It’s March 15th and time for my Ides of March Contest!
Remember poor Julius Caesar and what happened to him on the Ides? Well, did you have a day where nothing went right? Or is there a moment where you were embarrassed beyond all belief?
Tell us a little bit about it today by midnight EST (or just drop by and leave a comment) and you could win the following:
DARKNESS CALLS (UK edition) autographed by Caridad
DREAMS AND DESIRES anthology autographed by Lois Winston
KISSES TO GO autographed by Irene Peterson
OVER THE MOON autographed by Virginia Kantra
TWO WEEKS WITH A STRANGER autographed by Debra Mullins
To get you all started, here’s one of my most embarrassing moments!
I had lost some weight and was on my way to work. Suddenly I felt something sliding down beneath my dress and I couldn’t get a hold of it. Next thing I knew, I was standing at the exit to the subway station with my slip down around my ankles. Somehow I managed to step out of it before anyone noticed (or if they did, no one did a thing in typical New York style!)
Do you have a moment like this that you would rather forget? If you do, spill the beans for us.
Oh my Caridad there is no way I can top that *lol* but you’re real gusty in sharing with us!
I really don’t have any embarrassing moments but I’m in a situation currently with my boss *sigh* Today has reached breaking point - can you believe it he tells me that he doesn’t want me to have any social relationship externally with a colleague who recently joined us, as I might influence her negatively - Geez tell me that is weird or what! So Ides of March has really bitten me today in that respect that nothing is going right!
by Rita March 15th, 2007 at 6:12 amJust to expand on that, he said that he doesn’t want me to be friends with her - I think he has lots it!! But not my issue, I’m making my move, hopefully it will come soon ‘coz I’ve lost respect for him
by Rita March 15th, 2007 at 6:26 amIt was very embarrassing. Luckily managed to scoop up the slip and make it to work.
That sounds awful, Rita. An old roommate’s mother once blamed me for being a bad influence. I was a straight A student and on scholarship so I had to toe the line about everything I did. I guess this mom thought her daughter had to have more fun in college! LOL!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 6:53 amHey there,
Ok, I am LOADED with embarrassing moments because I constantly get myself caught in these situations that I should really never be involved with in the first place. Your slip story is like an every day happening for me.
So I had this political science class in college where the teacher was the most monotonous bore. This one time I had this new book that Nora Roberts had just come out with and I was so in to it that in the middle of his class I snuck out as if to go to the bathroom (purse in hand) and I went over to the lounge, next to the bathroom, where I eagerly pulled out the book to read.
Twenty minutes later, Dr. Slane, our fantasticly monotonous professor walked up to me and goes “Hey, Nisha you better get back in there. I just gave out a quiz.”
He was my pre-law advisor too! I felt SO bad about it but he never brought it up again after that so I decided no to either!
I aced the quiz though, dont know how.
Two days ago, I was in this really nice restaurant for lunch with a friend of mine when I accidently sat on this chutney (It was an Indian restaurant). The back of my pants were splattered with red sauce (you can just imagine what it looked like!) Luckily, I had a pair of pants in my car that I just picked up from the drycleaners. I had to change in to them in the work parking lot, I was in the back seat struggling to pull these pants up when no other than a group of partners in the firm walk by! I dont think they saw my face but I’m SURE they saw the car bouncing a bit as I tried to pull my pants on.
There was also that time in high school when I fell down two flights of steps (in my plaid skirt uniform mind you) between bells when everyone else was trying to make it to class too. Oh, and I also fell in front of a starbucks once with all of the starbucks patrons watching as coffee drenched my shirt to the point where it was see through. Oh, and once I went through a WHOLE day at work with something stuck between my teeth and no one told me.
See? Told ya I’m loaded with them.
Hope you enjoyed!
by Milan Loka March 15th, 2007 at 7:53 amNisha
OMG Girl — remind me to stay to at least 10 feet away just in case something else major happens!
I had a similar Starbucks event — sans soaked shirt. There was this really cute group of California Highway Patrolmen getting coffee. Very early in the morning, I had rolled out of bed during vacation to get a coffee fix so I could start writing.
Well, I was gaga over them (men in uniform can be so hot) that I tipped over an entire grande venti onto the floor.
