Comments on: I didn’t think

By: Maddie

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:35:46 +0000

It’s not daft, it’s just plain offensive, but about 3 months after my friend’s mother died from cancer, I made a “your mum” joke to her. The memory of it still makes me want to punch myself in the face for being so, so, stupid.

By: easca

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:37:33 +0000

Haha, calculus.

I definitely used a limit to disprove St. Anselm’s argument for God in my intro to philosophy class.

Granted, the proof might not have held up if anyone in the room had actually had any idea what I was talking about, but it felt good to find an application for that random math.

By: golfwidow

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:11:16 +0000

I once warned a coworker not to keep using his favorite phrase to defend himself against angry clients: “I’m not the Anti-Christ, you know.” He continued to use it, and one day he said it to a born-again Christian.

Incidentally, he is still employed by the company that laid me off due to budgetary constraints. I wonder how much rope it will require before they can actually say they’ve given him enough rope.

By: Erika Hammerschmidt

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:58:03 +0000

In high school a guy was making fun of me for being a nerd.

My retort: “A nerd is just someone who actually has half a brain.”

He nodded sagely and said, “Exactly.”

Of course, my point was that everyone else has less than half, but he didn’t take it that way. And so the conversation wound up with him looking clever and me looking stupid. Since then I’ve tried to choose my words very carefully.

As for other people’s quotes… well, I knew someone once who said his mother had called him a son-of-a-bitch… she must’ve felt pretty silly after that.

By: Tia

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:21:59 +0000

there’s a kid in my chemistry class who keeps saying incredibly dumb things about physics, all while professing to love it.
but i won’t even go into the stuff i’ve said. >_<

By: Roo

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:38 +0000

Yeah… I have a bad problem of making fun of libertarians, then realizing that someone in the group is one. Invariable. Luckily, Libertarians like to argue good naturedly, so it never turns out badly… just embarrassingly.

By: Roo

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:34:01 +0000

Have you seriously never heard that before…? It’s classic, where I come from.

By: Courtney Gibbons

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:09:01 +0000

“Oh, this looks like an easy problem. Let’s try this first…”

By: Roo

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:54:33 +0000

Oh gods… I’ve been vegetarian long enough that if I eat a bit of meat, it upsets my digestion something awful. I once ate a casserole that Sarah’s grandmother had made that was cooked with bacon fat, and it had me (and Sarah too) vomiting for most of the night. It actually hit her a lot worse than me… but man. Since then, I’ve been extra careful. If Adam hands me any food, I’ll remember to check it very carefully.

By: Ben

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:01:57 +0000

9-5 M-F means very little to me. I’ve worked in construction and been self employed most of my working life, or worked in mining with damn strange hours, like: 6-7 M-S or 7/7, 7/14, 19/9, etc.

So, I spend alot of my time resenting my friends with normal hour jobs, but when I am free during the week and can do normal dole bludging stuff, they generally resent me.

By: Brandy

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:42:17 +0000

I’ve done a nonvocal form of “speaking before you think”. “Moving before you think”, if you will. My dad’s been totally blind since I was 7 years old but I still will occasionally wave goodbye to him or offer to turn a light on for him.

By: Chris

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:00:31 +0000

I can relate to this one. My friends will often call me during the day and ask me where I’m at or what I’m doing and since I have a 9-5 M-F job I thought it would seem obvious. My answer is always “well I’m at work” and invariable they call days later and ask the same thing. As if the concept of a 9-5 meant nothing to them.

By: Cyclone1969

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:51:01 +0000

Cant remember any of my own (I know cheesy excuse but true ) But one my X Girlfriend did.
I was on my way to work about 7 yrs ago and she rang me on my mobile I answered and her exact words were “Have you got you mobile on you….” she instantly relized what she said but it made my day .

By: Ambroziak

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:08:07 +0000

oh yeah, i never think before i speak. the outcome is usually harmless, but of course there are those times.

