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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: judydawn on October 07, 2012, 11:25:41 am
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I was typing an answer to one of MF's postings when the idea for this thread came to me so I will start off with one of mine with more to come as I think of them. The second one is ready to pop out too but I don't know if you are quite ready for that one just yet.
I had made the comment today that the waiter was generous in filling my wine glass above the line.
Mama Fergie commented - 'That's always a bonus JD
I hate those tiny wine measures especially when the actual glass is big
Me greedy '
I remember years ago MF when these lines first appeared on wine glasses. No-one had told me about it and when the barman only put so much into a big glass I innocently asked him to fill it up please Felt a right idiot when he pointed out the line and told me of the new regulations. I do prefer a smaller glass filled to the top rather than a large glass which is only 1/4 full.
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Many years ago I was in Mexico with DW, and 2 workmates and their partners. We were at La Bufadora (The blow hole) in Ensenada and there was a huge sign with a warning message in Spanish. I asked my mates girlfriend to translate because she knew some Spanish.
As she was struggling through translating my other mate rattles of the warning quick as anything. I turned to him and said something along the line of wow I didn't know you spoke Spanish. To which he replied I don't the bottom half of the sign in in English.
I felt pretty stupid and more than suitably embarrassed.
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Good one Den ;D
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LOL Den....that is Soooooooooooo funny! :D
For me it would have to be when my DD told a visitor to "pith off" - she had never said it before and has never said it since... :-\
ETA: We don't use that sort of talk around here....
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Mine was definately when I met a young woman that I hadn't seen for months and I said "congratulations when's the new bub due" only for her to say she wasn't pregnant but had just gained weight. :o
I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me and will never ever make that mistake again
Fortunately next time I met her she laughed about it and had been exercising and was very trim around the middle :)
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Ha Ha MF,that's my DH's thing and it doesn't matter how many times I say to him "if you don't know for sure please don't say anything" he still does it :-))
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That happens alot MF
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I still cringe every time I think about it 😳
But lesson learned.
My DH never remembers things that I tell him either Suzanne😉
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That would be because their ears are painted on ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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:D
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For me it was at Christmas time when DS was about 6yrs old. We went into Sydney to see Disney on Ice and look at the windows at D.J's. All the taxi's were lined up at the rank and there was a driver wearing a turban sitting in one of the taxis and DS in his biggest voice yells "MUM, there's a Gene driving that taxi."
Everyone stopped and looked, luckily most laughed - I just wanted to get out of there fast. :-[
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lol Mich, mine DS would say the F word instead of truck, mummy mummy look at that big ...................... :-[
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lol Mich, mine DS would say the F word instead of truck, mummy mummy look at that big ...................... :-[
Had the same problem Uni. Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas, when he told him "a big ......... " I nearly died and wished the floor would open up and I could disappear. The other mums were not impressed.
Marie
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Miss 20mths gets threatened with a flick if she is naughty, but she can't say flick, she says f----. :-[
The other day we were out with some friends...about 120 people of varying ages, another kid cried, miss 20mths says (in the loudest voice imaginable) "oh, Lana needs a f---. " :-[ :-[ :-[ Most laughed (especially the teenage and early 20s year old boys :-)) ) but was still embarrasing... haven't lived it down yet....
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The good thing is that you can bring these moments up again at their 21st bithdays I certainly did at DS's. ;D
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I remember my DD who was about 3 years old asking friends/ family if she could have some popcorn BUT she would get her P's and C's around the wrong way!! Oh dear! :o
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ooooooops, kt2 :D
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ooooooops, kt2 :D
My DH and I nearly fell off our chairs when we heard her! She has it mastered now though ;)
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I think mine was probably when I was having lunch with my brother and he asked me if the Sauvignon blanc would be nice to drink and I replied that I preferred white wine. I now listen carefully when he asks.
I've also done the pregnancy bit too. Very embarrassing.
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my DS 2 also had problems with truck AND tractor... which ended up sounding much like a *truck er.... or his version of truck.
