Not as smart as I like to think I am

Skill Magill

So, last night I got back from a Sigur Ros concert in the O2 and as usual I parked the bike up in the garden, closed the gate and rolled the car back up to the gate to prevent people opening it.
Now, here's the rub, as I was going in the door I had a look at how secure it was and thought to myself, yeah thieves would have a hard job getting that bike out of the garden.
Then Boom, I realised that the gate not only opens inwards, it also opens outward, they'd only have to open the gate the other way and roll the bike past the car. 43 years old and definitive proof that I'm not as smart as I'd like to think I am
I thought I'd share that with you...

over to you..

pickarooney

you should thank your lucky stars

Skill Magill

I should add, I had locked the the bike first, steering lock disk lock and chain. Rolling the car back was an added measure

WilyCoyote

pickarooney wrote: »

you should thank your lucky stars

"I like, I'll buy it and I'll give it 5", Janice Nichols (TYLS)

CallMeACab

Forgive yourself and go to bed. We all do stuff like that. What divides us is the ability to laugh at ourselves. Thanks for sharing.

PS did you remember to remove the keys from your car ....? CMAC

The Dom

Bought some etickets on Ticketmaster to see Prince in Malahide. Printed them out but left them on the sofa and only realised it when I had got there (was living in Lucan at the time). So, drove all the way back home and as soon as I walked in the door it dawned on me: a quick visit to any Internet cafe and sure I could have just printed them out again. Doh!

Frynge

You think that is bad, two days ago I walked up to a trailer selling candy floss to get some, we'll turns out it was a wig shop.

Four days ago I went into a restaurant for the simple reason that they were selling alpaca meat. Went in, sat down, was then asked how much money I was willing to sponsor them to climb macu pechu or some other such Peru related nonsense. No alpaca at all in sight.

CallMeACab

I got up one morning and put in my contact lenses. I put both lenses in the same eye.

COYVB

On Friday afternoon (having been away for 32 hours, in my defence), I drove into my driveway, put the car in neutral, popped on the handbrake, turned the engine off, grabbed my stuff, got out of the car, closed the door, hit the unlock button on my key fob, opened the car door, sat into the car, put my stuff into the passenger side, put the key in the car, started the ignition, took the handbrake off, put her in reverse and only then realised i had 20 seconds earlier arrived home for the day

That doesn't normally happen though

Sinfonia

The Dom wrote: »

Bought some etickets on Ticketmaster to see Prince in Malahide. Printed them out but left them on the sofa and only realised it when I had got there (was living in Lucan at the time). So, drove all the way back home and as soon as I walked in the door it dawned on me: a quick visit to any Internet cafe and sure I could have just printed them out again. Doh!

They also would have reprinted the tickets for you at the venue box office!

Frynge

Sinfonia wrote: »

They also would have reprinted the tickets for you at the venue box office!

No need to kick a man when he is down;)

maninasia

Skill Magill wrote: »

So, last night I got back from a Sigur Ros concert in the O2 and as usual I parked the bike up in the garden, closed the gate and rolled the car back up to the gate to prevent people opening it.
Now, here's the rub, as I was going in the door I had a look at how secure it was and thought to myself, yeah thieves would have a hard job getting that bike out of the garden.
Then Boom, I realised that the gate not only opens inwards, it also opens outward, they'd only have to open the gate the other way and roll the bike past the car. 43 years old and definitive proof that I'm not as smart as I'd like to think I am
I thought I'd share that with you...

over to you..

WTF, are bikes made of gold now in Dublin or something ?

Skill Magill

Frynge wrote: »

No need to kick a man when he is down;)

At least he didn't try getting in with the receipt part of the ticket, having thrown the actual ticket away

Skill Magill

COYVB wrote: »

On Friday afternoon (having been away for 32 hours, in my defence), I drove into my driveway, put the car in neutral, popped on the handbrake, turned the engine off, grabbed my stuff, got out of the car, closed the door, hit the unlock button on my key fob, opened the car door, sat into the car, put my stuff into the passenger side, put the key in the car, started the ignition, took the handbrake off, put her in reverse and only then realised i had 20 seconds earlier arrived home for the day

That doesn't normally happen though

2nd of February?

dmc17

Skill Magill wrote: »

I should add, I had locked the the bike first, steering lock disk lock and chain. Rolling the car back was an added measure

There's your problem. You spent all your money on locks for the bike and neglected to buy one for the gate.

Minderbinder

Just this morning I was panicking because I couldn't find my keys. I rang a couple of pubs asking if they'd found a set last night after closing. Only then did I realise I live alone and must have used my keys to get in last night.







They were under a cushion.

Frynge

Minderbinder wrote: »

Just this morning I was panicking because I couldn't find my keys. I rang a couple of pubs asking if they'd found a set last night after closing. Only then did I realise I live alone and must have used my keys to get in last night.







They were under a cushion.

Well I guess your user name lives up

SuperS54

Was watching an episode of Breaking Bad at my desk in work at lunchtime, suddenly noticed that my mobile wasn't in it's normal spot and started a desperate hunt in case some stunt had swiped it....then remembered that it was propped against my keyboard as I was watching Breaking Bad on it...

Demonical

maninasia wrote: »

WTF, are bikes made of gold now in Dublin or something ?

No...its just that Dublin is full of little c*nts that wouldn't think twice about robbing some1s pride and joy.