Have you ever done something that completely surprised you?

Aongus Von Bismarck

I've arrived back in Germany after spending the last four weeks in Canada. This time was spent putting together a functioning log cabin from scratch. A small bunch of fellow adventurers decided to come together and make this a reality.

We have left this house for the ages. Future generations of wanderer and explorer can now head into the humble abode we created, and rest themselves whilst being protected from the elements of the far north.

Even a year ago the idea of doing something like this wouldn't have seemed possible to me. I learned so much about myself; I'm a decent axeman, a natural fisherman, a voice of practicality when it comes to disagreements about how to insulate a roof from the elements. I've also worked out that laziness is a trait that reveals itself even amongst the most supposedly successful sort of individuals.


Have you ever done something that has completely surprised you? Where you sit back a few weeks later and realise you achieved something amazing?

Sir Osis of Liver.

I drank 27 cans one Christmas day.

Barry Badrinath

'Im surprised that I nearly believed you.

Show us all a pic, id love to see your work.

The Moldy Gowl

I spent 70 euro on a bottle of laphroaig scotch and am drinking it in my batman pyjamas and bet against Ireland.

Shove your log cabin up your hole.

pablo128

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I've arrived back in Germany after spending the last four weeks in Canada. This time was spent putting together a functioning log cabin from scratch. A small bunch of fellow adventurers decided to come together and make this a reality.

We have left this house for the ages. Future generations of wanderer and explorer can now head into the humble abode we created, and rest themselves whilst being protected from the elements of the far north.

Even a year ago the idea of doing something like this wouldn't have seemed possible to me. I learned so much about myself; I'm a decent axeman, a natural fisherman, a voice of practicality when it comes to disagreements about how to insulate a roof from the elements. I've also worked out that laziness is a trait that reveals itself even amongst the most supposedly successful sort of individuals.


Have you ever done something that has completely surprised you? Where you sit back a few weeks later and realise you achieved something amazing?

I'm calling bullsh1t. I watch all the programmes on Discovery about Alaska, and even the most hardened hermit will have some sort of a chainsaw. Why would you bother your hole using an axe?

NachoBusiness

Jeebus some of these replies are very hostile.

I believe you OP.

The most surprised I was ever at myself was one time when I convinced this blonde student from Trinity who was half my age to come home with me. She left the following day around midday but it happened and she can't take it back now. Unbelievable looking. Total knockout. Like something you'd see on XHamster with over a 100% thumbs-up rating. Smokin hot. Wish I'd set up some discreet webcams but alas no. Pole position in my **** bank though.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'm a decent axeman

MadDog76

Nothing amazing as such but I sharted (loudly) once and it came as a complete surprise to both myself and the other strangers I was sharing an elevator with ........

mad muffin

There a women in the uk who donated a kidney to a stranger. A KIDNEY TO A STRANGER!!!!

Now OP, what do you think of your hobo shack in the middle of the woods?!

RDM_83 again

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Jeebus some of these replies are very hostile.

I believe you OP.

The most surprised I was ever at myself was one time when I convinced this blonde student from Trinity who was half my age to come home with me. She left the following day around midday but it happened and she can't take it back now. Unbelievable looking.Total knockout. Like something you'd see on XHamster with over a 100% thumbs-up rating. Smokin hot. Wish I'd set up some discreet webcams but alas no. Pole position in my **** bank though.

Thats not even thinly veiled =-O

Azalea

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Like something you'd see on XHamster... Wish I'd set up some discreet webcams but alas no. Pole position in my **** bank though.

Classiness epitomised!

4zn76tysfajdxp

Wolf Hanssen wrote: »

'Im surprised that I nearly believed you.

Show us all a pic, id love to see your work.

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

I spent 70 euro on a bottle of laphroaig scotch and am drinking it in my batman pyjamas and bet against Ireland.

Shove your log cabin up your hole.

pablo128 wrote: »

I'm calling bullsh1t. I watch all the programmes on Discovery about Alaska, and even the most hardened hermit will have some sort of a chainsaw. Why would you bother your hole using an axe?

