Foot in Mouth SyndromeWhat's the worst social gaffe you've ever made? When you know you've said the wrong thing to the wrong person and wish the ground would swallow you up. In other words you've just contracted a bad case of foot in mouth syndrome. Tell us your stories and we'll share your pain.
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rob, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 22:27)
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Christmas '01 A nice seasonal one.Was Christmassing round the Sis-in-laws with the family and the outlaws. 6 adults, 4 kids type of thing. When a friend of theres invited himself around since he had nowhere else to go. Aw shame.
All was going well for a day or 2 until I spotted a bottle of Bells Whisky lying around and considering myself a bit of a Whisky snob (if it's not malt then it's muck type of thing), and of course wanting to get one over on the brother-in-law I started laying into him about how cheap he was putting out a bottle of 'cooking' whisky when the father-in-law and I had brought a couple of bottles of single malt along. yadda yadda ya.
The fact that he went quiet and didn't react baited me further and I went into the full 'Oh how I miss those heather covered hills' mode.
That was until I was told sheepishly that James (the friend) had brought the whisky along as a present as he felt guilty having invited himself to stay for Christmas.
I didn't even have the excuse that I had a belly full inside me at that point. But, you can be sure I made up for it after then. James left later saying he was going to visit a couple of friends for a night or two after that.
(, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 14:01, Reply)
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