LOL, my family are very "word"-oriented and we're always discussing language and grammar etc. One day in the car my dad was all, "I came across a word in my book I've never seen before. Do you have any idea what 'cojones' [he pronounced it 'koh-joans'] means?" I couldn't stop laughing as I explained.
i think my worse one was saying "orgasm" instead of "organism" in 9th grade bio, but i'm sure everyone has been there before. and english is my first language so i have no excuse D:
Ugh. I was so scared of that in 8th grade. Our teacher played a game called "Popcorn," where she would randomly call on someone to read a paragraph in our chapter. Of course the paragraph I had to read said "organism" several times, and I was so scared I was going to mess up.
Ive totally done this, my teacher was standing right beside me and I was mortified when I realised (long after!), I always get dulux and durex mixed up too, one is a brand of paint with a cute dong in the ad and the other is the main brand of condoms here.
OMG I did that too in 7th grade. And worst of all, I was acting like a know-it-all and telling someone else off at the time... I just looked away and pretended it never happened.
LOL my high school bio teacher used to make this mistake too. she also would pronounce "fungi" as "fun-gee" so when she tried to make puns about "fun guys" we were all like THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU PRONOUNCE IT WRONG.
My dumbass 6th grade teacher used to use the two words practically interchangeably when we were learning about organisms so I thought the two were synonymous for awhile (then we had sex ed day).
I would read the "Public" part of "Public Relations" on my law school applications 100 times to make sure it didn't say "Pubic Relations." I've done that before.
i think we've all had stupid slips like that. like when you order something at mcdonalds or something and they say "enjoy your meal" and you say "you, too". we've all done it. it's the stupidest thing, but it's so embarassing.
LOL I was on the phone yesterday and I was going to say "have a good day!" in parting, but the woman on the other end said it too, and I got all confused and said "have a day! bye!"
lmao, I do that all the time. I'll be at the store and give the person at the counter my money and go; "Thank shopping here!" or something. It's because whenever I work, when I give customers back I say 'Thanks for shopping here.'.
haha one time at work my boss was talking to a customer but he was preoccupied with something else and she was like "alright have a good day, see ya" and he went "i love you too" and then he didnt realize it until after she'd left. he's a dumbass though.
My first week of freshman year I ran into this guy I knew from high school while I was crossing campus. We weren't friends, but we had this awkward little small talk convo with each other during which he said "I had no idea you were going here" and I replied "Me either".
My boyfriend and I were going through the drive thru once and I wanted a coke and he wanted a root beer float, and when he ordered he asked for a root beer coke, and the girl was like, "ROOT BEER COKE??" like real obnoxious.
Cripes, that's as lame as a Heidi story. But it's all I got!
haha, that happened yesterday. A guy was working at a fruit store we stopped at on the way home from Florida and he said "Have a safe trip back" and I said "YOU TOO!"!
omg i do that every time i go to the theater. they say "enjoy the movie" and of course i have to respond with "thanks, you too." even when i'm thinking "ok, i'm not going to say it, i'm not going to say it", I say it.
I always used to work evenings when I was in high school/college so on the rare occasion I worked during the day I still always told all the customers "have a good night" out of habit, lol. But I go out now and sometimes workers at fast food places, department stores, etc. do that to me and I ~sympathize~
I remember during my freshman year, a girl in my history class complimented on my home-made Arctic Monkeys t-shirt and I replied "you're welcome". Lololol, I still remember their wtf faces.
A friend of mine was ordering room service and he ordered bacon & eggs and he was asked "How would you like your eggs done?" He blanked out for a second and answered, "Uh... uh.... well done."
lol I worked at the an icecream place and instead of saying 'thank you have a good day' after serving a lady, my friend accidentally said 'CONGRATULATIONS'
Just the other day, I met a friend of a friend and he said "It was nice meeting you!" and I said "THANKS!" and walked away. It's so dumb, but like, Hi, I'm Captain Politeness.
i hate how i always say "have a nice day!" to people working...like going through the drive thru, shopping, at the pharmacy, etc. i'm always the one to say have a nice day! then i get embarrassed and :[
lol yes! i do it all the time at airports by accident. you're already all like flustered just from being in an airport, and then they have the nerve to tell me to have a good flight! i'm all confused and always say 'thanks, you too!' & feel feel like a dumbass two seconds later
omg, thank you so much for starting all of this. first the replies made me smile and now it's full on laughter. was having a shitty day, but this made it a little better. ha :)
rofl the worst was when some guy at the car shop called me and i said "how are you?" and then he said "good, how are you?" and i said "good, how are you?" then he sat there for a minute and i was like "oh shiiii...."
I do that shit every day. Once I was coming out of a dressing room and the guy who worked there who was really fucking cute goes "How'd everything go?" and I said "Yes."
I work at Starbucks and sometimes instead of saying thank you and have a nice day or anything I just accidentally say "Would you like a copy of your receipt?" because I'm so braindead.
I work mornings, so it takes a toll on the intellect.
I work at a movie theatre selling tickets and whenever someone buys one I am like "Enjoy the show" and people all the time say, "you, too!" and to make them not feel bad I am just like "Thanks I look forward to seeing it" or something.
