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Things that make you proud of yourself for no apparent reason

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  • #32
    JD DABA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 294 ✭✭JD DABA


    GPO you say...why those slack jawed gawkers certainly took their time when I tried to send a letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam...didn't know how to operate the autogyro. The ignorance.

    Ended up I had to send it via the spruce moose.


  • #33
    Jillian Victorious Thinker
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jillian Victorious Thinker


    Being prepared for security in an airport and not taking half an hour to realise I need to take my shoes off or laptop out of bag or empty pockets or what do you mean I can't bring my water?


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 511 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    a vommit so loud it woke my housemates.
    proudest moment of my life


  • #35
    soggy biscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭soggy biscuit


    Woman pulled in on the side of the road today and looked in a bit of bodder. I kindly stopped my car. Got the jack, jacked up her car, loosened the nuts, took off the wheel, replaced with spare and made sure it was on good and tight.....

    Now this didn't solve the fact that her car was on fire....... but i felt i did my bit


  • #36
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    I needed to move one of the cars off the lawn to cut the grass. The battery was dead so instead of jumping it off another car I put my shoulder to the door pillar and pushed it 20 metres. I felt pretty chuffed with that


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  • #37
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    soggy biscuit wrote: »
    Woman pulled in on the side of the road today and looked in a bit of bodder. I kindly stopped my car. Got the jack, jacked up her car, loosened the nuts, took off the wheel, replaced with spare and made sure it was on good and tight.....

    Now this didn't solve the fact that her car was on fire....... but i felt i did my bit

    I now feel good because I'm not the one who set her car on fire. Two in one for you!!


  • #38
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    getzls wrote: »
    I've given blood over 50 times and people say i should be proud of my-self.
    I'm not in the least.

    Who did you give it to? This is important.


  • #39
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    I feel proud when i pay the rent each month.


  • #40
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Making it to the top of a really steep hill on my bike.

    effing and blinding all the way up, sometimes worried I'm about to die of exhaustion, and BOOM, hit the top of the hill and then bomb down the other side!


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    The washing, done and on the clothes pony.

    Piles of neatly folded towels and sheets and I'm delighted with myself. Only surpassed by the special feeling I get when I clean the fluff filter in the dryer. :)


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  • #42
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Not stalling on a hill start


  • #43
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,060 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    We had a coffee maker that was quite expensive, and when it broke we decided it was worth getting fixed. We took it back to the shop (or, another shop that sells the same model), but they told us they wouldn't be able to fix it.

    So we took it home, I decided to have a go (before throwing it out) and I was able to fix it.

    I remind my wife of this at every opportunity.


  • #44
    StewartGriffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭StewartGriffin


    I once let 12 black binliners of rubbish build up in my shed. One day I heard the bin lorry coming so I put a few of them out.

    They took them.

    The next week they came again.

    By the end of the month my shed was clear.

    Who-Da-Man!

    :cool:


  • #45
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Successfully parallel parking into a tight space on the first go.

    Try to maintain an air of nonchalance as the wife glances over with admiration shining in her eyes.
    No big deal.
    Don't call me a hero, please - I'm just a regular guy.


  • #46
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Frank Black wrote: »
    Try to maintain an air of nonchalance as the wife glances over with admiration shining in her eyes.

    She's looking in the window of the shoe shop behind you.

    But well done you!


  • #47
    bellylint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 230 ✭✭bellylint


    YellowFeather wrote: »
    I'm dressed for work and cleanly shaven[/I] (although, as I'm a girl, they probably didn't realise).
    Well you gave me a good hearty chuckle at this, so may you feel proud about that too.

    Just to keep with the vein, repairing punctures. I set my bar high it seems.


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