"One of the games Dad and his siblings used to entertain themselves with involved throwing stale biscuits to the stray hounds loitering around, and then throwing a rock to see if the dog would eat it. The really smart dogs had to be given several pieces of biscuit before they would fall for the rock trick. The dumb ones would try to eat the rock after only one biscuit. And thus was born the term "one biscuit hound."
I never knew what *I* was until I read Biscuit's definition (FYI: I'm not blonde. So don't go there.)
To prove it and amaze you with my lack of deductive skills, I offer you the following:
As you know, last weekend I was on a trek to Jamestown, TN when I saw the sign and it all flooded back to me. I can be downright stupid. My current girl calls me "book smart." Whatever.
Back during my time with the ex, we were on the same trip up to JAMESTOWN. We saw the sign below and I wondered aloud where Estown might be.
She pointed out to me that the J was missing and so was the M. I think a "duh" would be appropriate here.
Go over to Biscuit's place and find one of my favorite posts her titled "On Being Me." It STILL cracks me up to think about it.
Do anything dumb lately? Please. Make me feel better.
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Hmmm, I'm always doing dumb things so don't feel bad at all. It's not because I'm dumb, it's because I have 'dumb luck'. Maybe bad Karma, I don't know. My husband is quick to tell me "You have the worst luck!" (not very uplifting lol).
I can't think of anything recent, but I'll tell you something common. If I go into the freezer room and the light is on when I get there, I still pull the cord to 'turn it on', and feel stupid when I am there in pitch dark. Then I sometimes do that on the way out. "Turn it on" as I am leaving... **bonks head**
what gets me is that i thought the sign was pointing to the pole!
i guess im a "no biscuit doggy"
Not enough room to tell of my stupidity...LOL!
It does sound like fun to throw rocks at hounds though. Where can I sign up? (It's a joke PETA people...back off...)
I'm in our downstairs bathroom shower, which is different because I usually take my showers upstairs. We're not building rockets here, just taking a simple shower- when I notice a device hanging from the showerhead pipe. It looks like it holds liquid soap or something. Being a guy, I pressed the only button on the thing to see what would happen. I get maced directly in the eyes with a stream of burning liguid! This thing is pumping the liquid out, racheting like a sprinkler spraying the entire shower stall. I get the stuff out of my eyes with a towel, and go upstairs to ask my wife what the hell that thing is! An automatic shower cleaner, of course- why do you ask? Through reddened eyes, I explain what happened- to which she proceeded to laugh and point at you-know-who for longer than necessary....
If it makes you feel better I probably would have done the same thing. Mind you, when I go to Jersey and see the signs for Egg harbor, I have visions of hard boiled eggs bobbing up and down in the atlantic.
Jackie: Funny how we are creatures of habit like that. Certainly something I would do. We best not go to the freezer room together!
Jay: Meet me at A ESTOWN~ it's right there by the pole! ;)
Rock: Oh come on! Just one tale of stupidity???? (stop throwing rocks at me!)
Buffalo: THAT one had me laughing out loud. At least you were clean?
Mistress: Let's go on a road trip! I love boiled eggs!
There's one total Biscuit moment that I never blogged because of my husband. I'll have to share that one with you:)
That damn mushroom is still sitting there. Taunting me. My friends take pictures of mushrooms on their cellphones and text them to me. I will never live it down.
Thank you for the mention. I'm so proud when others can get in touch with their Biscuit-ness!
Now see, reading your description about how the sign was missing an M and a J, my first thought was "Majestown is a stupid name for a city." I guess You could call me "booksmart", too.
okay, it involves a little bit of alcohol, and a lot of sleepiness....
i put handsoap (in the pump) on my toothbrush, and brushed my teeth.
my toothbrush still tastes a little like brown sugar and vanilla soap.
feel better?
Biscuit: Blame the mushroom.
Michelle: Good to have booksmart friends. They make you feel better. Wanna go to Majestown with me? ROADTRIP!
Diva: I like you even more now that I know you use brown sugar and vanilla handsoap! I feel a *little* better.
"Book smart" - yep, that's me too. Too much education, not enough common sense. We could be sisters, sistah.
I also prefer vanilla brown sugar soap. And hand sanitizer. And lotion. And candles. Hmmm. (Obsessive? Me? Noooo)
Wow, you are stupid. ; ) Cheers!!
OUCH!! Who threw that rock???
Do anything dumb lately? I suspect if I didn't I wouldn't have much of a blog.... ;-)
Loved the One Biscuit Hound revelation. Interesting blog. Is there a prize for the dumbest act?
Mine was raising my hand when asked if anyone was an experienced rider at a Trail Ride excursion last weekend.
That got me 3 hours on the most ornery horse on planet Earth.
Never volunteer!
I'm not stupid..I'm just naive..i like trusting people.
once i worked with this really smart assed woman..
and she came over and said to me ..
" did you know that gullible isnt in the dictionary?"
and i said..
" really?"
i still kick myself over that one
Bunny: Nice to meetcha my Booksmart Sistah!
Matt: Stop laughing at the dumb girls. You'll never get any pussy that way! ;)
Dana: I dunno...but they're throwin' them at me, too!
Art: Ouch. I'll take the old mare anyday. Smooth and slow..that's my style!
Cynnie: My uncle did that to me when I was about 21. Even got out the dictionary to prove him wrong. Please, kick me, too.
you mean like re reading that because I didnt get it at first...I was like " jam eston..whats that?
Sadly I would probably eat the rock if it were thrown first if I saw a biscuit being thrown for another dog! I do dumb stuff every day! At least I'm blonde so I have an excuse.LOL!
Saw you over at Matt's. I've enjoyed reading through some of your posts.
Stupid? yeah I'm no stranger to doing stupid things. Like putting 45 sheets of twelve foot long sheetrock into a 8' single axel trailer. Somehow my friend and I seemed to think it was a good idea at the time. One word comes to mind, "MORON".
I posted a story about another one of my 'brighter' moments back in Oct. So at the risk of sounding like I'm trying to pimp my site, if you want to read about it, it's titled "Tastes Like Chicken".
Thanks
I can't think of anything lately but I know there has to have been something!
I call them brain farts.
LOL...I do stupid things every day!
Once, getting up in the middle of the night and not being able to find the light switch....thinking I was someplace else! That was really freaky!
Peace
I bent down to pick up my heel and hit the wall with my head. Um, I had kicked my heels off and one was lying by the wall. OWWW...now that was stupid. Ha.
Shoot when I first moved here I drove all over Hell trying to find "MADISON" AVE- I passed "ADISON" like 5 x before I realized the darn "M" was missing! Go figure!
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