Whats the most idiotic thing

PTH2009

What's the most idiotic dangerous thing you saw anyone ever do ???

'Start this thread will be one for sure' lol

Odelay

Read this thread.

alchemist33

Smoking at a petrol station

biko

Use more than one question mark.

Wang Kerr

Perhaps have a look at the Darwin awards twitter feed ...Will give you multiple candidates

blade1

Get 20 yokes on tick!

My recent sex tour of Nigeria.

ToddyDoody

*sticks hand into used needle bin*

Your Face

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Wang Kerr

Your Face wrote: »

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There are times I would most definitely agree

Microdot

Leeson St been a one way Street.

Government

Noddyholder

alchemist33 wrote: »

Smoking at a petrol station

Think that one is a bit of a myth, the same with talking on mobile phone at petrol station & on airplanes.

You have more chance of winning our lotto than anything happening re above.

Wang Kerr

Noddyholder wrote: »

Think that one is a bit of a myth, the same with talking on mobile phone at petrol station & on airplanes.

You have more chance of winning our lotto than anything happening re above.

https://youtu.be/PhaBYJockX8

Shall we go halves on that ticket?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Using idiotic, when it should be idiotically, ranks among the top three.

stimpson

Wang Kerr wrote: »

https://youtu.be/PhaBYJockX8

Shall we go halves on that ticket?

But the sign said Inflammable. Inflammable!!!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

stimpson wrote: »

But the sign said Inflammable. Inflammable!!!

It didn't say non-flammable though.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Someone (who wasn't me ) I *cough* know was trying to play with her brothers catapult years ago and aimed it the wrong way, nearly took the eye clean out of her head with it. That was pretty stupid

Mena

So when I did my military service, 25 odd years ago (not in ireland), I did training on tanks and armoured vehicles. Generally you rotate through (driver, gunner, commander etc) the different roles and while doing the gunner section of the training (there's nothing like firing off 120mm explosive rounds!) I had a misfire. So essentially we had the target and fired and 'plooff', nothing happens.

Now you're sitting in a tiny metal compartment with a primed 120mm explosive round that's just not been fired. This is where the Darwin awards come in. Standard process to remove the round (back then, hoping they've changed it since), was a general evacuation of everyone to at least 250m from the tank. Everyone that is, except the gunner. This isn't where I found out it's my role to gently remove the round, climb out of this metal coffin (one handed!) with a round that weighs more than your mothers weekly shop, and proceed to carry it (remember it's live, could go off at anytime) some distance down the firing range.

Assuming you make it ( I did, as did most others I heard), the rest of the squadron then has a hell of time taking pot shots at it to detonate it 'safely'.

Didn't think anything of it until years later.

corner of hells

I know a person "cough" while examining a stun gun ,the type you get in Thailand who managed to stun himself twice in five minutes each time knocking himself to the floor.

bazza1

Fapped at Confession......Danger Fap level 10

Berserker

alchemist33 wrote: »

Smoking at a petrol station

Noddyholder wrote: »

Think that one is a bit of a myth

Worked in a petrol statement during my university days and I caught an oul wan doing it. Sour faced oul bitch of a woman. It was very late on a Saturday night and she was the only customer in the forecourt. I let a roar at her. She took exception and reported me to the boss the Monday after. He banned her from the premises.

Lorelli!

I was at a party once where there were two people doing handstands against the wall and doing shots and then also pouring a shot into their eye :-s

con___manx1

alchemist33 wrote: »

Smoking at a petrol station

Cigarettes won't light fuel. It's a myth

corner of hells

con___manx1 wrote: »

alchemist33 wrote: »

Smoking at a petrol station

Cigarettes won't light fuel. It's a myth

Challenge accepted .

B.A._Baracus

My good friend works with a woman who would amaze you with how stupid she is.

- She was on the phone about a month ago and when given the zip code to an address she said what's a "sipt code?" she honestly didn't know and was talking to my friend about it afterwards. She's in her 40s too!

Kenjataimu

bazza1 wrote: »

Fapped at Confession......Danger Fap level 10

Father Bazza at it again.

WhiteMemento9

Your Face wrote: »

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Moving to the hard stuff

Reddit

SCOOP 64

Noddyholder wrote: »

Think that one is a bit of a myth, the same with talking on mobile phone at petrol station & on airplanes.

You have more chance of winning our lotto than anything happening re above.

Still wouldn't want to gamble on the smoking bit though.

con___manx1

corner of hells wrote: »

Challenge accepted .

If you poured fuel over a lit cigarette u would put it out ; )

osarusan

Saw somebody on 18 at a blackjack table saying 'hit me' and going bust about a decade ago. He lost about the equivalent of about €700.

He was utterly convinced that a 3 was coming. He was certain. Everybody was telling him to stick on 18, that it was crazy. The dealer even called a superior over to ensure that they were sure they wanted another card, or just to witness the whole thing in the event of a complaint/tantrum.