I quickly mopped it up, but boy was I embarrassed!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 7:58 amWhich one should I choose? LOL There are so many. I’ll start with this one:
I was in Publix grocery store one day years ago, checking out the broccoli, when this woman customer came up to me and told me to be careful, the floor was wet from the veggie sprinklers. I thanked her.
Then I bent forward to grab a bunch of broccoli when the sprinklers came on. But it wasn’t a fine mist. Oh no. I got seriously sprayed! I wiped myself off best as I could with the only thing I had in my basket–a Publix shopping circular, and finished shopping. I noticed everyone staring at me and figured I must look like a half-drowned rat or something. I told the manager they needed to get those sprinklers fixed, they shouldn’t be soaking the produce and any unsuspecting customers!
He apologized, but he never looked me in the eye. I got in line and this teenage kid (cashier) was staring fixed at my chest.
I asked him, “What?” Oh I was mad.
He went bright pink and mumbled an apology.
So I get out to my car and look at myself in the mirror. The colors from the circular had bled off–onto me! Then I look down at my chest and saw that not only were my nipples showing through the bra and tank top, but that the colors were in a swirl pattern around each boob! Sort of like a multi-colored bulls-eye.
And that was one of my better days!
by Cerri Ellis March 15th, 2007 at 8:14 amOMG! That is too funny and yes, embarrassing. And all because of some broccoli. I hope that when you ate it you didn’t have it in your teeth all day.
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 8:19 amRita, I have the same boss…lol only she won’t let me talk to anyone in the hospital and requires the area we are in to be silent. No talking or anything at all. The phone rings and she comes to see who we are talking to. Grrrrr..
Right now, I’m running on no sleep cause my room was removed while I was at work so they could redo the floors and I had to sleep on the couch which didn’t happen.
My boss just came in and fussed about a memo I wrote explaining a new rule from Medicare and I’m about ready to pull my hair out too.
by Mary Alice Pritchard March 15th, 2007 at 8:37 amHello Caridad,
Nice list of books to be won
Hmm as for an embarrassing moment not to sure if I have one LoL. I have one but it’s from high school. I will be glad to share with you all.
One morning as I am wakeing up to go to school I am having really bad cramps not thinking if it was my period or anything. I was wearing white pants with a nice blouse. I went to school and my crush was in my class of course LoL. As we are sitting there doing our work I am still feeling some pain in my tummy. When the school bell rang it was time for us to go to our next class. As I got up there was blood every where. Yes I ended up getting my period in school. Mind you I had on white Jeans duh. Crazy me didn’t think it was my period. I was so embarrassed because my crush was there and everyone just laughed at me. I had to go to the nurse’s office and call my mom to bring me another pair of jeans.
Hugssss
by Linda March 15th, 2007 at 8:53 amLinda.H.
I was in 2nd year high school and we had just finished swimming and we were getting changed. This girl was knocking on the door so I opened the door for her. She asked me a question at the same time she was looking at me as if I was crazy then I turned around the whole class was laughing at me I asked what were they laughing at they all pointed at my boob when I looked at it it was sticking out of my bra I was lucky that was an all girls SCHOOL
by Geize March 15th, 2007 at 9:50 amEmbarrassing..well, here’s one..I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women’s type I had been using. After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store. He asked if he could help me. Without thinking, I looked at him and said, “I think I like playing with men’s balls.” and they all just burst out laughing..LOL
by reva March 15th, 2007 at 9:55 amThat’s tough. It’s only natural to interact with your colleagues at work, especially since you spend so much time there.
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 9:55 amHugs, Linda. We’ve all her period moments, darn! Mine came just as I was leaving a client’s office. By the time the taxi got to the airport, it was all over my suit.
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 9:57 amMy sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help. I replied, “No, I’m just looking at your nuts.” My sister started to laugh hysterically, the boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away. To this day, my sister has never let me forget.
by Myrrell March 15th, 2007 at 9:57 amMine was when I was at the pool and my best friend that was a girl was in front of me and i didn’t realize that my thing was out and I bumped into her from behind and she went ump.
by Kurtis Eyler March 15th, 2007 at 9:59 amA couple weeks later she asked me out.
She was my first kiss.
