Seems to me that we make some of our dumbest moves when we have absolutely no intention of doing anything to make anyone laugh. In fact the more serious our intention the funnier the 'incident'.

Certainly I have performed some of my best screw-ups when not bothering to read  instructions on bottles, jars, packets and boxes.  Nowadays this is because I am not wearing my glasses, and having to hold up what I am about to do by going to find them is ....well, its just not an option.

I can't think how many times, moments before leaving for work or to socialise,  I have given my hair a decent and thorough spray with underarm deodorant -  and vice verse  -  glued my armpits up by mistakenly using hairspray.

However, I am not alone.....

My grandmother bless her heart, hated wearing her spectacles, claimed they made her 'feel old'.  She managed to use bleach instead of vinegar in a potato salad, do an entire 'bake-up' for my school fete using salt instead of sugar, and ruined a perfectly good roast by attempting to thicken the gravy with bi-carbonated soda instead of cornflour.

But we can't always blame our lack of eyesight or mislaid specs for those times when we choose to dice with danger by not reading labels or heeding to  'how to'  instructions.

Have you noticed just how often we really take little or no time at all to read labels or go over 'given instructions'.  Why is it that we have this built in and almost natural tendency to believe that we do not need to read labels or instructions?

A big warm fuzzy hug and welcome to all my friends from the 'Who the Heck Needs to Read or Check Labels or Instructions Club'

Example #1 - Two green cans - not wearing glasses, picks up the wrong green can:

Lorna moves in to take care of her mothers house while she is overseas.  No problem there, all goes well,  she does a thorough clean of house before her mothers scheduled return later that day.  Lorna puts her gear  in car, does a quick last minute check that all is orderly, fresh and clean and proceeds to walk down the passage way towards the garage spraying air-freshener by waving can from side to side behind her.

Mother arrives home, calls Lorna concerned as to why there is shaving cream all over the walls, paintings, pictures and floor of the passage way. Now having actually come across the 10 Alternatives For Shaving Cream,  I can tell you this was not one of them.

Example #2 - After I returned from doing the weekly grocery shop, Man of our house, in hurry to tuck into a fresh fruit salad  - not wearing glasses and barely able to make out the word 'Creamy' on a container:

Grabs the tub of Creamy Body Lotion and pours it all over the fruit salad.

Example #3 - Lets not read the instructions on the 90 second Rice packet. This meant that - no! the packet was not torn open slightly prior to cooking and predictably 'exploded' in the microwave.

So onward, upward, with or without our glasses (if we need them), ignoring the need for checking labels or reading instructions - ever forward we march merrily into our next .........stuff up!

Now,.....let me see!!!!

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