What’s the most stupid thing you’ve ever done? And do you ever use this “stupid” material in your writing?
My stupid thing
I wanted vanilla ice cream but the only thing we had in the house was a box of ice-cream sandwiches. So, what did I do? I get an ice-cream sandwich and decide to cut off the cookie part. Seems like a logical thing to do, right?
Wrong.
I'm holding the ice-cream sandwich in my left hand and a knife in the other, working the knife between the cookie part and the ice-cream part. When suddenly the freakin' knife slips and slices my thumb. Blood squirts everywhere. The kids are yelling and the dog is barking and I’m about to faint because I so can’t take blood. I mean it’s red, right? Bright red.
So, I grab a tea-towel, wrap it around my bloody thumb and yell to Hubs, who is upstairs doing God knows what, that I cut myself and I’m driving to the emergency room. Of course, driving with a thumb wrapped in a tea-towel is a bit of a challenge but I make it.
I get into the emergency room, they whisk me into an exam bay and the doctor comes in. Well, you can just imagine his face when I told him what happened.
"You do know that the cookie part is the best part," he said. “I mean, most people like the cookie.”
“I know, I know,” I said. “But I really only wanted vanilla ice cream.”
I ended up with eight stitches. And I bet they are still telling that story today.
Pretty dumb, huh? Now your turn.
P.S. Maybe my next project should be a book about my quirky self. The World According to Me
I accidentally got my fingers caught in the mixer blades once. My mom told me never to clean the batter out of them with the mixer plugged in. But did I listen? Luckily I didn't need stitches.
ReplyDeleteThis just in (happened like 5 minutes ago)
ReplyDeleteGeez Louise! I put the Coffeemate creamer in the dishwasher instead of the fridge. I'm looking everywhere for it and can't find it. So I end up drinking black coffee which is so YUK. After I'm done, I put my coffee cup in the dishwasher and what do I find. Yeah, the creamer. Go ahead. Laugh. But if you know me it makes perfect sense. Don't know why I didn't check there in the first place.
oh, I've done way too many dumb things to list and most of them escape me at the moment - or I'm blocking them out:)
ReplyDeleteand yes! The cookie part is the best part of the ice cream sandwich!
ouch! what a story!
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time picking just one stupid thing I've done.
How about this one - I once used poison ivy as toilet paper. Yeah. Soooo cliche. But I did. I do NOT recommend it.