Stupidity
What is the most ridiculously stupid thing you've ever done, e.g. being told not to do something because it's dangerous, so then proceeding to do it when dad's back's turned.

I was once told not to let go of a rope swing, so I did, purely because I was told not to and wanted to see what would actually happen. The result however was maybe not so dumb: I learnt never to do it again. Thus, the key to human and humanity's development is to do stupid things, just the once. Except for The Bomb of course, which was dropped twice (and counting).

As a friend of a friend of mine once said, when asked why people would go round fighting each other - "Because the human race is severely disappointing". I believe that this comment can be applied with ease to any situation / social problem in the world today.
(And I don't agree with that in the workplace, Fri 23 Jan 2004, 16:18, Reply)