The Laugh At Hippy Thread

Post by **Hippy** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:56 pm

I'm feeling generous this afternoon, so i thought i'd give you lot something to laugh at.

Last week i managed to drill through a gas pipe in my kitchen floor.
Brand new wooden floor throughout the downstairs hall and lounge, nice tiled floor in the kitchen, i was putting the finishing strip in between hallway and kitchen

Ironic really that the hole i was drilling didn't really need to be there, i was just making sure it was in tight.

Half the floor has now been ripped up and 4 or 5 tiles in the kitchen taken out, A small fleet of Transco people were called out to make sure i wasn't about to blow the street up, and a Â£450 insurance job.

Still have a 2 foot wide hole in my floor

So there we go, add DIY to the list of things i cant do, cars, bikes, women and DIY

Anyone got any similar storys to ease my pain?

Post by **0lderama** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:02 pm

many a few years ago when i was an apprentice joiner

i was sent out in the van to pick up some materials from the local jewsons

anyway i had been out to rockworld the night b4 and was very hung over(i normally used to get home about 3 in the morning)

so i pulled up right outside jewsons entrance i bobbed in and got what i wanted

i had gone for a few lenths of skirting board and so i had to climb my van to get them on the roof and tie em up

so i climb up the side of the glass rack and onto the roof

i start tying the wood on when all of a sudden the van starts rolling(feck)
i had not put the handbrake on and me fettling with the rope must have started it moving

so i screamed like a girl thankfully a guys spotted the van rolling and jumped in and stopped it

of course everyone was looking and laffing and i strangley lost my hangover but filled my undies

Post by **Phant0m** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:18 pm

Just passed my driving test and thought would take my car to the local coop to get something parked on a small hill jumped out and car went rolling away managed to jump in and stop it just before it hit the parked car on the other side of the road learning my lesson then lol

Also me and my dad where tiling the floor when he turned around and stabbed me in my hand right in the vein blood was going every where from the smallest of holes whole t-shirt was covered in blood as my mam had put the plasters and first aid some where that nobody could find them.

Post by **_RS_** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:23 pm

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Also me and my dad where tiling the floor when he turned around and stabbed me in my hand </div>
^^ the bit that confused me

Post by **Class--** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:26 pm

Beaver is a lazy sod so his dad just pokes him to hurry up but this time he forgot the 4ft claymore was still in his hand thus penetrating the skin :doh:

Understand now? c'mon thought everyone used an ancient claymore to tile

Oh and Hippy as for you son ..... I wouldn't expect anything else

Class

Post by **Venus** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:42 pm

If you can imagine 2 females power tools and a shelf! How difficult could it be to drill some holes and fix the shelf to the wall. Easy!!!

Wasn't till afterwards drinking coffee admiring our DIY skills I noticed the end of the screws poking threw the wall into the hall!! Problem solved with some blue-tac and a large poster

Not learning from this mistake I did the same thing in my new house when putting the work top up in my sons room for his decks. Nice neat line of holes starting in the hall and going round the corner into my room.
OOPS!

To think I got a jigsaw for xmas

Post by **Class--** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:39 pm

Venus Blue Genes wrote: If you can imagine 2 females power tools and a shelf!

Does Rougey know ur call'in him a girl?

I've just remembered my sister asking me to put a shelf up in her room. At 16 i jumped at the chance to use the big shiney NEW heavy duty drill my dad had bought

So as u say it looked fairly EASY! It was if i do say so my self perfect ... well until she put all her books on to the shelf. 10secs later one shelf on the floor and books everywhere

i havent ever put a shelf up since

oh talking about shelves can someone please post a nice pic of Trigs 'Special' shelf in his living room

Class

Post by **mcmav** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:02 am

Funny didnt think we'd need a thread to laugh at Hippy

Post by **Trig** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:19 am

I never have, always good to let everyone else know tho...

Post by **Turts** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:35 am

^^^^^ Awww comon ...don't be shy Triggy

Post by **Trig** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:07 pm

What me, lol as if..

Post by **Clingy** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:07 pm

****coughupsidedownshelvescough***

Well DIY...mmmm...drilled through a water pipe, put foot through ceiling, fell off ladder and dislocated shoulder, dropped knife through foot.

Post by **Eagle** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:10 pm

Clingy wrote: drilled through a water pipe, put foot through ceiling, fell off ladder and dislocated shoulder, dropped knife through foot.

All on the same job?

Post by **Trig** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:16 pm

Clingy wrote: ****coughupsidedownshelvescough***

Well DIY...mmmm...drilled through a water pipe, put foot through ceiling, fell off ladder and dislocated shoulder, dropped knife through foot.

There shelves with built in bookends...

Post by **Richie** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:50 pm

Riiiight....

/backs away slowly from Trig