In the end he just took it without emotion. Stopped playing a few deals later though.

Mena

corner of hells wrote: »

I know a person "cough" while examining a stun gun ,the type you get in Thailand who managed to stun himself twice in five minutes each time knocking himself to the floor.

My then girlfriend, now wife, showing her how to load a pepper spray canister into a small personal pepper spray 'gun' (this want in ireland) managed to set it off... in the car.

Still funny but not something I'd like to repeat. Ever.

Shannon757

*waits for Candie to post*

arkrow

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Still wouldn't want to gamble on the smoking bit though.

Yea, I wouldn't either.

Jet fuuuuuel
D Sel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL10C7FSbE

lawlolawl

Sports punditry.

Before game: Talk about how your reckon these guys are going to win and what they should do to win.

Get more points/goals than the other team is always the answer.

Halftime: Talk about what these guys are doing right/wrong and suggest what they should do to do more winning. Spoiler:

score more points/goals than the other person/team.

Fulltime: Dissect what happen even though it is literally the single most pointless thing you have ever talked about in your entire existence because it doesn't change anything because the event you are talking about has already happened.

Now, spin that out to multiple hours a day and somehow call it something other than utterly pointless idiocy. Anyone who finds anything to do with this garbage entertaining or worthwhile is an idiot.

Dartz

'Leaking' pressure relief valve on a 500 litre cylinder.

Blank cap on a pressure relief valve on a 500 litre cylinder.


That. Gentlemen.

That's called a bomb

Mollyb60

Noddyholder wrote: »

Think that one is a bit of a myth, the same with talking on mobile phone at petrol station & on airplanes.

You have more chance of winning our lotto than anything happening re above.

Petrol stations have been made way safer in recent years than ever before but I still wouldn't take that chance. Vapour recovery is a huge thing now which happens in at least 2 stages (one when filling the tanks, the other when filling your car) at most petrol stations but spills and accidents still happen and not all petrol station owners are fastidious about their onsite safety. Without vapour recovery (the pump also includes an intake pipe where petrol vapours are sucked back into the central fuel tank for storage) the air around the pumps can be very volatile and you're taking your balls in your hands lighting up around them.

Stupidest thing I've ever seen is someone with a laptop propped up on the steering wheel whilst driving on the motorway. :rolleyes:

Rubberlegs

The fire went out on me after using the last firelighter so I threw some nail varnish remover on it and somehow managed to set fire to the carpet.
When one of my girls was little she kept poking me with the end of my plugged in phone charger. I told her several times to stop or she would electrocute me. In the end I went still, rolled my eyes and stuck my tongue out. I can still hear the screams! She is 16 now and loves to remind me of it. It was a bit evil I suppose

bodhrandude

Was on the bus to Salthill from town centre and seen this twat student in a tricolour beany hat carrying a bottle of Buckfast and trying to kick a bunch of pigeons at Spanish Parade, such is the shenanigans of rag week, I think it was Donegal day lol.

bodhrandude

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Petrol stations have been made way safer in recent years than ever before but I still wouldn't take that chance. Vapour recovery is a huge thing now which happens in at least 2 stages (one when filling the tanks, the other when filling your car) at most petrol stations but spills and accidents still happen and not all petrol station owners are fastidious about their onsite safety. Without vapour recovery (the pump also includes an intake pipe where petrol vapours are sucked back into the central fuel tank for storage) the air around the pumps can be very volatile and you're taking your balls in your hands lighting up around them.

Stupidest thing I've ever seen is someone with a laptop propped up on the steering wheel whilst driving on the motorway. :rolleyes:

Are you sure?

Dartz

Dartz wrote: »

'Leaking' pressure relief valve on a 500 litre cylinder.

Blank cap on a pressure relief valve on a 500 litre cylinder.


That. Gentlemen.

That's called a bomb

No, it's a rocket!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUkjXGfCLIM

Four Phucs Ache

When you pass your driving test you can go on the motorways without any previous experience.

Right lad, see that road there , that is the m50 and if you manage to get onto it without writing off your micra you can do 140 on it now like everybody else but be careful, nobody was ever thought how to drive on it so here's a free padre pio sticker .

Vel

My dad:

Put petrol on a gas bbq to 'heat it up quicker'

Put petrol onto an already lit pile of leaves in a garden incinerator. He then popped the lid on, which promptly flew off and nearly slice his little finger off

Mr. FoggPatches

Someone *cough* would always accept a dare when he/she/it was a teenager. So when someone *cough* was dared to p*ss on an electric fence, he/she/it did it without considering the repercussions. Someone *cough* regretted it immediately.

