Lessons you learned the hard way? [Archive]

DrummerDeanna

10-13-2006, 02:03 PM

As a child me and my cousin learned that Mineral Ice and/or Icy Hot should NOT be put on the face.

I have learned that if you leave cooked Ramen out on the stove top for a week or two it forms into one mass and smells just like vomit.

So what life lessons have you learned...the hard way?

HomerMcvie

10-13-2006, 02:07 PM

If you've been cutting up jalepenos, don't scratch(an itch) yourself!:D

DrummerDeanna

10-13-2006, 02:10 PM

^^

That is a brilliant one...let me add a stitch...

Don't don't don't under any circumstances touch or go near your eyes after cutting up jalapenos or any form of chille :laugh:

And another:

When your old drunkard of an uncle tells you, "taste this" just don't.

DavidMn

10-13-2006, 02:15 PM

Dont ever use A1 sauce after dad cooks a really good steak....:lol:

DrummerDeanna

10-13-2006, 02:19 PM

If you're a very picky eater and decided to take your own hamburger into a Chinese restaurant while the rest of your party eats Chinese Food. Make sure you don't glob on that yellow stuff like there's no tomorrow. It's generally not good ole' yellow mustard as some may think it is.

sara1998

10-13-2006, 02:20 PM

Don't stick you tongue on the frosty coils in an old refridgerator.

HomerMcvie

10-13-2006, 02:44 PM

If you're a very picky eater and decided to take your own hamburger into a Chinese restaurant while the rest of your party eats Chinese Food. Make sure you don't glob on that yellow stuff like there's no tomorrow. It's generally not good ole' yellow mustard as some may think it is.

I FILL my pockets with that AWESOME hot mustard, when I eat Chinese, out. I make my own Chinese at home, and I NEED that hot mustard, baby! It ROCKS!

DavidMn

10-13-2006, 02:44 PM

Don't stick you tongue on the frosty coils in an old refridgerator.Yah I had an encounter like that once. Wasnt fun...

DrummerDeanna

10-13-2006, 02:46 PM

I FILL my pockets with that AWESOME hot mustard, when I eat Chinese, out. I make my own Chinese at home, and I NEED that hot mustard, baby! It ROCKS!

Well to elaborate on my lesson - I was probably 4 or 5 and to avoid a brat attack my mom just got me a hamburger before going to the Chinese restaurant. So I happily glopped on tons and tons of mustard..either the adults didn't notice or were as ignorant as I.

I bit into my burger and screamed bloody murder.

I was little and yet I still remember it so vividly. I have not gone near the stuff since :laugh:

michelle2677

10-13-2006, 04:08 PM

Never date bartenders or musicians.

michelle2677

10-13-2006, 04:12 PM

If you've been cutting up jalepenos, don't scratch(an itch) yourself!:D seriously. Don't you think that was a little too much info!? :laugh: ;)

HomerMcvie

10-13-2006, 04:34 PM

seriously. Don't you think that was a little too much info!? :laugh: ;)
See, you're the only one who knew what I was scratching!:thumbsup:

You've got a dirty mind(takes one, to know one!), KY girl!

I thought you were going to Homecoming.... Get outta town!

michelle2677

10-13-2006, 05:55 PM

See, you're the only one who knew what I was scratching!:thumbsup:

You've got a dirty mind(takes one, to know one!), KY girl!

I thought you were going to Homecoming.... Get outta town!
I TOLD you. But hey, I'm healed!!! Well, except that little mishap in the SYW thread re: John. :o And I AM heading out of town. I check the ledge/email etc. from my phone occasionally but it takes a helluva lot longer to type so I usually don't. But I just couldn't pass that up!!! :p

PsychCat

10-13-2006, 07:29 PM

WHY they teach you with great emphasis while going to school to become a counselor NOT to counsel family or friends. :nod:

I also learned to recognize a true personality disorder in someone without a clinical diagnosis.... because they were considered a social "friend"!! :eek:

priestofnothing

10-13-2006, 08:05 PM

Don't ever date (or sleep with) anyone at work (that you have feelings about).... Extremely uncomfortable when you break up. And don't ever get your ex-bf a job at the same company where you and that guy works (while the ex-bf moves back in with you as "friends" - with benefits). Swear to God it happened.....

It was totally the Stevie(me)-Lindsey(Brian)-Mick(Darrin) Rumours tour situation (if Stevie had also been separated from a soon-to-be-ex-husband(Kevin)) at the time.

