26 Once-In-A-Lifetime Mistakes People Made Twice

‘I put on socks sitting down now…’
26 Once-In-A-Lifetime Mistakes People Made Twice

Few things are impossible. In fact, there are entire scientific theories and phenomena that prove while something is unlikely, it can still happen. Life experiences are no different, and the following Redditors managed to not only make incredible mistakes, but they also doubled back to accidentally top their personal best (or worst, depending on your perspective).

Case in point: One Redditor was in the middle of ironing when the phone started ringing. Instead of picking up the phone and answering it, they mistakenly put the iron to their left ear instead, burning it. When they tried to call for an ambulance about their now-crispy left ear, they managed to repeat the same exact mistake, burning their right ear as well. We can only hope they’ve since invested in a steamer. 

Other Redditors have shared the mistakes they’ve made not once but twice, including drinking an earwig, chewing glass and falling out of an airplane.

Sobu666 8y ago I've stabbed myself under the nail with spaghetti twice. Hurts ar hell. 11 ...
MrHandsomeBoss 8y ago I have forgotten keys in a freezer twice. 7 ...
TheFellatedOne 8y ago | used to have a lever action BB gun I loved. One day | thought it looked cool when the lever was hanging down (kind of like a magazine). I shot it from that position and the lever sprung up and snapped my hand to the stock of the gun. It really fucking hurt. Later that same day I was trying to figure out just how I had made that mistake and it happened once more. 7 ...
shefoundmyusername 8y ago my wife was cooking naked. She took a hot pan out of the oven, set it on the stove, and then leaned against the handle burning herself. Thirty seconds after the first scream | hear the second. She now has two identically sized burn scars on her torso. 7 ...
vairoletto 8y ago I put a mug with water and an egg inside the microwave, needless to say the mug exploded inside and almost took the microwave door with it. Realizing my previous mistake, the next time i wanted to cook a quick egg i just put it in the microwave without the mug. I finished the job and blew up the microwave door for good this time. Turns out the eggs are the thing that explodes inside the microwave 4 ...
picksandchooses 8y ago GF and I were washing the dishes after dinner. She was at the sink and I had to just rinse out something, so I grabbed the sprayer hose thingy. Boy, that thing had a hair trigger on it, I blasted my GF right in the face with a good, strong shower of water. She didn't see the humor here, she went into red-faced, vapor lock screaming at me. It really was an accident, the sprayer had a really touchy trigger on it. I apologized profusely. A good 5 minutes later she finally calmed down. She started washing
sami_no 1 8y ago Lighting a cigarette backwards. It immediately caused me to get the black lung. A few months later I did it again. Both times alcohol was involved, brains were not. 14 ...
troldhawk 8y ago In '97, first time in the states, I was at a party. I was inside, someone outside called for me. We don't have screen doors where I live, so I didn't know to look out for it, and so walked directly into it and fell down to everyone's amusement. Several hours later, an even drunker me decided to step outside again. This time I looked out for the screen door, only to walk into the now closed glass door 17 ...
 8y ago Obligatory not-me-but... My step mom is a flight attendant for one of the major US airlines. A few years back there was an attendant who was getting up there in years - not sure exactly, but she was 70 plus. She was trying to secure one of the doors and fell out of the plane on to the tarmac. Broke nearly everything that can break on the left side of her body. Out of commission for nearly a year, obviously. First day back, first flight back on the job, she goes to show her flight crew what happened - falls
Hi_Im_Armand 8y ago Maybe this is late, but I broke my toe when I was standing and putting on socks. I guess | was using a ton of force cause I missed the sock and kicked the floor. After my toe healed, the same day i took off the foot cast thingy they gave me, I broke my big toe again, same one. I put on socks sitting down now. 44 ...
brokenPianoStool . 8y ago | tore my ACL in my left knee and had surgery to get a new one. Tore it again :( 394 ...
ihopeyoulikeapples 8y ago Found myself in a hotel room with beer and no bottle opener, had seen people using lighters to open bottles and figured it shouldn't be too hard. Lighter slipped, sliced off actual chunk of flesh from finger on the bottle cap, left with a very scarred knuckle. 5 year later I found myself in the exact same situation and did the exact same thing. It took two scarred knuckles to figure out that maybe I should just keep a bottle opener on me when I travel. ... - 340
