Idiot of The Day

[classicman]

The idiot is the one who designed that without any safety railing. WTF?

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by classicman

The idiot is the one who designed that without any safety railing. WTF?

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

... because Alabama.

[Gravdigr]

Looks like we have our first idiot(s) of the new year. Dumbass(es) tried to rob a gun store.

[Gravdigr]

[infinite monkey]

Dumb.

[BigV]

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's a classic.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's a classic.

How embarrassing.

Generally, the hoses at UK petrol stations are long enough to stretch to the far side of the vehicle, so ending up at the 'wrong' side shouldn't cause a problem.

Pumps at my local Tesco...

[glatt]

Often true here too, but you have to pull in a little closer to the pump.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I stopped for gas on the Jersey Pike where you can't pump your own. The lines for the right side of the pumps were much longer as more cars(and mine) have the filler on the left. The attendants on the left side were waving people from the right side line to come to the dark side, then dragging the hose over the trunk lid or roof. Fuck that, I refused.

Most cars here have a symbol on the gas gage to tell you which side the filler is on.

[BigV]

It's my turn. Not all today, but I'm still healing from 1/3 of my misadventures.

1 -- I have a new (to me) truck, details to follow. But it's got an automatic transmission and having put a couple hundred thousand miles (alllmost) on the VW Golf, I've rowed through a lot of gears. Anyhow, I was driving it home the other day, a really pretty day, I was kinda tired, kinda relaxed, listening to the music, not the news, and as I approached the stop sign, I reached for the clutch with my left foot. Obviously there is no clutch pedal. But the regular step down on it motion, in contrast to the usually much more delicate footwork with the right foot brought me a BIG surprise when my big foot caught the corner of the brake pedal. UURRRRK. screeech. thump. Only my pride and my neck suffered and even then not terribly, but it was kind of an idiot move.

2 -- I don't know much about this truck, it's new to me as I said. And the owner's manual gives some ... moderately detailed diagrams to help the owner distinguish which engine is in the truck, the 3.0 liter V6 or the 4.0 liter V6. Turns out I have the 4.0 liter, but I didn't come to that conclusion until after I'd branded the side of my hand against the exhaust header. Like that city slicker visiting the horseshoe making blacksmith, it doesn't take me long to check out a hot header, but definitely long enough to leave a mark. I looked for a picture, couldn't find one. Just imagine a dumb person with a burned hand. That'd be me.

3 -- For SakuraCon this year I was working on my costume. One part of it involved drilling some small holes in couple of stainless steel mixing bowls. I don't have a vise big enough to hold a bowl, so I just held it in my lap. As I'm pressing down on the concave surface of the bowl with... moderate pressure, I was blithely unaware that the drill was pointed right at my crotch. That is until the drill slipped and I tried to stab myself in the femoral artery.

Idiot.

[xoxoxoBruce]

#1 - been there, done that, many times because I own multiple vehicles but primarily drive the automatics. Also braking without pushing in the clutch, but that's not as embarrassing because it's less noticeable by other drivers.

#2 - Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, burning the equivalent of probably two complete sheets of body covering skin.

#3 - Not that way, but drill, grinder, a saw wounds for sure.

#4 - My pet mechanic trick is working underneath, bang my forehead on the vehicle, jerk my head back and bash the back of my head into the ground, then jerk my head up and you know what happens. My record is two complete cycles without stopping.

[captainhook455]

Thats a nice picture of your nuts.

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[footfootfoot]

A buddy once let a belt sander rest on his thigh for a moment while it was running down. Grabbed his jeans, his thigh skin, and anything within reach and dragged it all into the machine. Left a hell of a mess.

[Griff]

jesus...