# Stupid things you did (thankfully) while you were home alone.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-did-thankfully-while-you-were-home-alone/207229 "2003-10-13T18:42:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-did-thankfully-while-you-were-home-alone/207229/1 "2003-10-13T18:42:49Z")

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I just sneezed in my eye.  
I was drinking spiced tea, felt a sneeze comming, put my hand up to catch the sneeze, and managed to herd the juicy contents of the sneeze upwards into my eye.  
Cinnamon and cloves feel good on a sore throat, not so much on a perfectly healthy eyeball.

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**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-did-thankfully-while-you-were-home-alone/207229/2 "2003-10-13T19:05:22Z")

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I keep hitting my shoulder really hard on the medicine cabinet door when I get off the toilet. This should have only happened once, maybe twice, before I learned but it’s been at least ten.

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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-did-thankfully-while-you-were-home-alone/207229/3 "2003-10-13T20:07:28Z")

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Well I was “kinda” alone.

I was in the shower (all kidlets were outside playing) when all of a sudden I heard the fire alarm go off. I jumpd out of the shower and looked around and saw nothing. So I grabbed the barstool from the kitchen and stood on it trying to reset the alarm. I was slipping and sliding all over the wooden chair. Then I fell when I stood up there stood my kidlets and a couple of their friends.

I was humiliated.

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**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-did-thankfully-while-you-were-home-alone/207229/4 "2003-10-13T20:33:52Z")

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In the shower, reading the label on the shampoo bottle (it has a flip top). Closed the bottle and a glob of shampoo lands directly in my eye. Oh the humanity!

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-did-thankfully-while-you-were-home-alone/207229/5 "2003-10-13T20:52:30Z")

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**hillbilly queen’s** got eye boogers.