Title: Idiot Moments
Description: I know you have them!
Ariana - December 3, 2007 07:37 AM (GMT)
Hmm, so I was having an interesting conversation with a friend about all the completely idiotic and embarrassing things we have done in the past because we were tired/completely out of it/having an idiot moment. I was laughing hysterically at the things we were coming up with (probably because I'm dead tired myself at the moment but oh well) so I was wondering if anyone else had funny stories to tell about when they were acting like a total spaz.
Hm... I'll probably be able to think of more later but heres one for now:
I always get things mixed up... and then am very confused why they don't work. For example, whenever I'm on the laptop and am photoshopping I use a wireless mouse (because I can't use a touchpad on photoshop to save my life) and generally I'll grab the first small object I see and start rubbing it over the desk expecting to see the cursor move. Today I grabbed a giant eraser and started moving it wildly over the table, yelling about how the mouse wasn't working. Then I looked down at my hands and realized that I was holding an eraser.*facepalm* I also do the classic holding a pencil and food thing, where I get mixed up and stick the pencil in my mouth while smashing my food into my homework XDD
Another time I stuck the cereal box in the fridge and a carton of milk in the pantry by accident. I didn't notice until my mom found it the next morning... it was so disgusting! :p
Am I the only one who does these things? Hopefully not or I'll feel like a huge idiot....
RomanHk - December 3, 2007 09:07 AM (GMT)
You know how in the movies a character would say something and then the person they're talking about shows up behind them. Yah, well that happened to me a few times. The worst occurred when I was talking to a few friends insulting this girl who had it out for me. We walked past the school building and her mother was standing there on the other side. -_-
Ariana - December 3, 2007 09:30 AM (GMT)
Oye! That sucks and has definitely happened to me before.
We were in class and watching a movie and I whispered to my friend "I hate this class its so f***ing pointless" rather loudly and I turn around to see the teacher about a foot away from me.
Good times ;_;
Mousie - December 3, 2007 09:53 AM (GMT)
While at work, I've been known to say 'That comes to $17.35..' stop, and realise I've just read out the time (5:35pm) rather than the cost.
I've also been known to ask if people want cash out when they're paying cash.
I also tend to misread/mishear things a lot. Year ten history, combine my dodgy eyesight and my teacher's dodgy handwriting, and 'Hitler' becomes 'Titler'... there's an accompanying picture to that story that's also quite hilarious.
But the one they won't let me live down - is the time I tried to use my Medicare Card (gets you bulk billing in doctors surgery! YEY!) as an EFTPOS card. They roll their eyes and say: 'Aw, don't worry Lil - It won't be long before you can bulkbill McDonalds.'.
Lici - December 3, 2007 10:56 AM (GMT)
Ever forgotten your name in a library when you need to know it to log out a research book? Oh yes.
Ever mixed up your friends' names with people you hate? Uh-huh.
Said something rather loudly that you really don't want everyone to know, just as the room becomes silent? Oooooooooh, yes!
Ever misread an analogue clock, which totally ruins your cooking? Yep.
...In short, I'm a wreck. :p People should just lock me in a darkened room on my own for the rest of my life.
Panda - December 4, 2007 06:18 PM (GMT)
Ahaha, I've got a juicy one.
I knew this guy at Sixth Form College, from Ireland. We'll call him...B. We were talking about the size of our families.
B: You've not seen a large family until you see ours at Christmas. My aunt comes over and she has 9 kids.
Class: -Awed-
Panda: (A bit too loudly) Oh my God, didn't she ever shut her legs?!
Class: -Silent-
Crickets: -Chirp-
Panda: -crawls under the table to die-
Needless to say he never spoke to me again. Ahem.
I have a habit of putting my foot in my mouth, I have to say but this was the best worst example.
RomanHk - December 4, 2007 08:05 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Panda @ Dec 4 2007, 06:18 PM) |
Ahaha, I've got a juicy one.
