I've done some (too many!) "funny stupid" and "serious stupid" things in my life. The biggest "serious stupid" thing I ever did was sneak out of a hotel on a school band trip around midnight, with a girlfriend, and go to a bar. We were only 16 at the time. We met these guys and went back to their apartment withe them for beers! Nothing sexual happened at all -- they were gentlemen, and ended up walking us back to the hotel an hour or so later -- but I cringe when I think about it today. That is definitely the stupidest thing I have ever done. Those guys could have been total psychopaths for all my friend and I knew! We were so lucky it all turned out OK. Ugh.
Probably the funniest stupid thing I've done was pull quickly into a gas station on a really hot day and run in to buy a Coke. I was in such a rush I left the car in drive, so of course when I tried to restart it, the engine wouldn't turn over. I totally panicked and called a nearby relative as well as Triple A emergency services -- and then I noticed the gear shift. Luckily I was able to call both individuals in time, before they had left to come help! I felt so, SO stupid!
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