LOL! The one boob peek. You were lucky it was an all girls school. I guess if you weren’t the boys would have felt lucky?!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 9:59 amROFLMAO!! That is really really too funny about the “men’s balls”!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 10:00 amI was working in the Security Office at Dragon Hill Lodge, Seoul, South Korea.
Another guy and I were looking at the Security Camera at the Pool area. There was a really cute lady sunning herself out there; we could not see her face, which was blocked by a support column.
Our Boss walked in and caught us looking at this Bikini beauty. After scolding us, he also watched with us. He was also watching the beauty sun herself. He also made some comments about her.
Suddenly, when the lady moved; we saw her face; he stiffened, and suddenly spoke out -
“Hey, that’s my wife.”
Ooops!
by D. Terrell March 15th, 2007 at 10:00 amThanks for the hugs. I sure can use one now. I am feeling a little under the weather. Just last wk it was so cold now it’s so hot. We are expecting some snow this wk though. Talk about flu weather LoL.
Hate when that happens. Get your period out of no where. See mine’s change on me so I don’t know when I will actually get it. Sometimes I get it in the first wk of the month or sometimes towards the middle around the 16th or so. This time I caught it in time. I had to go to the bath room and I realized I got it. Thank God I was home for this one LoL.
Btw if you all like to you can stop by my blog today. I have some fun things going on there also
Hugssss
by Linda March 15th, 2007 at 10:01 amLinda.H.
This is a good one about the nuts! Did you see the one about men’s balls?
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 10:03 amWell, i am ALWAYS embarrassing myself wherever I go because I never remember to think before I act.
Your stories reminded me of one time:
I was on the swim team, and I was in my swimsuit and standing next to the pool after practice. I was looking in my bag for my towel and a permission form for my coach, and was digging around with such vigor that my panties flew out of my bag, through the air, and and landed on the head of the (older) guy I liked! Not to mention they were sort of wet, because I had just gotten out of the pool and my hands were in the bag.
It was TERRIBLE, I tell you but I managed to get a good laugh out of it anyway.
by Mathilde March 15th, 2007 at 10:03 amThis happened when I was about 19. I had a real short mini on with nylon panty hose (with a couple of holes in them), and no panties. As I boarded a London bus, the whole thing raised from the back exposing my bum (and the holes in the hose). A middle aged gent behind me quietly pulled the hem down and held it there till I was safely on. I thanked him all red-faced, and he said “s’alright, love,” and winked. Even today I blush a little while I write this.
by Sherley March 15th, 2007 at 10:06 amLOL, D! I can’t imagine how he must have felt when it turned out to be his wife.
Seems like it worked out okay for you, Kurtis!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 10:40 amCaridad, Look on the bright side. At least you can say that you lost some weight!
by Carol M. March 15th, 2007 at 11:10 amI’ve never heard of a straight A student being a bad influence! lol
I think we’ve all had those “period” moments. I started when I was at the movie theater. I was glad it was dark and I was only with my girlfriends and not on a date but I had to call my mom to come and get me.
Well, It’s not mine but it’s funny nonetheless. I have a friend who was going into a taco bell with her daughters. She was walking across the parking lot wearing some kind of skirt that was long, wide and filmy. Just as she approached Joe Montana (Former 49ers quarterback in case you’re really really young) walking out of the restaurant as she walked in, a big wind came up and blew her skirt up over her head. She refers to that as the day she showed Joe Montana her panties.
by Gretchen March 15th, 2007 at 11:29 amHey Mary looks like we both need to get our boss’s checked into the “looney towers” *sigh*
But wow what classic stories all you guys - thanks for the chuckle!
by Rita March 15th, 2007 at 11:36 amHi Caridad! Had to stop by to attend your special blog party today. Also, I couldn’t resist reading others embarrassing moments if for no other reason than to help myself feel better about the multitude of mine! LOL Let’s see….well once I was in Walmart and decided to try on a swim suit that was on sale. For some insane reason, I came bopping out of the dressing room wearing the bikini to check and see if there was another size. I didn’t even think about the fact that I was wearing it or that gosh know who could be walking by that moment. Well, a guy was pushing his shopping cart right down the aisle by me at that very moment and I guess the site of me (good or bad?) caught him off guard and he stopped looking where his cart was headed. He ran smack dab into a hug display of talking baby dolls and they crashed to the floor in the loudest way….followed by the dolls saying “I want my Mommy!” over and over again. Now, in retrospect that is darned funny but at the time…I slunk back into the dressing room totally embarrassed…and nearly “bare a$$ed” as well. LOL Chow!
by Kerri March 15th, 2007 at 11:43 amI had another friend who was standing at the copier talking with another (male) co-worker when the elastic gave out on her slip and it (like your experience) pooled around her ankles. Everyone just had to laugh (including her) because this was the kind of thing that happened to her all the time. She was just one of those calamity jane types.