I knew this guy at Sixth Form College, from Ireland. We'll call him...B. We were talking about the size of our families.
B: You've not seen a large family until you see ours at Christmas. My aunt comes over and she has 9 kids. Class: -Awed- Panda: (A bit too loudly) Oh my God, didn't she ever shut her legs?! Class: -Silent- Crickets: -Chirp- Panda: -crawls under the table to die-
Needless to say he never spoke to me again. Ahem.
I have a habit of putting my foot in my mouth, I have to say but this was the best worst example. |
Thank you. You so just made my day. (happy)
Ariana - December 5, 2007 04:28 AM (GMT)
Ahaha! Panda, thats genius! I always spurt out random things and when people respond I'm just like "shoot, people actually listen to me?? Now I have to pay attention to what I say"
Yeah, nine kids though... wow o.O
Mousie - December 5, 2007 04:47 AM (GMT)
One of my favourites actually comes from my brother. Standing in the fast food restaurant 'Red Rooster', he's looking up at the posters, sees an advertisement for their new 'Rooster Roll'.
And very casually asks Mum, in all seriousness:
'Mum, do you reckon it's actual rooster they put in those rolls? Or is it just chicken?'.
silent cacophony - December 5, 2007 04:54 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
B: You've not seen a large family until you see ours at Christmas. My aunt comes over and she has 9 kids. Class: -Awed- Panda: (A bit too loudly) Oh my God, didn't she ever shut her legs?! Class: -Silent- Crickets: -Chirp- Panda: -crawls under the table to die-
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OH MY GOD.
LMAO.
i just laughed SO hard.
You are fantastic.
Er, anyway. My moments? Too many, of course. I'm known for starting things, like food or laundry, and never turning the burner or washer/dryer on. There have been times when I've sworn my stuff has gone missing, and it's been under my nose the ENTIRE TIME. I'm just so .. sillay. XD
Stories, um. Can't think of many. o.O One time in Art History ( a class held in my college's theater ), when me and my friend were standing outside for break, I ask, "Are you going to leave early?" JUST as my professor walks by. x_x I felt so .. stupid. But he ended up skipping half the class anyway, heh.
Years ago I was staying at a motel with my mom, grandma, and best friend, and my mom was talking about this one woman with seven kids that was there. Well, she decided to leave ALL of them at the pool, thus crowding it so much we decided to go back to our room, and my mom said, "She's probably working."
Me (14): What, is she a maid or something?
Mom: ......................OH, loord.
It took me a minute to realize she was talking about prostitution. *snort*
Renee - December 5, 2007 07:04 AM (GMT)
Errm... I am the queen of awkward/idiotic moments. I have to say that the funniest thing was when Ariana and I were in grade eight and we were learning about slavery in partners [she was my partner] and how terrible it was and then randomly one of us blurted out "GOD, I HATE AMERICA!!!" really loudly and everybody just like... looks at us... o.O
Well that wasn't a very idiotic moment. I have to say another idiotic moment: when I was at a play in middle school. I was purchasing a bag of chips and I was just supposed to give the person at the money box a dollar bill, but for some odd reason I thought the bag of chips was a dollar bill. So because I knew the person who was collecting money, I was playfully jabbing her with the chips for like ten minutes until she was like "JUST GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!!" And I look down and see I've been trying to give her my chips the whole time ;-;
Err... I have too many stupid moments. 'Specially in band. I always say the wrong thing on the bus to competitions and people now know me as the prude whore. Hmm. How'd that happen? o.O
Ariana - December 5, 2007 07:52 AM (GMT)
^ haha at Nee, you're a genius.
