Oh right, we've all sinned, therefore no one gets to cast stones.

Well, we here at the Daily Record feel the same way about acts of stupidity.

Everyone has done something that makes those around them question how far removed from an amoebae they really are. And since we're all swimming around the same pool of sub-cerebral sludge, who are we to judge extreme acts of idiocy?

So, instead we'll celebrate those moments that make Darwin cringe about the future of our species.

Like, for instance, the time I left a plastic bag of frozen beans to melt on top of a stove burner. Or, for instance, the time I left a plastic bag of frozen broccoli to melt on top of a stove burner. Or, maybe the time I left a plastic grocery bag to melt on top of scented candle (note, apple cinnamon and burning plastic are not a pleasant combination).

You get the point.

To kick off the celebration, we asked members of our Teen Takeover staff members to share the dumbest thing they've ever done.

Read their responses here, then share your own stories of stupidity.
-- Susan Jennings

Just this past Labor Day my family and I were having dinner with my friend and her family. We were eating potato salad and assorted picnic food out on my friend's porch. To get outside, you must walk through a screen door.
So, I was walking in to get water when suddenly I felt the screen burn my nose.
I had run right into the screen door.
After recovering, I walked back outside and went on to drink my water.
In my already flustered state, I walked toward the door and slammed my face right into the screen door for the second time in an hour.
This time, my arm had ripped a large slit into the screen.
Needless to say, I won't be living it down anytime soon.
-- By MORGEN SNOWADZKY, Central York High School

One of the dumbest things I ever did involved electricity and me. And a set of Christmas lights in June.
The first summer my parents allowed me to stay alone without a babysitter was amazing. I explored parts of my house I normally didn't see, opening random cabinets and exploring dusty drawers.
I had never opened the cabinets in the laundry room before and when I did I found the most exciting thing of the day: A set of red, white and blue Christmas lights.
I dragged them into my kitchen and plugged them in. They worked! I called my sister out to the kitchen and swung the still-plugged-in lights around like a jump rope for her to hop over.
After a few swings, we heard a crack. Blue plastic fragments were everywhere. I located the bulb that broke.
What did I do next? Well I touched the glowing wires, of course. It made my finger tingle.
I laughed and showed my sister by touching it again. This time, my whole hand tingled. Then, I touched it with my thumb a third time. This time it hurt.
I ran screaming to the bathroom and put my thumb under the water. My whole arm was numb and shaking.
I guess the third time's the charm.
-- By MEGAN SNYDER, Eastern York High School

The dumbest thing I've ever done is drink five Monster Energy drinks at once.
I was at the York ice-skating rink and my friends wanted me to drink them and I was super thirsty, so I drank them.
I'm a naturally hyper person, so you mix energy with energy and you get more energy.
I was shaking really bad when I slept over at my friend's house afterward. I was really excited to go outside and be super wild. The downside is that I could have seriously damaged my health. (Don't try this at home, kids.)
The plus side was, I had a lot of fun.
-- By ALICIA MILLER, West York Area High School

One of the dumbest things I've ever done is hit my head.
I am notorious for hitting my head. For example, it was the other week at my volleyball tournament when we were warming up on the steps. We were going up the steps sideways and I had almost made it to the stop when I nailed my head on a pole attached to the wall.
Another instance when I whacked my head was while swimming. I was standing in the shallow end of the pool when I decided to do a backflip. I started to do the backflip when I hit my face on the bottom of the pool.
Needless to say, I had a headache for several days. The number of times I have hit my head or been hit in the head during a dumb activity is countless.
-- By LAURA DETTER, Susquehannock High School

The dumbest thing I've ever done is trying to conform to be like everyone else.
I tried so hard to be like everyone else because I thought that I'd blend in. I bought the clothes that everyone had. Styled my hair like everyone else, all because I wanted to blend in.
This was stupid because why would I want to become friends with people who didn't like me for the right reasons?
Why would I befriend people who didn't like me for me, but for the things I own?
That's not friendship, that's stupidity.
But, we all make dumb decisions and do dumb things.
The important thing is that we learn from these things and move on, no matter how big. No matter how small.
-- By MELISSA COLON, Central York High School

One of the dumbest things I've ever done is pitching a baseball to my brother.
After one of his baseball games, our mom was talking to my brother's coach. Nick convinced me to throw him a pitch. I was about 7, and I didn't have a baseball glove.
He finally got me to throw him a pitch. I threw it in, and promptly got a baseball right in the stomach.
-- By GABE RYAN, home-schooled

I accidentally went through a red light at a busy four-way intersection.
The cars in the left lane next to me started to go, but they had a green arrow. I wasn't paying attention, so when I saw the cars next to me go, I went, too.
I had no idea that my light was still red until I had already pulled out into the intersection and cars were coming at me.
-- By ANDREW PATTERSON, Susquehannock High School

