I failed to tell the time.
When I was a nipper I was something of the rebellious sort, and refused to do any maths work. This was primary school, mind.

OK, it wasn't really rebelliousness, it was just that you can only do "4 x 3" so many times before feeling the desire to murder people. So I just refused to do it. The problem is that the teachers thought I was just stupid, and gave me more maths work to do, and then threatened that I would be taken down a year. Yes, I nearly failed primary school.

I also couldn't tell the time. Again, it wasn't really that I wasn't capable of it, I just couldn't be bothered to learn. I mean: what was the point? We all had digital watches, where you can just read the time. Why would I ever need an analog clock?

And so I had to spend an hour or so in the Headmistresses office periodically telling her the time - every quarter of an hour in fact. Surprisingly enough it wasn't all that difficult.

Much much later, I also failed to break up with a girl. I tried my hardest, I really did... she just didn't believe me when I said I wanted shot of her (and in hindsight doing it on the phone probably wasn't the best option). In the end, I had to do it publically, just so that I had witnesses.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Mon 8 Jan 2007, 9:47, Reply)