Out of my depthAs a schoolkid, I signed up for a public speaking contest purely as a ruse to meet girls. It haunts me still: in front of 300 people, I started to speak, dried up, stood there for what felt like half an hour staring at the floor and then slowly walked back to my seat. Oh, and the girl I liked laughed.
Have you ever been utterly, completely, devastatingly out of your depth?
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chthonic, Thu 14 Oct 2004, 15:07)
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Blaggy Blagsona couple years ago i blagged my up from data inputter to sales co-ordinator because i needed the cash. back then no one minded how long i spent on the web as long as the monthly accounts showed i was better than the last guy. anyway people always asked me about msn and icq and the things i was on. i always boasted about the girls from all over the world i knew. anyway to cut a long story sideways i used web translation to pretend to speak every known language. everyone in my office believed i was mr language. so one day someone has to go to nice then barcelona to do this deal. who do they send - me! with my pride not letting me speak the truth i went and totally fucked everything up for a few days. luckily you can meet some nice people who will come along as your translator aslong as you pay for them to get drunk each night which was a touch as it was not my money. things ended up all right although i do take spanish and german lessons now. i did find out from my translator that they thought i was gay and a bit 'special'....
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MagicallyInept Bored Sig., Mon 18 Oct 2004, 10:51,
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