I do stupid things all the time, like running past my 60 friends in instances and aggroing 40 mobs.
But I was attempting to do the quest the naga city where you get the details on the stones by rubbing them. I managed to kill most of the naga and get the rubbings after like 50 minutes of missing one and running back and forth. So I head to the sea to find the gnome pilot who will take the drawings back to IF. I try swimming and find that there are elite giants in the water. Well after dying 4 times, I make it to a likely island and go to shoot the flare off to signal a gnome........but realise that the flare gun is in the bank!!
A quick HS, 20 flight back and 10 minute horse ride past numerous elites and I finally have the quest done.