Something Stupid

[Hanshi]

Hey, how about someone posting at least something stupid.  I know, I already do that a lot but let's get some NEW stuff on here.  I need a short break so a little help, please.

[powderfirst]

Well, I inadvertently had my middle finger sticking out in front of the touch hole today and got a nice residue tattoo. And no I wasn't "shooting the bird" with either the gun or my finger. Let's see someone be more stupider than that, game on. 

[Hanshi]

Same thing with me.  Only I had my entire palm in harm's way and that hurt, I mean really hurt.  Over a 6 months period I picked every embedded black speck out with a needle.  That was all it took to learn THAT lesson.

[Fredredcj]

Ive done so many stupid things my fingers would surely wear out before typing a small percentage.
Since being burned was mentioned guess I'll go that route. When I was a teenager I made a habit of throwing kerosene in the wood burner. If the fire would be low I would add a little wood then  about enough kerosene to fill a paint aerosol can about 1/3. When I would close the doors I then opened the drafts it usually lit back up. On rare occasions if it didn't I would roll up a small piece of paper and slide it through the draft. One morning it didn't light up within a few minutes so I thought I would open it and rebuild the fire. While opening the doors the rush of air ignited the fire. I bounced across the room backwards ending up against the opposing wall with first - third degree burns on my face and no eyebrows. Thank goodness there was a fireproof mat on the floor otherwise the house surely would have burnt down. Luckily the scaring on my nose is so faint its pretty much non existent. 

[Red Badger]

In the early 60's, I did something really stupid....









But I am not gonna tell you all.... :)   

[Hanshi]

In my youth a few of my friends and I - we grew up like the little rascals - did so many stupid, careless and dangerous things it's a miracle we lived to adulthood.  I may, at some time, mention a few such as having to outrun a train, diamondback carelesssness and more.  But for now here is one about (fittingly) black powder.

My neighborhood was rural with dirt roads and modest farming - vegetables, chickens, hogs, goats and more.  Yes, we sorta ran wild and always found some interesting trouble to get into.
There was a can of Dupont black powder (not sure why) in the house that I, on occasion, would...AHEM!, play with.  It so happened that I found a hole (den) that probably at some point served as home for some critter.  I was aware there was usually a back door for escape used by many burrowing critters but didn't want to waste time searching for it.  I poured a modest dollop into the hole and poured a trail of powder away from it for safety.  Striking a match I had barely touched the ground when the whold thing went off.  I was much too stupid to understand that the angled hole would act like a cannon and that a powder trail of 12" wouldn't allow time to get out of the way.

I lost both eyebrows and a bit of hair on my forehead.  Other than that I was fine with only a mild burn on my hand. 

Now, friends, that wasn't an accident, that was an unabashed STUPID!