An unfortunate case of mistaken identity

elaney · 10-04-2013 03:14PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

imagine he was a kidnapper!!! "man this is getting to easy" he'd probably say to himself before driving your sister to Wicklow.

I think they were more shocked than anything else she just sat there eating her chips.

byronbay2 · 10-04-2013 03:17PM

Many, many years ago I was a student in UCC. One day, while walking to a lecture, I bumped into a girl I had met a few times in company and knew vaguely. We made small talk for a short while and then she said "Oh btw, when can you give me my tape back" (yes, it was a long time ago!). I said that she hadn't lent me any tape and she immediately flew off the handle and started telling me that I better return her effing tape or the s*it would hit the fan etc.

I stayed calm and tried to explain that it was a case of mistaken identity but she was having none of it and continued screaming and roaring at me in a completely hysterical way (to the huge amusement of all the passers-by) for a couple of minutes until I eventually told her to f*ck off (very unusual for me, I hate rudeness even towards complete ar*eholes) and walked off.

A mutual friend approached me later that day to say how mortified your one was for the mistake she had made and could I ever forgive her etc. I said that I couldn't care less about the mistaken identity but if I never saw that nutjob again it would be too soon. On the positive side, she avoided me in company after that and we never spoke again!

Siuin · 10-04-2013 03:18PM

I was waiting for my dad to collect me from the train station when I saw him pulled up outside the main entrance. I swung open the door of the car and plonked myself beside him only to find myself face to face with a horrified looking elderly man :S

BUBBLE WRAP · 10-04-2013 03:26PM

I remember a few years ago, my dad, my brothers and myself went go karting. We were but into an other group for the go karting. Anyway, I was on my second lap and going around a bend I clipped my dads go kart, which sent him into a spin and he went off the track. After I mention to my father how I sent him off the track but, it was really a different chap I sent off the track, with the exact same dark dark blue shirt.

Rented Mule · 10-04-2013 03:31PM

lost in cork wrote: »

I once walked into a record shop many moons ago and saw my friend squatting down looking at the bottom shelf of 7" singles ,i walked over to him and for a joke decided to push him over with my foot ,he rolled over onto his side then onto his back and looked up at me in disbelief ,only it wasnt my friend at all.Any one else had similar experiences?

My uncle passed away in the States back in '96. We went out after the wake for a good session. Overslept the next morning and realised that I would not be able to make it to the funeral mass. I decided to go to the cometary and wait for the procession to pass through and jump in the queue.

It was mid August and the sun was roasting down on me. The fact that I was hungover only made things worse. I saw the funeral procession coming and everything was going to plan. I parked the car and walked up to the grave site. As the priest was saying the prayers I was overcome with emotions with tears streaming down my face. I took off my sunglasses to wipe my eyes and the old woman next to meet patted me on the back and gave me a little hug. It was at this point that I realised ....yes ..you guessed it. I was at the wrong grave.

My emotions at this point were going in two directions. The first was absolute horror. The second was absolute hysterical laughing that only made me tear up more. This also made me look like I was crying uncontrollably. I didn't have the nerve to walk away from the grave fearing the old woman hugging me would have followed.

The service ended and I made a quick walk back to the car. I drove back toward the entrance to the cemetery and waited for the rest of my family to arrive. My plan didn't finally work out as I did make it to my uncle's service.

At the reception, I pulled my aunt off to the side and told about my ordeal. She looked up at me and to laugh like I hadn't seen her laugh in a very long time. "Only you' is all she could get out.

I'm glad that I made her day.

3DataModem · 10-04-2013 03:34PM

Treasure hunt. About 20 years ago.

One of the items was a deposit slip from AIB... we pulled up outside one on OConnell St and one of our lads (tall and wide) ran in, grabbed it, ran out, ran back to the car.

For some reason the passenger door wouldn't open, he was rushed and yanked furiously at it... seemed to be locked.

The family cowering in the back seat were not amused, but us - one car back - were falling around laughing.

Seedy Arling · 10-04-2013 03:52PM

I worked with two girls who were in an adjoining office to mine years ago. We were always pulling pranks on each other. One day, i could hear one of them walking into my office so i snuck up behind the door and when they were going by i jumped out, did a big growl and was waving my arms like a lunatic.

Only problem was, that it was my boss who had just been into them. She was a tiny, prim and proper woman, and i scared the living sh1te out of her. I just froze with my arms in the air and a big stupid look on my face.

