Random stuff your subconcious does when you're not paying attention

phantom_lord · 25-03-2010 06:25AM

i have a really bad habit of putting stuff down w/o thinking about it and then being unable to find it when i realise.

banquo · 25-03-2010 06:28AM

Once at a family gathering I made 14 guests cups of hot Bisto with milk instead of coffee.

banquo · 25-03-2010 06:29AM

Also: send a 'call me' (50001) and then put the phone to my ear, pointlessly. Might be there for as long as a minute.

banquo · 25-03-2010 06:34AM

Getting on the correct numbered bus but going the wrong direction is another favorite.

I am good at this game.

Davidius · 25-03-2010 07:08AM

Doing a maths assignment and proving something, then forgetting you proved it earlier and writing out half of the proof again.

sbsquarepants · 25-03-2010 09:23AM

It's kinda like the time my missus went to work with a tampon behind her ear but unable to find her favourite pen:D

sexdwarf · 25-03-2010 10:05AM

I was on the phone to my sister while cooking the dinner, so doing everything with one hand while I talked. Dished out the dinner and she had to go, sat there for the next 10 minutes eating my dinner with one hand while watching the TV and STILL holding the mobile to my ear absent-mindedly, long after the conversation had ended. D'uh!

Oh I've also got into the car to go to work with my slippers still on and wondered why my feet felt weird on the pedals

DerMutt · 25-03-2010 10:23AM

If I have chips with a meal I line them up on my plate in order of size without thinking and then eat them in ascending or descending order. Doesn't half get some strange looks when eating out.

Paulyh · 25-03-2010 10:36AM

drive Thru Mc Donalds:

drive up, order, pay......................and then head off home.
I had to go back and try to explain that it is a perfectly normal mistake to make.

WIZE · 25-03-2010 10:39AM

I will alway put important stuff in a safe place and forget where I put it .

Im moving house soon so I im curious what im going to find and if it was really that important

Giselle · 25-03-2010 10:46AM

I've poured milk into my bowl of soup and left my coffee black.

I've carefully loaded the diswasher with clothes to be washed.

Instead of sliding the unwanted slice of toast off the plate and into the bin, I've carefully held onto it and chucked in the plate instead.

I've washed my hair in conditioner and brushed my teeth with hair remover.

I've often emptied drinks into the sink as I load the diswasher, ones still being drunk.

I've wandered out of the house without vital items of clothing on rare occasions.

I've often searched for my car keys or credit card while holding the very thing in one hand.

Instead of throwing the empty ice-cream tub into the bin, I've thrown in the bowl of ice-cream.

Glenster · 25-03-2010 10:59AM

These aren't things your subconscious does, these are just dozy b*stards forgetting where they are and what they're doing.

Here's some subcionscious for you,

Sometimes when I've finished talking I repeat what I have just said under my breath.

How you like me now?

EL_Loco · 25-03-2010 11:10AM

while reading boards.ie I decide I'd like to fire up a game on the computer, only to realise I'm at work. :-/

damn you brain. damn you.

IvyTheTerrible · 25-03-2010 11:19AM

Getting into the shower with my glasses on and only noticing when I realise I can read the shampoo and shower gel bottles (normally I recognise them by their colour or shape).

petes · 25-03-2010 11:21AM

Giselle wrote: »

I've poured milk into my bowl of soup and left my coffee black.

That is quite abnormal. Who drinks coffe while eating soup

happyfriday · 25-03-2010 11:40AM

I always put remotes in my handbag and they ain't always from my house either.

The OH has been known to take a wander after a few too many and go for a pee in some random places, usually on top of freshly washed cloths!! :rolleyes:

shakencat · 25-03-2010 11:51AM

sometimes,

if i cant find my phone..

i ring it off my house or someone elses mobile to try find it.

then when i do..

i answer it, and im like ugh they hung up.

makes me laugh everytime.:o

tipperaryboy · 25-03-2010 11:57AM

throwing a reciept in bin that was in your pocket along with some 1/2 euro coins which you didnt realise were there.

Crumble Froo · 25-03-2010 12:22PM

TPD wrote: »

I also sometimes say 'ow' when inanimate objects fall or knock something in a way that would be painful if it were a person.

m@cc@ wrote: »

I occasionally say 'Thankyou' to ATMs and 'sorry' for accidently kicking chairs with no one sitting on them.

