Done anything really dozy lately?

Not lately - but did turn up at work once with my slippers still on.

That is funny.

Yes, I do Ditzy things all the time.

Among the worst, draining pasta through a strainer. Only problem was I wasn't at the sink, but in the middle of the kitchen. Owie!

I've just found this thread, great stories.

I love cooking and do all the cooking in our house. I once saved up all the bones from chicken carcases, lamb joints etc to make a nice stock as the base for a soup. I kept them in the freezer and then did the big boil up with onions, celery, carrots etc and simmered for about 3 hours.

You may have guessed by now, I strained the whole lot down the sink and retained the bones! My wife said nothing, she just stood there shaking her head slowly from side to side.

At least the sink smelled tasty!

Ray

Dozy things? Ya mean like putting the wrong end of a lit cigarette in my mouth?

Yeah, I'm guilty. I once was half awake but had to get ready for an important appointment. I grabbed the olive oil instead of the shampoo and dumped it on my head. Couldn't get it all out in time.

I once watched a guy drink a flaming hummer (one shot of 151 rum, 2 drops of grenadine, layer of schnaps) without blowing it out first. Guess it beats a razor.

Pat - nothing wrong with double tasking. If you have to cook and clean at the same time, that's the way to do it.

Well, there are some accomplishments in that area that I will never
confess to, but I did once set up the coffee maker in a hurry and
ran off to get about a dozen things done while it was making. Came
back to find that I hadn't put the pot in place to collect the coffee
so I did it all over again and cleaned up the (considerable) mess
while I was waiting.

HAHA all these stories are funny. Never heard of giving a teacher your shopping list before. What was she thinking, you wanted her to do your shopping.

I've done all kind of "dozy"(must be another one of those UK words) things. Have to think to try to remember.

Hi Diana,
Yep, just the other day,
woke up after a few toooooo many the oyher day, ratteled my dags and of to work i went.Got to work, and after about an hour, and my second or third cup of coffee, went "gee, where is everybody", only to discover i was in work on my day off.
Enough said.
Have a great day,
cheers,
the newnorcian

I used to eat toothpaste thoughout all my pregnancies. I'd wake up in the night, desperate for three and a half inches of Ultra Brite. One day I decided that it couldn't be doing the baby much good, so I hid the toothpaste in the back of the bathroom cabinet behind a load of other stuff to make it less accessible.

Come 4.00 am in the morning and the only brain cell that woke with me was the one intent on a toothpaste fix. I just stuck my hand in the cabinet and pulled it out as usual, taking no notice of all the stuff I'd piled in front of it and sending a glass deodorant bottle crashing straight through the washbasin beneath, leaving a massive hole in the bottom of it.

'Dozy' might be a Britishism. On the other hand, maybe it's just a word that gets used a lot when I'm around. I can't think why... Thanks for all the other stories of doziness - it's good to know I'm not alone

As long as we're discussing toothpaste, once in high school, I mistakenly brushed my teeth with acne medication instead of paste.

Hey, it might sound stupid, but I had zit free teeth...

I once put the remote in the fridge and of course forgot where I put it. I was about to go to the store a day later and get a universal remote to replace it, when my wife found it in the fridge - signaled by dropping to the floor laughing hysterically. Lets just say I've not lived that one down after 10 years.

At work the best one I recall (ie that I'll repeat :-) ) is a presentation I made. We dealt with some pretty expensive network equiptment - routers and switches that cost 75-100K, and we had lost track of three of them, so naturally we were frantically doing an audit to find them. after finally locating them I was proud to say in my power point presentation to the entire department that:

All Large Assets have been found.

only I used Asses instead of Assets - darn spell checkers don't catch stuff like that.

The instant the slide went up I was looking at my boss' boss since I figured he'd be happy. I knew something wasn't right when he grinned and then he and the rest of the staff busted a gut (I worked with a pretty good group of folks thankfully!)

If I grow a backbone I might post a few others :-)

--Jack

I have gone to the grocery store, loaded up my cart to find when the total comes, oops where is the debit card. Then you have to ask them to hold the items because you will return asap.

Thanks for the chuckle, we all do it.

Thanks everyone so much for the laughs. Sometimes I forget how. It sure feels good.

...and glad to know there are others that are DITZY

Yes I think both DITZY and DIZZY are like DOZY

Airhead always works too!

OK here is another one of my kitchen mishaps.

I found this great recipe - real easy - coolwhip, yogurt and cherries - whip it up in the blender and instant creamy parfait.

The blender sounded horrible I thought it would die before it was done, but it made it somehow.

Well, I had used a can of cherries that were not pitted.

Lovely, cherry pit chip parfait! Lots of fiber.

"Major Tom at ground control, this is Space Cadet reporting for duty for debriefing"(No NOT my drawers)
teenage hunting buddy wants to checkout my new bb pistol that is co2 powered. I said "air is in it, and BB;s" he then points said new pistol,,,
AT HIS HAND...
yup,pulls the trigger, shoots self, then takes my new pistol and smashes it on a stump. Something like 20+ stitches later from his operation to repair injury hand looks like an air hose was used to inflate it.

Or inlaw pulling out of garage,,,without raising the door. DOH!

My friend did the flambe' shooter too all over face,,,
scarred up real good.

Young mini me, playing with ice pick fixing a new hole in my belt, unfortunately it also included a hole in my hand from sticking the ice pick clear through it.

Don't even get me started with the drinking stories.

Oh now you have reminded me of another brilliant performance.

I got this new car and was trying to pop the hood with the little latch inside the car under the dashboard.

Tried and tried and it was just stuck. Gave up and then started the car up and started driving down the street.

I guess I forgot I was driving because I tried the latch ONE MORE TIME. Of course wouldn't you know it worked that time and I found out you can't see where you are going with the hood up!

Really embarassing but thankfully I figured out that I needed to pull over REALLY quickly. Didn't even hit anything or get rear-ended when I jammed on the brakes.

How bout some long-term brain impairment?

When I was a kid my mom used to give me a knife to cut shortning into flour to make pie crust - I would chop it until it was the consistency of cornmeal. Finally when I was almost 30 I asked her why I couldn't just use a fork to blend it - she was stunned. Her answer? "Good God, Sally - do you still do that? That was just something I had you do to keep you busy when I was cooking."

I once stopped for gas in a city I had never been to before.

After I filled up, I went in to pay. Only I couldn't find the door in. There were no door handles to be found.

I'm pressing on the glass windows trying to find a way in. Two feet to my left a bunch of kids walked in, triggering the automatic door opener. All the kids stared at me in disbelief.

Dave