I used to work in a hilton hotel, i was supposed to answer the phone with "Hilton Paris bonjour!" and I was so scared to say "Paris Hilton bonjour!" that I said it.Twice.
lmfao that happened to me once i was giving a message to my friends younger brother when i called because she wasn't at home, and afterwards he said "okay i'll have her call you back." then of course i said "thanks!" he said "bye" and i go "I LOVE YOU BYE!" *hangs up... face palms*
Oh my GOD, I do that type of thing ALL the freaking time! I feel like such a dumbass and walk away quickly. Thankfully, when you're on the phone, you can hang up quickly and hope they think they were hearing things. Hahah.
LOL i do that all the time. at restaurants too, when the server says "enjoy your meal" and i say "you too thanks!" ... i laugh inside when im the server and someone says it.
LOL yes once my friend and i had met up for breakfast on my birthday and as she said goodbye she said "happy birthday!" and i said "you too!" then walked away really quickly because i realised what i'd said. hahaha
It was his first year of teaching, and it was his first parents evening. It was one of the first meetings, and he was starting to relax a little, and the father he was speaking to said, "Our daughter just loves you," to which he replied, "I love you too". Of course he just wanted to hide under the table, then the father replied, "Thank you very much, but not in front of my wife!"
i had a teacher do that once he was telling us a story about an old job of his having to do with cement but he kept saying semen and we couldnt control ourselves after awhile and everyone was chuckling and he couldnt understand why until we told him
LMAO. Reminds me of a girl in one of classes who, during her presentation, said "blow job" instead of "nose job." She was referring to MJ which made it even funnier.
When I was learning Mandarin I mixed up something REALLY bad... something like "dog" "prostitute" and "mother". I can't remember exactly what the words were but it was something about as bad as that.
Umm... well, I tried. LOL. It's SO hard! I was actually doing quite well and I would've continued it to a professional level but I quit the uni and in doing so quit the Mandarin lessons too.
It's so hard when there's multiple sounds for every 'syllable'. Trying to get it right, you usually sound like an idiot and don't make much sense.
haha, one time I was trying to talk in Mandarin and was trying to say I like milk, (Wo xihuan niunai, or something like that) but what I ACTUALLY said was I like women's milk (Wo xihuan nunai). It was bad.
ohnotheydidnt
i think my worse one was saying "orgasm" instead of "organism" in 9th grade bio, but i'm sure everyone has been there before. and english is my first language so i have no excuse D:
And Ive had the orgasm/organism one too xD
We laughed.
It was a Christian school.
He got suspended.
...twice. :(
in senior year.
I was so embarrassed because it was an AP class. I mean, I knew what the word meant, I just didn't know how to pronounce it!! I swear!
i think we've all had stupid slips like that. like when you order something at mcdonalds or something and they say "enjoy your meal" and you say "you, too". we've all done it. it's the stupidest thing, but it's so embarassing.
"Thanks, you too"
lol
In 28 years, you think I would have learned, but noooooooooo.
I'll be at the store and give the person at the counter my money and go; "Thank shopping here!" or something. It's because whenever I work, when I give customers back I say 'Thanks for shopping here.'.
My brain is all confused.
so it happens often ;) and now i do it, too
and then he didnt realize it until after she'd left. he's a dumbass though.
My first week of freshman year I ran into this guy I knew from high school while I was crossing campus. We weren't friends, but we had this awkward little small talk convo with each other during which he said "I had no idea you were going here" and I replied "Me either".
o_0
Cripes, that's as lame as a Heidi story. But it's all I got!
Me: How're you doing tonight?
Them: Good, and you?
Me: I'm good, how are you doing?
Them: .... I'm good.
And I'll realize it about three seconds after we stop talking, and try to apologize. GUHHH I need a new job.
"fine thanks".
I do that ALL the time.
silly
OMG!
i'm surprised dane cook hasn't stolen these jokes...
(sorry about the stupid maplestory video to with it... it's the only one i could find)
Me: Hello, how are you today?
Customer: Fine, thanks, how are you?
Me: I'm doing well, thanks, how are you? I mean...dammit.
I work at Starbucks and sometimes instead of saying thank you and have a nice day or anything I just accidentally say "Would you like a copy of your receipt?" because I'm so braindead.
I work mornings, so it takes a toll on the intellect.
It's kinda cute.
Fast Food Whoops
Or my fav, when my mother was shouting the order to a brick wall- the intercom was further up around the corner.
"good, you?"
most embarassing ever.
i'm in a much better mood now!
i laugh inside when im the server and someone says it.
It was his first year of teaching, and it was his first parents evening. It was one of the first meetings, and he was starting to relax a little, and the father he was speaking to said, "Our daughter just loves you," to which he replied, "I love you too". Of course he just wanted to hide under the table, then the father replied, "Thank you very much, but not in front of my wife!"
I wonder what they thought she wanted that for.
this entire thread is hilarious
that sounds very wrong doesn't it?
fart/peeing
When I was learning Mandarin I mixed up something REALLY bad... something like "dog" "prostitute" and "mother". I can't remember exactly what the words were but it was something about as bad as that.
dang.
It's so hard when there's multiple sounds for every 'syllable'. Trying to get it right, you usually sound like an idiot and don't make much sense.