Speaking of brothers, mine has about a million idiot moments. I remember once we were dining out at a pretty nice restaurant for my mom's birthday and it happened to be around the time another highschool was having prom, so a lot of teenagers were walking through in dresses... probably having dinner before heading off to prom. So there was this one girl who was wearing a dress about five sizes too small for her and, to put it nicely, it looked like her chest was about to explode. When she walked by my brother make this weird sound of disgust along the lines of "EUGHHHHH!" rather loudly so obviously she looked over (looking very angry). Being the idiot that he is he tried to mask all that up by turning his "eugghhh" into a *yawwwwnnnn*
I don't think it worked, but it was funny nonetheless. I think it's one of those "you have to be there" moments though, because its hard to explain by typing.
pathogenicoma - December 5, 2007 07:55 AM (GMT)
How exactly does one become a whore prude? Isn't that an oxymoron? lol People are such idiots.
I've put the cereal in the fridge, or the bowl cabinet, or the milk the in cereal or bowl cabinet, but I've always caught myself and put them in the right places.
I try to walk through doors before opening them. A lot. I just recently stepped on my pants (the ones I was wearing) and nearly killed myself.
I forget my name and my age constantly. And I'll try to correct myself on my age and end up sounding like a total idiot, or a liar. I give the wrong amount of monies a lot. The owner of the 76 here takes advantage of that and won't give me money back if I've over paid him, but I don't go back and say anything because he's kind of creepy (but omg his son is oh so hot, and terribly fun).
Er.. oh! Haha, was staying with the bf for a couple weeks and he has a... Led Zeppelin (or was it Pink Flloyd?) poster in his room, and I was just looking at when I pulled out my Lynard Skynard shirt from my suitcase.
Me: See my Led Zeppelin shirt!
BF: Uh, that's Lynard Skynard...
Me: [crawls in suitcases, closes it, dies of mortification]
That's all I can think of currently, but I'm very good at being an idiot. I am blonde after all. [snerks]
Ariana - December 5, 2007 08:04 AM (GMT)
Haha! I hate when people ask you for your age and you have to think about it for a second, and then feel like a moron because of it. It's even worst when you mess up.
A few nights ago I also thought I possessed the skill (pfft) to walk to my kitchen in the dark. Yeah, I ended up missing the door by about ten feet and running head on into the wall and falling down. -_- The sad thing is that it's normal for me to do stuff like that now.
Claire-de-lune - December 6, 2007 09:55 PM (GMT)
I have idiot moments everyday of my life. I'm a walking disaster.
One that will haunt me forever happened in sixth grade. Our school had this even called that Wacky Olympics. Two classes were selected based on past participation in school events. My first period was picked. So we played crazy games and had some fun. One event was a relay race where you had to run across the gym, pop a balloon, run back, tap the next persons arm and proceed to the back of the line. When it was my turn my face was already deep red. (I hate being in front of people-this was in front of the entire sixth grade plus a couple older classes here and there) So I ran to the other side of the gym. Idiot that I am, it was impossible for me to pop the balloon. I squeezed it, sat on it, stepped on it, etc etc. The damn thing would not freaking pop. After a minute of pure torture it popped and I started running back. That's when I tripped. In front of my entire year, all of my teachers and some teachers-to-be, parents, and friends. As I fell I tapped the next person to go. My team actually won even though I looked like a total idiot.
But those^^ weren't the worst part of it all. When I fell my arm broke. In front of everyone. So for a month I sported around my cast as a symbol of my loserism. To the day I am still taunted for that.
Fallen Angel - December 14, 2007 07:09 PM (GMT)
When I go down all the stairs to go search for one thing...then i forget it...i climb u and when im at the top I remember what i was looking fo r >.>
so i need to go down and climb back again...
Panda - December 22, 2007 01:02 PM (GMT)
You know you want a couple more of my idiotic moments!
I had completely forgotten about these...until last night.
My friend K and I are in Nandos. This is one of those chicken burger places which are very y0m. The fact that they'll serve you a whole breast of real non-mechanically recovered meat was the biggest selling factor. Anyway.