Most of this kind of stuff that happens to me is just pathetic. Like an exhausted trip back from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. I had been travelling for something like 26 hours and had been unable to sleep on the plane. After finding myself in tears from exhaustion in the airport in Chicago and just generally having a pity party I got to the airport in my hometown loaded up my enormous luggage into the back of my mini van and drove home. Once I parked in front of the house. (It must have been after midnight), I got out and unloaded my luggage. I was so relieved to finally be home and had just thought to myself that nothing else could go wrong, nothing else could hurt me. I could go in the house and go to bed for two days. I reached up and grabbed the strap on the hatchback and pulled hard to close it. Unfortunately I was too close and it whacked the top of my head and really hurt my feelings. I stood in the front yard and bawled. I learned alot during that trip. Most importantly always have a car service pick you up and return you home from the airport.
by Gretchen March 15th, 2007 at 11:48 amHi Caridad,
by Mona March 15th, 2007 at 11:56 amIf the blog today was ever meant to make us feel comfortable about our embarrassing situations. it worked big time.. Now all my embarrassing little moments seems…little…compared to all these embarrassing situations.
OMG, these are hilariuous!
My most embarrassing moment was in nursing school. We were doing our clinical rotations when I was asked to show a small group of first year students how to conduct a head-to-toe assessment on a patient. Now let me explain that as a student we were not assigned lockers for our things. In other words, anything we might need for the day we carried along with us. So imagine my patient’s amusement when rather than retrieving my pen light from my pocket to check her eyes, I pulled out a tampon! I was mortified, but all the first year students got a huge laugh out of it lol. So much for appearing professional huh?
by Zara March 15th, 2007 at 12:00 pmMy memory is mercifully short when it comes to embarrassing moments and there have been a few! The only one I could think of was one of those times when I was complaining to my friend about one of our teachers, who wasn’t one of the nicest teachers, and who do you think walked past us right there and then? And you could tell she had heard me…
by Minna March 15th, 2007 at 12:08 pmI’m really enjoying the posts today! I guess my life has been very dull. I really can’t think of anything to add to all these funny stories!
by Carol M. March 15th, 2007 at 12:51 pmI definitely think it’s done that so I am really glad we can all feel more comfortable about all the funky things that happen to us.
And I so totally understand about the traveling and wanting someone to baby you by picking you up at the airport!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pmAfter a hellish day of getting screamed at in work and putting up with my chatterbox friend, who does not know how to stop talking, I wrote a really long email to myself, which I do, or used to do, when I get mad. I bitched my heart out then pressed the send to all button.
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!
by Maria Duncan March 15th, 2007 at 1:28 pmI have the day nothing went right starting with a thunderstorm that woke us at 5 am when a branch from a tree got tangled in our electric wire causing a fire and making our power go out. First the fire company and police arrive but the fire was out and there was nothing they could do so I waited for the electric company and they came out and fixed it several hours later. The kids get home from school and I am so tired from being woken up and being scared by everything that I’m making some tea and I hear the sound of running water and go downstairs to investigate and see that water is pouring out of the ceiling because my daughter had flushed the upstairs toilet and it have overflowed.
by Maureen March 15th, 2007 at 1:43 pmOh no!! Computers make it so much easier to do things like that. I hope no one really bitched back at you.
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 1:44 pmThat’s a nightmare. When we first moved into our house, one thing after another broke and the final straw was when we woke up and water was pouring in through the ceiling of the den. A tree limb had come down like a javelin and pierced the roof above it and the rain was just pouring in.
On the plus side — were any of the firefighters or police men cute?