Worst thing about it was that i heard the two women inside in the office practically puking with laughter at how bad i how caught myself out.

skimpydoo · 10-04-2013 08:03PM

A couple of years ago during the time of the presidential election I was walking near Grafton Street when I spotted a fella who I thought was David Norris. I shouted out "Howya David good luck in the election". After I said this the fella turned around to look at me and I noticed it was not David Norris but this did not stop nearby passersby talking to him as if he was.

Pumpkinseeds · 10-04-2013 08:18PM

I'm often mistaken for someone who gives a crap:rolleyes:

Eathrin · 10-04-2013 08:22PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm often mistaken for someone who gives a crap:rolleyes:

Watch Out!!

CdeC · 10-04-2013 08:34PM

Walking through town on a summers day and I meet this guy on the street. Now you know when you meet someone you know but you're not sure where. Well this was one of those cases.
Well we spent 15 minutes going through all aspects of our lives from college to work to friends and family and we could not figure out at all where we knew eachother from. The initial enthusiasm soon began to become more and more awkward until one of us decided it was the end of the investiagtion and we should go our seperate ways.

Probably some goon I met in a chipper on a night out.

Hellrazer · 10-04-2013 09:12PM

Ended up at the wrong funeral removal once.

My grandfather died about a few years back and I was told that the funeral removal was on at say 6.00pm and was told to sit at the front with the family as you do.

Got stuck in traffic and arrived at the church about 5.50.Parked the car a fair bit away,ran the distance into the church and sat down right at the front with the family.Looked around and realised that I didnt know anyone that was at the funeral.

Id arrived at the end of 5.30 removal and not the start of the 6.00pm one.

Worst part was I just stood there shaking peoples hands that I didnt even know and people consoling me that obviously didn't know me either.

And then had to do the same half an hour later at the right funeral.

Im still slagged over that one to this day.

NinjaTruncs · 10-04-2013 09:50PM

My Dad has a friend who is notorious for ringing up the house putting on different voices and asking for my Dad, both my Dad and his friend are into horse racing. One day someone rings the house saying he's Tommy Kinane (a famous race horse trainer) and asks for my Dad to which I reply "**** off you old bollix" and hung up the phone, smugly thinking the friend hadn't caught me out.

All was well until my Dad came home later that day roaring at me asking what did I say to Tommy Kinane on the phone.

2Mad2BeMad · 10-04-2013 10:10PM

my mate owned a ford fiasta 06 blue
he parked it outside a garden just before the shops, we both got out, got what we wanted, came back out, went back to the car, and for some reason the keys werent unlocking it
so we stood their puzzled for about 10 minutes trying to force the doors open at one stage
when some owlfella comes running out of his gaf shouting wdf are you doing.
his car was parked about 10 feet away from this one
same colour, same year, hell close to the same reg haha
thank god the fella was alright with it though because we were hanging outta them doors haha

_sparkie_ · 10-04-2013 10:38PM

I was being collected from the airport a while ago. I was wrecked after the flight and it was a ****ty day. I saw the car coming and it pulled up, I opened the back door threw my bag in and jumped in. A few seconds later I relaized the interior of the car was different and the driver was just staying at me. The guy went mental and started screaming at me, it was a bit of an overreaction but I guess it didnt help that I was just laughing in his face.

genuine leather · 11-04-2013 02:10PM

one hot summers day(the few rare ones we get) i was working away in the garden.walked out around the back of the house,heard the shower going in the en-suite, mmm might jump in with the missus and cool down

,wee kids at school............walked in..........TOTALLY forgot the missus was gone shopping,the sis in law in the shower all sudsd up( homeplace across the road... broken shower) opened door.....pause...excitement... pause...realisation was the sis in law....pause,pause, pause

joking.... oops said sorry i said can you pass the soap....

... apologised, closed the door and went and got a COLD beer to cool me down... ahh a good laugh about it after, and yeah, she is gorgeous...but so is my queen bee

washiskin · 11-04-2013 02:26PM

My sister played a practical joke on a mate of hers years ago and he swore revenge. He was walking back from the pub one night about a month or so later when he spotted my Dad's car (which my sister regularly borrowed) parked off road with the window's fogged up. Convinced it was her and her fella he sneaked up and wrenched open the driver's door yelling "I got ya, ya Wagon!" only to discover not only was it not my Dad's car but the older lady and her younger beau inside did not appreciate their clandestine goings on being interrupted. :rolleyes:

smash · 11-04-2013 02:38PM

When my friend was eating a 99, I hit her elbow from behind and covered her face in ice cream. The yelp of 'what the fcuk!!!!' made me realise it wasn't her so I just ran.

anncoates · 11-04-2013 02:51PM

What makes the OP so funny is not so much the joke itself, it's the image of this poor guy lying on his back looking up at him in bewilderment.

scdublin · 11-04-2013 03:49PM

Myself and the family went to get a takeaway one night and I went in to pick up the food while they waited in the car. When the food was ready I walked back out to the car and went to sit in the passenger seat, only to realise that the woman in the driver's seat was not my mam. Wrong car.