Mine would have to be waiting in line at high school to board the bus, pulling something out of my pocket and spraying numerous tampons everywhere.... and then other people scrambing to pick them up.
or when I had visitors who I had never met in person but had spoken to for 7 years on line come and stay, we were all at the table having a few drinks, I went to take a mouthful and a joke was made (not about my drinking) I rushed to the sink as the drink wouldn't go down, bent to deposit it ladylike in the sink and banged my head HARD on the top.... (Imagine huuuuuge bruise and egg on forehead)
They still talk about the night I tap danced for them.
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They still talk about the night I tap danced for them.
LOL ;D ;D
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Mine would have to be when my oldest son was about 3, we went grocery shopping in Woolworths and he shouted out at the top of his lungs "Mummy there is a chocolate person here!!" It was when those Cadbury ads were all over TV with the chocolate people.... I felt really embarrassed but the Sudanese man just smiled at me.
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Another for me (I have several) was when I returned to nursing part time after having my daughter.
I had a ward of 5 five men, all short stay ops. One pt whom had a vasectomy was doing pretty well and I did all the various obs and checks. Every hour went and had a look at what I had to - lifted the gown, nothing swollen etc, then thought it was a bit odd that there was no iodine and not even a hint of bruising or swelling. Finally had a look at his end of bed chart to see that he had had his ingrown toe nail fixed. :-[ :-[
It was all round the hospital by lunch time. The pt was very gracious and said he would have all his toe nails done if I would look after him.
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Tooooo funny!
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:D :D :D
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ROFLMAO ;D
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Oh mcmich ROFLMAO. Can't beat that one
Marie
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ditto above with tears rolling down my cheeks. Michele that is such a good story, you naughty girl :D :D :D
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ditto above with tears rolling down my cheeks. Michele that is such a good story, you naughty girl :D :D :D
that goes for me too!! Great story!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Glad I gave you all a laugh. ;D
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Brilliant mcmich - just brilliant. ROFLMAO :D :D
Many years ago when I was young & unsophisticated a friend offered to take me out to dinner for my birthday while I was on holidays in Melbourne. He mentioned a place I was familiar with - very casual - so I dressed accordingly in daggy jeans & scruffy top (You can get away with a lot when you're young and firm.). When he picked me up he said he'd changed his mind, but that I didn't need to change.
We drove to the restaurant and went in the door behind another, much older couple who were in full evening kit - he in a suit, she in a fur & I started to worry. When we went inside I realised that it was a full on silver-service restaurant and in the late 70's that was pretty formal - very posh and stuffy. I slunk in the door and tried to look inconspicuous and was keen to sit down. My bold friend had no qualms about our appearance and stressed that all the restaurant cared about was whether we could pay - which he could. The waiter took our orders, bought the bottle of wine we ordered and I sat back and lit up a ciggie - it was the late 70's, remember?
The service was very swift (they were probably keen to get us out) and our entree's came almost immediately. As I was poor & fags were pricey & I'd smoked less than 1/2, I knocked the top off my fag & put it in the ashtray while I ate. This was my very first experience of silver-service so I was keen to look the part & after the waiter had cleared those plates I waited until I was sure he was nowhere near before I reached out for the half cigarette. Like lightning the bloody waiter was next to me with a silver lighter poised to light my cigarette butt. I wished the ground would open up and swallow me, but I stayed calm, graciously let him light it and confidently waved him off - all the while dying of embarrassment. My friend assured me I carried it all off with great aplomb, but I'll never forget that night.
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;D ;D Only you could get away with that Amanda - I would have been heading the other direction once I saw the glammed up couple ahead of me.
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Hehehe. The late seventies were good weren't they? Hope you still don't smoke and yes how much do you get away with when you are young and firm?
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Another for me (I have several) was when I returned to nursing part time after having my daughter.
I had a ward of 5 five men, all short stay ops. One pt whom had a vasectomy was doing pretty well and I did all the various obs and checks. Every hour went and had a look at what I had to - lifted the gown, nothing swollen etc, then thought it was a bit odd that there was no iodine and not even a hint of bruising or swelling. Finally had a look at his end of bed chart to see that he had had his ingrown toe nail fixed. :-[ :-[
It was all round the hospital by lunch time. The pt was very gracious and said he would have all his toe nails done if I would look after him.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D Very very funny.I've had a good laugh ;D
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Hilarious Michelle ;D
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HUM ................. That's all I will say Michele...LOL
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Another for me (I have several) was when I returned to nursing part time after having my daughter.