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 1:46 pmYes I wanna know that too - just makes things a bit easier to take in, when the firefigher or police men are cute *grin*
by Rita March 15th, 2007 at 2:09 pmI have had the firefighters come at 4 in the morning when a sensor went off. Not pleasant but he was large and nice to look at!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 2:29 pmI didn’t think I had that many embarassing moments till I read this thread. Two of the worst come to mind. First was in high school accounting class. The guy I liked at the time was on the other side of the room and we were allowed to wear our walkmans because it was an 82 minute class and it helped the time pass quicker when we were doing the workbooks. So anyways, our desks were arranged three across so I was between two of my friends and talking about stuff with the earphones on. Didn’t quite realize how loud I’d been talking till he turned and waved, he heard the entire conversation about him. That was mortifying.
by Lis March 15th, 2007 at 2:33 pmSecond ones about 5 years ago. My best friend and I were at an NHL game and the team was unveiling the third jersey. It was also halloween. So lots of people in costume. And I’d just bought the new jersey since I found one with my fave player’s name on it. So we’re sitting in our seats, tv timeout comes along (which is when they usually move the camera in the arena and put people up on the scoreboard) so there’s different groups of people decked out in costumes and suddenly there’s me and my best friend up on the screen and say “oh my god we’re on the screen’ The ENTIRE arena laughs, including both benches and since we’re close to the ice some of the players look and grin. She goes beet red, I’m trying not to stare up at the screen and praying it goes away. We ended up there for at least 45 seconds. People came up to us for the rest of the night. I don’t think she’s ever forgiven me for that one lol
That’s a good one, Lis. The first reminds me of how I “really met” my husband.
I had seen him at freshman orientation and we had exchanged names but got pulled away quickly by friends. I realized in the next few days that we were both BIO majors and in many of the same classes.
So he walks into the first lecture class for one of our BIO courses. I had of course scoped out where he would be sitting. What does he do? Sit in the wrong seat. What do I do? I tell him he’s in the wrong seat.
He gets up, checks it out and then sits down a row behind me, smiling all the time ’cause he knew he had caught my attention!!
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 2:38 pmWow! I feel better now. I guess I am not the only one who has been a victim of an embarassing moment. Years ago a coworker and I were talking bad about another coworker who we were both angry about. Her office is next to ours and we thought she was out. Well I was feeling better after venting and then I hear a voice saying “You know Ican hear everything you are saying.” I was so embarassed and things were pretty uncomfortable for me for awhile until we made our peace.
by Cherie J March 15th, 2007 at 3:05 pmI was at a book store and got some books and wasn’t looking at the front of the van I was walking up to . I put the key in the lock and couldn’t get it unlocked, Then I looked up and seen it wasn’t the right van ; it was one that looked like mine. I hope noone saw and thought I was trying to take their van
by Patricia Kasner March 15th, 2007 at 3:17 pmA day where nothing went right…I had a patient’s sister yelling at me because she thought something was wrong with her sister, we couldn’t find anything, she was not happy about that, she was determined something was not right. We sent her to the ER and they couldn’t find anything either! While I am trying to deal with that, another patient falls and get stuck under her wheelchair! Then later that night, another patient falls and tries to blame me, I wasn’t even in the room!
by Kenyetta March 15th, 2007 at 3:29 pmWhen I was in high school, many many years ago I took mostly business classes. One day while sitting in my shorthand class and listening to the teacher discuss the different symbols for letter and words. I sat at my desk with a ball point pen in my mouth. I was sucking on it, not the tip but the other end. The next thing I knew I got this funny taste in my mouth. I took the pen out of my mouth and looked at it and there was blue ink all over the place. I was sitting next to my best friend and she started cracking up. I had blue ink all over my hands and in my mouth. I got up and went to the teacher and told her what happened and asked if I could go to the bathroom. She excused me. Just let me tell you how embarrassed I was, my mouth and teeth were blue for two days.
by Teresa W. March 15th, 2007 at 3:57 pmROTFL! Loving this- thanks Caridad what a great idea!
My own story isn’t sad…so dont go aww- a bad outcome actually gave me lots of time to spend with and to appreciate my family.
