# Have You Ever Done Something That You Knew Could Wind Up Badly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040 "2007-12-23T19:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/1 "2007-12-23T19:34:57Z")
I just tried to feed a squirrel shelled sunflower seeds from my bare hands knowing full well that I could get bitten. I chronicled one such incident involving peanuts here on the Dope a few years ago. You’d think I would learn. Fortunately, the squirrel this time was smarter than I. Though she took hold of my finger twice in her mouth, she didn’t bite down. Maybe it was because sunflower seeds don’t look similar to fingers the way peanuts can, thus she was more prepared when it didn’t feel like a seed or a nut either (though the owner of said digit has been occasionally accused of being the latter.) For whatever reason, I got off easier this time than I deserved. What things have you known not to do but did anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/2 "2007-12-24T01:40:24Z")
Married right out of highschool to the wrong kind of man… I KNEW it wouldnt last long. Living with a man I thought I could eventually fall in love with (ex fiance) (needless to say I have made some very bad relationship choices in the past). I’m sure if I really put some thought into it I could find more - maybe even some humourous stories. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/3 "2007-12-24T02:05:10Z")
I’m about to - probably quitting my job in anger next week. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/4 "2007-12-24T02:18:30Z")
Hm. Where to begin. Using a wooden spoon with a mixer. Showing open contempt for a Korean teacher who has the authority to beat me with a big stick. Finishing a bottle of tequila with friends. Taking Tylenol after a night of heavy drinking. Washing a burrito down with two kamikaze shots. Cooking over a stove naked. Moving in with a pothead roommate. Pissing off the DM right before a D&D session. Relying on my sense of time instead of setting a timer/alarm. Oh, the list goes on. Thankfully, not all of these things have ended as badly as they could have. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/5 "2007-12-24T03:05:38Z")
I took one look at the “stand mixer” (it was a hand mixer with a stand) I was told a friend had and said, “There’s no way this whole recipe is fitting in that tiny bowl…” Yet I tried anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/6 "2007-12-24T03:17:41Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Cooking over a stove naked. [/QUOTE] Giggity! Speaking of Tylenol, getting a toothache and downing 222s. (325mg acetaminophen with 8mg codeine. This is a behind-the-counter medication available in Canada). A _lot_ of 222s. Upwards of 6,000mgs of acetaminophen plus around 150mg codeine (~18 tablets) in an 8 hour period. Stuck between a great deal of pain and potential liver damage, I chose the immediate relief. Probably stupid, but I didn’t suffer any permanent damage. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/7 "2007-12-24T03:50:24Z")
Everything I did between ages 17 and 23. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/8 "2007-12-24T03:54:17Z")
Tomorrow, I will be giving my 6 year old nephew a skateboard for Christmas. His momma’s gonna _kill_ me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/9 "2007-12-24T05:47:59Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] Tomorrow, I will be giving my 6 year old nephew a skateboard for Christmas. His momma’s gonna _kill_ me. 😃 [/QUOTE] Maybe she won’t kill you so bad if you give the kid a helmet and knee pads too. Bet you’ll be your nephew’s favorite auntie tomorrow though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/10 "2007-12-24T05:49:39Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Speaking of Tylenol, getting a toothache and downing 222s. (325mg acetaminophen with 8mg codeine. This is a behind-the-counter medication available in Canada). A _lot_ of 222s. Upwards of 6,000mgs of acetaminophen plus around 150mg codeine (~18 tablets) in an 8 hour period. Stuck between a great deal of pain and potential liver damage, I chose the immediate relief. Probably stupid, but I didn’t suffer any permanent damage. [/QUOTE] Though I don’t blame you for wanting relief, that’s kind of scary. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/11 "2007-12-24T05:59:20Z")
Losing my temper with superiors. While in the Navy. Giving my sister one of [these](http://www.hotlix.com/insect_candy/scorpion_candy.html) for Xmas. Giving my former housemate’s toddler a box of tissues for Xmas. When I’m not going to be there to clean them up. ( **The Monster** (the toddler) loved it. I’m told her father was pissed that my gift was more popular than any of his.) Losing my temper with anyone, really. My temper is really vile, and losing it is a **Bad Thing**. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/12 "2007-12-24T06:12:22Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] Though I don’t blame you for wanting relief, that’s kind of scary. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it was stupid. I had taken so many that I was feeling a dull burning sensation and a little tightness in my chest. That was the point at which I knew I’d taken too many and stopped. What I should have done is taken the rest of the day off work and gone to the damn dentist. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/13 "2007-12-24T06:45:56Z")
[QUOTE=Mach Tuck] I’m about to - probably quitting my job in anger next week. [/QUOTE] Almost did that last week. But I chose to call my bosses on their shit and have them humiliated by the VP and HR. They had to publicly recant everything they’d been telling us that was against Organizational Policy. (Because they thought our department was a special case that was above the rules. They were wrong.) Which then resulted in false charges being levied against me and being Suspended With Pay through the end of the year. So I’ll probably end up being fired for that and having to ponder whether or not it is worth the time and money to sue their asses. I knew that it could very probably end up badly, but I chose to do it anyway. And I’m quite happy that they got bitchslapped by upper management, even if I had to pay the price to protect my co-workers from their shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/14 "2007-12-24T07:07:12Z")
I suppose when I decided to have an affair with my boss when I was in my early 20’s wasn’t the smartest decision I could have made. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/15 "2007-12-24T08:16:41Z")
Mine involved squirrels too! I wrote a whole post on it last week. The gist being, my housemate hired someone to trap our squirrels and I thought it would be nice if I could bring the trapped squirrels to my moms yard (she likes and feeds her yard squirrels). The final outcome of which was that my mom, myself, and my two housemates all ended up pissed at each other, and the squirrels still ended up dead. ---
**Author:** ![Sockmunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Sockmunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sockmunkey)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/16 "2007-12-24T10:02:43Z")
90% of my life has been like that. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/17 "2007-12-24T10:16:59Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Taking Tylenol after a night of heavy drinking. Wait, what? What’s so bad about that? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/18 "2007-12-24T10:27:59Z")
Nothing, if you have a spare liver lined up someplace. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/19 "2007-12-24T10:31:38Z")
What if my spare liver is **HazelNutCoffee** ’s roommate’s? Actually, I’m starting to see your point. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040/20 "2007-12-24T13:05:24Z")
Egads, how did I forget this: Actually looking at goatse, tubgirl, lotus breast, 2girl1cup, or any of the other internet phenomenon that people always boast about how awful they are… to make you want to look because nothing could possibly be that bad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-something-that-you-knew-could-wind-up-badly/431040.md?page=2)