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1 June 2005 : Stupid Things

I'm sure we've all completely embarrassed ourselves from time to time… during random moments of stupidity… or when talking about things that we're really not sure we know anything about. Well, inspired by Jo's last post, here's a few things I feel mightily stupid about.

Quoting the Jon…

“Copper Spaniel” – When writing an answer on the March Party quiz sheet this weekend. The annoying thing is that I knew there was something wrong with it when I wrote it down! When it came to marking, the team marking our sheet queried our answer. Everyone laughed at me. =(

“I wasn't alive last century.” – When talking to Jo about how the kids that she looked after at the nursery weren't alive last century and what a scary thought that was.

“Shall I run her over in the car and bring her back?” – When talking to Jo about taking a friend somewhere in the car.

“I forgot about guinea pigs.” – You know, I have no idea what I was on about with this one either.

“Hey, we could grow a beard!” – When talking to my mate Nick about us growing beards… but the concept of two people growing one beard is quite funny.

And I'm sure there are other stupid things I've said, but I can't think of them right now… I'm sure some old friends from school will be able to remember many times of stupidity on my part.

Quoting others…

Having recently dug up parts of my old personal website, here is a small selection of fun quotes from acquaintances (who shall be protected by anonymity):

  • “The universe is just one big pudding.”
  • “Can you get a menstrual cycle from Halfords?”
  • “I cannot come on a weekly basis.”
  • “Consider an electron in a one-dimensional, square potential well.” – Take a three-dimensional object, make it two-dimensional and then consider it to be one-dimensional? You wonder why I had difficulties with parts of my university degree?
  • “I'd hate to be a lesbian and be pregnant.”
  • “Imagine they're cows, only spherical.”

How about you?

Have you recently embarrassed yourself through your own stupidity? Is there something stupid you once said that still embarrasses you when you think about it? C'mon! Confess!

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18 Comments

Comment 1

No, and the part about the spherical cows does make sense.

Robert Wellock, 01 June 2005 at 1033

Comment 2

Actually your weren’t alive last century well not for the majority of that century anyway. ;-)

Robert Wellock, 01 June 2005 at 1037

Comment 3

The point is, he was alive last century, no matter how small a section of it. :P

Actually, after he told me he was not alive last century, he then told me that “of course” he was alive in the 19th Century…

I think Jon is withholding a time machine from me…

fairyJo! x, 01 June 2005 at 1042

Comment 4

I once asked my dad if he fancied a game of tennis on holiday:

>> “No, it’s a bit too hot. Let’s wait till 6pm when the fire goes out of the sun.”

The last thing I’ll be thinking about when the sun’s fire goes out is a game of tennis.

Oh, an one from Pixelicious

>> Sydha: He’s a… what’s that word? What’s that word?
>> Jodey: Aardvark? Let’s start at the beginning.

Peter J.Lambert, 02 June 2005 at 1152

Comment 5

Aardvark? Aardvark?! Grammatically speaking, the word was never going to start with an “a” or any other vowel!

I’ll get me coat… Hang on, I can’t leave! This is my blog!

dotjay, 02 June 2005 at 1218

Comment 6

Sorry. Should I have included a ” _(sic)_ ” in there?

Oh, and it could begin with a _u_ .

“He was a union representative” for example.

Right. I’ve already got my coat on and am on my way out the door.

Peter J.Lambert, 02 June 2005 at 1423

Comment 7

LOL. Nah, I was just being an arse. :P

Damn, is my Textile formatting buggered as well?

dotjay, 02 June 2005 at 1438

Comment 8

I’ll never forgive you.

Peter J.Lambert, 02 June 2005 at 1617

Comment 9

Fine, consider this an all-out blogger war. I’m going to write a new virus that’ll bring down your website… or even better, make all your pages forward to Microsoft.com!

dotjay, 02 June 2005 at 1620

Comment 10

Now, now, children, behave! Hug and make friends, please. Else, no brownies for either of you, when I make them some time next month. :P

fairyJo! x, 02 June 2005 at 1827

Comment 11

Ah, I was only kidding. *hugs Pete* Hope you managed to sort out your textpattern strangeness.

I’ve had one of my strange days!

dotjay, 03 June 2005 at 0002

Comment 12

A day that is not strange is one that is boring.

Robert Wellock, 03 June 2005 at 0906

Comment 13

“May you live in interesting times”

vigo, 03 June 2005 at 1629

Comment 14

“If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.”
- Lewis Black

hink, 05 June 2005 at 0446

Comment 15

Thought I’d chuck in my contribution as you seemed to find my site randomly from somewhere! Dunno how!

Oh, and indeed, I am in full agreement. The universe is just one big pudding. But can you imagine getting the universe for dessert after dinner?

JonGibbins.com, 05 June 2005 at 1318

Comment 16

@ hink: I think I’m going to have an aneurism! Thinking about it, maybe she had to ride her horse to college every day?

@ Jon: Hi mate! *introduction to all* Everybody, meet my alter ego!

Jon, someone found my site by Googling for our name. It turned up in my stats and that’s where I found your new site.

On puddings: I wonder if the Restaurant at the End of the Universe serves puddings the size of the universe.

dotjay, 05 June 2005 at 1342

Comment 17

Milliway’s serve a very nice Tiramisu, just make sure you enjoy it before your 7th Pan Galactic Gargle Baster of the evening.

*shudder*

vigo, 05 June 2005 at 1350

Comment 18

More fabulously stupid things said by Jon:

1/6/05 – “If you were worried about goats, you’d have dumped me a long time ago.”

5/6/05 – “Because I rolled my legs up.”

Sadly, I cannot share with you the funniest thing Jon ever said. He won’t let me. :( All I can reveal is that it was on his birthday, three years ago, and just thinking about it still brings tears of mirth to my eyes…

*giggles*

fairyJo! x, 05 June 2005 at 2318

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