Yet, this was 10 years ago in my own life, and that seems like a breeze compared to now. Not relationship-wise, just life in general-wise... sometimes it's a b*tch....

I must sound like a total slut here, but I'm not, it was just really a complicated and difficult situation....for all of us....

and these are the days of our lives.....learned the hard way....

JazmenFlowers

10-13-2006, 11:17 PM

hmmm...

don't get acrylic nails for the hell of it (and to freak out all the patrons) and then think you can get them off the same day

sometimes the altoid trick doesn't feel good

don't try to shave in the dark or without a mirror

don't try to speed up a tan by tanning twice in one day

don't use lotion as lube

carrie721

10-13-2006, 11:20 PM

don't use lotion as lube

:distress: :laugh:

irishgrl

10-13-2006, 11:23 PM

what's an "altoid trick?" :shrug:

goldustsongbird

10-14-2006, 12:03 AM

what's an "altoid trick?" :shrug:

Ah... Ninth definition from the top. :laugh: :lol: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=altoid+trick

- Here's something I learned when I was about 10. Putting a hot pan on a vinyl covered seat is not a good idea. Doing so will result in a disgusting, orange circular mark that will piss your mother off.

JazmenFlowers

10-14-2006, 12:17 AM

Ah... Ninth definition from the top. :laugh: :lol: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=altoid+trick
I love Urban Dictionary.

goldustsongbird

10-14-2006, 12:26 AM

I love Urban Dictionary.

Meeeee too. :) I pretty much swear by it.

JazmenFlowers

10-14-2006, 12:28 AM

I pretty much swear by it.
and why not! it's full of thought-out, grammatically correct definitions that inspire us all to increase our vocabulary!

:laugh:

markolas

10-14-2006, 08:30 AM

Trust your instincts. Most people are not your friends. Do not trust anyone who is trying to sell you something, or otherwise wants your money. They will do and/or say *anything* to part you from it.

carrie721

10-14-2006, 08:45 AM

Ah... Ninth definition from the top. :laugh: :lol: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=altoid+trick

- Here's something I learned when I was about 10. Putting a hot pan on a vinyl covered seat is not a good idea. Doing so will result in a disgusting, orange circular mark that will piss your mother off.

LOL. did the mark come out?

bea arthur's making that face in my sig because someone just used the altoid trick on her.

which reminds me, i have to email you. :laugh:

DrummerDeanna

10-14-2006, 10:28 AM

LOL. did the mark come out?

bea arthur's making that face in my sig because someone just used the altoid trick on her.

which reminds me, i have to email you. :laugh:

I love Bea Arthur as much as the next guy.....buuuut I think I just threw up a little :p

Sarah

10-14-2006, 12:34 PM

She needs to take care of the stubble above her lip.

:shocked:

HomerMcvie

10-14-2006, 12:43 PM

She needs to take care of the stubble above her lip.

:shocked:

I'd never seen a pic closeup enough, to realize that she has a mustache!:D

BlackWidow

10-14-2006, 04:00 PM

Never date bartenders or musicians.

OR Actors!!!

BlackWidow

10-14-2006, 04:01 PM

hmmm...

don't get acrylic nails for the hell of it (and to freak out all the patrons) and then think you can get them off the same day

sometimes the altoid trick doesn't feel good

don't try to shave in the dark or without a mirror

don't try to speed up a tan by tanning twice in one day

don't use lotion as lube

Honey..what is the altoid trick???

JazmenFlowers

10-14-2006, 04:12 PM

Honey..what is the altoid trick???
Originally Posted by goldustsongbird
Ah... Ninth definition from the top. http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...m=altoid+trick

BlackWidow

10-14-2006, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by goldustsongbird
Ah... Ninth definition from the top. http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...m=altoid+trick

I feel tingly now...:shocked:

goldustsongbird

10-14-2006, 11:15 PM

LOL. did the mark come out?

bea arthur's making that face in my sig because someone just used the altoid trick on her.

which reminds me, i have to email you. :laugh:

lol... No! Do you know how to remove burn marks? We just got rid of it a few years later when we got the kitchen re-done.

