Foot in Mouth SyndromeWhat's the worst social gaffe you've ever made? When you know you've said the wrong thing to the wrong person and wish the ground would swallow you up. In other words you've just contracted a bad case of foot in mouth syndrome. Tell us your stories and we'll share your pain.
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rob, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 22:27)
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My worst FIM moments1. On a trip to Mexico with friends from uni, we started hanging about with a few people that were staying on the same floor of our hotel. One of the guys only had one arm, and we referred to him as The Fugitive (never in his presence, of course). Towards the end of the week, one of my friends couldn't find one of the silver rings that he had bought in the hotel lobby. Not looking up from watching Mexican wrestling on the TV, I said "Maybe The Fugitive took it" and started laughing. When I looked around to see why no one else found my quip funny, I noticed that The Fugitive had just walked in. I don't think he clued in, however.
2. In high school, I hung around with several people who shared my ethnicity and therefore spoke the same mother language as myself. One day, we were sitting in the cafeteria at lunchtime and I started rambling on to my friend for a few minutes about the things I'd like to do to the fit girl sitting two feet away at the next table. As I'm going on, my friend starts smirking, then giggling, then laughing. I look over to see the girl staring at me before introducing herself to me in my mother language. I never did get to do any of those filthy things to her...
(, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 0:03, Reply)
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