Lessons learned the hard way?

Lazed through sixth from relying on natural ability rather than actually working. Missed out on Bristol uni by 5 UMS (about 2 actual marks in an exam).

Absolutely crushing. But I'm better for it; I work harder now, I know what I need to do, and I'm doing something more suitable.

Now a student at Bristol with 3 part time jobs working as hard as possible to make the best of myself.
 
Sometimes it's good to put the woman in your life before everything else, but you have to make sure that that everything else -whatever it is - exists. It's never ok to let a woman to become your life. Never, ever, ever. It will hurt you both.
 
MuttsNutts said:
Lesson Learned the very hard way:
Don’t Run or act a fool on slippery surfaces.

I'd just turned 16 few weeks earlier so a normal Sat morning with my mates we went bowling (as it was what we did)
on our way back to the bus station we was all larking about in the rain it was really coming down, one of my mates was kicking about an empty plastic bottle he'd found on the street (one of those 5 litre ones used normally for screen wash etc) so quite a big one. We all joined in kicking about then it was a game of who could kick it the highest lol

Came to my turn so i ran and kicked it has hard / fast as i could at the very bottom of the bottle and as i did my leg followed threw so much that it was at my shoulder/head height so threw me off balance my left foot slipped on the slippery stone floored street I flung up in the air almost horizontal and fell to the ground back first with my right arm underneath me i landed right on the edge of the curb on my right arm it's instantly snapped both bones and pushed them threw my skin and the coat I had on. I was juiced up on adrenaline so it hurt yes but not that bad at first i jumped up and shouted I've broke my arm......Help. My mates were still laughing their heads off to the fact i fell over so comical.

4 or 5 operation's later metal pins in and out of my arm and 2 more breaks in the same arm due to it being so weak now and 15 years later and i still get ache's/pains loss of feeling and nerve damage and lost any sort of manly strength in it so yes still suffering years later all stemmed from one day larking about.

Lesson Learned
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Woah, that is harsh! :eek:

Just goes to show, the smallest decisions can have the biggest repercussions. Imagine you decided not to go bowling that day, or someone didn't throw that container away, or your mate hadn't started kicking it. Your arm would be fine now.
 
Skillmister said:
Don't fap with shampoo.
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I did have some Mango + something shower wash that smelt utterly amazing so I had the bright idea of just taking a dab and rubbing it into my skin after showering/drying off as a kind of awesomely scented body lotion... within 2 weeks epic rash broke out :(
 
Biting my finger nails. My dad gave me a pair of nail clippers but I carried on biting. Cue age 17, one finger became infected, swelled up big time. The pain was such that I couldn't sleep. Cue a trip to casualty to have them slice my finger up to get the pus out then a month in a bandage, changing the bandage daily. I didn't bite my finger nails after that.
 
Not paying attention in a martial arts class. Working on knife disarms, ended up dropping a wooden knife onto my face whilst being disarmed which broke my front tooth. A couple of drills later I had my upper right arm broken by trying to resist a throw - it ended up as a very forceful arm-bar instead with my arm hinging the wrong way just above the elbow.

I do however know a really effective way to break an arm that I'm not likely to forget in a hurry :p
 
Monserrat said:
Biting my finger nails. My dad gave me a pair of nail clippers but I carried on biting. Cue age 17, one finger became infected, swelled up big time. The pain was such that I couldn't sleep. Cue a trip to casualty to have them slice my finger up to get the pus out then a month in a bandage, changing the bandage daily. I didn't bite my finger nails after that.
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I had the same thing. I was sure my finger was infected before it got too bad so I went to the doctor for some antibiotics. It was extremely painful while there was no outlet for the pus and it constantly felt like it was going to explode. Later, the pus started oozing out on its own, so I just kept squeezing it to get all of it out.
 
Buying an NZXT Phantom 410 with a broken fan controller (I obviously didn't know) then attempting to get it replaced. Their customer service is straight up horrendous. Will never buy an NZXT product again.
 
Never pretend to be Bruce Lee when you're any age, but specifically at 8yrs old and kick out 3 teeth from some random kids mouth. His Nan was baying for my skin, man. Oh and wash your hands thoroughly after cutting scotch bonnet peppers, especially if you have a slash a few mins after.
 
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Decided to do some cable-management withe the tv and mess of cables, got frustrated and got a sizzors and cut a cable that was tangled, forgetting the power was still on, a big bang followed but me being forced back sliding across the laminate flooring, with a taste of burning in my mouth and statically charged, lesson learned there, never done that again :p
 
Posted in another thread, but all relevant in terms of learning how to handle seriously hot chillies the right way. Mostly Scotch Bonnets!

Being a complete chilli addict, I've had it all. Rubbed my eyes, taken a wizz, scratched my nuts, picked my nose; the works.

A few of the worst were:

Eating "fire sticks" at a festival -- basically really big Pepperami-type sticks coated with a Naga Jolokia spray. Didn't even think about it being on my hands, and did a full on two-hander face rub in the car on the way back. My whole face felt like it was on fire. The baby wipes that I had to hand only made it worse.

After chopping a bunch of Scotch Bonnets, I had to wipe my eye so used what I thought was a clear part of my arm to do so. Turns out it wasn't clear, and the ensuing pain was indescribable. It actually felt like there was a small chunk of one of the chillies trapped in my eyelid, but the wife couldn't see anything. I tried braving it out, but after 15 minutes of being completely unable to open my eye, the wife decided to give me an eyebath in the sink. Due to the angle it had to be done at, I spent the next 5 minutes essentially being waterboarded by my wife in the kitchen. Worked, though!

The singular worst was, again, after dealing with some Scotch Bonnets and Habaneros... a few hours after dinner I went for a shower -- delved into the butt crack to give the ol' hoop a quick soapy clean.

It was so painful I thought I'd opened an anal fissure or something until I cottoned on! Had to squirm, naked, on my leather computer chair for another 30 minutes or so before the pain died down.
 
Not so much me but my partner. We cooked fajitas and I cut up some chillies. Went for a whizz after dinner, felt the burn. Went to bed a few hours later and had some sexy time. She was on fire, literally. Now she wont have sex with me at all :( :p
 
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