I've been racking my brains
trying to recall some of the glaring howlers that either I or anyone I know have come out with over the years, and am astounded this one slipped my mind for so long.

The ex Mrs Bag was prone to quite a few brain-farts while we were together, so much so that most of them have been lost in the mists of time. There was one occasion, however, when we were celebrating getting through another year without killing each other, and we decided to pay a visit to a local chinese restaurant.

The waiter came and took our order, and being the adventurous culinary explorer that I am I ordered the tomato soup followed by chicken fried rice. My ex's order was (slightly) more adventurous but not much, Barbecue spare ribs followed by sweet and sour chicken.

The starters arrived. I was slurping down my soup as my ex guzzled away at her first rib, when I said "I never thought you'd have liked them, I know how squeamish you are about your food sometimes."

"What do you mean?". She looked puzzled.

"Well, they're ribs aren't they? Pigs ribs."

"Pfffffft. Shut up, no they aren't."

She genuinely believed spare ribs was just some sort of brand name, although quite what part of the animal she thought she was eating, or what the inedible bone bit was I still have no idea. She'd always loved spare ribs, but she sat and poked at them with a fork after that and refused to eat them.

It is to my continued pride that at this point I remembered what her main meal was, and I piped up "Oh. Don't worry about the next course though....... chicken balls aren't named after the bit you're eating."

She didn't laugh either.
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 15:46, 1 reply)

My local used to be run by a Czech guy
And his sister. She was lovely, if a little gullible.

One day she was studying the local Chinese menu deciding what to have, and I helpfully piped up with "Try the deep fried chicken lips - they're delicious."
Her eyes lit up and she dashed over the road to order said delicacy.

I take delight in mentioning this every time I see her :)
( snee held his breath since, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:29, closed)