16 People In Over Their Heads

Ambition, optimism, and positive thinking are usually the sort of things we try to foster in ourselves. You can't climb mountains if you don't reach up, right? Where would we be if the Wright brothers hadn't tried to fly, or if JFK hadn't aspired to put men on the moon? Great things can come from ambition – but it can also lead us astray.

It doesn't take much to get in over your head. We've all been there. But you have to wonder sometimes when you see someone in a pickle that should have been easily avoided. All the signs were there, right? How do these things happen?!

1. Because it's so hard to copy the names of candy bars onto a menu.

I know what it's supposed to be, I'm still not ordering a Sickers bar.

2. One of these things is not like the other.

Okay, I would totally make that mistake.

3. Whoever is in charge of fixing this door hasn't gotten the message.

First come the memes, then come the torches and pitchforks.

4. What happens in 15 minutes?

Because if he's waiting for the water to go down, he might want to find another route instead.

5. One day we might possess the technology to grow a jelly bean tree.

One day.

6. That note was the definition of optimism.

What's your next play, Home Depot?

7. What could possibly go wrong?

8. Hope you want lots of pictures of the sky. Without clouds. Or the sun.

9. You don't put up a note like that if it hasn't been tried before. Many times.

10. Whether she didn't see the multiple signs or just didn't care, that looks like a pricey dry-cleaning bill.

11. It had to be a Hummer, of course.

Because signs don't apply to Hummers.

12. It's all about the angles – until it's all about reality.

13. A quick, effective illustration of why you don't park in front of a hydrant.

14. Nobody plans to fail, they fail to plan.

15. Ya gotta dream big!

16. Might want to go easier cranking the ol' ignition next time.