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Post by Spellbound454 on Jan 4, 2017 16:45:47 GMT -5
To lighten the mood: Today Thrilled with my new Dashboard Camera.....I was reliably told that I needed to go and get a micro SD card for it. but I got confused somewhere along the line... and on getting to the shop managed to ask for....." An STD card" ...... Oh My Have you ever said anything embarrassing without realising it?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 4, 2017 17:03:36 GMT -5
If I didn't notice how could I tell you about it? I'm sure there's all sorts of stupid things I've said but recently my issue is not being able to come up with the word itself. I can picture, say, the dishwasher in my head but can't make the word come to mind/out of my mouth.
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Post by imawino on Jan 4, 2017 17:06:09 GMT -5
To lighten the mood: Today Thrilled with my new Dashboard Camera.....I was reliably told that I needed to go and get a micro SD card for it. but I got confused somewhere along the line... and on getting to the shop managed to ask for....." An STD card" ...... Oh My Have you ever said anything embarrassing without realising it? I say something embarrassing, stupid and probably just flat out wrong just about every single day.
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Post by alabamagal on Jan 4, 2017 17:10:18 GMT -5
I once sent an email to a manager at the company I worked for to let him know he needed to sign a document again. I typed it out quickly, and actually used the proper word, but the email said "You need to resign"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 17:23:30 GMT -5
I didn't know then that "hook up" was a euphemism for sex. So I offered to hook a (male) student with someone who could help him. I meant with his Ipad, but the class enjoyed laughing at me.
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Post by Bob Ross on Jan 4, 2017 17:31:50 GMT -5
On many occasions, I meant to call my ex-boss "you %&*king incompetent shady %&*$tard" but ended up calling him "John" instead.
How embarrassing.
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Post by Peace77 on Jan 4, 2017 17:47:40 GMT -5
I once told a class to deep breathe-ly.
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Post by giramomma on Jan 4, 2017 17:56:51 GMT -5
I didn't know then that "hook up" was a euphemism for sex. So I offered to hook a (male) student with someone who could help him. I meant with his Ipad, but the class enjoyed laughing at me. FYI, So is "Netflix and Chill." Just in case you ever talk about weekend plans with your students.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jan 4, 2017 18:00:59 GMT -5
I made the mistake of trusting spell check long ago. Typed letter and under boss ladies name I type "Certified Pubic Accountant" Thank goodness she caught it.
As for saying things wrong - well it is a way of life with me. Friends just shake their heads and say what did you just say??
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Post by suesinfl on Jan 4, 2017 18:14:40 GMT -5
All the time. One time the agency I worked for was hiring a PR person and I had to write two paragraphs with typos, etc. The name of our agency had the word public in it and every once in a while I would type pubic instead. My boss was laughing hysterically.
The person they hired ending up being my boss and she said that was the funniest editing test she ever had to take. She was a great boss.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jan 4, 2017 18:36:57 GMT -5
All the time. One time the agency I worked for was hiring a PR person and I had to write two paragraphs with typos, etc. The name of our agency had the word public in it and every once in a while I would type pubic instead. My boss was laughing hysterically. The person they hired ending up being my boss and she said that was the funniest editing test she ever had to take. She was a great boss. At least you were doing it on purpose!!!
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 4, 2017 18:41:17 GMT -5
I have resorted to saying nothing but "That sucks" and "I'm sorry" when someone dies. I have gotten that one wrong pretty much every time. A girl at work - her boyfriend died in an ATV accident. I asked her how it was going, and through some awkward conversation I said something to the effect of "Glad it wasn't me."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 18:43:17 GMT -5
I didn't know then that "hook up" was a euphemism for sex. So I offered to hook a (male) student with someone who could help him. I meant with his Ipad, but the class enjoyed laughing at me. FYI, So is "Netflix and Chill." Just in case you ever talk about weekend plans with your students. Lol. I'm glad you warned me.
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 4, 2017 18:43:49 GMT -5
I made the mistake of trusting spell check long ago. Typed letter and under boss ladies name I type "Certified Pubic Accountant" Thank goodness she caught it.
As for saying things wrong - well it is a way of life with me. Friends just shake their heads and say what did you just say?? My father once sent out the memo happily announcing his employee's promotion to "manger."
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 4, 2017 18:56:46 GMT -5
At a workgroup meeting of about 30 people, I was giving out an Excel report I had created using the pivot table function. I wanted to change a word in the multiple page handout from some word I no longer remember to the word 'Count'. Unfortunately, I left out the 'o' in 'Count'. So all over the handout, the word 'Count' was changed and said something else.
I had asked the attendees to review the report after I was done explaining the information inside. Then I noticed the spelling error. So as I was explaining the report, I also went around the room collecting the reports already handed out with a promise I would send them a revised report.