Beside us was this party of about 8 people. They were a bit of a motley crew but generally nice. One of them had an eye patch. (My inner-Lenore wanted to go and compare with him at the time >>)
K and I are sitting and talking and she chooses that moment, to show me what's on the parcel shelf of her car. She pulls out her phone and shows me a picture of a huge Jolly Roger.
What does Panda do?
"YARG!"
Not quietly either. I got a kick in the shins from K for my trouble, who insisted on making a huge scene by thrusting her finger in the direction of a now very quiet motley crew.
-Buries face in hands-
Another one!
We were in the park, K and I, sitting under a tree during the summer and having our lunch. We were in a giggly mood anyway and in between watching a couple playing tennis, we were watching two men sat on the grass a short distance away. I think they were both muslim but I couldn't say for certain. Anyway, those of you who are familiar with British culture know that we have something here called The Brownies. They're little girls who go and do activities, camp and wear brown and yellow uniforms.
Both of these men are wearing mustard coloured shirts.
Panda: Awww, they're like brownies! (referring to their shirts only.)
K: Omigosh! Don't be racist!
Panda: -Confused- -thinks about this for at least ten minutes, trying to work out what I said-...OH GOD NO!!
Derek15 - January 9, 2008 01:25 AM (GMT)
1. Put my clothes in the Dish-Washer(How dumb can you get?).
2. This christmas, I almost bought my little brother the Transformers movie, which we already own, when he actualy wanted a transformer toy. I was checking out when I noticed.
3. Walked into the women's bathroom at the mall.
4. Dove into the shallow end of the pool. *Searches for never-flatening bump*
5. Printed 30 copies of a document instead of 3.
6. Did to many idiotic things to list!!! That's idiotic!!!
Panda - January 9, 2008 05:06 PM (GMT)
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| 3. Walked into the women's bathroom at the mall. |
Pfft. I use the men's public loos 50% of the time. Queue at the ladies? Cover yourselves gentlemen, I'm coming through!
| QUOTE |
| 1. Put my clothes in the Dish-Washer(How dumb can you get?). |
I've done this! I've also chucked my mum's crock-plates into the bin, instead of scraping the leftovers off.
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Needless to say I had to go in and get them!
IzBel - January 9, 2008 05:28 PM (GMT)
Panda, you are my hero...
as for my stupid things...Well I have a bad habit of saying things that can very easily be mistaken for sexual innuendos.
Then there was the time that i skipped my last class of the day, and ran into not one, not two, but three of my parents close friends. That still isn't even the worst part of the situation. I was riding shotgun, and my friends and i were being stupid and making funny faces towards the other cars...Come to find out, my stepfather, who was supposed to be out of town, had come into town early and was sitting in the sixteen wheeler that my best friend decided to moon.
As if that wasn't bad enough, i didn't even bother to go home, i just stayed out, probably because i didn't want to go home and try to explain to my stepfather as to why he knows what my friend's butt looks like, so while we were out eating, i was the last one out of the restaurant, and as such my friends had already pulled off. I knew they hadn't left for real for real, so i was leaning against the wall waiting for them to come back. They didn't...so i start looking for them. Behind the restaurant was an alley, so i went back there. all of a sudden *vroom* they were going slow enough so that i could move....unfortunatly my feet didn't get the same message as the rest of my body, so instead i fell backwards, and my foot ended up under my friend's voyager. For those who know nothing about cars...a voyager is a van...with about six of my friends inside... two bones in my foot ended up being broken...and my family still laughs at me about is...
shadowman23 - January 9, 2008 08:04 PM (GMT)
I remember while I was playing guitar, I plugged one end of the cable into the "output" jack of the amplifier, and I started playing wondering why no sound was coming out of the amp. I literally spent hours, trying to "fix" it and sooner or later I winded up calling the mechanic. He came over, looked at me, facepalmed himself, and pointed towards the output jack....I still had to to pay 50$ anyways... :(