tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833907669377506399.post1827697977553552652..comments2023-12-27T22:08:45.355-08:00Comments on Bob's Web Log: What's the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Done?Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529044668868964131noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833907669377506399.post-30610377182490676382007-07-11T17:11:00.000-07:002007-07-11T17:11:00.000-07:00Two items. No! Three...1) I meant to say I-15.2) I...Two items. No! Three...<BR/><BR/>1) I meant to say I-15.<BR/>2) I neglected to mention that my sister shut off the radio in the midst of all the panicking...which lead us to her turning it back on again once everything was set right. Minor story congruity issue that was bugging me.<BR/>3) I thought that "g" was "glen" and not "gillian." You can imagine how surprising I found that story to be...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833907669377506399.post-77822435149692191052007-07-11T10:10:00.000-07:002007-07-11T10:10:00.000-07:00I have one. I was 21 at this time, and SHOULD HAV...I have one. I was 21 at this time, and SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. Slap my hand.<BR/><BR/>My boyfriend's name was Ben Evans. While driving alone in fairly heavy traffic in an unfamiliar city, I saw a street sign for Evans street. I lurched over to grab my camera and fiddled about to get it out of the case and on so I could take a picture to show my boyfriend. Insane. Anyway, driving with one's knees whilst focusing on a camera's on-button is not wise, especially in traffic, and I ended up careening to the right and slamming into a sidewalk curb, which caused my right front tire to blow out. Miraculously I avoided the other cars, or rather, they avoided me.<BR/><BR/>No one was hurt, and some nice man and his kid came by to help me change the tire. After that, I (a) learned to change a tire on my own, and (b) told my dad it must have been a nail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833907669377506399.post-83408820739039028282007-07-11T08:57:00.000-07:002007-07-11T08:57:00.000-07:00The stupidest thing I've ever done in a car happen...The stupidest thing I've ever done in a car happened in the summer of 1986.<BR/><BR/>I got my driver's license a couple of months before our big Layne Family Reunion in Montana. For some reason (complex; not interesting) our family ended up in Montana with two cars. My dad said that I could drive the 1976 Pacer X home. From Montana...to Utah...when I was 16. So my little six-year-old sister and I are in the car, tunes blasting, when we enter the spaghetti confusion of Salt Lake City...<BR/><BR/>I don't know how the interstates work there any more, but there used to be this spot where a bunch of big freeways met - I-5, 215, I-80, I think...I can't remember now. Anyway, I didn't know which route to take and was totally freaking out. At the last possible moment, I chose I-80 and yanked the wheel hard to the left to catch the exit. The car went up on two wheels. Everything was in ultra-slow-motion. I remember turning my head to the right and catching the eye of the woman in the car to our right (who was going straight on I-5). We locked eyes for what seemed like an eternity as the little Pacer screeched and wobbled, tilted to one side like Herbie the Love Bug.<BR/><BR/>Bam! We came down on all four wheels and I somehow managed to straighten up and make the exit.<BR/><BR/>Now we were heading up a big canyon and I knew I'd made a huge mistake. I started seeing signs for Cheyenne, Wyoming and totally panicked. We passed a merge ramp on the right and I pulled over, stopped, TURNED THE CAR AROUND, and drive backward up the merge ramp to get headed in the right direction.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how I did it, but I found my way back to I-5 south. My sister and I, white faced and shaking, looked at each other and pinky-swore never to tell mom and dad what had happened. She turned on the radio and Cool and the Gang's "Celebrate" was on. She cranked it and we sang along as loud as we could.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833907669377506399.post-8419410725776170212007-07-10T22:01:00.000-07:002007-07-10T22:01:00.000-07:00It may be the stupidest, but it's also one of the ...It may be the stupidest, but it's also one of the funniest. Gotta love that inner Mormon logic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com