I hope no one was watching....
Phenylethylamine_Phreak
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Ever done something (tripped on open ground) and got that warm flush of being embarrassed that someone else saw you?
Today as I was pushing through the pull door at the hotel, I flattened myself into the glass only to have my yogurt explode on impact all over my leather coat......and then the flush came over me...
i also sent a brown noser reply to a co-worker that had sucked up to his boss in an email, only to hear him shout out to me from his office, "why did you reply to all?" - - and then the flush came over me...
What about you? Do you laugh about it now?
Today as I was pushing through the pull door at the hotel, I flattened myself into the glass only to have my yogurt explode on impact all over my leather coat......and then the flush came over me...
i also sent a brown noser reply to a co-worker that had sucked up to his boss in an email, only to hear him shout out to me from his office, "why did you reply to all?" - - and then the flush came over me...
What about you? Do you laugh about it now?
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Ever done something (tripped on open ground) and got that warm flush of being embarrassed that someone else saw you?
When I was about 12 years old, I was at my cousin's All-Star baseball tournament, and I was standing outside the center field fence watching the game. This kid hit a high fly ball to right center that I was sure was going to be a home run as soon as he hit it and I took off running toward right center to get that ball. On about my second step I got completely close lined by a steel wire that was holding up a light post. It hurt like hell, and I was embarrassed as could be.
I hope everybody was watching that ball in the air. It wasn't even a homerun, it was caught for an out.0 -
Well, I pretty much do stupid *kitten* all the time...it's mostly the things I say. My coworkers keep a book of all the stupid *kitten* I say and love to throw it back in my face...
examples...the other day, I told the entire conference room that I was straddling the pole between my legs........as in I was sitting near the end and the leg to the table was in my way.
orrrr......to everyone I said, "my pooter is broken". .. as in my computer is broken.
orrrr....i told my coworker he should pound me yesterday....don't even know what we were talking about
I trip, fall, run into stuff, drop stuff, and do silly mess everyday...I've almost gotten immune to the embarassment. :-)0 -
No, I don't make mistakes. When I trip, the ground apologizes for getting in my way.
Chuck Norris calls me "sir."0 -
Well, I pretty much do stupid *kitten* all the time...it's mostly the things I say. My coworkers keep a book of all the stupid *kitten* I say and love to throw it back in my face...
examples...the other day, I told the entire conference room that I was straddling the pole between my legs........as in I was sitting near the end and the leg to the table was in my way.
orrrr......to everyone I said, "my pooter is broken". .. as in my computer is broken.
orrrr....i told my coworker he should pound me yesterday....don't even know what we were talking about
I trip, fall, run into stuff, drop stuff, and do silly mess everyday...I've almost gotten immune to the embarassment. :-)
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On a daily basis. But my last big one was when I was running on the treadmill at the gym. I had it set to 10.0 & I was all out sprinting when my shoe lace came untied & I tripped over it, I somehow caught myself from falling by grabbing on the sides. But, there were a few ugly seconds there where I was just flailing around like a crazy person & I just pray nobody saw it :indifferent:0
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Well, I pretty much do stupid *kitten* all the time...it's mostly the things I say. My coworkers keep a book of all the stupid *kitten* I say and love to throw it back in my face...
examples...the other day, I told the entire conference room that I was straddling the pole between my legs........as in I was sitting near the end and the leg to the table was in my way.
orrrr......to everyone I said, "my pooter is broken". .. as in my computer is broken.
orrrr....i told my coworker he should pound me yesterday....don't even know what we were talking about
I trip, fall, run into stuff, drop stuff, and do silly mess everyday...I've almost gotten immune to the embarassment. :-)
That pretty much sums it up... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
I once dug a hole in the sand at the beach, about 4ft deep maybe 5ft deep .... a little while later, playing frisbee ... I run and jump, catch the frisbee but forgot about the hole I dug ... Fell down the hole head first, beach full of people taking pictures of just my legs poking out the sand
Still get nightmares0 -
I guess mine all have to do with horrible falls LOL. A couple of months ago I was leaving my house and the floor of the garage is made of tiles, has an incline, and to top it off it was all wet because it was raining and I was wearing Crocs. I kissed the floor but was back up in a second LOL, I looked everywhere to see if someone saw me but I think (and hope) no one did LOL.0
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I kinda laughed at you, OP. I'm sorry.0
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I was playing basketball in seventh grade. I stole the ball from the opposing team and started heading toward our basket - no one anywhere around me. Visions of glory were running through my head... And then I tripped on nothing and fell flat on my face. And EVERYONE saw that.0
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Years ago, I got a new Alienware laptop and did the vital installs (world of warcraft and such) and imported my favorites. I brought it to work one day and my boss's boss's boss (I was a lowly shipping and receiving lead, he was the director of supply chain management) asked about my new laptop so I pulled it out and showed it to him (he's a big tech guy too). He asked about powering it up so I did (I had avoided powering it on because I knew what was on there).
