Freshman year at Byu. Lit a spinning firework while filling up with gas.

Jan 16, 2022
10:34:52am

maxpowers Truly Addicted User

Somehow the stupidity of that decision did not register until my friend yelled “you don’t light a firework at a ******* gas station! Excuse my language!”

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What’s the absolute dumbest thing you’ve done in your life? I’ll start.

Bill Moore Esq

1/16/22 9:18am

Hiked up a huge mountain and repelled down various sequential cliff faces…

Robert Baratheon

1/16/22 9:21am

Which mountain?

RUNBYU1

1/16/22 12:07pm

Cascade peak.

Robert Baratheon

1/16/22 2:03pm

Nice. Cascade is a legit challenge. Dangerous for sure if you veer off the

RUNBYU1

1/17/22 4:38pm

To be fair it was on the north facing area along the canyon. Not the west

Robert Baratheon

1/19/22 6:21pm

I was kind of guessing that might be the case. Legit difficult & brutal.

RUNBYU1

1/19/22 9:13pm

On my mission a member gave us cobra snake eggs, decided to keep them in our apt

wannnacruise

1/16/22 9:27am

Should have gone to Rex Kwan Do

supertux

1/16/22 9:27am

Married my ex

jlhazlewood

1/16/22 9:28am

So many to choose from its hard to pick just one.

FrontLineFan

1/16/22 9:29am

RE: So many to choose from its hard to pick just one.

supertux

1/16/22 9:35am

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Socrates Johnson

1/16/22 9:29am

In the first grade I gave my friends mom the double bird (I had just learned it)

pinolero

1/16/22 9:33am

Trying to picture my wife or myself doing anything but laughing at something like that. Much less calling the school.

supertux

1/16/22 9:36am

lame she narked on you.

Mayor of Cougartown

1/16/22 9:39am

She was the 90's version of a Karen I'd say.

pinolero

1/16/22 9:43am

worst case you contact the mom and be like "hey, nbd but lil johnny learned

Mayor of Cougartown

1/16/22 9:49am

Seems like a double bird was warrented

ochobeeguy

1/16/22 9:52am

That literally made me laugh out loud.

kos

1/16/22 9:50am

As the sun was going down swam to an island at Lake Powell with no life jacket –

Benfica1

1/16/22 11:43am

Yeah probably mine too. Swam across Cascade Lake in ID by myself.

Soupie

1/16/22 11:54am

Early date with my wife, we went to Powell with some of my college buddies.

85fan

1/16/22 1:20pm

Yeah, it was a very scary feeling being responsible for you and someone else.

Benfica1

1/16/22 4:25pm

In first grade I heard someone say flip the bird and I thought they were talking

JuicyJam

1/16/22 1:37pm

My little brother flipped off the bishop to his face, when he was a deacon.

85fan

1/17/22 4:39pm

I was expecting to read about trying to legally intimidate some middle school boys

TCuz

1/16/22 9:33am

That's the dumbest thing you've ever done? I've done dumber in the last week.

ReyOso

1/16/22 9:36am

Chased a black bear through the woods in the dark.

mccledg

1/16/22 9:37am

On purpose? Or accidentally?

kos

1/16/22 9:50am

On Purpose.

mccledg

1/16/22 10:02am

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Leishdoggydog

1/16/22 11:05am

We used to throw rocks and shoot pellets at moose. We figured our Honda trail

DiamondMo

1/16/22 9:46pm

You and I have lived different lives.

Corn

1/16/22 9:38am

That’s the dumbest thing you have ever done? Exercise? Geeze I must be pretty

ColonelMustard

1/16/22 9:38am

Caused a two car accident with nobody in either car at the time...

CLCougar

1/16/22 9:40am

Forgot to set the parking brake, eh?

jaromp

1/16/22 10:19am

It's so much crazier than that, you wouldn't believe, but here is the retelling of what happened

CLCougar

1/16/22 1:21pm

Roman candle wizard duels.

ColdFusion1989

1/16/22 9:46am

Which part was dumb? The Roman candles or thinking you’re a wizard?

SJS

1/16/22 9:49am

RE: Which part was dumb? The Roman candles or thinking you’re a wizard?

