Stuff you've learnt the hard way

[crazycanuck]

Try & limit them to one or two per post! Funny or not funny..

1-Leaving your glass on a rather wobbly cheap table beside your only laptop is not a good idea. Yes, you can drain the water out but it won't help A cheap keyboard that plugs into the laptop doesn't help much after the fact.

2-Panicking when trying to get into a multi storey car park is not a good idea. That crunch/scrape you hear can be fixed.

[OakLeaf]

If you wear contact lenses, wear gloves when applying capsaicin cream.

[alpinerabbit]

You can survive putting contacts out of unneutralized H2O2 contact solution into your eyes.


It's not smart drinking 300ml. hard liquor.


It's not smart drinking insubstantially less and topping it off with a couple fags.


Think before buying a bike that "just" fits.


You will get over it.

[kermit]

Tattoos ARE permanent!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Tattoos ARE permanent!

-that's a good one!
(plus, how come no one tells you that tattoos tend to get blurry over time??)

Hmmm.....ok....
1) alcohol is not my friend and cannot come over for a quick visit, either.
2) I've learned that one can respond to rudeness and lack of manners or lack of common courtesy in a direct but civil way that is usually way more effective than responding in kind with more rudeness.

Both these things took me a couple of decades to figure out. (maybe I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer)

[redrhodie]

Diaries are not private.

[solobiker]

If you wear contact lenses, wear gloves when applying capsaicin cream.

I was cutting serano pepper today, was holding the pepper with the bag then I washed my hand and put in my contacts.....boy did that sting

[OakLeaf]

I was cutting serano pepper today, was holding the pepper with the bag then I washed my hand and put in my contacts.....boy did that sting

You know what I finally concluded... treat capsaicin on your hands as though it were 90W gear oil, except without the smell. It's about as hard to get off your hands. A thorough scrubbing with Fast Orange, or whatever you like in the garage, will do it. Soap and water definitely will NOT.


Hey WTG TrekJeni!!!

[Bluetree]

When your BF says: "You don't have to come over this weekend, I know you have a lot on your plate and plus, there's a lot of traffic on the freeways."

He really means: "I would really love it if you spent the weekend here and will hold it against you by being non-communicative for the next few days if you don't."

[Bluetree]

Don't wear light-colored pants when you have your period.

Punch holes in potatoes first.

Never test out a new saddle on a century.

[TrekJeni]

If you wear contact lenses, wear gloves when applying capsaicin cream.

Ummm were you hiding in my friend's bathroom yesterday morning while I was getting ready for the Indiana State Cross Championships? I was all excited about my new embrocation and just HAD to put it on, only to realize I hadn't put my contacts in yet. Duh!

Luckily, my friend had some latex gloves.

Jeni
(finished 3rd overall points for the season the HARD way. No podiums all season, I just kept showing up!)

[jessica47201]

Owning a cat and a goldfish is ok. But owning a cat and a goldfish and sitting the fish bowl on top of your new stereo is not ok.

You should first make sure that your thumb is off the power button of the electric kitchen mixer before you lick the beaters!!! It's not cool!