Fiery1Phoenix 8y ago | dropped my glasses in the ocean, found them, then went right out again and redid ut, except didnt find them 286 ...
Ronny070 8y ago When I was like 7 I was in my dad's apartment and it was really hot, so he put on a fan. I was entranced by the fan, so in my infinite wisdom I put my finger between the blades to see what would happen. Cue me almost losing my left index finger. I go show my dad and he laughs and bandages it and whatever. I come in 20 minutes later, bandage in left hand, blood everywhere on my right hand. When he asked what the hell happened I told him I wanted to see if
Sp0d0kOm0d0 8y ago I drank a glass of cider with a fucking huge earwig in it. Didn't notice until I'd drank half the glass. Freaked out, got another cup. Got pretty drunk, forgot about the earwig glass. Yeah, I drank from it again. The disgusting little fucker tickled my lip. I feel unwell thinking about it. 50 ...
djmeoww 8y ago Chipped a front tooth biting my nails. Three times. Same tooth, same nail. After the last time I said fuck it and got a silver tooth. - 485 ...
 . 8y ago | burned my left ear while doing the ironing when the phone was ringing. Then i burned my right ear phoning for the ambulance.... 573 ...
FerdieFeghoot 8y ago A Edited 8y ago I was cooking a grilled cheese sandwich in a frying pan. It was time to flip the sandwich, but it was kind of stuck to the pan. I was trying to get it with the spatula, but the pan kept scooting away from me. So I reached down with the other empty hand and steadied the pan's edge with my bare finger as I flipped the sandwich. I immediately realized what I'd done since I'd put a second- degree burn on that finger, but I needed to finish my lunch. And sure enough,
criminalsunrise 8y ago When I was much younger I used to bite down a bit on a glass when I was drinking it and one day I bit through it and cut my mouth. A few weeks later I was out with my parents for dinner and they were telling some friends about what I did and I said it was like this and bit down on the glass breaking it and cutting my mouth again! 597 ...
 8y ago My grandfather had a good story about this. Не was working on assembly line at General Motors. A guy working a machine nearby damaged his finger real bad; spent several hours getting it patched up, was back on the job later that day or maybe the next day. My grandfather asked him what had happened, so the guy showed him and - you guessed it --he screwed up his finger all over again. - 2.3K ...
SewerShower 8y ago Edited 8y ago My friend's dad was dying of terminal cancer, and decided to marry his girlfriend before he died. When talking to said friend, to her extreme distress, I accidentally called the wedding a funeral. Realising my mistake, I tried to correct myself by saying Oh god I'm sorry I meant funeral! | called it a funeral twice. Not good
willsketchforsheep 8y ago Edited 8y ago Oh boy. Once a new kid came to my gifted class for the first trip, and we were in the gym for recess. So my friend and I had been playing with the ball, and she accidentally kicked it into his face. She apologized and we moved on. I grabbed the ball a few moments later and told her ,Don't kick it like that, kick it like this! Before immediately punting it straight into his face again. The shame was unreal.
JingoKhanDetective 8y ago Edited 8y ago My dad worked at a gas station in his teens. Не cleaned a glass door so well that when he was done, he turned to pick up his bucket, turned back to the door and stepped right through the glass. They docked his wages to pay for it. After the new glass was installed, my dad decided to clean the installer's fingerprints off the glass. When he was done, he turned to pick up his bucket... - 5.6K ...
 8y ago e Edited 8y ago Reaching for a friend's shoulder, she happened to twist at the same time and I got a handful of boob. Shocked, I reached with the other hand to apologize, and reacting to the boob grab, she twisted again. I got another handful of boob! - 5K ...
Hippopotasaurus_rex 8y ago So I was asked by a family that lived down the road to look after their assorted chickens/ ducks while they were away for a few days. All I had to do was feed the chickens, change their water and turn a tap on for a few minutes to top up the tiny duck pool. Fine, no probs, easy - except I didnt turn the tap off. I realized about 6 hrs later, got over there as quickly as I could and was witness to a scene of complete chaos. the garden was totally flooded, which the ducks were
AutumnKnight . 8y ago Church league softball. | go up to bat, pitcher says some kind of cute joke, I laugh. Не tosses the ball and I smash it right to him hitting him the gut. I don't even run, I just apologize. I would hit him 2 more times just the same way. I've never played baseball, I don't know how I'm doing this. I'm pretty sure he thinks | was trying to kill him. 4 ...

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