He looked at it did some of the usual spec stuff, and then he asked me (in front of others) "What's this Flirt For Free Icon?" and they all laughed.. I shook my head and said "I don't know, my little brother must have put that on there".
The kicker.... I don't have a brother. Embarassing but thank goodness for my quick thinking.0 -
I once was on a night out with my best mate in Liverpool and we had just jumped out of the cab in the middle of town and LOTS of people were around, including a very nice looking bunch of ladies. There was a 3 to4 ft metal barrier and as my mate took the long way I decided to hop the fence... I proceeded to jump the fence not realising it was soaked, my supporting hand slipped and I ended up sliding straight over the fence and landing in a crumpled mess on the other side with blood coming out my elbow... My mate couldnt stop laughing, along with all the other onlookers... Fantastic!
Also another time when I was DJ'ing a friend of mine (the same one in fact) was with me and we were chatting about amusing replacement surnames and without thinking I announced the next song (last one of the night) as Tina Testicles... that kept me amused for days if not weeks!
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orrrr....i told my coworker he should pound me yesterday....don't even know what we were talking about
Giggity.0 -
I went out drinking before going to a Caps game. As we were walking to the game from the bar, we ran into a few people one of my friends knew, so we stopped to chat for a few seconds. I decided to lean against some metal railing...unfortunately it was not bolted down, so down I went.0
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I kinda laughed at you, OP. I'm sorry.
I laugh at myself. All good0 -
I was at an agility seminar with one of the best agility people in the world doing an exercise with my champion and running in between jumps on flat ground tripped over my own feet went splat face first on my stomach arms outstretched and everything. My dog started humping my back for everyone to see. When I got up I had grass stuck in between my front teeth.
I laugh about this now.0 -
Well, I pretty much do stupid *kitten* all the time...it's mostly the things I say. My coworkers keep a book of all the stupid *kitten* I say and love to throw it back in my face...
examples...the other day, I told the entire conference room that I was straddling the pole between my legs........as in I was sitting near the end and the leg to the table was in my way.
orrrr......to everyone I said, "my pooter is broken". .. as in my computer is broken.
orrrr....i told my coworker he should pound me yesterday....don't even know what we were talking about
I trip, fall, run into stuff, drop stuff, and do silly mess everyday...I've almost gotten immune to the embarassment. :-)
I want to hang out with you.....0 -
I was at an agility seminar with one of the best agility people in the world doing an exercise with my champion and running in between jumps on flat ground tripped over my own feet went splat face first on my stomach arms outstretched and everything. My dog started humping my back for everyone to see. When I got up I had grass stuck in between my front teeth.
I laugh about this now.
I think you win...:embarassed:0 -
I actually remember years ago benching and not noticing the weight slowly slipping off the one side causing the recoil of the bar to the other side. The noise was deafening, the humiliation enormous0
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I know ppl were watching my incident and still have cold sweats about it-
left work and some male colleagues shouted out to me, I was across the yard so waved bye to them went on my way to the local supermarket. wandered round aimless for half hour, strode past the queuing people to an empty self service area at the front of the shop when a woman approached me from behind and stood really, really close up against me!
I nearly jumped out of my skin, but she said "im shielding you whilst you remove your skirt which is tucked up in your knickers" oh the shame !!!! OH THE SHAME
lads at work howling with laughter when I turned in the next day! grrrr
also not sexy knickers oh, no, but M&S ones my great grandmother would have been proud of!0 -
This happened to a friend of mine, and that's honestly true, it wasn't me. I'd own up if it was, because it's so funny I had to share.
She took her daughter to a Christmas fayre at the local church and they had some real reindeer. My friend was wearing a faux fur coat and the lead reindeer obviously thought she was a sexy lady reindeer. He mounted her. Hooves on her shoulders, panting in her ear, the whole works.
