Oopsie Daisy

Thordora’s latest event asks for stories of stupidities.

1. Car vs. porch.

My car was in the driveway. Behind it was my friend’s truck. The complicated option seemed to be for him to get in the truck, back out into the road, let me out, then pull back in, get out of the truck, and go with me wherever it was we were going. I went with what seemed the simpler option — just drive around his truck. However, driving around his truck meant having to maneuver oh so carefully between the truck and the post and railing of the porch stairs. I almost made it… at least I only chipped off a bit of the railing and placed the dent where it didn’t break the headlight.

2. The broom.

Mark and I were taking a load of things to the dump. He backed the borrowed pickup to the dumpster below and we both got out. I got to the back first and started tossing things into the dumpster. I thought it was really odd that he’d put such a decent-looking broom in the pile, but tossed it in anyway. Turns out he’d brought the broom to sweep out the truck. Duh.