Dumb things we do

[cbrfxr67]

"drank the bag of water to wash it down. I had to chew it up and before I swallowed it."

"135mph on a yamaha banshee with a gsxr 750 motor in it"

[Zmerica19]

god honest truth, it was very scary. he cut the frame to put the motor in and welded it back together. did some high speed shaking, once i got off i was doing this 

[adidasguy]

Not dumb, but funny.
On the way to the dentist on my bike (years ago in LA) I had a bee land on my crotch and sting me through my pants on my balls. When I got to the dentist I asked for some xylocaine on a swab to easy the pain on my balls. True story!

[Malfruen]

More amusing than anything else. I rode through a complete swarm of bees once when I rode a GV250 Aquila. I could see something ahead and thought "f%$k it, just bugs, more guts for my gear". Turns out, hitting bees at 95 kph REALLY hurts, and those barstards can STILL sting you through your gear. See below for what I hollered at people as I rode back into town.



I counted 17 stings all up, my then fiancee had to help me make sure I didn't leave any stingers in. Never been stung before either, so I didn't even know if I was allergic. That would have been more interesting.


As far as stupid is concerned, rolling a Datsun paddock basher end over end takes the cake for me I think, although...

I once set a wasp nest on fire with a lighter and a can of WD-40. The next-nest neighbours were less than impressed at the land value for mud huts going down, and came at me. I felt like a 'Nam Vet by the end of it. So much fire...

And another WD-40 story, I capped off the end of an old steel tube fence, drilled a hole in the top of it, left the other end open for flow through, and sprayed WD-40 into the pipe because I was trying to kill the local arachnids that had taken up residence. WD-40 kills them fast, so I figured it'd work. After half a can into the hole, I figured my job was done, and went inside. 30 minutes later, I go outside for a smoke, and figure "Wonder if theres still any WD-40 in there." I put my lighter against the hole and struck it, and I heard what could only be described as a shotgun blast. I blew the fence out of the ground it was seated in, I blew the cap off the fence and I couldn't find it, and I blew about 12 spiders out the other end onto my neighbours front yard.

The landlord came around the following day to check the house, she wasn't happy about the fence 

[bettingpython]

135 in a 45, Left of Center on a double yellow, operation in a manner not safe and reasonable, reckless.
Dove into a 35mph turn at almost 150, when I realized that I had missed the sign that told me it was 35 rather than a 50 it was too late lean more be smooth and hoped like hell it would stick. It did and it made a believer out of me in michelin pilot powers, I ate a rear every 3k miles but didn't care they stuck.
I've passed between 2 vehicles going opposite directions on the dotted yellow with inches to spare between them.
Been hit in the ass with rock salt for trespassing on a farmers land to fish his pond.
Been shot at repossessing cars on the wrong side of town where most others wouldn't go.
Been snake bit by Rattlers 3 times, most people are smart enough to stay away from them and then those that aren't usually learn from the first occurrence...

Other than that not really any deliberately dumb stuff like riding a little red wagon down a hill or slamming into a curb in a shopping cart.

[yamahonkawazuki]

regarding teh wd40 post i do this as spider or wasp nest removal. makes a GREAT blowtorch. my oxypropane jeweler torch is too bulky. BTW beware of the wd40 blowtorch. if it runs low, the flame WILL go inside

[Snake2715]

When I was 14, I took a bicycle off a ramp in the street at full-stride (21-speed mountain bike). Flew up in the air, landed on my head.

Cracked my skull, blew my eardrums out (from the pressure of my head hitting the ground), and ground my nose down. It was pretty intense and I've got an enormous scar on the back of my head from it.

First and last time I ever did anything without a helmet. I'll -never- ride a motorcycle without a helmet. Ever.

That reminds me of a story. My little brother was much crazier (and still is) than me, always taking more risk. He had a plastic football helmet, I don't recall if it were a Halloween outfit or what. He loved that thing, he was about 8 years old. We lived on a big, long, paved hill, so ramps at the end etc, was all too common.

He was riding down the hill and was going to hit a ramp, he had the plastic helmet on.. well cause it was "cool" and to apparently help save him in case of an accident. At the end of the hill he was flying and decided last second to not take the ramp (probably good idea). He bit it and laid the pedal bike down sideways and skidded down the road. The helmet was almost eaten through on the side of his head. So in reality that really really saved him some scars. He was bleeding a bit out of the arms and leg but we will never forget that helmet and how it looked when he stopped.

[yamahonkawazuki]

OYE Beef jerky legs and arms = not fun