RUSTEDCORE · 11-04-2013 04:06PM

I said how are ya gay to a man I thought was gay burn a pub once and got Its not a choice I was born this way back.... it was,nt mr burn but at least I didnt look stupid just a homophobe.

Sir Gallagher · 11-04-2013 04:11PM

RUSTEDCORE wrote: »

I said how are ya gay to a man I thought was gay burn a pub once and got Its not a choice I was born this way back.... it was,nt mr burn but at least I didnt look stupid just a homophobe.

Bit early in the day to be on the sherry isn't it?

11-04-2013 04:22PM

I hopped out of my then-boyfriends car at the traffic lights to pop into the shop for something and he was to park in a small area a few metres ahead. I came out of the shop with the milk or whatever and hopped into his car making some remark about the smell of the guy serving, put my seatbelt on and then I looked at him enquiringly as we hadn't started moving.

Complete stranger smiled back at me.

I didn't say a word, just stepped out of the car feeling like a dope. Himself saw everything so I couldn't even pretend it hadn't happened

rain on · 11-04-2013 04:28PM

Came across a fella I know freaking out at the side of the street that his car had been clamped once. After some thrilling minutes he realised it wasn't his car.

My da had someone come up to him in a restaurant before and go "You don't know me but I know you.. you're JP McManus" (he's not JP McManus) - my da had actually met this fella before but he appeared to have wiped any memory of my da from his brain completely and replaced it with JP McManus

VinLieger · 11-04-2013 04:42PM

St patricks Day ages ago, i was around 7-8 i think and my mum had taken me in to see the parade on stephens green. We were about 3-4 deep in the crowd so i couldnt really see and she wasnt able to put me on her shoulders. Anyway she let me run up to the front of the crowd and have a watch where she could see me.
Eventually i got hungry and came back to her to get some sweets that i knew were in her jacket pocket but when I reached in I couldnt find them. I looked up to see it wasnt my mum at all but a very old man who luckily hadnt noticed me trying to pickpocket him. Ran back to the front and retraced my steps again to thankfully find her and i held on tight to her leg for the rest of the day

Stinicker · 11-04-2013 05:10PM

I said excuse me to a mannequin in Dunnes Stores once as I had sort of bumped into it. My sister was with me and nearly died laughing!

El Inho · 11-04-2013 05:40PM

Just yesterday I was in a shop and saw the kiss me im irish m&m stands.

Now I know it wasn't funny, but i was tired and thought my friend (who was female) would find it hilarious if i turned and said, 'suck me c0ck im irish would have been better'

so this happened and that girl in the leather jacket same leather jacket as my friend was not my friend - she had ventured further down the shop looking at crisps.

lucky the girl was too scared to react and i left swiftly

CiaranK · 11-04-2013 06:25PM

One of them I read reminded me of this. It didn't happen to me, but I was there when it happened to someone I know. He was upstairs in a building by the window because his van was half blocking someone elses in the carpark. He was just there for a few minutes and then goin out again. Someone walked into the carpark and was looking all around. He thought it was Gabriel, who's van it was he blocked in. He opened the window and shouted out 'Are you looking for me'. The guy looks up and it turns out it's not gabriel. He shouts down 'Oh Sorry, I thought you were Gay' and closed the window again leaving the guy looking bewildered and offended.

Sir Gallagher · 11-04-2013 06:50PM

I was heading to a concert in the o2 with my girlfriend, i was a couple of paces behind her. This bloke approached her as we reached the gates introducing himself and saying "you must be Emma". I had caught up then and asked what was going on, she just replied "eh no" and hurried us along. Obviously he was waiting on a blind date, or else that's his way of picking up women.

RUSTEDCORE · 11-04-2013 06:50PM

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Bit early in the day to be on the sherry isn't it?

purely medicinal

I have another one but... im not one to gossip

An unfortunate case of mistaken identity

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