What's your biggest cock-up?

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Tiassa, Jun 27, 2003.

  1. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    "I caused Rusedski rant" (BBC)

    A Lithuanian accountant has stepped forward and admitted responsibility for screwing up one of the finest and snottiest professional sporting tournaments in the history of the world. For those that missed it, one Evaldas Zilionas apparently shouted, "Out!" during the match and caused Rusedski to seriously lose his rhythm, including a bluestreak tantrum at the umpire.
    I'd call it a sincere apology.

    So what's your biggest cock-up?

    If I fail to provide my own, it's because I have a few to choose from, and must consider carefully.

    :m:,
    Tiassa

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  3. 2inquisitive The Devil is in the details Registered Senior Member

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    Sorry Tiassa, we don't mess up.....
     
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  5. cthulhus slave evil servant Registered Senior Member

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    define cock-up?
    when i read the title i was assuming this to be a porn thread or sumthin...

    do you mean messing up, geting embareeded, or messing some1 else up like he did?
     
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  7. 2inquisitive The Devil is in the details Registered Senior Member

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    Maybe once, like that dumb DVD-R post I made....
     
  8. spookz Banned Banned

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    accidently burnt the school library down (cigs)
     
  9. DCLXVI Bloody Bastard Registered Senior Member

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    Almost being pulled through court for using the school principals credicard number way back when I was 13... Would have gotten away with it too if I hadn't bragged to the wrong person.
     
  10. Pollux V Ra Bless America Registered Senior Member

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    One of my two lovebirds flew away when I left the window open too wide.

    Two weeks later I made the same mistake again.

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    I had had the birds for two or three years. They didn't love me, and I didn't love them, but they were nice company.
     
  11. cthulhus slave evil servant Registered Senior Member

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    id say..
    this 1 time when i was jacking off the merot reader dude came. the metor is bellow my window and i didnt notice him.
    thne i hear dosmthing to the equivilant of "oh yah boy! there yah go! hell yah baby!!!!"

    thatw as pretty embarrasing...
     
  12. joemamaa Registered Senior Member

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    sniffing coke
     
  13. SwedishFish Conspirator Registered Senior Member

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    attempting to cook with my suicidal mouse on my shoulder. he took the opportunity of the oven being opened to make his move. poor little guy, i hope his whiskers straighten out.
     
  14. sargentlard Save the whales motherfucker Valued Senior Member

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    Dude i read your posts and i don't mind the "gung-ho nihilistic attitude" but seriously learn how to type. Reading that post gave me a headache. No offense, just a tip from a reader.
     
  15. airavata portentous Registered Senior Member

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    He can't sarge. Cthulhu commands bad spelling from all his worshippers.
     
  16. wesmorris Nerd Overlord - we(s):1 of N Valued Senior Member

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    Hmm... about 7 out of 8 hours. Oh man amphetamines! Never been a habit, but it was definately a hell of a night!

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  17. kirstykiwi Registered Senior Member

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    I turned the dryer on and went about my business for a few minutes.
    I called for my new Cocker Spaniel puppy but to no avail.

    I heard yelping and she had climbed into the dryer and snuggled down. Luckily she only went around for a few minutes before I found her.
     
  18. sHaZbOk Registered Member

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    the title of this thread sounds really dirty
     
  19. Mucker Great View! Registered Senior Member

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    I had a chance with a Beautiful girl, but I screwed it up.

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  20. tablariddim forexU2 Valued Senior Member

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    I once boasted to a few mates that I'd screwed this really hot -babe french teacher at school and soon the whole place was buzzing with the rumour

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    What I'd actually done, had been to spend an afternoon with her in her flat, but I couldn't build up the courage to suggest sex, although I'd wanted to. My pathetic attempt at seduction, had been to offer to sketch her (idea being, that the first sketch would be so good that I'd then suggest that I draw her in the nude and then we'd take it a few steps further

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    ) I was so nervous that my sketch turned out to be crap and so I made my excuses and split!

    I was 15 and she, 24!

    Well, I felt pretty sick about what I'd done and so I wrote down the truth in an essay and showed it to my English teacher... he told me to show it to Her! And so I did.

    I went to the class she'd been taking and read out my essay aloud to the whole bunch, mitigating her of any wrong doing. She accepted my apology and apreciated my courage in owning up so publicly... called me a philanthropist, of all things! Great lady!
     
  21. JoojooSpaceape Burn in hell Hippies Registered Senior Member

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    Id really like to hear the story behind that one, send it to me if you see this hehe
     
  22. JoojooSpaceape Burn in hell Hippies Registered Senior Member

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    the biggest mistake i ever made was how i spent several years wasting time under the notion that everyone given an equal chance could reach the same potential, only to learn i was wasting my time on so many people.
     
  23. Watcher Just another old creaker Registered Senior Member

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    Well, the term "cock-up" is new to me, being an isolated Midwestern boy, but I think I catch the drift.

    Since our identities here are somewhat anonymous, I can't imagine anything being off-limits to post, unless the action was actively illegal and you never got your come-uppance for it. When you get down to it - for better or worse, no one really cares. Except perhaps, the participants in this thread.

    Anyway, my biggest cock-up (other than the time my ex-wife threw chicken at me when I complained about it being undercooked) was the time I was bringing home our new refrigerator.

    Now we were fairly poor in those days, and after a long search we had found the fridge at a local appliance store in the scratch and dent. We were moving into a new house, and I was dispatched with the pickup truck to get the new appliance.

    I had the salesperson put the fridge in the back of the truck and I tied it down (so I thought). As I accelerated onto the entrance ramp of our local freeway, I glanced in the mirror just in time to see the fridge tumble over the tailgate and onto the asphalt. It landed face-down and began spinning, spitting parts, doors, and ice trays as it went. The cars behind me were performing high-speed evasive maneuvers to avoid the debris.

    I pulled over, in shock, to view this mess that was a $400 appliance only a few moments before. Fortunately a kind individual stopped to help me load the fragments in the bed of the truck.

    I was then faced with the reality that I would have to deliver a truckload of junk to my family.

    It turns out that everyone was there that day, my wife and kids, and my in-laws - helping us move in. Needless to say, there wer some jaws dropping when I arrived with the junk. I think it was one of the most embarrassing events that I can recall.

    The sad part is that after reassembling this wrecked fridge, it actually WORKED. It had landed on the face, merely scraping all the paint and handles off the doors, before wreching it from the hinges.

    The ugly damn thing ran for about 10 years, a constant reminder of my stupidity. Anytime I needed a dose of humility, I went to have a look.
     

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