Topic: Whoops! Things you probably should not have done....

[Johnie]

Thought I could get away with polishing my engine covers in the heated patio during the winter. Well, dang rouge got all over the place and was even tracked into the house. She was not happy with me. I guess it was sort of hard to get the dust out of the wicker chairs. One good thing that came out of this is she agreed I needed a shop which was built the following year...

[madScientist]

Lets see...what other stupid things have i done...

pulled the engine out of the 66 stang with the trans attached...didn't drain the trans fluid and left the yoke out. Pretty quick way to turn the garage floor into a skating rink

Cooked painted parts in the house oven

Used muratic acid to clean a tank...and then dumped it out in the back of the yard. Grass hasn't grown there for 2 years

Removed the carbs off the 76 GL1000, freshly drained gas, went to tack weld a float post and WHOOF...a big fireball in the garage as soon as the arc was struck

Fixing an old 2stroke snowmobile. Pulled the throttle lift so i could spray carb cleaner in it and let it soak for a couple days. Did that for 3 days and thought "i should turn the motor over to make sure the engine is free" and pulled the start rope with all my might...with the kill switch in the "ON" position...that sucker cranked up, WIDE open, and took off across the field with me still attached by one arm to the handle bar. It was a fun ride till it hit the fence...

Told this one girlfriend of mine she was "filling out a little bit"...

[toytuff]

Used muratic acid to clean a tank...and then dumped it out in the back of the yard. Grass hasn't grown there for 2 years

^^ Now that's funny!

lmao..again!

tt

[Retro Rocket]

Told this one girlfriend of mine she was "filling out a little bit"...

That would have gone down like a lead balloon.....

[ElCheapo]

The "you might be a red neck" if your girlfriend has ever said "Honey would you move the transmission so I can take a shower?" YEP that's me.

[754]

Tonight I looked at a set of Konis on a Kawi Zephyr.. The spring was not linedup with top retainer, I moved it over and it pinched part of my thumb between the spring and collar. About 1/8 inch of skin doubled over,I asked the guy for help, he wanted to pull on my thumb to get it out .. I coulda done that.. Got him to push down on the spring a bit and got it out..
 Still lol..ing about him wanting to pull it out..

[Really?]

Lost my virginity when I was really drunk (13 or 14 years old).  It was with one you would not tell anyone about and I still will never forget what she said when sticking it in the wrong hole.  She said, "That's not it". And I said, "you do it then".  She did. 

[Don R]

we poured my drunken buddy into his car, his wife had rolled down the window first. I rolled it up, being drunk too I hadn't thought about why she rolled it down. With the wives driving we headed home. I noticed his brake lights, then back-up lights came on, then all the lights went out then back on and away they went. He was trying to get his head out the window and kicked the floor shift into reverse.

[Don R]

Probably shouldn't have been stick welding with 5P from a bucket truck over a wooden pallet leaned against the wall. There was a full 5 gallon gas can hidden behind it. No, it didn't light off.