One of the dumbest things I've ever done is to put True Lemon into a cup of milk.
For some reason, I thought that because there were other fruit flavors of milk (strawberry), lemon milk would be good, too.
Needless to say, it tasted sour.
-- By ANDY RUSER, Dallastown Area High School

One of the dumbest things I've ever done is put a loaf of bread in the microwave.
The old loaf of bread had run out, so I got a new one out of the freezer.
My mother told me to put the bread in the toaster, since I only needed a couple slices. However, for whatever reason, in my mind I frequently get the word "microwave" confused with the word "toaster," so I put the entire loaf, still in the wrapper, into the microwave.
About 15 seconds later, the metal twist keeping the loaf closed had caught fire. I called my mom and she quickly put it out.
-- By RYAN RUSER, Dallastown Area High School

One of the dumbest things I have ever done is when I walked outside in the grass without shoes on and stepped on a bug.
The bug was unfamiliar to me, but it did have a stinger that went into my foot and hurt very badly.
When I looked at my foot, I saw the stinger and the bug's insides attached to the stinger. I then flicked the stinger off and went inside and looked at my foot.
I was angry about the sting, but I was disappointed that I could not find the remains of the bug.
-- By SCOTT MOKRIS, home-schooled

I was home by myself one day after school when a person stopped by to fix our furniture.
I didn't know what my mom wanted done, so I called to ask and took the phone outside where the person was waiting.
Little did I know the door would lock behind me.
I had to get my mom back on the phone and tell her to leave work to come let me and the furniture employee into the house. The experience was most certainly one of my dumbest.
-- By OLIVIA PURTELL, West York Middle School

Three years ago my mom, sister and I went to see the Carrie Underwood concert at the York Fair. We had fourth-row seats and a perfect view of the stage.
As the opening act was performing, I decided I needed to go to the bathroom. My mom and I had left our seats and walked over. But when we came back, it was impossible to get back to our amazing seats.
My mom decided to find a new seat higher in the stands while I crawled over tons of people and got back to my seat. I felt awful for my mom the entire night.
-- By KATELYN SWADE, Susquehannock High School

The dumbest thing I've ever done happened a few years ago and scarred me for life.
I decided to venture out into the open blue adorned with oversized scuba gear to attempt a somewhat shallow (25 foot) dive.
Not only was I uncomfortable in the first place and doubting my amateur skills (three hours of practice hardly makes an expert), but I ignored my instincts and had a go anyway.
As a result, my regulator fell out of my mouth, I subsequently tried to catch my breath under water, panicked and nearly drowned.
Note to self: next time, go snorkeling.
-- By ERIN HOLBERG, York Catholic High School

One time I let myself get locked out of my house on my deck.
I was about 12 and my friend and I were on our deck and we were doing something. I don't remember what.
Well, my mom was going to the grocery store and she walked over to the deck and locked the door. I heard the click and thought she was joking so I didn't say anything until 15 minutes later when it started pouring and a tree fell across the street.
We thought that we were going to die. My mom finally came home after the partial hurricane ended.
So, technically that would have to be the dumbest thing my mom ever did.
-- By KAYLA STRAYER, Dover Area High School

One of the dumbest things I've ever done was at a doctor's visit. It was my well visit when I turned 13.
My doctor asked me what I liked to eat. Now, I'm a good eater. I always eat my vegetables. But I decided to answer with what my favorite food was.
"I like to eat meat. Meat sandwiches."
Well, she looked at me like I was a caveman.
My parents still make fun of me for it.
-- By KELSEY KIERCE, Central York High School

The university is right in the midst of Music City, USA, so there is always something going on around Vanderbilt. In fact, my dad wants me to attend school there, just so he can visit Nashville.

With Vanderbilt University's 10 schools, it has something for just about everyone. The Peabody College, Owen Graduate School of Management, and Blair School of Music are just a few of Vanderbilt's prestigious institutions. Vanderbilt has also had several Nobel Laureates.

Location: Nashville, Tenn.

Campus: Urban campus

Number of undergraduates: 6,637

Most popular majors: Social Sciences, engineering, foreign languages and literature, interdisciplinary studies

Degrees offered: Bachelor's, master's, doctoral, first professional

Web site: www.vanderbilt.edu

Tuition: $38,578

Athletics: NCAA, Div. I

Team name: Commodores

SAT score range: Critical Reading- 650-740, Math- 680-760, Writing- 650-730,

ACT Composite score range: 30-33

Public/Private: Private

Acceptance rate: 25 percent

Retention rate: 97 percent

Sources: www.collegeboard.com and www.vanderbilt.edu

-By Scott Mokris, Homeschooled

Paper folding, also know as origami, can trace its origins as early as the sixth century in Japan. One of the most recognizable figures is a swan. Here is how to make one:

1. Take a square piece of paper. For beginners, the bigger the square, the better. Lay the side you want showing face down on a hard, flat surface.