A fortune could be made on cough syrup in this thread.

check_six

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Petrol stations have been made way safer in recent years than ever before but I still wouldn't take that chance. Vapour recovery is a huge thing now which happens in at least 2 stages (one when filling the tanks, the other when filling your car) at most petrol stations but spills and accidents still happen and not all petrol station owners are fastidious about their onsite safety. Without vapour recovery (the pump also includes an intake pipe where petrol vapours are sucked back into the central fuel tank for storage) the air around the pumps can be very volatile and you're taking your balls in your hands lighting up around them.

There was a blaze in the Merrion Inn pub in Dublin a few years ago late at night. A dishwasher had burst into flames or something like that. Thing is the Merrion Inn is directly beside a petrol station, and perhaps more alarmingly, the bit that went on fire is right next to those kind of fume chimney things they have connected to the underground tanks. The fire was extinguished after melting half the pub, but the petrol station was undamaged.

Still though, I would not have fancied being the poor sod working the night shift in the petrol station when flames started leaping out of the pub! :eek:

hullaballoo

check_six wrote: »

There was a blaze in the Merrion Inn pub in Dublin a few years ago late at night. A dishwasher had burst into flames or something like that. Thing is the Merrion Inn is directly beside a petrol station, and perhaps more alarmingly, the bit that went on fire is right next to those kind of fume chimney things they have connected to the underground tanks. The fire was extinguished after melting half the pub, but the petrol station was undamaged.

Still though, I would not have fancied being the poor sod working the night shift in the petrol station when flames started leaping out of the pub! :eek:

The story about how the Merrion Inn went up is worthy of this thread in itself.

The bins were kept directly below where there were intake vents in the carpark that you rightly say is right beside the petrol station.

Some lad on his way home had to answer the call of nature so went over and relieved himself between the bins. He threw his still lit cigarette but into the bins. Bins went up. Intake vent had been left on and literally sucked the fire into the pub.

It was all on CCTV.

corner of hells

hullaballoo wrote: »

check_six wrote: »

There was a blaze in the Merrion Inn pub in Dublin a few years ago late at night. A dishwasher had burst into flames or something like that. Thing is the Merrion Inn is directly beside a petrol station, and perhaps more alarmingly, the bit that went on fire is right next to those kind of fume chimney things they have connected to the underground tanks. The fire was extinguished after melting half the pub, but the petrol station was undamaged.

Still though, I would not have fancied being the poor sod working the night shift in the petrol station when flames started leaping out of the pub! :eek:

The story about how the Merrion Inn went up is worthy of this thread in itself.

The bins were kept directly below where there were intake vents in the carpark that you rightly say is right beside the petrol station.

Some lad on his way home had to answer the call of nature so went over and relieved himself between the bins. He threw his still lit cigarette but into the bins. Bins went up. Intake vent had been left on and literally sucked the fire into the pub.

It was all on CCTV.

Now , if only that lad were to be a poster on Boards or were known to a poster .............. "cough".


Disclaimer " the above , may or may not be true".

Graces7

Years ago now, and in the wilds of rural Donegal, I had a member of my extended family over from Canada for a visit.

I went shopping one day and when I came back wondered why there was a large packet of rice crispies in the sheep field by the house,

Emerged that my kind hearted relative had thought the sheep looked hungry and took the rice crispies out to feed them,

She did not know the effect of a plastic bag rustling would have on sheep. They charged here en masse and she fled.

The think that really irked her was that the sheep did not eat the cereal...

A few days later we were out driving and passed a small farmer with a plastic bag leading a huge ram along a lane.... Cannot remember who laughed most

check_six

corner of hells wrote: »

Now , if only that lad were to be a poster on Boards or were known to a poster .............. "cough".


Disclaimer " the above , may or may not be true".

Zoinks! This lad someone *ahem* knows, are they regularly involved in conflagrations and infernos? Seems like they've got the technique down pat. I'd have certain reservations about inviting them around to my house.

FishOnABike

Seeing someone try to reverse around a roundabout after they had apparently missed their intended turn off. It's scary how dumb some people can be and still be allowed behind the wheel of a car.

Mollyb60

check_six wrote: »

There was a blaze in the Merrion Inn pub in Dublin a few years ago late at night. A dishwasher had burst into flames or something like that. Thing is the Merrion Inn is directly beside a petrol station, and perhaps more alarmingly, the bit that went on fire is right next to those kind of fume chimney things they have connected to the underground tanks. The fire was extinguished after melting half the pub, but the petrol station was undamaged.

Still though, I would not have fancied being the poor sod working the night shift in the petrol station when flames started leaping out of the pub! :eek:

Those chimneys are the pressure relief valves for the tanks. They're there just in case there's a build up of petrol fumes in the tanks. I don't think the air around them would be any more volatile than at the pump itself (if the tanks are working properly!) but I still probably would've **** myself if I had been on duty that night! Petrol stations are scary places. The training I did showed some fires at them and they are just insane.