:lol: :lol: Bea Arthur and the altoid trick should never appear in the same sentence.

michelle2677

10-14-2006, 11:21 PM

OR Actors!!!
how true. how very true. :nod:

TwistedGypsy

10-14-2006, 11:43 PM

Don't try to lie to your mother cause she always finds out. I was 15 and thought I could keep it a secret that I was involved with someone 12 years older than me. What a dumbass I was:o
I think I lied so much to the point that I can't lie about anything to anyone. Which I think is a good thing.

michelle2677

10-14-2006, 11:48 PM

never start making buckeyes at 8:00 pm. The peanut butter part has to sit in the fridge for 4 hours, so that puts you @ 12 before you can start dipping. *waiting.....*

carrie721

10-14-2006, 11:51 PM

lol... No! Do you know how to remove burn marks? We just got rid of it a few years later when we got the kitchen re-done.

i thought maybe you had some crazy canadian trick up your sleeve. :shrug: :laugh: like, on a full moon, have a gay mountie rub a beaver pelt ... on second thought, never mind ...

:lol: :lol: Bea Arthur and the altoid trick should never appear in the same sentence.

yeah, i actually horrified myself. and after that conversation we just had, i may have to change my sig. :lol:

michelle2677

10-14-2006, 11:58 PM

lesson: don't do drugs

hard way: http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/other/jackedupgrill011.jpg

I posted the link because it is definately not for anyone with a weak stomach. And no-they are not mine.....

HomerMcvie

10-15-2006, 03:02 AM

lesson: don't do drugs

hard way: http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/other/jackedupgrill011.jpg

I posted the link because it is definately not for anyone with a weak stomach. And no-they are not mine.....

Only in Kentucky!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

HomerMcvie

10-15-2006, 03:04 AM

never start making buckeyes at 8:00 pm.

You and your damned buckeyes! Will you NEVER learn?
:p :wavey: :lol:

michelle2677

10-15-2006, 09:12 AM

You and your damned buckeyes! Will you NEVER learn?
:p :wavey: :lol:

yeah..well...wait until you see my buckeyes. I took a picture. :lol: (I had to document this rare occurence-me cooking...)

besides. my pregnant friend goes to cracker barrel and spends $5.00 a container. Now I have miiilllions!!!:lol:

Only in Kentucky!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I knew YOU would have some smart A$$ remark!!!:laugh: :wavey:

SuzeQuze

10-16-2006, 01:50 PM

Don't ever date (or sleep with) anyone at work (that you have feelings about).... Extremely uncomfortable when you break up. And don't ever get your ex-bf a job at the same company where you and that guy works (while the ex-bf moves back in with you as "friends" - with benefits). Swear to God it happened.....

It was totally the Stevie(me)-Lindsey(Brian)-Mick(Darrin) Rumours tour situation (if Stevie had also been separated from a soon-to-be-ex-husband(Kevin)) at the time.

Yet, this was 10 years ago in my own life, and that seems like a breeze compared to now. Not relationship-wise, just life in general-wise... sometimes it's a b*tch....

I must sound like a total slut here, but I'm not, it was just really a complicated and difficult situation....for all of us....

and these are the days of our lives.....learned the hard way....

Except many people meet their husbands/wives in the office so you never know. But I had an office romance and no it didn't end well either and was EXTREMELY uncomfortable afterward!

SuzeQuze

10-16-2006, 01:51 PM

Ah... Ninth definition from the top. :laugh: :lol: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=altoid+trick

- Here's something I learned when I was about 10. Putting a hot pan on a vinyl covered seat is not a good idea. Doing so will result in a disgusting, orange circular mark that will piss your mother off.

Along these lines, do not try to curl your doll's hair with a curling iron! You will watch it disappear quite quickly. :laugh:

SuzeQuze

10-16-2006, 01:53 PM

Don't try to lie to your mother cause she always finds out. I was 15 and thought I could keep it a secret that I was involved with someone 12 years older than me. What a dumbass I was:o
I think I lied so much to the point that I can't lie about anything to anyone. Which I think is a good thing.

Or try to forge your mother's signature on a homework incomplete slip. In pencil! With eraser marks! :laugh:

DrummerDeanna

10-16-2006, 02:04 PM

Except many people meet their husbands/wives in the office so you never know. But I had an office romance and no it didn't end well either and was EXTREMELY uncomfortable afterward!

There were no less than 5 couples at my previous job, all of whom met at work :o So yeah, ya never know.

SuzeQuze

10-16-2006, 02:19 PM

There were no less than 5 couples at my previous job, all of whom met at work :o So yeah, ya never know.

