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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Grown into a proper young ladyMy best 'foot-in-mouth' moment was probably when i was about 13. I hadn't seen my grandparents on my father's side since I was about 3 and we were visiting them for the first time, obviously it was very awkward, loads of stunted silences and suchlike and then my grandad made a comment about visiting some great historical site recently. My brother asked what it was known for and we were told that it was where they were supposed to have performed pagan rituals in the middle ages. Everyone nodded nicely in politeness...except me who for some unknown reason, spurred on by said nervousness giddily spurted out "what, like when they sacrificed virgins?" (which of course isn't necessarily a pagan ritual anyway).
Everyone stared.
In some ill-formed hope of making this inappropriateness better i decided to turn it into a joke "I'd be no good for that then!" yep, made it a million times worse.
Much more awkward silence. Never visted them again.
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Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 19:23,
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