Her husband was laughing so hard he didn't bother to help her escape and her daughter wanted to know what the pink thing sticking out of the reindeer's belly was......0 -
Was at lunch with the boss and my whole team... we were discussing NYC vs. Suburb living. It of course went to the topic of neighbors and I announced that if I was going to move to the suburbs I wouldn't want neighbors within eyesight so I could do whatever I want... Boss started laughing, asked for clarification of what I wouldn't want the neighbors to see and I turned pretty red :blushing:0
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It was 1973. About 8 of us were riding our motorcycles from Twenty Nine Palms, California to San Francisco. Stopped in Fresno for lunch. McDonald's. Parked our bikes and went inside to order. Got our orders and went back outside. No available tables. So, I straddled my bike, pulled up the kickstand, placed my bag on the tank and proceeded to eat my burger. When I was done I swung my leg over the bike to toss my trach in the trash can.
As I stepped away from my bike, it dawned on me that I had pulled my kickstand up. I turned around quickly. Just in time to see my bike fall over. No real damage, but try screwing up like that in front of 7 other Marines. They never let me forget it.0 -
orrrr....i told my coworker he should pound me yesterday....don't even know what we were talking about
Giggity.
Giggity!!0 -
It happens to me all the time but the funniest one to boot didn't even happen to me. I was a Hobby Lobby next to an Ace store, leaving the store with a cart full, I hit the unlock button to my grey mini van. Kitty corner to me, I see the lights on another mini van go off too. I stopped to check to make sure I had my wallet, and as I approach my van, there is a man on the phone sitting in my van. I knock on the window and asked him what he was doing. He says He is leaving. Then he looked around him, flushed purple, and tells his friend on the phone that he go into the wrong van! Hilarious and I am laughing uncontrollably just typing this.0
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i also sent a brown noser reply to a co-worker that had sucked up to his boss in an email, only to hear him shout out to me from his office, "why did you reply to all?" - - and then the flush came over me...
Oh God. This is one of my worst nightmares. I quadruple check work email before sending, and I still have to retract sometimes. I would laugh about the door smashing yogurt, but probably not about the email. I'd still be turning red years later thinking about it.
One that comes to mind is the time I said Good Morning to a fellow employee, and when I thought she hadn't replied, I got in her face and said in a loud voice "I SAID, Good MORNING". She was so startled and said she HAD said it back, I just hadn't heard her. To this day I feel terrible about that. She's gotta think I'm some psycho or something now.0 -
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My list of clumsy offenses is a mile long!
The most recent, I gave myself a concussion getting into my neighbors car last weekend.....
There was also a dislocated elbow in college. I was walking, stepped in a hole that my friend's dog had dug. It was getting dark and I didn't see it. Twisted my ankle, and landed wrong. Elbow dislocated, split my lip open, and passed out from the pain. When I came to and walked into my friends house, he and his brother thought someone beat me up. They thought I was delirious when I told them I did it to myself! To this day I only have 30degree range of motion in that arm
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orrrr....i told my coworker he should pound me yesterday....don't even know what we were talking about
Back in college, I was talking to my friend holding scissors and for some odd reason the thought popped into my head to ask her if I could cut her nose only when I opened my damn fool mouth, it came out as "can I *kitten* your nose?". Talk about embarrassed! And of course she never let me forget it...even brought it up years later. Luckily I adore her and have fairly thick skin.
There are so many stories about saying stupid things and tripping over my own feet I could go on for hours! One thing I'll add though as it's actually related to the site, is that with better fitness and weight loss, I'm not nearly as clumsy as I used to be! I actually slipped on the ice a few weeks ago and managed to keep my balance!0 -
All the bloody time. Seriously. And I like to replay them in my head for my own humiliation - which just makes me wince more. A lot involve me tripping over. For instance on Saturday, I was at a club, stepped off a podium, stood on the back of my new slinky black trousers and fell flat on my face. Most people thought I was drunk and tried to ply me with fresh air / water etc.
Sometimes it's me just being an idiot. I had a huge rant in the office this afternoon, where it turned out I'd just not read the instructions properly. Ooops.
I wouldn't say I've become immune to the embarrassment, but I have elevated beating myself up to an art form.
ETA: It was my face I fell flat on - not a euphemism for *anything* else. :laugh:0
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