Typical Irish begrudgery, to be honest.

pablo128

Cheyenne Wide Hearse wrote: »

Typical Irish begrudgery, to be honest.

Go off and read a few threads Walter Mitty Aongus has started, and then come back to us.

Barry Badrinath

Cheyenne Wide Hearse wrote: »

Typical Irish begrudgery, to be honest.

Completely.

I'm well jell of AvonB

The Moldy Gowl

Cheyenne Wide Hearse wrote: »

Typical Irish begrudgery, to be honest.

Hardly, I just dropped a humble brag about spending 70 euro on a bottle of whisky.

Harry Palmr

I waded into a fight to rescue a friend - I'd have backed me to be hiding under the table beforehand!

bodhrandude

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I've arrived back in Germany after spending the last four weeks in Canada. This time was spent putting together a functioning log cabin from scratch. A small bunch of fellow adventurers decided to come together and make this a reality.

We have left this house for the ages. Future generations of wanderer and explorer can now head into the humble abode we created, and rest themselves whilst being protected from the elements of the far north.

Even a year ago the idea of doing something like this wouldn't have seemed possible to me. I learned so much about myself; I'm a decent axeman, a natural fisherman, a voice of practicality when it comes to disagreements about how to insulate a roof from the elements. I've also worked out that laziness is a trait that reveals itself even amongst the most supposedly successful sort of individuals.


Have you ever done something that has completely surprised you? Where you sit back a few weeks later and realise you achieved something amazing?

This is a decent axeman.

HIB

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I've arrived back in Germany after spending the last four weeks in Canada. This time was spent putting together a functioning log cabin from scratch. A small bunch of fellow adventurers decided to come together and make this a reality.

We have left this house for the ages. Future generations of wanderer and explorer can now head into the humble abode we created, and rest themselves whilst being protected from the elements of the far north.

Even a year ago the idea of doing something like this wouldn't have seemed possible to me. I learned so much about myself; I'm a decent axeman, a natural fisherman, a voice of practicality when it comes to disagreements about how to insulate a roof from the elements. I've also worked out that laziness is a trait that reveals itself even amongst the most supposedly successful sort of individuals.


Have you ever done something that has completely surprised you? Where you sit back a few weeks later and realise you achieved something amazing?

Wtf is a natural fisherman? Do you smell of worms and sweetcorn or something?

NachoBusiness

Azalea wrote: »

Classiness epitomised!

You got me. Me and Van the Man, misogynists of the highest order.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QzDWIOUnM0

Azalea

NachoBusiness wrote: »

You got me. Me and Van the Man, misogynists of the highest order.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QzDWIOUnM0

I love that song! I'm not saying you're a misogynist - and I didn't mean just the "something" bit. The overall sentence - not a very nice way to be referring to anyone (male or female), just my opinion.

Into The Blue

Surprisingly helpful/supportive during the birth of our children. Thought i was going to a shambles!

libelula

Today I swam 250m in a try-a-tri, the thought of which scared the shyte out of me eight weeks ago. I'm only chuffed with myself

Jen Pigs Fly

I was In a car crash a few years ago, was in the backseat,and driver was drunk (wasn't aware of this - story for another day)
Anyway when we collided head on into a 8 foot brick wall, the pure adrenaline kicked in for me, never felt anything like it! My side was crushed in wards, door was bent in half, I was able to kick the door with such force that it opened. Never in my wildest dreams could I have done that! It was a pure feeling of "I need to get out of here NOW!" Because I couldn't breathe.

Broke my sternum, 3 inch vertical break right down the middle, internal bleeding, whiplash and completely fecked up my hip, and I walked out of that crash, called the ambulance for the others who were also in the car. I was all go, go, go getting the others out and making sure the person pinned in the middle was not moved and that she could breathe and and kept calm.
It was only when the ambulance got here did the adrenalin leave and I never felt pain like it thought I was suffocating.

Goes to show how those situation make you do things you never though you could do! I was out of action for months, couldn't even lift my arms to do basic things, was terrible.

