As a youngster at uni
I had forgotten on which particular day my mother's birthday was on. I have trouble because my parents have birthdays on the 15th and the 16th of two consecutive months (they don't have two birthdays each. Keep up.)

I did the clever thing and phoned to deliver best wishes on the 15th, only to be told that her birthday was the following day. I admitted to my confusion at this point, however a few of my mates were in the room and thought they'd better take the piss.

In mid-sentence and without covering the phone or even moving it away from my mouth I decided that the best course of action was to point at my mates and pretty much bellow "FUCK YOU!" at them. As I did this I realised my mistake and desperately covered my mouth as fast as I could in an effort to prevent the sounds escaping and getting into the phone.

Needless to say this failed and spurred my mates onto new heights of laughing at me. Mortified, I returned my attention to the phone where I could now hear my mother sniggering down the line....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 5 Aug 2009, 17:20, 1 reply)

mother sniggering down the line
Fair play to your mum though
(Neil_E_There didn't the Aussies used to be good at cricket?, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 12:15, closed)