Sometimes it is very embarrasing to admit some of the dumbest things that have come out of my mouth. I really did it this week! Oye!!!
We own a cabin. Well a family of racoons made it their home this winter and now that Spring is here we are trying to get them evicted and to leave us alone. (They made their home in the attic of the cabin). So we caught the first one this past weekend. After 2 1/2 hours of getting enough courage to grab the cage and get it out of the attack we finally got one outside on the porch. My husband and I were giggling about the experience b/c you don't realize how much of a wuss one can be until you have to get close enough to the handle to pick it up!! haha. Anyways, as were giggling I say to my husband "You don't think they nested up there and layed eggs do you?" Ugh... as soon as I said it I realized how dumb that was. Haha. We both laughed some more and have laughed all week about it (including sharing the ridiculous story with friends and co-workers).
So, what is the dumbest thing that you may have ever said?
I was in the car and needing to tell my adult daughter something. I couldn't text because I was driving. I said, "I wish they would make texting voice activated" Duh! That would be a phone call!.
This is actually one of my husband's best lines...
He was playing around on some website and there was a link to a "Helen Keller" experience website. He finds her fascinating, so he clicked on it. It was a black screen with no sound. He called me into the den upset because the website wasn't working... really? She was blind and deaf... a black screen with no sound WAS her experience.
I still give him a hard time about this one.
"I do" with my first husband.
One day, an airplane was transporting the space shuttle to the air-force base not far from our office building. On the 38th floor of the building, we had a really good view of it landing. As we were looking out the window of my boss's office with binoculars at the shuttle, I said, "How does the shuttle land on the airplane?"
Umm... really? Obviously the shuttle is placed on the airplane on the ground.
Luckily I have a boss with a good sense of humor, she just laughed. That was 3 years ago, she still laughs at me about that. :)
When my husband took me to Rockerfeller Center for the 1st time in NYC in July a few years ago, I looked over the plaza and asked where the tree and ice were. Gah! I felt so stupid :(
We live in an apartment complex. On a very hot summer afternoon, my neighbor and I were walking to our seperate front doors. She remarked that she was worried about her elderly dog and hoped the air conditioning stayed on (she comes home at lunch time to walk her dog).
I replied, "I hope your dog isn't dead" :-0
Who says such a horrible thing?
That would be ME.
Ummm...well I didn't send you an invitation to my wedding since I know you wouldn't be able to make it...............! Yikes I still cringe because who says that outloud? Apparently I did. :(
When my husband and I were driving in Hawaii, I noticed that their highway signs were the same shape and colors as our Interstate signs, but they said "H-1" instead of "IH1" - so I remark outloud to my hubby "I wonder why the interstate sign says "H-1" instead of "IH-1" - and he BUSTS out laughing hysterically. I realized how dumb that was the SECOND I said it.... Oh, yeah - I still get teased about it.
One of my dad's favorite stories is that he and my mom were driving and my mom suddenly says, "What's tay-know-do?"
"What?"
"That sign said Tay-know-do, what is that?"
Dad thinks about it, "That sign was for Taekwondo, you know the martial art."
"Oh,"
The other day I told her that we planted popcorn kernels and that they were actually growing. She asked me,"What are they growing?"
"Tomatoes mom, the corn kernels are growing tomatoes."
My friend and I were driving back from St. Louis one time when her gas light came on. "Don't you think you should get some gas?" I ask.
Her: "Nah, When we get to low a little guy with a gas can will run across the dash board."
Me: "Really?"
Her: "No, you idiot." as she is laughing. Sigh.....
I was at Physical Therapy for an extended period of time after a hit-and-run accident about 5 years ago. I also suffered a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). I'm at this well known, specialty PT and Rehab business that focuses on professional athletes, but they took my insurance and the owner was my neighbor.
One day the PT working on me announces that he and his wife are expecting Baby #2.....after all the big sports guys gave their congratulatory high 5's, I say, "Oh, you're mating." My brain could not think of the more appropriate or socially acceptable phrase, like 'You're expecting." I could tell my comment was a conversation stopper but it took me a couple of days to figure it out because it seemed like the right thing to say.
I could give a slew of dumb things I did or said after that accident. Mainly around $$ because I couldn't read numbers for a few weeks, but I did not know I could not read numbers.....this is a classic case of 'You don't know what you don't know'....So I would argue with people at check outs over how much I owed them or how much change they owed me, until one time the sweet guy at the cash register went into his own pocket to pay the difference on my tab and I was mortified as to how pig headed I was being....at that point I accepted the fact that I was not reading numbers. And off to review and Neuro PT I went.
And ditto Alexis below...
My grandson is very allergic to eggs at Holiday time I said 'hey we should get him some egg nog'. UUUmmmmmdumb grandma moment.
LOL!
In response to Tracyxo's comment about making texting voice activated -- well, wouldnt you know it, there's an app for that! It is called Vlingo. There are actually many apps for it, but I got this one for free.
The idea seemed like a good one, since I too, wondered how I could just voice activate my texts. The problem was it does not work very well. For weeks, I would be talking into my phone like, "I'll be right there." and it would answer back "you are four square." Then I would be like, "I'll be right THERE!" because of course it would work if I talk louder, right? Then after about 5 minutes of this I would just suck it up and call.
This went on for WEEKS before I finally realized how dumb I was being with all this.
I didn't say this my daughter did but it was so funny it has become a family joke. this was said to a new boyfriends brother.
"So what branch of the military is the Navy Seals?"
I was at a dinner for retired deputies. I didn't remember the name of the deputy checking me in. I ask for his name and another deputy said I wouldn't know him. My response was "anyway, he seems like a real nice man." Geez that sounded so much like it came out of a grandma's mouth. Guess I really am old. lol
Two years later I'm still trying to remember who he is. I know I've seen him before while working.
Well, I just suggested counceling to DandyLion...that was pretty dumb, considering she probably doesnt even know what that is...
This is from my nephew and it cracked us ALL up and we still tease him...3 years later...
Nephew: Darn it! I cut myself with tape!
All of us: Ahahahahahahahaha! You cut yourself with tape??
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Stupidest thing I have ever said that I regret wholeheartedly:
I told my husband that he wasn't very good at reading aloud!
Wish I could take it back!!! It has been 13+ years and still kick myself for saying that to him. It was so heartless and I didn't think of his feelings and I made him self conscience about it and can see it...even after all these years...
All I can do is laugh at your story! Thanks for sharing.
