Hang my head in shame
You Americans are mostly a fine bunch, but don't always seem to get our dry British sense of humour.

I was on a business trip to Portland, Oregon of all places, and was sat in a large room full of mostly women, but a few guys too. There was the normal sort of muted nervous chit chat between people who do not know each other, and it became clear that as the only Brit, I was going to have to do something.

Now the bosses had decreed that we share our hotel rooms, so I had been allocated some useless roomate who I had mostly ignored.

So I turned to one of the guys next to me and in hushed tones, but loud enough for everyone to hear, said: "I'm not sure, but I think my roomate is gay." to which the reply was "How do you know?"

"Well his cock tastes of shit.."


Dropped pins.... you could hear it all.

The sharp intakes of breathe, the looks I got, made it patently clear to me that not a single one of them had seen the funny side of it. Least of all my roomate of course.

After everyone had filtered out of the room, looking down at me as I was asked to stay behind, I was told off for "not respecting people's feelings" or some such bollocks and for being insensitive.

Still makes me giggle at the complete and utter horror on the faces of some of those women.

Hey Ho.
(Spreddum O Grrrr. That's my vicious circle, that is., Tue 25 Sep 2007, 9:13, Reply)