We’ve all made mistakes. Not voting is a mistake. To learn why, read Jarred’s feature on page 18 You might make some mistakes while you’re at uni. Chelle’s feature on page 27 may help you avoid a few of them. But no matter what you’ve done, at least you will probably never put the kettle in the microwave, unlike a certain member of the Critic team.
Here are some of our most shameful moments...
Hugh: I once decided to paint the interiors walls with ceiling paint and the ceiling with wall paint. Was a costly mistake.
Lucy: I had a years-long hatred of can openers because no matter how much I spent on them they kept breaking. I blamed the design, my flatmates, capitalism . . . then one day I saw someone opening a beer with the bottle opener on the handle. I knew you could open beers with them, but I’d been using the blades at the business end. It was me breaking the can openers the whole time.
Natasha: Trying hair removal at home. Lacking nerves of steel, I just kept applying the hot wax-to sensitive areas-but couldn’t bring myself to rip it off. Essentially I ended up with what could've been a very effective chasity belt made out of hair removal wax.
Laura: While on my learners license I decided it would be a fantastic idea to teach my friend to drive in my mothers car. Together, we managed to take out the front gate and put scratches all up the side of the car.
Ceri: Postgrad.
Joe: A long time ago, with none of the life experiences I have accumulated in the last five years at university, I was told to boil some water by my flatmate. The kettle was not working so I decided to take the kettle (full of water) and put it in the microwave to boil it. It effectively destroyed everything, including my dignity and self-respect… There, it’s eternally out in the open.
Joel: When I was 14 I dyed my hair jet black. Wasn’t emo, just thought it made me look cool. When I got sick of it I shaved my head bald. Kids at school kept asking me whether I was a goth or a neo-nazi.