Sometimes I think I have great ideas. Then I realize it's just my internal lightbulb malfunctioning again.
It seems my quiz was far less than the runaway success I hoped it would be. Oh well. I did get a few responses (thanks guys!) and may create a spotlight or two when I reveal the correct answers in coming days.
As with everything else, this experience has given me time to reflect. I realized something -- I have had quite a few dumb ideas in my life!
Here are some of them:
- I once thought it would be cool to have my digital clock blinking the correct time instead of simply showing it. So I unplugged it and waited until midnight to plug it back in. I didn’t set the time, and my hope was that the blinking time would correspond with real time. It didn’t work. Dumb idea.
- I once thought it would be a good idea for my sister to put highlights in my hair. I figured (1) I’m cheap, (2) I’m low-maintenance, and (3) my hair has many colors, is different lengths and is somewhat curly -- what could go wrong?
Yep, so it was Christmas Eve that my sister decided to take out all her aggression on me. Apparently there had been quite a build up! The highlights were a disaster – totally uneven, too chunky, too blonde.
Since I had few options for hair repair on Christmas day and refused to go back to work on the 26th looking like an idiot, we came up with Plan B: re-dye my hair its “natural” color to cover the highlights.
Plan B turned out to be Part B of a really bad idea. My hair looked a little like copper wires exploding from a dust buster. So back to real life and back to work I went with one horrible uni-color on my head! Dumb idea.
- I once tried to kiss a very pretty girl while pumping beer from a keg at a party. As my clouded memory indicates, it wasn’t *exactly* a success. Who knew this wasn’t a romantic gesture! Stupid idea. (But for the record, this would work very well on me if anyone wants to give it a shot…)
- I once (yesterday) ordered spinach (probably tainted) at a restaurant (where they serve raw fish) despite widespread (on every single newscast) warnings of the risks (E Coli, not a pleasant experience). So far, so good, but not so smart.
Stupid lightbulb.