K-so that said… my most embarrassing moment is more like the gift that keeps on giving LOL. Almost three years ago (at age 32) I broke my tibia in 20 pieces while walking. No I wasnt chewing gum at the time lol and I didn’t even hit the ground…it literally shattered in midair. It was a fluke, one of those moments that all the fates have to align for just the right moment for something to happen- uneven pavement caused my ankle to roll and since i was stepping off a curb-torque and tortion combined to create a mini explosion in my leg lol. the fragments also damaged my femoral artery as a result i have lots of metal and 4 scars-two that are a foot long and two that are 6-8 inches long. I get lots of horrified questions when i wear shorts “What happened” “How did you…” And have to explain that I did it while walking. Not even speed walking- or something competitive like that lol. It was so insane an injury that my best friend let people think it was due to a biking accident. And someone else that it was done on a motor bike. I have gone into hospitals and been told by doctors, nurses, physios and admin “We’ve heard about you”. I’ve participated in a study on after effects of traumatic injury and had to explain that “Yes I understood the question…NO i didnt give half an answer- I did that much damage walking-no i didnt hit the pavement first and no i dont have osteporosis” Its quite funny now… and my kids try to stick magnets to my leg…and with the swelling I get we like to take household items and press them in to leave imprints- we look forward to causing a bit of a freakout at airport security one day with the metal detectors. If you can’t laugh at yourself…you might as well not get up in the morning
by Linda M March 15th, 2007 at 5:01 pmO.k., I’m going to chime in with a couple that sound almost like repeats . I don’t know what it is about half slips, but they’re obviously evil! LOL When I was working at a LARGE university (40,000+ students), I was walking across campus to the student center one beautiful spring day. It was midday, class change, and yes–I felt my slip live up to its name. There were kids rushing all around me, and I just kept going, kicking it off the sidewalk toward the bushes!
And on the subject of stairs, and falling…WAY back (sometime just after the Dark Ages ) when I was a lowly freshman in high school, my English teacher sent me to the library to pick up a book they were holding for her. I found out it was at the upstairs librarian’s desk so,I headed up the spiral staircase, passing a table full of senior boys next to it. I got about a third of the way up, tripped, and slid on my stomach ALL the way back down, landing at the bottom, right next to the table, with my skirt up around my waist. I was amazed to find I couldn’t REALLY die of mortification. Grace in action here!
by Julia March 15th, 2007 at 6:08 pmWoW! These are some great stories and funny ones
Caridad I am in the Northeast of NJ
It’s so cold now and raining 
Thank you. My period is just weird like that LoL. Oh wow hot flashes instead hmm.
Thank you for stopping by my blog today hun. Will post some excerpts for Melissa tomorrow if you want to come by again
Hugssss
by Linda March 15th, 2007 at 6:38 pmLinda.H.
I don’t know about you, but it’s been fun and enlightening. Also, as someone mentioned, it’s also been great to share all these moments ’cause it lets us know we are not alone.
by Caridad March 15th, 2007 at 7:19 pmlol Caridad! That’s a memorable meet
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by Lis March 15th, 2007 at 7:22 pmDon’t know if I am too late to make my comment count for the drawing, but since so many people have come clean…
One of my most embarrassing situations came with meeting my Fiancee’s boss and his wife. We had them over for dinner and the wife came into the kitchen to assist me with prep for the meal. We got to talking about differences in culture since they were from Europe. One of the things that I mentioned as a big difference was the relaxed drinking attitudes and the larger quantities imbibed.
Apparently she took me to mean that I thought her husband was a lush (since he is apparently a slightly heavy drinker). She gave him a long sermon on their drive back home about not being a bad influence to my beloved. To this day, I still don’t know how she could have gotten that meaning from what I said. It was uncomfortable to meet with either the boss or his wife for years afterwards.
by Little Lamb Lost March 15th, 2007 at 8:13 pmProbably my worst embarrassing moment was on my first real date and my boob spilled ice tea in my lap. I was on a double date with my best friend. My date at the time was one of my best friends too that should have stayed friends only. He thought it was funny so he kept teasing me. And so when we pulled in the movie parking lot I got even. I dumped the rest of the tea in his lap. He thought that was funny too.