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xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I was In a car crash a few years ago, was in the backseat,and driver was drunk (wasn't aware of this - story for another day)
Anyway when we collided head on into a 8 foot brick wall, the pure adrenaline kicked in for me, never felt anything like it! My side was crushed in wards, door was bent in half, I was able to kick the door with such force that it opened. Never in my wildest dreams could I have done that! It was a pure feeling of "I need to get out of here NOW!" Because I couldn't breathe.

Broke my sternum, 3 inch vertical break right down the middle, internal bleeding, whiplash and completely fecked up my hip, and I walked out of that crash, called the ambulance for the others who were also in the car. I was all go, go, go getting the others out and making sure the person pinned in the middle was not moved and that she could breathe and and kept calm.
It was only when the ambulance got here did the adrenalin leave and I never felt pain like it thought I was suffocating.

Goes to show how those situation make you do things you never though you could do! I was out of action for months, couldn't even lift my arms to do basic things, was terrible.

Great story. How are you now?

dr.bollocko

I'm always surprised by the visceral feeling of hatred that rises in my throat every time a link to a van Morrison song is posted.

ziedth

Warning this is going to sound seriously lame:

Fatherhood/married life, few years ago I could not in a hundred years see myself with a 3 year old and pregnant wife watching greys anatomy on a Saturday night and what's more happy with it. It's not that I was some hell raiser or anything even close to it I was just a selfish kid like most I'm guessing around that age.

As for a single event nothing really jumps out. I guess I had a situation in work where a customer was being needlessly aggressive and was insulting the staff and I just walked out without saying anything and stared him down he just went off then. I remember just thinking to myself where the hell did that come from.... I'm quite boring really

4zn76tysfajdxp

ziedth wrote: »

few years ago I could not in a hundred years see myself with a 3 year old and pregnant wife

I'm calling the police.

Sam Kade

I drank 14 pints of Guinness in Lisdoonvarna back in the 80's and drove home to Cork picking two women hitchhikers on the way home only to go out with a woman I had a date with that night and to carry on drinking and drive home after :eek:

ziedth

Cheyenne Wide Hearse wrote: »

I'm calling the police.

Ha, brilliant

CFlat

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I was In a car crash a few years ago, was in the backseat,and driver was drunk (wasn't aware of this - story for another day)
Anyway when we collided head on into a 8 foot brick wall, the pure adrenaline kicked in for me, never felt anything like it! My side was crushed in wards, door was bent in half, I was able to kick the door with such force that it opened. Never in my wildest dreams could I have done that! It was a pure feeling of "I need to get out of here NOW!" Because I couldn't breathe.

Broke my sternum, 3 inch vertical break right down the middle, internal bleeding, whiplash and completely fecked up my hip, and I walked out of that crash, called the ambulance for the others who were also in the car. I was all go, go, go getting the others out and making sure the person pinned in the middle was not moved and that she could breathe and and kept calm.
It was only when the ambulance got here did the adrenalin leave and I never felt pain like it thought I was suffocating.

Goes to show how those situation make you do things you never though you could do! I was out of action for months, couldn't even lift my arms to do basic things, was terrible.

When you calmed down after did you notice your clothes all ripped and out of shape?

A few times I've surprised myself, like moving from country to country by myself and not having a nervous breakdown doing it, or unexpectedly doing much better than I thought in an exam. To be honest, nothing particularly special or brave in the big scheme of things, but big things to me all the same.

Nothing compared to xxxJennyxxx's story above anyway, that's pretty spectacular. Well done Jenny!

Agricola

I once managed to open a particularly stubborn jam jar without resorting to the tablecloth solution.

corner of hells

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

I drank 27 cans one Christmas day.

I drank 18 pints of Guinness and a load of whiskey , my friend fell out the window of hostel we were staying in and survived.

I decided to cut down on drinking after that day.

Sunnyisland

Yes, to my and everyone around me complete amazement, I stopped drinking.

Jen Pigs Fly

Cheyenne Wide Hearse wrote: »

Great story. How are you now?

Grand now. Was 3 years ago so healed up fine, will always have a dodgy hip though because of damage done to cartilage, but it's hardly noticeable!

CFlat wrote: »

When you calmed down after did you notice your clothes all ripped and out of shape?

Hulk mode activated, you only get one of those in your lifetime!