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Whats the biggest faux pas you've ever made?

mathie

So sitting down with the missus the other night and flicking through the channels we come across a reality show.

It shows a close-up of a womans face.
I start ranting ....
"What's she done to herself? Plastic surgery gone mad I tell you! Look at those lips. She's just taken it way too far!"

"She's a burns victim" says the missus.

So whats the biggest faux pas you've ever made?

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Noo

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Talked a load of **** about someone and they were right behind me. Awkward. Good life lesson though. Now I try and either say it them directly or just shut my mouth.

Oh did that one too, well kinda. Me and a friend bitching in the toilets about some other girl, cue said girl walking out of the cubicle behind us. We legged it outta there so fast.

nicebutdim

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Talked a load of **** about someone and they were right behind me. Awkward. Good life lesson though. Now I try and either say it them directly or just shut my mouth.

Did that with a previous boss.....sitting with my back to the door, talking to a colleague, and was giving it loads about what a tool he was....he walks in, but i'm in full flow...she tries to warn me, but no....I'm on a roll.... She eventually cracks up laughing and can only point over my shoulder towards him. Thankfully, he saw the funny side. I had to reconsider my opinion after that...

Now, I just STFU.....

podgemonster

On holidays in Greece with the lads and drinking late one night in the hotel bar, an irish girl in the corners is being dragged to bed by her mates and making these weird grunting, whining noises. We are so pissed ourselves didn't take too much notice until the next day in the pool when the we were throwing a ball across the pool and speaking quiet loudly

"Rememeber yer wan last night"
"Which"
"the one that was making the weird noises"
"ya was she deaf or just off her face"

We turn to see one of her mates staring at us then turns to the drunk girl from the night b4 and uses sign language, the drunk then stares at us like we just shát in her cereal.

Awkward!

Rubberlegs

Was talking to a guy at a bikeshow years ago, who about a year beforehand, had crashed his bike, his girlfriend on the back was killed. He asked me had I ever considered learning to ride a bike. I chirpily said " God no, I'd probably kill someone!" Talk about wanting the ground to open up and swallow me:o

Noo

73Cat wrote: »

Was talking to a guy at a bikeshow years ago, who about a year beforehand, had crashed his bike, his girlfriend on the back was killed. He asked me had I ever considered learning to ride a bike. I chirpily said " God no, I'd probably kill someone!" Talk about wanting the ground to open up and swallow me:o

we have a winner

Latchy

I was 18 at the time and acting the maggot with a pal when I said '' well how's yer dad keeping anyway '' ? '' only to quickly realise his dad had died a few weeks previously .:o

He wasn't amused but a quick 'sorry pal' reply from me was enough to take the confused , hurt look of his face .

deathrider

Dean0088 wrote: »

No less than ten minutes ago I just sent what could be described as a 'saucy' text to my own mother instead of my girlfriend.

Crap.

If that's not the perfect time for a 'Yore Ma' joke, then I really don't know what is.

pappyodaniel

A guy I'm fairly familiar with working in a local chipper served me one day and while he was walking over to the frier I noticed he was limping, with that I said "Hey Kaiser Souzai, gimme a bag of chips", it turned out it was a brother of the guy (who looked very similar) I thought it was who a year previous had lost a leg to cancer and was wearing an artificial leg.

Morto

Chnandler Bong

Noo wrote: »

we have a winner

Would have been worse if you said "yeah you're girlfriend"

mahamageehad

nicebutdim wrote: »

Did that with a previous boss.....sitting with my back to the door, talking to a colleague, and was giving it loads about what a tool he was....he walks in, but i'm in full flow...she tries to warn me, but no....I'm on a roll.... She eventually cracks up laughing and can only point over my shoulder towards him. Thankfully, he saw the funny side. I had to reconsider my opinion after that...

Now, I just STFU.....

your username makes that post way funnier, now I'm imagining you as that blonde chick from legally blonde! :P

ShagNastii

Not my faux pas but I've a massive one which anytime I think back makes me cringe like a mo-fo.

My mate has a club hand(is that the correct term?) It's not at all that noticeable as it's not scary movie 2 bad and the guy does well not to bring it to peoples attention.

One night we were in a nightclub after exams and as we walked to the bar I met a girl I knew quite well,who like the pair of us, was 5 or 6 drinks on. She can be a plank at times. She shouted my name and insisted I gave a massive high five. So I absolutely wellied a high five and she chuffed with that.

She recognised my mate as she had often met him through various parties we'd been at. She shouted his name and requested a high five. He laughed and gave a half assed high five, Left hand to right hand. She told him how piss poor it was and to give her a proper one. He got sort of embarrassed and gave a left to right one again. She did it again and at this stage I saw what was coming a mile off. In my head I was like "please stop girl, please stop girl, please stop girl!!!!!".

On the third request he fired the right hand up to meet hers. Upon seeing what I explained earlier, the girl jumped with surprise. It was almost like it happened in slow motion.

Que the most awkward silence of about 2 minutes as everyone realised what had just happened and didn't know what to say. If a giant hole appeared in front of them, the duo would have dived head first in no doubt.

Console

I was in a job with a burn-victim and I said (after she touched something hot) .. "be careful you'll burn yourself!"