“I hate faux-hawks honestly the stupidest haircut ever” Then i turn and see my friends brother has one. In panic i point to him and say, “I rest my case.”

well, i didnt end up looking stupid, but i did look like an ass.

By: Ben

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:12:07 +0000

I have said my fair share of things that I regret.
At TAFE, it is common fare to make “your mum” jokes, but with one guy, it just wasn’t working.
So, I made a “your sister” joke.
Turns out his sister was three and he was very protective of her. I had burning things landing in my welding booth that day

I love the witty instantaneous banter that occurrs when ppl talk with out thinking things thru.

By: Ben

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:08:39 +0000

haha, that is gold.

By: justine

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:57:45 +0000

this is very true. it’s pretty much the way i buy books. or at least it usually makes some small part of the book-buying decision for me. man i haven’t bought a book in a LONG time. come the end of my final exams i will read many, many many books of my own choice, i.e. not ones i read because my teacher is making me write an essay on them.

By: Brandy

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:21:04 +0000

Haha. When I was a vegetarian, I would have dreams where I inadvertently consumed a meat product.

If the person was a friend or loved one, confession would probably be the best route. A stranger? If they’ve taken a few bites before you realize the error and they don’t notice anything amiss, back away slowly while whistling innocently.

By: ageing hipster

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:16:07 +0000

It also saves a great deal of time. See also jumping to conclusions, judging a book by its cover etc. On a similar tack, I’ve always found first impressions to be extremely reliable…

By: Adam

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:45:51 +0000

The same thing goes for any deity, or spiritual leader, in my eyes… they have to have a sense humour.

Which is why I am always surprised that a large number of followers of such religions seem to have a complete lack of humour.

That’s a cool Franzy fact too, and it means I have only three degrees of seperation from Lama Zopa.

By: Adam

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:39:34 +0000

Nice, by-pass the brain/mouth link altogether.

Actually, that does make me think… do people who sign ever put their foot, or their hands, in it?

By: Adam

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:33:59 +0000

Oh, I did a similar thing when I gave a vegatarian a meat-vector… I honestly thought it was vegetarian, but when I realised it wasn’t I had a problem – Do you confess, at the risk of their anger and possibly disgust, or do you remain silent and hope they enjoy the pie and never know?

By: justine

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:19:51 +0000

i think you’re giving this speaking before you think a pretty bad wrap. sometimes it can work out for the benefit of everyone! like the time i had thought of a particularly confunding thing whilst in a calculus class and then proceeded to inform my teacher that ‘infinity is so confusing, it annoys me to no end!’ then realised what i had said eafter everyone else did. see, a happy result for all.

By: ageing hipster

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:50:26 +0000

I prefer to call someone a dirty hippy for having a ‘Pious’. It works so much better…

But yes, really embarassing when it turns out that they really are a dirty hippy.

Q: What did the Grateful Dead say when the drugs wore off?
A: Jeez, what’s that fuckin awful music?

By: franzy

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:52:26 +0000

What’s the problem with that?

My favourite is when I’m hanging around the boysy boys on my hockey team and someone new to the team starts mouthing off on arts students, writers, lefties and academics – which is my entire family.
You don’t normally see a deathly silence, a la “Dude! His mum was just IN a terrible car accident!” over some dude two beers spouting populist right-wing talkback with his mates, but it is fun to introduce myself afterwards …
Shortly afterwards …

Or (because I’m supposed to be working) another example was this t-shirt:
http://franzy-writing.blogspot.com/2008/09/it-was-just-after-owner-of-caravan-park.html
“I don’t approve of your shirt,” she said.
“Oh? Why not?”
“I have VERY strong ties to Buddhism, mmhm.”
“Really? Wow! Me too! My parents go to meditation all the time and temple too! Did you know that my dad actually built a prayer bed for the Lama Zopa on his last visit to Australia?”
“… hrm, well …”