I had a ward of 5 five men, all short stay ops. One pt whom had a vasectomy was doing pretty well and I did all the various obs and checks. Every hour went and had a look at what I had to - lifted the gown, nothing swollen etc, then thought it was a bit odd that there was no iodine and not even a hint of bruising or swelling. Finally had a look at his end of bed chart to see that he had had his ingrown toe nail fixed. :-[ :-[
It was all round the hospital by lunch time. The pt was very gracious and said he would have all his toe nails done if I would look after him.
Oh my gawd!! That is hilarious!!
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Oh my goodness Mcmich that is absolutely hilarious!
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Mcmich I started laughing out loud while reading this thread sitting by myself in a coffee shop. Good thing it was loud in there so no one noticed.
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I used to be a winemaker and was showing a group of influential journalists around the winery on the launch of a new wine. The tour ended in a raucous gathering in the tasting cellar with everyone sampling the new wine. They had already polished off most of one bottle and as I was just pouring out the last of it, a large, well-preserved and very dead catepillar plopped out and gently wafted to the bottom of the glass (we used recycled bottles in those days). Deathly silence ensued, (you could have heard a pin drop) followed by poorly suppressed retching sounds and a dash for the loo. Needless to say, that particular vintage did NOT receive rave reviews!
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McMich.......that is SOOOOOOOOOO funny!!!! :-)) ;D
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Another for me (I have several) was when I returned to nursing part time after having my daughter.
I had a ward of 5 five men, all short stay ops. One pt whom had a vasectomy was doing pretty well and I did all the various obs and checks. Every hour went and had a look at what I had to - lifted the gown, nothing swollen etc, then thought it was a bit odd that there was no iodine and not even a hint of bruising or swelling. Finally had a look at his end of bed chart to see that he had had his ingrown toe nail fixed. :-[ :-[
It was all round the hospital by lunch time. The pt was very gracious and said he would have all his toe nails done if I would look after him.
this is so funny l had tears running down my cheeks also because a same situation happen to me when l was 15 l had a accident on my brothers racing bike with me landing quite hard on the bar , l had internal bleeding and in the ed at hospital every tom, dick and harry came and had a look as l was very swollen . l was very embassed and my dad was not very happy so he stood watch at the door and only let in the doctor treating me and the anesthetic
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Rogizoja - I completely understand why it went so quiet, that would have been terrible if you knew you'd had a tasting from that bottle. Enough to put you off wine for ever :D
Good on Dad for looking out for you nazar, not fair on a 15 year old to have to show and tell everyone.
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I don't know why they would be upset Rogizoja. I bet those same people would drink tequila with a worm in the bottle.
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I promise I didn't laught DFM... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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ME TOO ;) ;) ;)
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Oh, nazar, you poor thing. Lucky that dad was there to keep the sticky beaks out.
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I don't know why they would be upset Rogizoja. I bet those same people would drink tequila with a worm in the bottle.
I agree Den, nothing like a bit of extra "body" to improve a wine ;D
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Michele DH is resting his back on the bed, he loved your embarrassing moment.
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Love the embarrassing moments!
Rogizoja, I loved your story! What did you do? I would have been mortified.
mcmich, that's a classic.
I haven't had a really embarrassing moment, but my sister has. When she was a trainee nurse way back in the dim dark ages, she was helping an elderly man use a wee bottle. She was such a total innocent, she'd never experience the working parts of a man. She actually directed his b#$@s into the bottle instead of his p#$%s!!! Poor man wee'd all over the bed.
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So glad I'm not a nurse. I would carry food tongs with me ;) (and maybe a mousetrap in my pocket ha ha ;D)
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At least DS learnt what was what with that incident MJ. I can't believe she wasn't taught in her training, even on a dummy would have been useful. I'm with you on the food tongs CP ;D
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It's not always as obvious as one might think! I remember a similar incident in my student nurse days involving a large, very old German man who had no English, wasn't circumcised, had a very big wrinkly scrotum & a microscopic p*#@+^ which retreated when we had to stand him out of bed to wee. It was all very humiliating for him when we couldn't find the right spot to place the bottle and myself and the other nurse ended up standing in a puddle of it.
