Proudest Mundane Achievement

[David Guiza]

Having just volleyed some scrap paper into the confidential waste bag across the other side of the room, in a suit and brogues (incredible effort), I wondered whether anybody else had any utterly mundane achievements that they are far too proud of all things considered.

 

Other pathetic notable achievements that spring to memory consist of:-

 

1. Scoring 750* with Tendulkar on Brian Lara Cricket 2005.

2. Throwing a tinfoil ball down the top of a girl during a lesson of Business Studies, from the other end of the classroom. No shame.  

3. Winning the Inter-form Football Tournament in all three years at Anstey Martin School. @J.Lisemore staring in the victories also. 

[Carl the Llama]

I once did a poo that emerged out of the water and back over on itself and nearly touched the bottom of the porcelain with both ends.

[TiffToff88]

6 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

I once did a poo that emerged out of the water and back over on itself and nearly touched the bottom of the porcelain with both ends.

Poor effort. Come back when you actually do it!

[StanSP]

can't remember what the actual score was but after hours playing Roberto Baggio's free kick game I must have achieved something mildly respectable. 

[TiffToff88]

My achievement: It's supposedly impossible to lick your own elbow, but i can do it.

 

I can also wrap my right arm round the back of my neck, around the front, and touch my right ear (Quite hard to explain it but looks pretty impressive)

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Ran across the 3 red balls from total Wipeout in an imitation inflatable course here in the UK. OK, they weren't as tall as the ones from the actual Total wipeout course but didn't see anyone else making it across.

[Captain...]

Walking along the Thames path with a tennis ball, throwing it forwards with back spin so it would bounce back towards me and catch it. I realised I had spooned the throw and would most likely lose the ball in the river, so I nonchalantly volleyed it away from the river, it flew in front of a jogger, hit the lip of the wall so it bounced up and looped back over the jogger's head and landed perfectly in my hand with out breaking stride, and I proceeded to back spin bounce it the rest of the walk. My mate said it was the coolest thing I'd ever done, and he was right.

[AKCJ]

15 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

I once did a poo that emerged out of the water and back over on itself and nearly touched the bottom of the porcelain with both ends.

I once did a poo that flushed itself.

[yorkie1999]

Gaining my BAGA level 5 gymnastic award whilst at school, still got the cert.

[StanSP]

22 minutes ago, Captain... said:

Walking along the Thames path with a tennis ball, throwing it forwards with back spin so it would bounce back towards me and catch it. I realised I had spooned the throw and would most likely lose the ball in the river, so I nonchalantly volleyed it away from the river, it flew in front of a jogger, hit the lip of the wall so it bounced up and looped back over the jogger's head and landed perfectly in my hand with out breaking stride, and I proceeded to back spin bounce it the rest of the walk. My mate said it was the coolest thing I'd ever done, and he was right.

would have been cooler if it hit the lip of the jogger and back to you.

[Izzy]

I once changed a flat tyre on my car on the hard shoulder of the M1. At 6.00am in the dark and pissing rain with lorries driving past me at close quarter. Not being very practical or good at things like this, I was incredibly proud of myself. I think the fact I was also giving my new girlfriend at the time a lift to work also had something to do with it.

[Captain...]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

would have been cooler if it hit the lip of the jogger and back to you.

I would have felt bad doing that, I skimmed a stone and hit a duck once, I feel bad about it, but also kinda proud.

[James.]

Extremely long Excel formulae regularly make me incredibly proud.

[boots60]

I held the highest score on the space invaders in my local in the early 80's. Then along came galaxians & asteroids, it got all too complicated so I retired from playing for good.

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, Captain... said:

I would have felt bad doing that, I skimmed a stone and hit a duck once, I feel bad about it, but also kinda proud.

[VLC86]

I once ruined a geeks science experiment to see how fast a cube of sugar dissolved by throwing another cube of sugar across the classroom and landing in his test tube. Best, day, ever.

[Benguin]

I once lit a fart and got a third of a back, sack and crack.

[Jon the Hat]

11 minutes ago, James. said:

Extremely long Excel formulae regularly make me incredibly proud.

I like short ones.  Much more efficient.

[Jon the Hat]

I don't do mundane.

[CosbehFox]

One evening back when I house shared in the leafy suburb of Harborne, I was cooking my dinner (being the only one of three who actually cooked). The oven wasn't the best and the hobs were falling to pieces. To each hob there was a silver piece of metal which sat between the dial and hob. As I attempted to turn the hob, this silver piece of metal dropped inside the oven door itself and the hob fell off complete. 

 

Now this silver piece of metal was essential to operate the hob as it gripped against the squared metal operator. Basically there was now no way of turning the hob. 

 

I then proceeded to spend the next hour, taking part the oven door turning solely screwdrivers to find the silver piece of metal and save myself a small fortune. 

 

The pride of the moment over-rode the average dinner I consumed ninety minutes later than anticipated. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, David Guiza said:

Having just volleyed some scrap paper into the confidential waste bag across the other side of the room, in a suit and brogues (incredible effort), I wondered whether anybody else had any utterly mundane achievements that they are far too proud of all things considered.

 

Other pathetic notable achievements that spring to memory consist of:-

 

1. Scoring 750* with Tendulkar on Brian Lara Cricket 2005.

2. Throwing a tinfoil ball down the top of a girl during a lesson of Business Studies, from the other end of the classroom. No shame.  

3. Winning the Inter-form Football Tournament in all three years at Anstey Martin School. @J.Lisemore staring in the victories also. 

I also won an inter form football tournament at anstey martins. Would have been our top scorer but a classmate touched what would have been my 2nd goal in the final on the goaline to leave us level. Would have been in 1994. 

 

I also came top of the badminton league in PE in the same year.

[bovril]

Killed a moth with a tennis ball from about 5 yards away.

[StanSP]

27 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

I like short ones.  Much more efficient.

 

21 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

I don't do mundane.

the irony of these 2 posts  

[davieG]

Winning the Dad's 100 yard dash at my kids sports day. I didn't even know I could run 100yds never mind faster than all the other Dads

[notnow john]

1 hour ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

I once changed a flat tyre on my car on the hard shoulder of the M1. At 6.00am in the dark and pissing rain with lorries driving past me at close quarter. Not being very practical or good at things like this, I was incredibly proud of myself. I think the fact I was also giving my new girlfriend at the time a lift to work also had something to do with it.

That's not mundane, that could become an extreme sport.

Respect!