by Pamk March 15th, 2007 at 9:01 pmFirst, thank you everyone for making me laugh. I needed it. This morning, while walking, I found a penny. It was tails up. I should have left it on the ground. Son was sick and I ran late for work. I clipped the mirror on my husbad’s truck backing out of the garage. I got to work an hour late. Computer system was down and it’s payroll day. I’m the IT person among many other things. One our drivers was involved in an small accident. Another employee cut his finger and had to file a worker’s comp claim. And to top the day off, I was notified by the association who we buy our health insurance through that their contract with Blue Cross has been canceled and I need to find another source for health for our employees in ninty days.
by Dianne March 15th, 2007 at 9:25 pmThank God for Fridays and wine.
ooh, nice prize! I’d love to win the books. I only have one really embarrasing story. My husband and I were waiting outside a church for a wedding we were attending. My girlfriend was bringing along her new boyfriend. I walked up to meet him and my ankle turned in a crack on the sidewalk. I went down face first, belly down, body flat on the side walk. My husband helped me up and I had a huge whole in my nylons and my leg was bleeding along with my elbow. My purse was about three feet away with all the contents all over the ground. I started to cry. lol It hurt, but not enough to cry. Not only were my clothes a mess now, so was my makeup that had run down my face mixed with the tears.
by Kim March 15th, 2007 at 9:58 pmI don’t know if I can top some of these stories! I was in California last week, editing my short film (I won an MTV contest and they’re going to put the movie up on their The Stew website). The editor and I decided to walk out and get some lunch. We were talking and walking down the sidewalk, when I suddenly went airborne. Luckily, we were going through a residential area and I mostly hit grass. I had tripped over an uneven bit of pavement. Someday I going to break a hip, and that’ll be it for me.
I produce a nightly newscast, and I’ve definitely had days when everything went wrong. Some days, every reporter’s story runs 20 seconds longer than I have allotted for it. Other days, everything is 20 seconds shorter. I don’t know which is worse. Sometimes we go to the live shot, and between the mic check right before the show and the actual live shot, the microphone has died. He’s talking, but nothing’s coming out. The first night of the Gulf War, ABC sent out two bulletins saying the network was staying with continuous coverage; they would not break away for local news. Two crew members had gone home, the studio lights were off, and I was about to walk down the hall to get paper for the fax machine, when Peter Jennings said, “Straight ahead, your local news.” The master control operators threw in about four minutes of promos while we got organized. Thankfully, my 10pm anchor had taped a 7-minute taped interview with our local Congressman, so as soon as we got on the air, he tossed to the tape, and that gave us time to figure out the rest of the show. I heard some stations had things a lot worse than we did. Talk about embarrassing.
by Auriette March 15th, 2007 at 10:24 pmWell, it was track season in Sixth grade and the girls had to work with the boys. I hated co-ed PE and thought that you always had to impress people to get them to like you.
After we changed into our PE clothes and stretched we went out to the track to do discus. It was really hard and the disc was really heavy. It was then that I realized that my bra had come undone and was hanging by a string. I couldn’t re-hook it now because all the boys were watching, so when it came my turn I grabbed the discus and got ready to throw. My back was aching and I felt like I was going to puke - hoping that my bra wouldn’t come off.
As soon as I threw it, my bra made a quick snapping noise, slid off my arms and down my shirt, landing on the ground.
All the boys and girls started laughing (including the PE teachers).
The bad part was it was pink and lacy!
by Leanne March 15th, 2007 at 11:34 pmOkay, so one time when I was at Tae-kwon-Do, our instructor brought out the sparring gloves and we got to spar! I love sparring. It’s my favourite part of Tae-kwon-Do. Well, right before Tae-kwon-Do I had wrestling practice and I am very lazy. I was too lazy to take my singlet off. So, I get paired up with Evan, who is the same belt level as me, but younger and way more…hyper. So he and I are sparring and he goes to kick my head. Me, being the big show off I am, decided that instead of blocking his kick and countering it, I was going to squat and jump up with an awesome kick. Well, I went to squat, and all of a sudden the whole gym goes quite.
All you could hear was this big RIP!! I stood up and looked around. Everyone was staring at me and Evan was laughing. I had ripped my pants! The worst part was I was still wearing my singlet so everyone could see my shiny blue singlet. Everyone though I was wearing spandex underwear. Even worse, my crush is a black belt and was right beside me! Since there are so many yellow belts in our club, when we lined up at the end of class, everyone could see my “Spandex underwear!” I would have rather them had all seen the thong I was wearing!