Love the embarrassing moments!
Rogizoja, I loved your story! What did you do? I would have been mortified.
mcmich, that's a classic.
I haven't had a really embarrassing moment, but my sister has. When she was a trainee nurse way back in the dim dark ages, she was helping an elderly man use a wee bottle. She was such a total innocent, she'd never experience the working parts of a man. She actually directed his b#$@s into the bottle instead of his p#$%s!!! Poor man wee'd all over the bed.
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It's not always as obvious as one might think! I remember a similar incident in my student nurse days involving a large, very old German man who had no English, wasn't circumcised, had a very big wrinkly scrotum & a microscopic p*#@+^ which retreated when we had to stand him out of bed to wee. It was all very humiliating for him when we couldn't find the right spot to place the bottle and myself and the other nurse ended up standing in a puddle of it.
Love the embarrassing moments!
Rogizoja, I loved your story! What did you do? I would have been mortified.
mcmich, that's a classic.
I haven't had a really embarrassing moment, but my sister has. When she was a trainee nurse way back in the dim dark ages, she was helping an elderly man use a wee bottle. She was such a total innocent, she'd never experience the working parts of a man. She actually directed his b#$@s into the bottle instead of his p#$%s!!! Poor man wee'd all over the bed.
Yuck Amanda, I cringe at the things we use to do 30 years ago, ungloved.
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"Rogizoja, I loved your story! What did you do? I would have been mortified."
I was, and bright red to boot!! "One in a million chance, must be a blocked jet in the bottle washer" says I and packed them all off with a free case of (a different) wine each! Most of them did see the funny side.
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When checking what was happening on the forum this morning I noticed one of our visitors was reading this old thread which I had completely forgotten about. If you have time and you want a laugh maybe you'd like to have a read too - and maybe add another story to this thread! Now I'm behind in my morning chores and had better get a move on.
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When I saw that you had posted here Judy I immediately checked to see what your most embarrassing moment was. It took me a while to read it as I was reading the others. I had another lovely laugh from them.
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I really enjoyed re-reading them too cookie, a hearty laugh is good for the soul.
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:D :D :D
I don't think I could ever pull off being a nurse - especially after reading all of these mis-adventures!
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Nursing is not something I could have done either.
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I just had the biggest laugh of the week reading this thread again :)
thanks for bumping it Judy!
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Thanks for the laugh, I can't remember ever seeing this thread before.
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I guess one of my my most embarassing moments was our house-warming party. We had invited several neighbours, whom we didn't really know at all well at that stage, as well as lots of friends to join us "around mid-day" - never expecting anyone to turn up until at least 1.00 pm ... or even 2.00 pm; but, no, these a country people and if they are told noon, then noon it is. I knew a couple did not drink alcohol, so I had bought all the usual culprits for them, orange juice, lemonade, coca cola, etc.
We were not quite prepared when they started arriving and I was in such a flap I asked one of our friends to look after drinks. She came up to me to ask for drinks for the non-boozers and I forgot all about my vast store of appropriate drinks and said "... just give them water." Not a very gracious hostess at all - I forgot all about this until the next day when I saw all the oj, lemonade, etc. sitting, unopened, in the larder. I am sure (or I hope) that they have forgotten, but I still cringe to this day when I think about that.
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I'm sure your hostess skills have vastly improved since that party Marina but I'm sure they still remember it LOL.
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I had a very embarrassing moment this morning.....
Dropped miss 6 at school, to be met with the news that she'd told the teacher yesterday "mum and dad mate in the laundry every night when dad gets home from work" .... :/
I very smartly asked her what she meant - to find that she thinks two people kissing on the lips is "mating" :[
Oh boy........
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LOL Astarra. ;)
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That's a classic astarra, I hope she doesn't give too many more of your habits a strange name LOL.
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Thanks for the chuckle Astarra. It reminded me of something DD told her kindy teacher many years ago. Her teacher was very straight laced and asked DD what she did on her holidays. She said drank sherry and learned to play poker! She was allowed a sip of sherry and yes we did teach her poker, we were in Exmouth and we played cards in the evenings. I think snap must have got a bit boring!