2. Fold the paper in half like a card. Unfold, and fold in the other direction. The creases should look like a plus sign. Fold the paper diagonally both ways. The creases now should look like an asterisk. Lay the paper flat and unfolded on the table.

4. Next, fold the paper on the center crease to create a single right triangle.

5. Pinch the middle of the center fold with your thumb and index finger. Use the index finger on the other hand to push up on the center fold in front of where you are pinching. This should make the thin part of your triangle point straight up in the air. Push it flat against your thumb and index. If you look at this from the front, it should look like an upside-down kite.

6. Press the wide part of the "kite" into your fingers until it starts to fold in on itself. You should now be able to pinch it closed using your thumb and index. (Some people might need to inch their fingers up just a bit.) You've now created the swan's neck. Make its head by folding down the top of the neck. Continue to play with the fold until the head takes shape.

7. The back part, the base, of the triangle is the wings. While still pinching the middle, fold the wings down. The farther you fold, the bigger the wings will be.

8. Finally, take the right corner of the triangle, now located below the wings, and push it up into the swan to give the swan a slightly curved look.

Congratulations! You've created a swan. If you don't like the way this first one came out, make another. You'll get better with practice. Once you've mastered the skill, try making swans of different sizes and colors.

-- MEGAN SNYDER, Eastern York High School

Did you like origami? Check out the Teen Takeover blog for more how-to's on other origami figures at www.yorkblog.com/teentakeover.

I have discovered that this wonderful month stands for two things: No Shave November and National Novel Writing Month. No Shave November is pretty self-explanatory.

National Novel Writing Month is when aspiring, young authors write a novel from Nov. 1-30. The goal is to write a finished novel of at least 175 pages (For more information, go to nanowrimo.org).

Hopefully by the time December rolls around, I will be a hairy man with a novel under his belt.

One thing that I noticed recently is that I watch most of my favorite shows on DVD, rather than on TV.

Two of my favorites, "Arrested Development" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus," were canceled, while "Flight of the Conchords" is on a channel my family does not pay for and I wanted to catch up on the earlier episodes of It's "Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

It's also fun to look for cheap deals at Target or bring the DVD's to a friend's house. Sometimes it's just good to know that I can watch my favorite shows whenever I want to.

A lot of people claim that these three movies are some of the best ever conceived, and I must say I have trouble disagreeing.

They are not necessarily my absolute favorites, but let's just say they are all really good and worth seeing for yourself.

Both times, I spent at least three hours there. I love being surrounded by books. I love getting to walk a few yards and have the books change from literary classics to political commentary.

Maybe this all roots back to my love of reading, but I think it's a fabulous place even if you don't read that often. My friends mock me for being able to stay silent for three hours, just buzzing from book to book like a bee.

I just can't help myself, I feel completely at peace reading about the political climate of the sixties, renaissance queens, the fall of Edie Sedgwick, and the musical genius that was the Beatles. The atmosphere of a Borders is reason enough to go.

It smells like a mixture of fresh toner and black coffee. There are college kids sipping caffeine in the cafe, old men playing chess, little kids begging for picture books, and people carefully examining tall shelves of books.

If there is a utopia for everyone, I've found mine, and it is Borders.

In today's world, teens are in an ongoing struggle to maintain grades, friendships and juggle as many activities as they can fit into their schedule. Apparently, it has become unacceptable to be anything less than perfect.

From personal experience, I can testify that there are many days when I don't get to start working on homework until 9 at night because I've been on-the-go since waking up at 6 that morning. Society has developed the unspoken idea that everything must be done as fast and efficiently as possible. While this might be ideal when it comes to fast food and texting, this way of thinking only leaves teens feeling burnt out.

A combination of pressure from both parents and peers to compete both academically and athletically can only add to the stress, which accumulates over time. Now, more than ever, kids are being pushed to excel and expand their knowledge and skills in numerous areas of expertise. Teens have become so goal-oriented that, at times, it seems their only drive is to beat their peers in as many things as possible.

More often than not, teenagers lose sight of realistic goals and instead, extra stress is added because we fail to live up to an impossible standard. But what happens when the pressure becomes too much to handle? Often, breakdowns and rebellion can be associated with the idea that teenagers are simply overworked and are looking for an outlet in which to find comfort.

At the end of the day, the solution to this stress is to just step back and take a break from it all. Watch a little TV, update your Facebook profile, eat some carbs. After all, being a teenager should not only be about growing up and taking on responsibility but also having fun.

Unfortunately, this idea is often forgotten when it comes to trying to plan out your future. Although prepping for a higher education and a successful career should take precedence over watching the latest episode of "Gossip Girl," the reality is that everyone has limits. The question then becomes, how does one find a happy medium between their breaking point and success?

-- By MADISON SUMMERS, Susquehannock High School