Lessons learned the hard way?

[Craterloads]

if it ain't broke don't fix it, comes to mind.

The amount of things ive "tinkered" with and ended up braking is annoying.

 

[SheepBeast]

Women don't make sense and it's pointless to try to understand them. Best to just nod and agree with whatever they're saying

 

[Morbius]

Don't try and answer loads of questions in class, you'll just get the **** beaten out of you.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Never, ever date/sleep with someone who works in the same office as you. It's a life rule for a very good reason.

Found that one out the hard way

 

[Cult_X]

dont solder with open windows in summer if you have hayfever. I had no finger print for months because of an inoscent sneeze. Burnt me so much it stopped hurting because i burnt all of the nerves from the end of my finger.

Also same goes if some muppet is burning glue next to you.

You know what just dont solder if you dont want burnt hands

 

[Razor-BladE]

Don't climb when drunk.

This.
Didn't even remember it when I woke up the next morning. All I remember was a wall, but not climbing up it. Luckily I managed to get away with just a graze (was a 7' wall )

 

[estebanrey]

Never, ever date/sleep with someone who works in the same office as you. It's a life rule for a very good reason.

Found that one out the hard way

Me too

 

[MADMAN]

learning the hardway = never forgetting it

 

[RomanNose]

Never leave you pokemon cards unattended.
Bye bye shiny Charizard .

 

['Harry]

Foreskin + zipper = button jeans

Hurt like a ****.

 

[Antony101]

When flicking the shampoo / shower gel cap open or close, briefly shut your eyes for that moment. Because if you don't, one day a large splodge of shampoo will go in your eye - and it will bloody sting.

I've had glass, wood chipping, crushed stone, dry and wet cement and all sorts of other crap in my eyes while working with the national park for a year. Shampoo and soap don't really bother me much any more :/

 

[NirK]

Woke up with a jaw broken in 3 places and my tooth smashed in half and the other tooth out completely, also a lump the size of a tennis ball in my arm....

Lesson = Don't drink so much that you wake up with the above and do not remeber what happened.

 

[alx]

Never chop chillis and then play with your balls.

 

[4T5]

My whole life has been one big lesson & I'm still none the wiser & still learning.

 

[randomshenans]

Life.

 

[krooton]

When flicking the shampoo / shower gel cap open or close, briefly shut your eyes for that moment. Because if you don't, one day a large splodge of shampoo will go in your eye - and it will bloody sting.

Same with toothpaste if your toothbrush has flicky bristles.

As for the hardest lesson I learnt? It was so hard I had to learn it twice.

White knighting will not pull you out of the friendzone. Ever.

What a waste of multiple years of my teens/early twenties.

 

[The-Plethora]

Never try to be Johnny big spuds by turning your car engine off, taking the keys out and expecting to roll down the hill turn the corner and land silently onto your drive way. Brakes don't work and steering locks have a tendancy to turn on.

 

[Nitefly]

OP if I was your dad I would have pre-empted their attack and strung a series of c-c-c-c-combo rock bottoms in self-defence.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Never chop chillis and then play with your balls.

Or contact lenses.

Jesus, that was a bad day.

 

[shoes]

Driving

Drove, like a pillock, without insurance when I was 18 and lost my licence. I didn't drive for six years, only passing my test again when I was 24.

mavity

When I was eight or nine years old, I put a wheelie bin on it's side, put a plank of wood up it and tried to jump it on my BMX. I still have the scars today and a vivid memory of the shock on my mother's face when she saw bits of my elbow hanging out.

Vauxhall

Owned a vauxhall for two weeks. Worst. Purchase. Ever.