Things you've done that made you want to give yourself a Swirly

[kochman]

For those of you who don't know, a Swirly, generally forced upon you by others, is when your head/hair is put in the toilet, and the toilet is flushed, your head should ideally remain in place until the water is all gone. This would be tougher with German style, feces examing "two phase" basins...

So, what have you done in your life where in retrospect you felt like you probably should have given yourself a swirly for how idiotic you'd behaved?

I feel like we need some levity around here.

I'll start...

As a youth, I had a bike where the back break had stopped working well... I was riding it down a dirt path on a hill, while holding a basketball in one arm. So, I figured, I'll use the good break, the front break, with my available hand.

Well, as I picked up momentum, it became clear that too much force on the front break would result in me going end over end...

I'd never been on this path before... and when the 5 foot drop off at the end of it (there was a path a nice, slow turn could have made it to to avoid this drop), I went flying off... Basketball left my control, I landed like something you'd see in a cartoon with a big cloud of dust... massive pain, front tire of bike (initial impact point after fast drop) bent, etc...
I've never been the same since...

 

[bhsup]

I voted for Bill Clinton in 1992.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Dropping out of high school, twice.

I am a special flavor of stupid/stubborn.

 

[Quackers]

I voted for Bill Clinton in 1992.

least you can use that reagan line now

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Played basketball instead of cricket in high school as I figured I had better things to do than 5 hours of school sport every Saturday.

How I bemoan the centuries, five wicket hauls and classic catches that might have been.....memories of 3 pointers or 20 point games just can't compare.

 

[Murky]

Ruminating on past mistakes leads to depression.

 

[ace99]

Lawl school.

 

[kochman]

Played basketball instead of cricket in high school as I figured I had better things to do than 5 hours of school sport every Saturday.

How I bemoan the centuries, five wicket hauls and classic catches that might have been.....memories of 3 pointers or 20 point games just can't compare.

When I put this into Google Translate, I came up with the same exact words... I have no idea what anything in this means after the words "How I bemoan the"...

 

[Borachio]

What, man? Are you mad?

Though what 3 pointers or 20 point games can mean...

 

[Joecoolyo]

Blech, I don't like to think about my past mistakes, makes me sad.

And I'm too happy now to be sad.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

When I put this into Google Translate, I came up with the same exact words... I have no idea what anything in this means after the words "How I bemoan the"...

Century.....to score 100 runs in an innings, akin to getting home maybe 2 or 3 times in a single baseball game.

5 wicket haul.....to be responsible as a bowler (pitcher equivalent) for 5 of the 10 available dismissals (outs) in an innings.

Classic catches....athletic, difficult catches by someone in the field

I'm assuming you only meant the cricket terms and you get 3 pointers and 20 point games

 

[Old Hippy]

your still got your dreams tho... i played cricket and it was the equivelent of giving myself a swirly, love the game, I'm just useless at it


still nothing better than 4 days at the MCG, starting boxing day

 

[kochman]

Century.....to score 100 runs in an innings, akin to getting home maybe 2 or 3 times in a single baseball game.

5 wicket haul.....to be responsible as a bowler (pitcher equivalent) for 5 of the 10 available dismissals (outs) in an innings.

Classic catches....athletic, difficult catches by someone in the field

I'm assuming you only meant the cricket terms and you get 3 pointers and 20 point games

Cricket completely mystifies me... I will leave it to the scientists to figure it out.

 

[The_J]

- if you try to pull a car out of a roadside ditch, then a) don't do it for cars which are heavier than yours b) don't do it so long that smoke comes ouf of your engine. Good side: Wasn't my car. Bad side: My boss wasn't happy.

- "I think we should stay friends." Not after the relationship, but at the point of no return before. This probably does not only deserve a swirly, but also some punches in the face.

 

[Antilogic]

Just bad relationships and post-grad education. The usual.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Running into a window pane and injuring my eye. Even for a three-year old, that is pretty bloody stupid.

And slipping down a grassy slope when I could have just walked using the stairs that was a bit farther. That would have saved me a few months of recuperating from a fracture.

 

[kochman]

- "I think we should stay friends." Not after the relationship, but at the point of no return before. This probably does not only deserve a swirly, but also some punches in the face.

Wait, you mean, before you actually broke up you said that?

 

[Kennigit]

swirlies seems gross so nah, not into that. I'll regret some things but not to give myself a swirlie. All generic stuff so far, but we'll see once I get employed if I totally made wrong decisions on my career path.

 

[The_J]

Wait, you mean, before you actually broke up you said that?

No, before even anything begun.
Ran away in fear. I still want to when I think about it. One of the most stupid decisions ever ^^.


Else I can't think of anything, but I guess more will come. I'm sure I've done some more plainly stupid things before .

 

[hobbsyoyo]

The_J, can I add you to the 'celebrity you want to punch' thread? You do need one...