragorn II Elessar 5 years ago
I feel like this and using 24 hour time should be general knowledge.
MeepMorp5XG 5 years ago
I'm literally almost 14 and s t i l l can't read clocks.
Load More Replies... #60
Trying to drive on a long trip (Austin to San Diego) when I knew I was tired. Kept thinking "I'm almost there... I can make it." Opened the windows, sang heavy metal at the top of lungs, pinched myself painfully. Then hit traffic just about twenty miles from my destination. Woke up passing cars going about 10 mph on the shoulder. Then made the same mistake a couple years later driving to SD from Seattle in one stretch. Dozed off going about 60 down the 5 in LA at about 4am. Fortunate to wake up before going off the road or hitting one of the few other cars. No joke how fast it can creep up on you from thinking you have got things under control to realizing just how quickly your body will shut down.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
So almost killing yourself once by falling asleep behind the wheel wasn't enough? That's an unsurpassable level of stupid.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Worse than that, he could easily have killed other people too.
Load More Replies... Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
NEVER keep driving when you feel sleepy. Stop for a short nap and then continue. I have seen people trying to drive all the way having to bring their ID out in order to write their own name while checking in at a hotel. Scary.
bern Habubbi 5 years ago
Don't drive, this is beyond stupid, could if killed someone, should have your licence revoked
Nubmaeme 5 years ago
My ex used to fall asleep behind the wheel. He'd even go to sleep after a full night's sleep. Got him a little device that fit on the ear like a hearing aid. When he tilted his head while going to sleep, a loud alarm would go off waking him up. Sometimes it was the only way he could even drive home from work.
David Constante 5 years ago
Its not about crashing yourself or going outside of the road...under my point of view its more about the people you can kill if you hit them when you get asleep
David Constante 5 years ago
edit: if you are sleepy or dizzy or anything that can´t make you focus (awake) on the road, just stop, rest, and continue.PLEASE.
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What do you think ?
kjorn 5 years ago
sometime when i'm in my car and i cross another car going the other direction i just wave at them. it's just makes me laugh thinking that the driver gonna spend few minutes trying to know how the F i am :-)
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
I love this! People do this to me sometimes and I’m always thrown off like “huh, wuh, do I know them?” Lol. Nice one.
Load More Replies... Dianne DeSha 5 years ago
I love ice cream pies. I always get one for my birthday. One year my wife and I were slowly eating at one over the course of several days, but it kept getting more and more melty. But everything else in the refrigerator was staying nicely cold. WTH? We both have college degrees. We were in our 30s. I'd done this many times before. It still took us 2 days between us to realize the ice cream would melt less if we put it, you know, in the _freezer_.
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
Is it just a pie crust with ice cream inside? Or do you mean ice cream cake?
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Vicki Donaldson 5 years ago
After a hurricane took out our electricity, I went out to get some hot coffee. When I got back I realized we had a gas stove!
A W 5 years ago
Sat for a while wondering what kind of animal Mickey Mouse is. "Is he a bear, is he a dog, is he an aardvark or is he just some fictional animal that doesn't exist in real life?" Decided on bear before realizing Mickey MOUSE 🤦
Ryan Gambrell 5 years ago
I once thought I had something in my beer so I closed one eye, peered into the bottle with the other. It was dark, so I tipped the bottle up to the light and dumped 10 or so ounces of beer directly into my eye.
Nadine Bamberger 5 years ago
A friend of my dad invited him to a "coffee Togo" and my dad asked me if I knew what kind of beverage or coffee shop that is and I legit googled it before realizing the friend meant a coffee to go.
BusLady 5 years ago
I once put an egg in a bowl of water and popped it in the microwave. Bang! I'm sure the whole neighborhood heard it.
Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Well now I know not to try that, it's totally something I would assume works!
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Charlotte A. 5 years ago (edited)
Last week, my sister visited. It was kind of stressful and she and her kids were staying at a hostel (my place is small), and late at night I had to rush over there with bed linens because apparently she got the wrong room. When I went back home I was so tired I could barely walk straight; I get into my building, get the keys up, and stare dumbly at the door. "Why the hell did someone change the name on my door while I was out!?" (Took me a while to realise I was at the wrong door...)
