hairy legs
when i were a student, i was on a night out at the union whereupon i met a mate of mine. we drank lots. at some point during that night, i was bet £20 to shave my legs.

so next morning, i wakes up, remembers the bet, and still drunk from the day before, shaves 'em. hardly cut my legs at all, and it took fecking ages, too. but, eventually, i had smooth silky legs.

so i wander into the union to claim my bet, at which point i realise that i had no idea who i'd made the bet with. at all. i'd shaved my legs for no gain whatsoever. and because i was asking people 'was it you that bet me i wouldn't shave my legs last night?' now everyone knew i'd shaved my legs.

there was an unintended pay-off, though - it appears that women were very curious about my shaved legs. so curious, in fact, i kept shaving them for several years. i only stopped because a long-term girlfriend (now my wife) complained about the stubble, and when i let the hair grow back she seemed to like that even more...

so i guess it wasn't so much a stupid dare as a stupid person doing a dare in my case. oh, well.
(blades is looking for a brain, any brain, at, Fri 2 Nov 2007, 12:02, Reply)