Why did I say that...D'oh!!

Beetlebum · 12-07-2006 11:28AM #1

The other night I was round in my friends house having a few drinks, watching Forest Gump. At the end of the movie, my usually intelligent friend says ' Wow, he's amazing, is he still alive?!'.....I looked at her and nearly choked on my beer as I watched the penny drop.

Gotta admit I've said and done some pretty stupid things in my time aswell.
Once I was making soup and I didn't want any of the bits to be in it so I held the saucepan over the sink with a sieve and proceeded to pour the contents in, the mistake I made was not putting a bowl under it so all I was left with was a sieveful of bits....d'oh!!

Another time, I was filling in my application form for an Australian visa and at the section where it says date of birth, the format was day/month/year. Without thinking, I turned to my friend and said 'How the hell am I supposed to know what day I was born on? Sure I'll just put down Wednesday...'

Jesus, sometimes I wonder how I get to work in the morning without a Sherpa! What's the stupidest thing you've ever said or done without thinking?!

Ruu_Old · 12-07-2006 11:30AM

I do this regularly.:o I intend to make a cup of tea but instead it ends up as just a cup of boiling water and sugar.

LadyJ · 12-07-2006 11:33AM

One time I said that it'd be a great idea for someone to make a film about a crazy taxi driver,who just goes around killing people.

It seemed like a fresh idea for about a second.

Kiera · 12-07-2006 11:38AM

I’m always at it. I constantly ask the bus driver for 20 silk cut blue. Bless myself when passing a petrol station; I’m not religious so have no idea why I do this. A few weeks ago, I thanked the can dispenser for my can of Fanta in the middle of a take away.

EWheelChair · 12-07-2006 11:39AM

Im very dozy when im really hungover, i do all sorts of stupid things like that. Locking the bathroom door before i close it and then trying to close it. Walking into the kitchen and looking in the fridge when i was meant to be looking for washed clothes.

Happens all the time

EWheelChair · 12-07-2006 11:40AM

Kiera wrote:

I thanked the can dispenser for my can of Fanta in the middle of a take away.

Haha, classic.

TomCo · 12-07-2006 11:43AM

I regularly say sorry to people who should be apologising to me.

Kolodny · 12-07-2006 11:47AM

I used to do a lot of call centre/reception work and have often been known to answer my mobile stating the name of the company I was working for at the time.

Dun laoire · 12-07-2006 11:49AM

Kiera wrote:

I’m always at it. I constantly ask the bus driver for 20 silk cut blue. Bless myself when passing a petrol station; I’m not religious so have no idea why I do this.A few weeks ago, I thanked the can dispenser for my can of Fanta in the middle of a take away.

That made me laugh. A real blonde moment

Sleipnir · 12-07-2006 11:50AM

Kiera wrote:

I’m always at it. I constantly ask the bus driver for 20 silk cut blue. Bless myself when passing a petrol station; I’m not religious so have no idea why I do this. A few weeks ago, I thanked the can dispenser for my can of Fanta in the middle of a take away.

HA HA HA HA! I love you....... (wipes tear from eye)

LadyJ · 12-07-2006 11:50AM

Kiera wrote:

Bless myself when passing a petrol station

I can empathise here.

I used to be an alter server when I was a kid and in school I would always bow at the teacher's desk and then bless myself.

It was pretty funny but got me into trouble sometimes as she thought I was "being cheeky".

shoutman · 12-07-2006 11:51AM

Im not to bad at saying stuff like this but some of my friends are just rediculous.

Theres one especially who has come out with such gems as:
When in a Chinese she was asked if she wanted to try some duck to which her reply was "no thankss I dont eat fish"

Also she has asked "Do turtles have eyes".

Another friend of mine has inquired as to what a Malaysian was and if Holland was a country or a part of france. (now id almost find this acceptable but she was in the place two years ago

)

Huggles · 12-07-2006 11:52AM

This morning in front of a whole office of colleagues I answered the phone stating that it was the old comapny I worked for....everyone was like :eek: :eek:

Incase you didn't get that I said: "Good morning, (insert old company name here), Gooner speaking" Oh my god the shame!!!! I wouldn't mind but I have been here over a year now.

LadyJ · 12-07-2006 11:54AM

I remember once in 6th year we were talking about IQ in maths and someone mentioned Steven Hawking.

Then a girl up the front asked "Is he in this school?"

r3nu4l · 12-07-2006 11:58AM

I remember getting on the 25 bus in Lucan and asking the driver how much it was to go to Lucan...of course, I meant how much is it to go to town*

Also when I was 18, I remember a Garda car pulling up onto the footpath in front of me at about 4 am one morning, when I was drunk. The headlights were blazing so I didn't realize it was a Garda car and when the guy pulled down the window and asked me my name I said:

'What's it to you? Think you're a cop or something?'

*biko, for the purposes of this post 'town' is Dublin city centre.

Dun laoire · 12-07-2006 11:58AM

Jaysus i stated thinking about it and my brothers friend who lets just say isnt the full shilling pulled out some beautys but one that sticks out was a few of them went out for dinner and he ordered steak, when the waiter asked him how he'd like it done he said "cooked please" or another one was he rang vodafone complaining he couldnt hear his phone because it was on silent.

Bard · 12-07-2006 12:04PM

Kiera wrote:

Bless myself when passing a petrol station; I’m not religious so have no idea why I do this.

