“He’s Blind Now”: 30 Times People Played With Fire And Got Burned

I was four. My brother had the flu and was getting so much attention. Attention I wanted.

Four year old me proceeds to run out in the middle of winter, all but(t) naked, screaming that I wanted the flu.

I got the flu.

I did NOT want the flu.

Wondered if the ice was thick enough to cross the river.

It wasn't.

I'll tell you, being on the wrong side of the ice can really motivate you to move fast.

Luckily, not a big river - was able to get close to the bank and break back through there.

I was swimming with a group of friends in a river. I wandered off upstream after smoking a joint and didn’t tell anyone. All alone, high af, I got in the river and started swimming with the current.

It felt like I was supersonic swimming.

I decided I’d had enough and when I went to stand up in the shallow water, I was swept off my feet.

Next thing I knew I was in some rapids. I couldn’t do anything, just observe my stupid a*s get thrashed around as I was forced under, and watch huge rocks barely miss my head as I flew by. At that point I was not expecting a good result.

Just when I resigned myself to my fate, it all went quiet and calm. I’d made it through somehow and was able to get on my feet unscathed and pale as a ghost so my friends said. I was right back to where they were. They laughed because they knew exactly what happened.

When I was a “bouncer” there was a small scuffle at the bar and I went to go steaming in, work mate tells me to slow down. I don’t listen. Ended up the guy fighting played for Leicester Tigers (rugby) and he absolutely manhandled me like I was a small child!

I found out.

My life is full of them, but most recently I decided to DIY a small bathroom makeover in my basement. Mostly retrofit, drywall, laminate flooring. 3 months and a couple of thousand later it's still unfinished and I need to hire someone to finish. How, you ask, is this FAFO? My brother is a gifted GC who does not live close said "man, its tricky, and can turn into a money pit quick, just hire someone"......

Decided not to use a condom with my husband. We were both on the fence about having kids. We thought, it couldn't happen if we did it just once, right? I'm 30 weeks pregnant with fraternal twins now.

One day while I was driving down the road, I was punching my windshield (lightly) because it was making a funny sound

My buddy in the passenger seat: “You’re going to crack your windshield.”

Me: “No I won’t.” *windshield punch*

Windshield: “Crack”

Me: “…”.

Drove through a large puddle in the road going around 45mph

It was deeper than I thought and a giant wave of water completely covered the windshield and I almost lost control. 

Luckily it was around 530am and nobody else was on that road but it was quite shocking. .

I was hitting a rock with a hammer as a kid, well the rock eventually flew up right into my eye ball. Took my family an hour to convince me that my eye didn’t pop.

I got my finger stuck in a bottle trying to get more cream out, my finger quickly became swollen and purple, I had to go to the ER .