Whats the most idiotic thing

Mena · 13-02-2017 12:32AM

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 · 13-02-2017 12:39AM

*waits for Candie to post*

arkrow · 15-02-2017 08:52PM

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 · 15-02-2017 09:04PM

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 · 15-02-2017 09:07PM

'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 · 15-02-2017 09:25PM

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 · 15-02-2017 09:32PM

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 · 15-02-2017 09:51PM

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 · 15-02-2017 10:12PM

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?

15-02-2017 10:38PM

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 · 15-02-2017 11:31PM

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 · 16-02-2017 10:48AM

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 · 16-02-2017 12:16PM

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 · 16-02-2017 12:22PM

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 · 16-02-2017 12:55PM

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 · 16-02-2017 01:02PM

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 · 16-02-2017 01:08PM

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 · 16-02-2017 01:15PM

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 · 16-02-2017 01:37PM

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 · 16-02-2017 02:29PM

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.

team_actimel · 16-02-2017 04:40PM

A drunken friend of mine walking through a few lanes of fast-moving traffic pretending he was a lollipop lady.

Melisandre121 · 16-02-2017 11:54PM

I was driving on the motorway and the car in the lane beside me was swerving from side to side, when I looked across the driver was a man in a suit eating a magnum. On the motorway. WHY?

Mena · 17-02-2017 12:51AM

Melisandre121 wrote: »

I was driving on the motorway and the car in the lane beside me was swerving from side to side, when I looked across the driver was a man in a suit eating a magnum. On the motorway. WHY?

Don't get it? Maybe he was drunk? Because eating and driving is about the same as breathing and driving (unless it's a 3 course meal with all the trimmings).

md23040 · 17-02-2017 06:41AM

Many years ago at a dump of a boarding school - its the weekend and starving as a result of the awful food, a nice enough lad from my year came into dorm and asked did anyone want his packet of crisps. Two seconds later the sweet taste of cheese and onion blisfully fueled me. Took another rapid handful of crisps and there was a large slug.

Repulsed, confused and cursing how this could have happened, your man said he found the bag on the grass just outside and presumed it was okay.

team_actimel · 17-02-2017 09:43AM

md23040 wrote: »

Many years ago at a dump of a boarding school - its the weekend and starving as a result of the awful food, a nice enough lad from my year came into dorm and asked did anyone want his packet of crisps. Two seconds later the sweet taste of cheese and onion blisfully fueled me. Took another rapid handful of crisps and there was a large slug.

Repulsed, confused and cursing how this could have happened, your man said he found the bag on the grass just outside and presumed it was okay.

You can't blame the slug, who can resist cheese & onion crispy goodness.
What was the fate of the slug? Hope you released him back into the wild!

diomed · 17-02-2017 10:14AM

I was at my desk years ago when there was a terrific bang. My feet jumped off the concrete floor as it shook under my feet. I went out to the stores which were about ten yards from my office.

Our temporary storeman had driven a forklift at speed with the forks full up through the archway between our two stores units. Unfortunately, the forks hit the top of the archway, and worse still above the archway was steel shelving on which was an aircraft landing gear arm, a large heavy piece of metal over six feet in length. The landing gear arm had knocked a chunk out of the concrete floor when it fell, and was itself bent slightly. Luckily for the storeman the forklift had a metal cage.

We sent the landing gear away to be repaired. When it came back the landing gear arm was hoisted up by the forklift and placed on the same shelving above the archway. Even worse was everyone thought that was a good idea. I pointed out that we had acres of empty shelving at lower levels, and plenty at ground level. Just change the store location of the part. It stayed above the archway.

freshpopcorn · 17-02-2017 10:51AM

When I was at college this guy was I think was under the influence of drugs and to the best of my knowledge he became very parioned that somebody had something belong to him in their apartment.
The apartment was three floors up. So he proceeded to climb up on the railing of the balcony on the ground floor and managed to pull himself up until the next floor and then onto the next floor. He nearly slipped many times and I've no idea how he held on and seeing him loose his grip was actually terrifying. Their was a good few people looking on and everybody froze because we all thought he was going to fall.

Sam Kade · 17-02-2017 10:58AM

alchemist33 wrote: »

Smoking at a petrol station

A cigarette will not ignite petrol or petrol vapour, a lighter will as long as they don't light the cigarette while filling their car then there is no danger.

Sam Kade · 17-02-2017 11:03AM

Wang Kerr wrote: »

https://youtu.be/PhaBYJockX8

Shall we go halves on that ticket?

He lit up while filling his car, the lighter was the cause of the petrol igniting.

blackwhite · 17-02-2017 11:05AM

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.

Slightly related to these:

The company I work for owns a number of petrol stations around Europe.

During last summer, a motorist noticed smoke coming from their engine, followed by flames.

Instead of pulling into the motorway hard shoulder, they drove the 3/4 km to the next rest area - not that stupid in the grand scheme of things so far.

When they got to the rest area they drove past the hotel & restaurant, past the large car parking area, and drove onto the petrol forecourt where they parked next to one of the pumps, which was being used by somebody on the opposite side of the pump!

Thankfully the station manager saw them pulling in, and shut off the pumps immediately. Within a minute or two the car had completely gone up in flames, and the flames had spread to the pump before they managed to get control of it.

What sort of f*cking moron thinks it's a good idea to park a car that's on fire beside a petrol pump!?!

Whats the most idiotic thing

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