... i felt bad. But i wasnt saying it out of being a jerk. I just forget for that one second she was a burn victim. She didnt say anything.

brokenhinge

Once these two old women got onto the bus holding hands. I turned to my friend and said (Not in an indoor voice) "Oh my god, look at those two old lesbians"

My friend looked then turned back to me "that woman is mentally handicapped and I think blind too, the other womans holding her hand". Ah..

eternal

Lovely people on this -laughing at Special Olympic people .deaf people ,retards ,balck people ,in fact anyone who is any bit different.thats not a faux pas ,thats just being an ignorant ,small minded and I actually cant find any other words for you.I feel sick really.

AskMyChocolate

Was having a drink with my brother one Saturday afternoon and the following ensued:

Brother: "Jaysus, you'll never believe who I ran into in the pub last night."

Me: "Who?"

Brother: "Maura Ryan. Jesus, I don't think I've seen her since I was twelve. We had a great old chat. Must've talked for an hour."

Me: "Who?"

Brother: "Maura Ryan. Aah y'must remember her. My godmother. Great friend of Mam's from Greystones."

Me: "You mean Mona Ryan ?"

*Brother's pallor changes*

Brother: "It is Mona, isn't it ?"

Me (grinning) : "Yup. Aah, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure she didn't notice."

Brother (grimacing): "No, you don't understand. I was struggling to remember her name and then it just clicked. Maura. Well needless to say,I was so chuffed with myself for remembering, it was Maura this and Maura that, and "shur you and I know well Maura", Maura Maura Maura Maura Maura, for over an hour. Christ, I probably asked her if Liam was still working for Bord Na Maura."

I nearly puked I was laughing so hard.

Funglegunk

eternal wrote: »

Lovely people on this -laughing at Special Olympic people .deaf people ,retards ,balck people ,in fact anyone who is any bit different.thats not a faux pas ,thats just being an ignorant ,small minded and I actually cant find any other words for you.I feel sick really.

I think you'll find that the use of that word is not very nice. You could even say its ignorant and small-minded.

degausserxo

eternal wrote: »

Lovely people on this -laughing at Special Olympic people .deaf people ,retards ,balck people ,in fact anyone who is any bit different.thats not a faux pas ,thats just being an ignorant ,small minded and I actually cant find any other words for you.I feel sick really.

I'd like to refer you to your own post:

eternal wrote: »

i want to know why all the brides are pig ugly and fat except for one so far ? why am i single and all these monsters on tv? what drugs are these people on .tv should be entertaining ,im tearing my fu**ing eyes out looking at these freaks

Pot kettle?

Gloomtastic!

degausserxo wrote: »

I'd like to refer you to your own post:

Pot kettle?

Good spot!

I've heard it said that Hell is not a place but you just relive the moment you realise you've faux pas'd again and again for all eternity! Good to see I won't be alone......

Mr.Crinklewood

paddy0090 wrote: »

Asked a friend about his Surprise 21st party, then 2 years later asked his parents about their Surprise Wedding Anniversary party. They don't send me invites anymore. I'm told they don't do Surprise parties either

Would have been worse if it was their 25th anniversary.

brokenhinge

eternal wrote: »

Lovely people on this -laughing at Special Olympic people .deaf people ,retards ,balck people ,in fact anyone who is any bit different.thats not a faux pas ,thats just being an ignorant ,small minded and I actually cant find any other words for you.I feel sick really.

Err... we wouldn't have noticed it's a faux pas if we didn't feel bad for doing it would we?

No one comes on and goes "LOL I punched a blind deaf midget in the face once LOL".

[Deleted User]

LOL I punched a blind deaf midget in the face once LOL

Sinfonia

eternal wrote: »

Lovely people on this -laughing at Special Olympic people .deaf people ,retards ,balck people ,in fact anyone who is any bit different.thats not a faux pas ,thats just being an ignorant ,small minded and I actually cant find any other words for you.I feel sick really.

Faux pas refers to some sort of social misstep, usually resulting in embarrassment on the part of the perpetrator.
To willingly harbour prejudiced views about certain people is ignorant and small minded, and that's not what is happening in this thread.

Laughter is an instinctive and involuntary human reaction. It is not reasoned, and sometimes may be nonsensical given a situation: people have been known to laugh upon receiving terrible news, for example.

Fizgig Bandicoot

My uncle is a priest and just before his 25th ordination ceremony, all the family were down and his best friends from college/seminary. Loads of his parishioners had gotten him presents, most of them awful like CDs with priests singing, statues of Jesus etc. and we were all having a good aul laugh about the state of them. Then my uncle opened a present containing a multi-coloured clown lying down with a watering-can on his back, truly awful looking. I proceeded to lay into this present, talking about how awful it was, being way harsher than necessary, going on and on loudly , not noticing how quiet the family and friends were being. When I had finished, his best friend from college said. 'I got that for him.' Nearly died of embarrassment, he was sound about it though and thought it was hilarious.

annascott

sensibleken wrote: »

I used the fish knife to stab a racist

:eek:

annascott

The_Minister wrote: »

I went into the Warhammer Store and tried to buy a 20-sided die.

I was mortified.

OK - I am definitely in the slow lane here. What is a Warhammer store and what is wrong with a 20 sided die? You mean die as in the singular of dice right?