The DUMBEST thing you've ever done?? (that you'll admit to, lol)

[thekid]

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I can't believe there's another rock collector who walks with her head down! I've done that ever since I was a kid hunting arrowheads in the fields my daddy plowed.

I USUALLY have it down to an art. That was the first time I bumped into anything. I have tripped several times because some gem caught my eye, but a fence post??? Dang girl.

Once I was digging around in the Creek and saw this purple little diamond lookin thing. I wish I was digging for it because I was making a little minnow trap out of rocks. I am always searching for flint.

 

[debilorrah]

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I USUALLY have it down to an art. That was the first time I bumped into anything. I have tripped several times because some gem caught my eye, but a fence post??? Dang girl.

Once I was digging around in the Creek and saw this purple little diamond lookin thing. I wish I was digging for it because I was making a little minnow trap out of rocks. I am always searching for flint.

I live in the desert. We have a ton of red jasper, green laced agate, amethyst, salt formations, onyx..... The list goes on and on!!!!

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

When I lived in Tucson, about 30 years ago, some friends & I used to go out around Bisbee & crawl around in the old turquoise mines to collect some low grade turquoise that was left behind by the miners. I crawled into one just barely tall enough for me to fit in, got in about 20 feet, & came inches from getting struck in the face by a rattle snake. That was my last cave experience!

 

[Elite Silkies]

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Please don't try to fly off the top of the chicken coop. It does not work.

It doesn't work with an umbrella either!

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

One of the most embarrassing moments in my entire life!!! Here's the link to where I explain the whole thing, long read but I think it's worth it.

Bad Day at Work

 

[Souperchicken]

When I was a teenager I lived in AZ(no AC or swimming pool). When it was really hot outside my brother and I would fill our huge 32 gallon garbage cans with water and "swim" in them. I decided I wanted to dive into one head first and got stuck upside down and no one was outside to help me at the time. I still don't know how I pulled myself out.

Also when I was a teenager I was talking on the phone with a friend. It was before cell phones and the phone was corded. I loved gymnastics and tried to do a back- walk-over while I was on the phone and forgot to put my hands down and landed on my head. It knocked me out of my senses and took me a few seconds to even figure out what had happened.

This one happened two days ago...I was watching my cousin's kids and mine- total of 8 kids. The kids and I were sitting on the lawn enjoying the weather when I realized my 1 year old was "missing". I said "Where's T_?" several times and was just starting to panic when I looked down and found I was holding him on my lap.

 

[thekid]

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Once I was digging around in the Creek and saw this purple little diamond lookin thing. I wish I was digging for it because I was making a little minnow trap out of rocks. I am always searching for flint.

I live in the desert. We have a ton of red jasper, green laced agate, amethyst, salt formations, onyx..... The list goes on and on!!!!

Lucky....

I live were the Indians had a Battle with the French. Well its on the school ground up in the middle of the woods they said if I started to dig I would probably find some neat stuff. I always find flint and arrowheads.

 

[BrattishTaz]

Ok, I waited until everyone was signed off for the night before posting this. Hopefully it will be buried by morning.

When I was about 13 my dad decided to take us fishing. I hated going fishing with him because we always went to a place where there wasn't a good beach to play on. We always went to the Skyway Bridge which is a huge bridge that crosses Tampa Bay.

I goofed around for a while before I got so bored I could hardly stand it. I decided to see if I could catch the smallest fish. I got a rod and reel and proceeded to climb up the braces under the bridge. I climbed as high as I could get. The water was so clear that I could just look down and the the fish I wanted to catch and drop the hook straight down. I was balancing on a little concrete ledge. After a few tries, I managed to catch a teeny tiny black sea bass. I was so proud of my little fish!

I held the rod in one hand and the fish in the other. I yelled to my family below, "Look what I caught!!". It was at that moment that I overbalanced and went face first over the edge. I remember that fall being in slow motion. I saw the look of shock on my mom's face. My uncle's eyes had to be about to pop out of his head as he started running in my direction. I looked to the right where my dad was sitting with his back to me just in time to see him stand a spin around. I remember thinking that if I lived, he was going to kill me.

I watched the mix of rocks and water come closer. I tried to decide where I should try to land. I chose rocks covered with a shallow layer of water because I didn't want to land on a shark (I was afraid of sharks). I placed my hands in front of me and landed in a perfect push up position. I took a second to evaluate whether I was still alive or not, decided I was alive, and then collapsed with my face in the water. My uncle was there by then a pulled me to my feet. It was then that I realized I still had the rod in my hand and the fish was still on the line. The only words I could muster were, "Look, a fish.".

It took a few minutes before the adrenaline wore off and I could assess the damage to my body. My foot was purple and getting bigger by the minute. I had some minor cuts on my hands and scrapes on my legs. After my dad finished fishing

, he figured I would live a bit longer, we left for the hospital.

I limped into the ER with my mother. A nurse looked up and greeted me by name. She asked what I had done this time. My lovely, tactful mother loudly announced to the world that I had jumped off the Skyway Bridge. The staff and everyone in the waiting room stared at me for a minute and the roared with laughter. As a 13 year old girl, I was horrified! The docs teased me, the nurses teased me, and even the radiologist teased me.

It turns out nothing was broken but I had torn the ligaments in my foot. I was on crutches for a couple of weeks and I had pain for a couple of years after that. I didn't need any stitches for the cuts.

This turned out to be a bit longer than I had planned so hopefully most will pass it over. I'm sure I'll regret telling this story when I wake up.

 

[HatchingFever]

I see it Taz

 

[BrattishTaz]

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Awww crud!

Isn't it past your bedtime?