I think your best bet is to be friends and really get to know the person. Then date them if they're a good person and stable. I think it's people who don't know each other very well before they wind up in bed that get into the most trouble.

goldustsongbird

10-16-2006, 03:45 PM

Along these lines, do not try to curl your doll's hair with a curling iron! You will watch it disappear quite quickly. :laugh:

lol. I never did that, but I was constantly giving my dolls haircuts and colouring their hair with markers.

DrummerDeanna

10-16-2006, 03:48 PM

lol. I never did that, but I was constantly giving my dolls haircuts and colouring their hair with markers.

:laugh: me too!!!

But I did learn the lesson that one should not take Barbies into the bath with them...I did, consistently and they molded :( My barbies freakin' molded!!! Ew.

But anyway - I gave one of my Ken dolls (he actually had hair, not the painted on kind) a hair cut but I guess it was thick an dlonger for a reason - wheN I cut it short he looked like a cancer patient :distress:

goldustsongbird

10-16-2006, 03:56 PM

:laugh: me too!!!

But I did learn the lesson that one should not take Barbies into the bath with them...I did, consistently and they molded :( My barbies freakin' molded!!! Ew.

But anyway - I gave one of my Ken dolls (he actually had hair, not the painted on kind) a hair cut but I guess it was thick an dlonger for a reason - wheN I cut it short he looked like a cancer patient :distress:

Ew, did they? I don't remember that happening to mine, and I took them in the bath a lot, too. hmm. Who knows. I think they did smell a bit musty after awhile. But what did I care? I was six! :p

Poor Ken! Did Barbie still want him after that?

DrummerDeanna

10-16-2006, 03:58 PM

Ew, did they? I don't remember that happening to mine, and I took them in the bath a lot, too. hmm. Who knows. I think they did smell a bit musty after awhile. But what did I care? I was six! :p

Poor Ken! Did Barbie still want him after that?

yeah -their legs turned green and their hair turned a greenish shade :laugh: And yeah - they smelled. I cried though as my mom tossed them out.

The Ken...he pretty much became the laughing stock of my and my friend's Barbie society. Seriously. We always made him the lame guy everyone hated and no one would date :laugh:

strandinthewind

10-16-2006, 04:00 PM

Lord Child - we used to burn my friend's sister's dolls in the front yard and in front of her. We were HORRIBLE children for that and are gonna likely burn in hell :laugh:

JazmenFlowers

10-16-2006, 04:12 PM

We were HORRIBLE children for that and are gonna likely burn in hell :laugh:
among other reasons. :rolleyes:

:laugh:

but don't worry, I'm already packed and my passport is current. :D

goldustsongbird

10-16-2006, 04:13 PM

yeah -their legs turned green and their hair turned a greenish shade :laugh: And yeah - they smelled. I cried though as my mom tossed them out.

The Ken...he pretty much became the laughing stock of my and my friend's Barbie society. Seriously. We always made him the lame guy everyone hated and no one would date :laugh:

I remember when we gave away my Barbies. I was kinda like, eh... okay. I was about ten or eleven at the time, and they'd been sitting in the big 'barbie suitcase' in the old toyroom.

:laugh: So Ken became an outcast. I bet he was pissed about that, being such a macho man and all.

sparky

10-16-2006, 05:11 PM

Never loan money. To anyone. Ever.

Don't have sex with married men. Or men with girlfriends.

BlackWidow

10-16-2006, 08:44 PM

Never loan money. To anyone. Ever.

Don't have sex with married men. Or men with girlfriends.

.....WHY???:D ;)

SuzeQuze

10-17-2006, 08:10 AM

Indian men will go away to India on vacation and come back married. Their marriages are arranged and without notice!

carrie721

10-17-2006, 09:05 AM

Indian men will go away to India on vacation and come back married. Their marriages are arranged and without notice!

:nod: my friend was dating an indian guy, and he didn't tell her until well into the relationship that his parents in india were looking for a wife for him. that was ugly! :eek:

skcin

10-17-2006, 11:59 AM

Never stick a metal nail file into a blowing fan. In my defense, I learned this when I was 5.

Never argue with a drunk.

Always read a recipe in its entirity a few days before attempting to make it. Nothing worse than getting to "refrigerate overnight" after thinking it would be ready in an hour.

BlackWidow

10-17-2006, 08:29 PM

Never loan money. To anyone. Ever.

Don't have sex with married men. Or men with girlfriends.

Don't take away my fun...:D