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10 Home-Improvement Great Goofs

Clever. Entertaining. Original. Check out our Great Goofs™, where do-it-yourselfers share their biggest blunders.

From The Family Handyman

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Between Hornets And A Hard Place
by Albert F. Reed
September 2006
Hornets had built a good-size nest in our porch light, so I rounded up a can of insecticide and a large cloth and waited until dark, when the pests would be in their hive. That night I quickly wrapped the cloth around the light fixture to keep all the angry, buzzing hornets inside. But when I tried to grab the can of spray at my feet, I realized I couldn't reach down that far without letting go of the cloth-the only thing between me and an irate colony of stingers. Was I stuck! Fortunately, it was summer and the windows were open. After I gave a few desperate yells, my wife came and rescued me from my potentially painful pickle.

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Well, after reading about sealing the cell phone inside the wall, this reminds me of the story that my brother loves to tell. This one tops the cell phone. He was helping a friend finish a basement and after coming back from lunch, they could hear the distinct muffled sounds of the family cat meowing from inside the wall. Only took two holes in the newly hung drywall to find one slightly dusty cat, who finished her nap upstairs.

By Steve, on 2009-09-07 21:55:14.203

Curious that most of these goofs, especially the really dumb ones, are from men.

By Marla, on 2009-08-23 12:41:41.907

Why didn't the wife climb down the ladder to get to the first floor?

By Paul, on 2009-08-22 09:19:35.98

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