Oops! My greatest moment in stupidity...

Ari, don't feel bad. I'm the queen of dumb car tricks.

Like the one time I locked my car keys in the car, and had to call my friends dad to come and get me. He drove me 30 minutes to my house, and then I grabbed the wrong spare key...Didn't figure that out until we got back to my car and noticed the key didn't work. LOL

Once upon a time jumped out of my truck in a hurry to grap a spare part for a piece of equipment broke down.

Well much to my dismay I "out of habit" locked the door with the truck running.

Needless to say 45 min. later and $50.00 dollors poorer I learned the lesson that to keep a spare door key in my wallet.

Tim

Ari

Don't feel so bad. I did something of the similar, when I was actually at a car dealership with my mother looking at other cars, because she was tired of her current model. She was a little irriated with me because I had just previous wrecked her car, and so when I put it in drive and "drove", I went over the parking "pylon" or whatever it's called. She freaked out, and so I slowly backed up---and luckily when I got out to look, there wasn't any damage. Brainfart on my part, panic on my moms part. Neither of which were good.

I was a Walmart in December and locked my keys in the van. Of course it has a security alarm and we called a lock smith and beings it had a car alarm he would unlock it. We had to call our friend to come get us in Jackson take us home which was 30 miles away then take us back. Now I ahve a spare key in my purse and one hidden on the van. Let me add that my husband was so mad at me that he wouldn't talk to me on our way home. Boy, that was th quietest ride with ever. :lol:

Tim--At one place I worked, there was an employee in the building who left her car running all day because she had locked her keys in the car while it was running, and was too embarassed to tell any body..lol

Yep, I've locked my key in my car numerous times. Thrice with the engine running. Since I worked at Home Depot at one of the instances, I made a spare key myself. I keep it on a Scott's keyring one of the vendors gave me, and I always keep it hooked on to my pants or jacket. But thank goodness for Triple A!

Ari

Have you ever locked your keys in your car 3 times in less than a 2 month period? The 4th time, was the last time (which I had the car running) and that was about 45 days later. It was a bad Spring-Summer for me that year.

Ari-know what you mean. I locked my keys in the car once and at that time you could call the police and they would unlock it,so I called, The policegot there and walked to the passenger side and said"Mam,you have a problem" I asked what and he burst out laughing and said,you don't need your keys,your windoe is rolled down over here,just reach in and get them....Man,talk about wanting to crawl under a rock!!!

OMG Bossy! LOL

That's why I'm so glad my drivers door has a feature that it will not lock without the key..lol (Unless you're IN the car, but as soon as you open the drivers door, it unlocks)

Thanks guys! I tell you what, sometimes with the way my husband scolds me, I feel like the only one in the world committing embarrassing blunders with my car!

Yeah,felt pretty stupid,of course my son was with me and he has never let me forget it,and so my husband found out about it because of my son!!! He said he wasn't real sure if I ought to go out of the house without a keeper!!! I didn't say anything,but sometimes I wonder myself...LOL Karen

I heard that! If I ever fall out of step, whether I realize it or not, my husband is always there to baby me and scold me like a silly girl.

Know what u mean Ari, today my husband and I were talking and I made a comment about something,and he paused for a few seconds and said,"Woman, I think you've smoked yourself retarded",sometimes I just want to slap him silly!lol

hey I have done the ol lock keys in car while running.. with this twist.. was in own driveway, and locked both sets in car. Hows that for major brain farting.

When I was pregnant (both times) I would lock my keys in my car at least weekly. Something about those hormones I guess...LOL

~Mary

I am so glad to see that I am not the only one that locks keys in the vehicle. 2 years ago when we finally got some snow, our dog got loose and we were trying to tie him back up so I decided to pull the truck into the yard and use the headlights to see. Well, I got the truck stuck and of course my hubby had to start yelling, neighbors in their doors watching, he went and got my keys and pulled my van into the yard to pull his truck out. Didn't work, he buried the van up to bumper and then got out hollaring at me that it all my fault. I simply told him to take a flying leap I was trying to help, went in the house and left him to figure out how to get the vehicles unstuck. He finally asked the neighbor to help pull both vehicles out of the yard.

LOL...that's a mess :)

~Mary

To this day, we still have the ruts in the yard. Each time I fill them in our lab digs the dirt back out.

Hahaha...damn dog!! Constant reminder, huh?

~Mary

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Yep! The kids don't let us forget about it either.

That's what they are there for, right? LOL

~Mary

Yes, they tend to keep reminding us of our mistakes. My mom always tells me that she prayed I would have kids like me and her prayers were answered. Sweet of her isn't it?

That is sweet :) My kids are so awesome, and my mom says basically the same thing, she's glad they ended up just like I was.

~Mary

I heard that! I was mostly afraid of the thorough dressing down I was about to recieve from the Flying Danish that I almost didn't call him, I even contemplated lying about why I was going to be home so late, but I thought the better of it and just took my medecine because he always has ways of finding things out! By the way, my brother made up the "Flying Danish" because my husband is a helicopter pilot from Denmerk. He also asked my husband if he is a distant cousin to Pie in the Sky!

LOL, that is so funny! Flying Danish...does he know about this nickname?! :)

~Mary

Yes he does! My brother asked him over the phone if being a Flying Danish was anything like a pie in the sky. That came out because when we were dating, I would never refer to him as "Danish" always "from Denmark" then my brother askes me how much older he is than me, I told him tow years, and he says "Good! He's not a prune danish" and that went down the line with all sorts of questions and how it's good that he doesn't fit the profile of every flavor danish out there. Then the Flying Danish nickname. My husband aso knows that I call him Bamm-Bamm because with his pale blond hair and round baby face he looks just like the baby on the Flintstones! Any of you girls have any innovative affectionate nicknames for your husbands?