Thank goodness no one opened the report as requested. But I was laughing like crazy inside at my error.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jan 4, 2017 19:52:25 GMT -5
I was talking with a friend about how beets make your poop purple (runners talk poo with ease) but it came out as "purp poople." I still crack up thinking about it. I'm actually laughing to myself now.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 4, 2017 20:30:11 GMT -5
I have resorted to saying nothing but "That sucks" and "I'm sorry" when someone dies. I have gotten that one wrong pretty much every time. A girl at work - her boyfriend died in an ATV accident. I asked her how it was going, and through some awkward conversation I said something to the effect of "Glad it wasn't me." Oh shit, you poor thing.
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Post by CCL on Jan 4, 2017 20:36:27 GMT -5
I didn't know then that "hook up" was a euphemism for sex. So I offered to hook a (male) student with someone who could help him. I meant with his Ipad, but the class enjoyed laughing at me. FYI, So is "Netflix and Chill." Just in case you ever talk about weekend plans with your students. Wait a minute. So you're saying that's what my kids have been doing when I thought they were watching movies?
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Post by giramomma on Jan 4, 2017 20:42:43 GMT -5
FYI, So is "Netflix and Chill." Just in case you ever talk about weekend plans with your students. Wait a minute. So you're saying that's what my kids have been doing when I thought they were watching movies? I dunno. Depends on the kids. My DS isn't quite 13 yet, and so not interested in girls (thankfully). When he watches netflix and chills, he's just watching netflix. We only have two tvs in our house, both in public areas. We also have a fairly open first floor plan. So, there's little ability to chill unless everyone else is upstairs in their respective bedrooms... fusion.net/story/190020/netflix-and-chill/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_and_chill
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Post by mamasita99 on Jan 4, 2017 20:45:51 GMT -5
I had an early morning meeting with my best friend, who is male, and about 20 other staff. We were all quietly waiting to start when my friend joked to me, "long time no see". I quickly replied back (without thinking!), "Yeah, my butt still hurts from last night". The room filled with silence and everyone stared at me. had to awkwardly explain that we went to the gym together the night before!
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Post by alabamagal on Jan 4, 2017 21:03:30 GMT -5
My DH used to own a printshop and did typesetting for a lot of menus. One was a Chinese restaurant. The owner was a really nice lady who was not a native English speaker and she did proofreading on the menu. She didn't notice that DH had listed a dish as Erotic Porn instead of Exotic Pork. The menus were printed and it was a couple months before she had them reprinted. Not sure how many people ordered it.
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Post by suesinfl on Jan 4, 2017 21:07:46 GMT -5
This thread is too funny. Thanks for all the laughs.
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Post by CCL on Jan 4, 2017 21:09:57 GMT -5
I had an early morning meeting with my best friend, who is male, and about 20 other staff. We were all quietly waiting to start when my friend joked to me, "long time no see". I quickly replied back (without thinking!), "Yeah, my butt still hurts from last night". The room filled with silence and everyone stared at me. had to awkwardly explain that we went to the gym together the night before! Lol!
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jan 4, 2017 21:16:44 GMT -5
Love this thread. I'm LOL at most of these!
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 4, 2017 22:23:07 GMT -5
Absolutely, especially the last two!!
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 4, 2017 22:41:39 GMT -5
I have resorted to saying nothing but "That sucks" and "I'm sorry" when someone dies. I have gotten that one wrong pretty much every time. A girl at work - her boyfriend died in an ATV accident. I asked her how it was going, and through some awkward conversation I said something to the effect of "Glad it wasn't me." Oh shit, you poor thing. It was definitely worse for her.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 4, 2017 22:44:01 GMT -5
😢. True.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 23:20:24 GMT -5
Many years ago a lead engineer was talking about the manufacturing process for a certain item and kept saying "wash the balls".
I was doing everything I could not to lose my shit but by buddy, another coworker started laughing the third time she said it which made me friggin lose it and I started laughing, one of those I couldn't stop for a while.
It actually was a valid way to describe part of the process but the inner kid in me couldn't stop laughing.
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Post by msventoux on Jan 5, 2017 0:26:32 GMT -5
Not quite the same thing, but many years ago I was talking to my mom about preparing my first s corp return. She was horrified, said she didn't raise me that way and I needed to quit immediately. She misheard me and thought I said I was prepping returns in an escort service. I didn't ask her what type of "returns" an escort service would have.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 5, 2017 7:23:35 GMT -5
One of the female engineers for Kawasaki came in guns blazing and told my brother that the guys doing maintenance on the 7k trains needed to be gentle and sensitive with the nipples (grease nipple). She had to sit down she was laughing so hard once she realized what she said. I asked my brother if he described it that way when he passed it on to the guys working on the trains.
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