I was so embarrassed that I ordered a new uniform. I’m still waiting for it to come in to this day!
by Miyaka March 15th, 2007 at 11:37 pmIt was my first time making love so I was a bit nervous.
I slip on my condom and start working my way. It turns out there was some air in the condom and due to the pressure it exploded in her genitalia!
Imagine it like this:
Oooh!
Aaah!
Eeeh!
*moan*
I’m coming!!
Ugh!
BANG!!!!
God that was embarrassing, I thought I had blown my thingy into bits!!
by George March 15th, 2007 at 11:40 pmDuring my junior year in high school, I had a part in a school play. My character was a fairy princess, and my costume was basically just glittery leotards. As with any leotards, I couldn’t wear anything underneath them, and I’d have to pull the whole thing down to my ankles in order to use the restroom. Needless to say, this made bathroom breaks very awkward, so I’d usually try to drink as little as possible on performance days. Unfortunately, though, I broke my own rule at the worst possible time — during the final performance. That last performance was “The Big Day” — the day on which teachers, students, parents, siblings, and other family members would all be in attendance.
To celebrate the event, our theater teacher brought us cake and soft-drinks beforehand. And because I’m an idiot who can’t resist free stuff, I ended up drinking several sodas shortly before the start of the play. While giving my performance, I could feel the pressure building in my bladder, but somehow I thought that I’d be able to hold it in until the end. By act 3, though, I was in serious pain, and I knew that I couldn’t wait any longer. During a brief section in which my character wasn’t on stage, I took the opportunity to hurry to the nearest bathroom…but it was occupied! At that point, I was a second away from peeing in my leotards. There was no way I could wait any longer, so I desperately began searching for an unoccupied room in which I could relieve myself. Just behind the stage, I found a small, dark, dusty storage room. In my desperation, it seemed like the perfect place for me. So I went into a corner and pulled my leotards down to my ankles. Before I could begin peeing, though, I realized that I was at risk of splashing urine on my costume, so I pulled my leotard off entirely, and tossed them onto a nearby chair. (I was now totally naked.) I thought I’d finally have a chance to pee, but before I could start, I heard someone approaching. It was my theater teacher, and he was saying, “Dara! Where the hell are you?! It’s almost time for you to go back onstage!” It sounded like he was about to enter the room. At this point, my fear, my embarrassment, and the pain in my bladder had completely addled my thinking. Nearby, there was a door to what I thought was a closet. Somehow, I thought that I’d be able to hide in there until my teacher left. So I opened the door and rushed through…but it wasn’t a closet. I was now ON THE STAGE! As soon as I saw the rows and rows of people staring at me, I completely froze, and my mind went blank. I could not move, or think, or even breathe. I didn’t even have enough sense to run away or cover myself. I just stood there completely exposed, and I was vaguely aware of shocked gasps and murmurs coming from the audience. At that point, my poor bladder just couldn’t take it any more, and I began peeing.
As I write this, I can feel a sense of numb horror as I remember that experience. Everyone was staring at me, and I was totally, totally, naked…with my own urine running uncontrollably down my legs. I could faintly hear someone in the audience saying, “Is she…pissing on herself? Oh my God, she is!” The gasps and murmurs became much louder. I don’t really know what happened after that, because I fainted.
From then on, I was the laughing stock of the school.
by Dara March 16th, 2007 at 12:17 amNot too late. You had until 12 EST and this was a good story. Cultural differences can often create misunderstandings between people.
We had one French lady in our office tell a tale of advising a gentleman caller that she just had to “douche” meaning shower in French. He must have thought he was going to be one lucky guy! LOL!
by Caridad March 16th, 2007 at 6:47 amYou must have died when he said, here’s the local news. You sound like you have an amazing job and congrats on the MTV short film win. You must tell me when it is on so I can let everyone know to go watch it!
by Caridad March 16th, 2007 at 7:01 amWho won the books
by Patricia March 16th, 2007 at 7:11 pmI have to say talking about someone and finding out they are standing right behind you. thanks for a chance at some great books.
by jeanne March 16th, 2007 at 7:20 pm