ColdFusion1989

1/16/22 10:09am

I did that too…as a 28 year old…no regrets

dixieutahbyuzag

1/16/22 11:17am

I had a friend when I was 23 who came to me with an opportunity

DavisCoCoug

1/16/22 9:46am

Ouch.

AZPTCOUG

1/16/22 9:48am

Buddy of mine was an original founder of Apex before it became APX/Vivint

Socrates Johnson

1/16/22 9:57am

RE: I had a friend when I was 23 who came to me with an opportunity

Peanut

1/16/22 12:46pm

That’s gutting. I’m really sorry.

ACrop

1/17/22 4:22pm

It’s dumb enough that I am unwilling to write it even on a quasi-anonymous

Socrates Johnson

1/16/22 9:49am

Exactly. I've done some really dumb things.

justAnotherCoug

1/16/22 9:59am

Here’s mine…

cougarfanatic

1/16/22 9:53am

Tried to have a rational discussion on an internet board.

NewYorkCougar

1/16/22 9:54am

In high school saw a kid increased is vertical by doing 1000 calf raises a day.

drewp_10

1/16/22 9:55am

Did it work though

BYU TO THE MOON

1/16/22 12:22pm

Took the SAT for a friend in high school

Goliath

1/16/22 9:57am

LOL this may take the cake.

Bill Moore Esq

1/16/22 10:47am

I cheered for Utah in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. I am so ashamed, it feels dirty.

Flunked at Ricks

1/16/22 10:01am

I guess that could be worse than flunking at Ricks in some people's minds.

sanitarium

1/16/22 10:47am

Yeah. I cheered for uu in basketball when they played UK in the finals.

Benfica1

1/16/22 11:44am

I’m not sure yours qualifies as dumb.

lilpenny

1/16/22 10:09am

Tried a 360 off a 20 foot cliff

I'mBatman

1/16/22 10:19am

I joined 2by2 back in the day….

Penske Material

1/16/22 10:23am

Freshman year at Byu. Lit a spinning firework while filling up with gas.

maxpowers

1/16/22 10:34am

Rollerblading behind motorcycle w/o helmet & 15 ft tow rope. Crashed at 30 mph

Covid-19

1/16/22 10:42am

Free climbed a 40 foot cliff when I was about 17….

AZPTCOUG

1/16/22 12:08pm

I climbed a mixed route that I thought was a sport route in City of the Rocks

justAnotherCoug

1/16/22 12:48pm

This post reminds me of this scene from Defending Your Life

Peanut

1/16/22 12:49pm

repelling off the southwest corner of cougar stadium in March 03'

Mayor of Cougartown

1/16/22 4:28pm

Too many. In high school (or summer off from college, can’t remember)

Bradleyd16

1/16/22 4:38pm

That’s a great story and I’m sure a fun memory.

AZPTCOUG

1/16/22 5:07pm

I went tunnel singing once.

Robert Baratheon

1/16/22 10:43pm

Deep into NuttyPuddy Caves. . .

protonspring

1/16/22 11:13pm

I get claustrophobic even thinking about nutty putty.

Bill Moore Esq

1/16/22 11:25pm

The nutty putty thing does not make sense to me. So scary.

COACHdrn

1/17/22 7:49am

That Nutty Puddy death was horrible. So sickeningly sad.

CDV

1/17/22 8:01am

My friend was the guy who died there and they never recovered his body. So sad.

dixieutahbyuzag

1/18/22 9:56pm

I’m getting claustrophobic just reading this

LeonMarek

1/18/22 9:44pm

Took spotlight and intercom to make out spot and impersonated police. When ppl

Covid-19

1/17/22 6:07am

My mom tasked me (at the age of 16) to get rid of a wasp nest so we could

HeismanTy

1/17/22 8:49am

Probably pelting cop cars with snowballs multiple times in multiple places in

RUNBYU1

1/17/22 5:41pm

Trying to make cars swerve off the road?

dixieutahbyuzag

1/18/22 10:01pm

Not as harsh a result, but my friends were egging cars and someone stopped.

85fan

1/19/22 1:45pm

Someone dropped a dozen eggs off an overpass onto my car as I drove by. Almost

Benfica1

1/19/22 5:06pm

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