Serbob 5 years ago
I had an issue with a piece of equipment. I took a picture of the serial number with my cellphone and called the company's support line. When they asked for the serial number I told them to hang on because I took a picture of it and then promptly went into a complete panic because I couldn't find my phone to retrieve the image.
Smitten Kitten 5 years ago
A friend of mine sometimes struggles to remember the names of things. One time after getting more and more frustrated, she blurted out "you know - that thing, the library for plates" while desperately pointing at a cupboard!
Makayla Rhodes 5 years ago
Once I forgot what the drain plug was called and called it “the water go downer stopper thingy” Another time I was making macaroni with hot dogs, and while I was slicing the hotdogs the water started boiling. First time I’ve ever cooked using the stove by the way. So I started freaking out that the water boiling too long would ruin it. So I asked, “what happens if I burn the water”
Load More Replies... kjorn 5 years ago
sometime when i'm in my car and i cross another car going the other direction i just wave at them. it's just makes me laugh thinking that the driver gonna spend few minutes trying to know how the F i am :-)
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
I love this! People do this to me sometimes and I’m always thrown off like “huh, wuh, do I know them?” Lol. Nice one.
Load More Replies... Dianne DeSha 5 years ago
I love ice cream pies. I always get one for my birthday. One year my wife and I were slowly eating at one over the course of several days, but it kept getting more and more melty. But everything else in the refrigerator was staying nicely cold. WTH? We both have college degrees. We were in our 30s. I'd done this many times before. It still took us 2 days between us to realize the ice cream would melt less if we put it, you know, in the _freezer_.
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
Is it just a pie crust with ice cream inside? Or do you mean ice cream cake?
Load More Replies... Vicki Donaldson 5 years ago
After a hurricane took out our electricity, I went out to get some hot coffee. When I got back I realized we had a gas stove!
A W 5 years ago
Sat for a while wondering what kind of animal Mickey Mouse is. "Is he a bear, is he a dog, is he an aardvark or is he just some fictional animal that doesn't exist in real life?" Decided on bear before realizing Mickey MOUSE 🤦
Ryan Gambrell 5 years ago
I once thought I had something in my beer so I closed one eye, peered into the bottle with the other. It was dark, so I tipped the bottle up to the light and dumped 10 or so ounces of beer directly into my eye.
Nadine Bamberger 5 years ago
A friend of my dad invited him to a "coffee Togo" and my dad asked me if I knew what kind of beverage or coffee shop that is and I legit googled it before realizing the friend meant a coffee to go.
BusLady 5 years ago
I once put an egg in a bowl of water and popped it in the microwave. Bang! I'm sure the whole neighborhood heard it.
Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Well now I know not to try that, it's totally something I would assume works!
Load More Replies... Charlotte A. 5 years ago (edited)
Last week, my sister visited. It was kind of stressful and she and her kids were staying at a hostel (my place is small), and late at night I had to rush over there with bed linens because apparently she got the wrong room. When I went back home I was so tired I could barely walk straight; I get into my building, get the keys up, and stare dumbly at the door. "Why the hell did someone change the name on my door while I was out!?" (Took me a while to realise I was at the wrong door...)
Serbob 5 years ago
I had an issue with a piece of equipment. I took a picture of the serial number with my cellphone and called the company's support line. When they asked for the serial number I told them to hang on because I took a picture of it and then promptly went into a complete panic because I couldn't find my phone to retrieve the image.
Smitten Kitten 5 years ago
A friend of mine sometimes struggles to remember the names of things. One time after getting more and more frustrated, she blurted out "you know - that thing, the library for plates" while desperately pointing at a cupboard!
Makayla Rhodes 5 years ago
Once I forgot what the drain plug was called and called it “the water go downer stopper thingy” Another time I was making macaroni with hot dogs, and while I was slicing the hotdogs the water started boiling. First time I’ve ever cooked using the stove by the way. So I started freaking out that the water boiling too long would ruin it. So I asked, “what happens if I burn the water”
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