Something to laugh about to lift the mood.

[wade88]

I was once hooking-up a caravan....and for those of you who know static caravans...the main bedroom wardrobes are small, and sometimes awkward to get into.

Anyway, to make things easier i decided to sit on the top shelf, where the small cu was located. Anyway, to cut a long story short, the top shelf snapped under my weight aswell as shelf 2 and 3 and i was sat in the shoe compartment with broken wood everywhere in a brand spanking new static caravan.

Had just been given the contract at that site for the year aswell, luckily the manager found it funny...but only after he'd told me the damage will be coming off the next bill that i submit. We live and learn.

How incredibly shelf-ish of you to just run around breaking other peoples caravans Mark...

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[KFH]

Testing a panel that controlled a testing rig with 9inch pipes supplied by a 1,000 gallon water tank and and a large pump. A seal on one of the pipes failed and there was a 30ft fountain next to me. I pushed the emergency stop, big mistake as I cannot now turn off any of the valves electrically, but the fountain is now only 15ft from the gravity feed from the tank. I have to find the manual handle and go under the fountain to manually turn off the supply and outlet valves. There was no one around to laugh but they did afterwards when they saw me soaking wet.

 

[High Tower]

Being exceptionally lazy, quick remedial for a letting agent on the way home. Void property, hops up onto the bog to change shower pull cord caus too lazy to get steps. Go through toilet seat and get both feet stuck in the thunder box ! Lucky no one was around

 

[wade88]

Lucky it hadn't been in use previously with a gammy flush!

 

[timo1]

That reminds me of a non electrical cock up years ago. We had a coal fire where I grew up, I got in from work one day and I'm the first one home so I laid the fire and set it away. We'd had something delivered that day which had polystyrene packaging so because it was before the days of environmental friendliness the packing got thrown on too but it started to roll down towards the hearth so I picked it up to throw it further back. Big mistake, the stuff was already starting to melt and stuck to my hand. Now rather than just shake it off My bright idea was to pick it off with my other hand.
Both hands badly burnt and it cost me a few days off work

I can relate, I knocked an iron off the stand while ironing, as it fell to the floor I didnt think I just caught it....ouch.

 

[FAA Greenie]

I remember going with my dad to pick up a new car when i was about 10 years old. Being a smoker, the first thing he did was push in the ciggarette lighter. When it popped out, he looked into it and declaired that it didn't work, because he couldn't see it glowing. So for some reason he shoved his finger on the end of it. The sizzling noise was unmistakeable and after a few seconds the smell of burned flesh filled the car. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt!!! He spent two weeks with a series of concentric burns on his finger which made me laugh every time i say it!!!

 

[ayjay]

we were rewiring flats in lymington , i found an inspection light the old type with a wire guard but i only had a 150watt bulb so i fitted that, i put it down on the rug next to the bed then smelt burning it burnt right through it
i thought i had better go and tell the elderly lady what had happened but as i approached her she said "did you see my lovely handmade rug, i croched it myself"
i had to tell her that i,d just burned a hole right through it--well embarrasing and costly

 

[Geordie Spark]

I couldn't think of a reasonable answer in time Tony when i was asked what was wrong with it....i just couldn't fabricate a plausible sounding argument fast enough....i buckled....

But now you've got me thinking about it, your right, it was totally the original panel builders fault who put his DT's upside down. What a total idiot, jeez

Repeat after me: "It was all right when I left it" ...... "It was all right when I left it". ............. OK - you got that now??

 

[scotsparky]

last week i was doing a nightshift in a University building.
It was a nice old building and had big old bannisters. It was about 5 in the morning and as usual i was shattered and when i am shattered i get up to mishief. Well i saw the bannisters and thought i want to slide down them. Big mistake. The cleanerers polish them to a glass finnish and i went down them like Eddie the Eagle and flew of the end clattered my head off a wall and giving myself a faint black eye. I got up to see my mate sitting down wetting himself.

 

[dan86]

lol! at least you didn't clatter your ballz!