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

Like another poster I've thrown something into the toilet bowl thinking it was the wash basket. I've also gone off looking for my glasses loads of times when I have been wearing them.

ohhh, been there.

other morning i tried to brush my teeth with my eyeliner.

taking the teabag out of its glass jar thingy, putting it in the cup, putting some sugar in, then pouring the water in the glass jar full of teabags.

standing beside the kettle for 5mins, pouring it, only to realise i never turned it on.

asking a question, nodding and agreeing while they answer, then realising you have absolutely no idea what they just said.

keys in fridge. i still haven't figured out how they get there.

when im drinking and talking to someone or listening, i dont bring the drink close enough to my mouth and consequently spill it down myself. this has become known as my little 'drinking problem' (airplane anyone?)

im sure there's heaps more, im pretty sure i dont live on the same planet as most people most of the time.

ColumnLunch · 25-03-2010 12:22PM

degausserxo wrote: »

One time in primary school, when I was about six, I went to take out my yellow lunchbox only to find a tub of Utterly Butterly. Thanks, ma.

lol around the same age I opened my lunch box to find a tin of cat food.

I have also poured orange juice into my cornflakes and milk into the sugar bowl in the same sitting.

When on autopilot I end up mixing up words like popo cocs instead of coco pops and Pacy Triggott instead of Tracy Piggott.

Kormeera X · 26-03-2010 11:14AM

i had my phone out in class not thinking, and was texting away for a least 5 minutes before i realised what i was doing! and i was wondering why everyone was looking at me oddly! very funny but embaressing situation!

nibtrix · 26-03-2010 12:21PM

tipperaryboy wrote: »

throwing a reciept in bin that was in your pocket along with some 1/2 euro coins which you didnt realise were there.

my subconcious read that as half euro coins, I spent ages trying to work out why you didn't just say 50c...

I've often walked out my door wearing slippers instead of shoes, usually realise the mistake when I'm in the lift or walking out the gate.

Don't you hate it when you go and make yourself a nice cup of tea, go and curl up on the couch with the remote beside you and only then realise that you left the tea in the kitchen!

pajodublin · 26-03-2010 12:34PM

I've gone into a shop or gotten on to a bus and searched my pocket for change only to find i had none
I was sure i had some 2 mins previously
There it was there in my hand
I wouldnt mind, but i would have switched hands to search all my pockets....

drdeadlift · 26-03-2010 01:05PM

go to hang your coat up in the fridge then realize wtf am i doing

CrazyRabbit · 26-03-2010 08:46PM

2 days ago I turned on the hotplate to boil some water (for pasta). Came back a few mins later and the water was cold. I'd turned on the grill by mistake.

And a week ago, I forgot to turn the same hotplate off. I only noticed the next even when I came back from work.

Subconscious fail.

Semele · 26-03-2010 09:56PM

I often leave my house without putting in my contact lenses in the mornings, fortunately I usually realise a few metres down the street. I think it's because I'm used to everything in my flat looking blurry a lot of the time so I only realise somethings wrong when all the outdoorsy stuff looks different to usual!

Darksaga87 · 26-03-2010 10:01PM

The other day i was leaving the house, and I thought, "did I lock the door?"
I go back to check, but insted of just pushing down the door handles i stick the keys in and twist till something moves or makes noise, head off into town, come back, stick the key in the door and turrn to open, nothing happening, try my hardest to open the door nearly snapping the key in half, when i put my hand on the door handle, the door opens..... It had been locked and I went back and openend it before leaving. DUH!!!!

face palm

tony 2 tone · 26-03-2010 10:03PM

nibtrix wrote: »

Don't you hate it when you go and make yourself a nice cup of tea, go and curl up on the couch with the remote beside you and only then realise that you left the tea in the kitchen!

Or you remember the tea but end up leaving the remote in the kitchen. Doh :P

Blackhorse Slim · 26-03-2010 10:13PM

banquo wrote: »

Once at a family gathering I made 14 guests cups of hot Bisto with milk instead of coffee.

I've done the opposite - made roast dinner with thick coffee on top. See, the coffee jar and the gravy jar just look so alike...

bertie4evr · 26-03-2010 10:14PM

Getting into bed wrecked tired,only to realise I've left the light on.

GAH!

Random stuff your subconcious does when you're not paying attention

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