rockgremlin
09-16-2005, 12:58 PM
One of the latest posts in the Canyoneering section got me thinking...what's your best foot in mouth experience?
I can't recall my own personal best, but I will recount one that happened to an old friend of mine years ago:
We were just teenagers, and a certain young lady in the neighborhood had the hots for my friend (we'll call her Broomhilda). Well, Broomhilda took to pursuing after my friend - i.e. calling him on the phone, asking him out, etc. My friend didn't have the heart to tell her that he didn't like her (actually he despised her), and every time she called, he would placate her by being cordial, and not trying to be unpleasant in any way. Upon hanging up the phone after every phone conversation he would have with her, he would usually launch into an assault of nasty comments and demeaning names all directed towards her. I recall the very last time she called - it was a typical phone call. He would suffer through about an hour on the phone, being nice and pleasant, then after she said good-bye, he slammed the phone down on the receiver, and launched into one of his famous rants:
"F'in B***h! Why does she call me?! I f'in hate that fat pig! Doesn't she know nobody can stand her?! F'in FAT UGLY B***h!!!!"
...just then we heard a voice coming from the phone yelling one distinct word:
"JERK!!"......click
Apparently the phone had not been placed on the receiver properly, and had not terminated the connection...she had said good-bye, but had not hung up...and consequently heard every single word of my friend's rant.
oops! :wallbash:
I can't recall my own personal best, but I will recount one that happened to an old friend of mine years ago:
We were just teenagers, and a certain young lady in the neighborhood had the hots for my friend (we'll call her Broomhilda). Well, Broomhilda took to pursuing after my friend - i.e. calling him on the phone, asking him out, etc. My friend didn't have the heart to tell her that he didn't like her (actually he despised her), and every time she called, he would placate her by being cordial, and not trying to be unpleasant in any way. Upon hanging up the phone after every phone conversation he would have with her, he would usually launch into an assault of nasty comments and demeaning names all directed towards her. I recall the very last time she called - it was a typical phone call. He would suffer through about an hour on the phone, being nice and pleasant, then after she said good-bye, he slammed the phone down on the receiver, and launched into one of his famous rants:
"F'in B***h! Why does she call me?! I f'in hate that fat pig! Doesn't she know nobody can stand her?! F'in FAT UGLY B***h!!!!"
...just then we heard a voice coming from the phone yelling one distinct word:
"JERK!!"......click
Apparently the phone had not been placed on the receiver properly, and had not terminated the connection...she had said good-bye, but had not hung up...and consequently heard every single word of my friend's rant.
oops! :wallbash: