Grace and peace to all,
This might have been done already but hey...it's good for a laugh.
Maybe we can post our biggest public "DOH..!!!"
I'll start...
In the summer of my 9th grade year, a bunch of us teens were working at the school. A summer job program...
There was a big room where the metal fabrications lab was located. It had two big garage doors (it was right next to auto mechanics..) that allowed you to drive right onto the outside pavement.
Well, one day we were to cut the grass on the school grounds. The teachers who were our supervisors parked a bunch of riding mowers in the room for us to go cut the grass with.
As I'd always used a push mower and never driven a riding mower, I had NO idea how the thing worked.
BUT....being ever adventurous, I had no doubt I could rise to the challenge.
I got on my mower, cranked it, put in gear, released the clutch, and took off...........backwards...
Yep, I had put the thing in reverse...
Sooo....not wanting anyone in the room to get hurt, I did the only thing I could think of..........I jumped off.
So here goes this renegade riding mower with no navigator, plowing down the room, backward.
It proceeded down the wall on the left side of the room, taking down desks, stools, trash cans, etc. It hit the teachers desk, took a right hand turn, and went along the back wall, again, taking out desks, tables, stools, people, and everything else that got in it's path.
Finally, some brave soul chased it down and got it stopped.
After the exhaust fumes cleared, the room was seen to be in....well....let's just say it looked different than it did before the mower got loose.
It was a mess folks...
Everyone had a real good laugh...except the teacher who's room was destroyed.
I had no choice but to laugh as well and humbly display that "I meant to do that" expression.
It's safe to say that my crediability as an avid outdoorsman was on shakey ground...
Now, if only someone else will post here, maybe I'll have a chance to point and laugh for once...
God bless you all...
Tim L.
This might have been done already but hey...it's good for a laugh.
Maybe we can post our biggest public "DOH..!!!"
I'll start...
In the summer of my 9th grade year, a bunch of us teens were working at the school. A summer job program...
There was a big room where the metal fabrications lab was located. It had two big garage doors (it was right next to auto mechanics..) that allowed you to drive right onto the outside pavement.
Well, one day we were to cut the grass on the school grounds. The teachers who were our supervisors parked a bunch of riding mowers in the room for us to go cut the grass with.
As I'd always used a push mower and never driven a riding mower, I had NO idea how the thing worked.
BUT....being ever adventurous, I had no doubt I could rise to the challenge.
I got on my mower, cranked it, put in gear, released the clutch, and took off...........backwards...
Yep, I had put the thing in reverse...
Sooo....not wanting anyone in the room to get hurt, I did the only thing I could think of..........I jumped off.
So here goes this renegade riding mower with no navigator, plowing down the room, backward.
It proceeded down the wall on the left side of the room, taking down desks, stools, trash cans, etc. It hit the teachers desk, took a right hand turn, and went along the back wall, again, taking out desks, tables, stools, people, and everything else that got in it's path.
Finally, some brave soul chased it down and got it stopped.
After the exhaust fumes cleared, the room was seen to be in....well....let's just say it looked different than it did before the mower got loose.
It was a mess folks...
Everyone had a real good laugh...except the teacher who's room was destroyed.
I had no choice but to laugh as well and humbly display that "I meant to do that" expression.
It's safe to say that my crediability as an avid outdoorsman was on shakey ground...
Now, if only someone else will post here, maybe I'll have a chance to point and laugh for once...
God bless you all...
Tim L.
Stupid stupid stupid!