What's the stupidest/most embarrassing thing you've ever said to someone?

A friends cousin drowned a few years ago.

I went to the pub with her when she found out and tried to console her by saying, "well at least we're in the right place, you can drown your sorrows!"

Opps

i was having lunch with some friends from work one day and i told them i do like nice wine. i told them i never remember the names of the good wines i've drank and said 'ya know, i'll just walk into a place and see like "chateau de seville" or whatever and recognise it' - que bursts of laughter and me being all confused.

'chateau being french and seville being in spain - it's highly unlikely you'll ever get a wine called that'

que major

i still haven't lived it down.

I've asked the stupid questions of "how's it going" at a couple of wakes. it's just my default opener, I always feel like a eegit as soon as it leaves my mouth. Fecks sake, how do I think it's going! Jesus!

My friends mother died last year after a long illness.

After the burial I went up to him, gave him a hug and said sorry for your loss etc etc.

I did the same with his brother and sisters.

I finally made it to his dad who had just buried his wife............I walked up, shook his hand and said "thanks for coming"

Dunno why or how it happened. talk about awkward.........

frAG

I could go on for hours about the stupid things I've said or done, but the 2 most recent happened at my best mate's Grandfather's funeral.

Waiting outside the church at the removal and I see my mate's ex walk up (she worked with his dad so she was representing the company) so I walked over to say hello and chat to her, she says she is heading off to some other work mates she can see so as she walks off at the top of my voice in packed church car park I shout after her "Enjoy"........ ooops!!!!


The next story requires some back story, during the big freeze my mate and I went to visit his grandmother, we went in and she told us that she was unable to light her fire as the flint was gone in the gas fire so I went and got her 1 of those candle lighter things you know the long electronic lighters? anyway the night of the removal she told me that the lighter I had originally given her had run out and was asking me where to get a new one, so I politly offered to get her the new one.

Next morning I saw one of the lighters and decided to buy it and I'd give it to my mate later on that day.

So I'm at the burial and somehow ended up nearer to the gravesite than I would of liked and I was waiting to give my mate a hug when his grandmother turned and saw me and said something really sweet to me for coming so in my total embarrassment I just whipped out the lighter handed it to her and said "I didn't forget you"!!!!!

On the bright side later that night she said to me that I brought a smile and a laugh to her face at the 1 time of her life that she really thought she wouldn't smile or laugh!

Not embarrassing as such, just funny. Out at a random party with a few med students who I'd never met before.. one of them mentions a chap who had had a pretty serious accident in a Dublin nightclub the week previous.
Me: Thats awful. Hows he gettin on?
Him: I dont much about it to be honest. I just know he's in ICU.
Me: ...what college is that? doi.

Was on my way out with an old boyfriend many years ago when he bumped into a neighbour, who started telling him about how her daughter was in hospital having a mastectomy. He was trying to reassure her, and said 'it's not like it's a one off sort of thing...'

A few months ago I fell on some steps outside a night club while trying to hide from a guy I really 't want to see. I had a massive bruise all down my backside and my leg from falling and I could barely sit down.

Some friends asked what happened and I was already in a bad mood from the pain of it so instead of going into how I fell in detail I shouted out "I blame John Doe* for the state of my ass".


I could have phrased it a little better