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The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« on: November 13, 2008, 08:49:47 AM »
Just to start you off.

At a party, saw 2 women who looked a bit similar. "Ah, " I said in a jolly way, " you must be mother and daughter."

"No, we are sisters."

I left
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2008, 10:33:38 AM »
Just to start you off.

At a party, saw 2 women who looked a bit similar. "Ah, " I said in a jolly way, " you must be mother and daughter."

"No, we are sisters."

I left

One of them probably thought you were charming.  ::)
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2008, 10:37:55 AM »
Mistakenly impersonating a hovercraft in a job interview  redface:
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2008, 10:45:13 AM »
1. Offering the Round Table the muck-spreader to tart up as 'Santa's Sleigh'.
2. Trying to justify said offer on the grounds of "Authentic Reindeer aroma"
3. Telling Mrs DS #3 about 1 and 2.  redface:
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2008, 10:49:02 AM »
Saying a lot of very rude things about Virginia Bottomley to a woman I met at a reception.

When I had finished she boomed, "Young man. I am Virginia Bottomley's mother."  scared2:
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2008, 10:50:09 AM »
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3. Telling Mrs DS #3 about 1 and 2

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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2008, 10:54:37 AM »
Father Wench telling Brother Wench, whilst pissed, that he was a mistake.

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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2008, 10:55:11 AM »
 eeek:

Mind you, so was I  noooo:
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2008, 10:55:35 AM »
I was wanted.  cloud9:

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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2008, 10:55:50 AM »
But no longer...?
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2008, 10:56:31 AM »
I was at the time and that is all that matters!  Angry9:

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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2008, 11:13:14 AM »
I was wanted.  cloud9:

Did he tell you that when pissed as well?
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2008, 11:20:16 AM »
eeek:

Mind you, so was I  noooo:

Strangely, I think we had worked that out for ourselves like  whistle:
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2008, 10:09:28 AM »
I'm impressed, I had assumed this would be a purely Nick thread.  whistle:
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Re: The all new gaffes and foot in mouth thread
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2008, 10:12:04 AM »
We await reports of your top gaffe  whistle:
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