Keep doing it! You just know the one time you forget to do it, the petrol station will explode!

ORVEE · 12-07-2006 12:09PM

Chatting to a mate one day who was rattling on about his love life bla..bla...bla...I told him that only his mother could love him.
His response.....I'm adopted.
Oop's

fuzzywiggle · 12-07-2006 12:10PM

The other night a girl said to me ''oh heya, haven't seen you in ages! How have you been keeping?'' I said ''ooh no thanks'' ??? She didn't say anything which made me feel even more embarrassed.

Another time I said hello to this fella I liked just as I walked by him. It went like this

Me: (quietly) hi
Him: Alrite (my name)
Me: (loudly) Hiiii!

He must have thought that I was so delighted he said hello back that I said it again?!!?

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 12-07-2006 12:11PM

My Brother:::
"How many countries play in the Six Nations?"

Dooom · 12-07-2006 12:13PM

Beetlebum wrote:

Another time, I was filling in my application form for an Australian visa and at the section where it says date of birth, the format was day/month/year. Without thinking, I turned to my friend and said 'How the hell am I supposed to know what day I was born on? Sure I'll just put down Wednesday...'

ROFL

teh winlegend.

Takeshi_Kovacs · 12-07-2006 12:23PM

I remember doing a french aural test in college, where i started of by giving my name, address and age in Irish, before i realised my folly..

Thank god the tester also spoke good Irish, and had just a good laugh about it...

jobonar · 12-07-2006 12:24PM

1 of my mates just cannot think before he talks! his best 2 were :

1)how many qurters are there in a American Football?!
2)When is "That 70's show" set?

Playing football 1 day and him in a world of his own forgetting i'm standing right in front of him and spits a mouthful of water out and soaks me! took him about 5 mins to cop what he'd done!!

Smellyirishman · 12-07-2006 12:26PM

After channel flicking and landing on Countdown, the round time was up and whatshisface asked the contestants "So, what did you get?", "Seven" replied the first, "Seven" replied the second. To which my GF proclaimed "Sure how could they get seven, there is no 'V' on the board". You had to be there :cool:.

In mass, my sister and I both occasionally said "Thanks" after recieving communion.

fuzzywiggle · 12-07-2006 12:27PM

Oh, I once asked did an Aston Martin DB9 take diesel or petrol

mukki · 12-07-2006 12:33PM

whats stupid about the aston martin question

heard a girl saying "god, the planes get very close to the ground when they are landing"

TerrorFirmer · 12-07-2006 12:35PM

went out for dinner and he ordered steak, when the waiter asked him how he'd like it done he said "cooked please"

Best so far by a mile!!

I've never said anything outrageously stupid that really sticks in my mind but I've definately done it loads.

I used to know this guy who was forever mixing his words with those of a prior conversation - for example, we were once making small talk about the gaeltacht, etc, and other things. About an entire hour later the lad goes "I'm really hungry lads, why don't we all go down to the Gaeltacht?"

He used to do it ALL the time, pretty amusing, I often wondered what an earth caused this....

mazroo · 12-07-2006 12:37PM

Sleipnir wrote:

HA HA HA HA! I love you....... (wipes tear from eye)

I love ALL of you.. this made me laugh hard today...needed that... I also dont think im a freak anymore... the electricty went off before and we were ll starvin.. I piped up with.. Just use the microwave.. Another time I was out with my mam and she met this lady who had Cancer and was just after treatment... conversation went like this:

Mam and I: Hi (name and name was also smokin at the time)
name: Hi
Mam : U look better how have u been how is the treatment goin
Name: Ah grand felin much better fingers crossed this time. if I could only give up these(waves smoke)
Me: Ah sure there is no point now (simply meaning if u enjoy the have them)
Mam: evil stares and nips the back of my arm

Cringe

TerrorFirmer · 12-07-2006 12:46PM

Mazroo your second one there just reminded me of one from when I was small.

I don't remember it, but according to my dad we were out one day when we met an elderly woman for some reason, I can't remember if it was a chance meeting, or whatever, but basically she called me an adorable lad, asked what age I was, the usual.

I asked her what age she was, and she said "82", and my reply? "God you'll be dead soon so!"

So cringingly embarrassing, imagine how the poor lady felt!

The Bollox · 12-07-2006 12:48PM

Smellyirishman wrote:

In mass, my sister and I both occasionally said "Thanks" after recieving communion.

I would say that a lot aswell

probably my dumbest moment was asking someone if Long Beach was in L.A. or in California

r3nu4l · 12-07-2006 01:03PM

Marts wrote:

I would say that a lot aswell

probably my dumbest moment was asking someone if Long Beach was in L.A. or in California

I mentioned to a friend of mine from Co. Monaghon:

Me: I'm going to Limerick to visit a friend at the weekend.
Her: Oh I love Tipperary.
Me: No not Tipp, Co. Limerick
Her: Don't be stupid, Limerick's not a county, it's a city in Co. Tipperary!

Me: No, it's a county!
Her: Oh!...Stunned silence

Also one from me:

When I was 19 I was on my way in the door of a bar in town (Dublin city centre for the bikos) and a bouncer stops me and says "How old are you son?". I was thinking Do I look 16? and as a result I said "Sixteen! I mean nineteen". Needless to say he didn't believe me and I didn't get in :rolleyes:

Why did I say that...D'oh!!

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