Most Embarrassing Moment On The Caller's Seat

[trick-r-treat]

I can truly relate to the giggling thing. It seems like when you start to laugh at a place where you shouldn't, it's harder to stop, even when what you are laughing at wasn't really that funny in the first place! And the more you try to stop, the worse it gets! That happened to me in church one time. And I was there with my mother-in-law! And several young nieces and nephews, who couldn't understand why a grown person was acting up like that! And my mother-in-law made it worse by telling everyone, "Don't look at her!" Talk about embarrassing!

[thebigbadal]

My most Embarrasing moment was when I was asked to make an announcement to celebrate a couples 43rd wedding anniversary. So I made the announcement and got the applause going and a I asked tfor the couple to identify themselves to receive some bubbly. When a frail old lady raised her hand she was clearly missing said husband. I asked what was the secret to their success, making light the fact the husband was not in the building. and I asked where she had left him....
to my horror I learnt that he was in hospital having a leg removed !!!

Pease ground, swallow me up now.

[Dio]

Originally Posted by thebigbadal

to my horror I learnt that he was in hospital having a leg removed !!!

Pease ground, swallow me up now.

Oh my goodness. That was bad, definite foot in mouth moment.

[trick-r-treat]

Foot in the mouth seems to really fit that situation, now doesn't it. Well, why wasn't she there with him, anyway?

[mollyL]

"Foot in the mouth," that's both funny and ironic. I have only admiration for people who speak in public. I can sing in public, but make me say something, embarrassment's waiting in the wings!

[Green-Moo]

that's weird Molly. Is it because when you're singing you have on a different persona, but when you're talking you are yourself?

[mollyL]

Green, I never thought of it that way, but I think you're right. Also, when I sing, I basically know all the words and how I want to sing it; talking, it's just me. So, I see you play clarinet; how do you feel (other than giggling) regarding playing versus talking?

[mollyL]

Originally Posted by trick-r-treat

I can truly relate to the giggling thing. It seems like when you start to laugh at a place where you shouldn't, it's harder to stop, even when what you are laughing at wasn't really that funny in the first place! And the more you try to stop, the worse it gets! That happened to me in church one time. And I was there with my mother-in-law! And several young nieces and nephews, who couldn't understand why a grown person was acting up like that! And my mother-in-law made it worse by telling everyone, "Don't look at her!" Talk about embarrassing!

I used to work casualty graveyard shift. There were times that short sleep, getting snowed with patients, and/or the various strange things you hear and see dealing with the public, that one of us would get the giggles and soon all the staff were going hysterical with laughter. The more we tried to smother it, the worse it got. I'm sure the patients didn't appreciate all the laughing, but sometimes it would be just impossible to stop.

[Green-Moo]

Originally Posted by mollyL

Green, I never thought of it that way, but I think you're right. Also, when I sing, I basically know all the words and how I want to sing it; talking, it's just me. So, I see you play clarinet; how do you feel (other than giggling) regarding playing versus talking?

Well oddly, I'm more confident at speaking in public than playing!

I really couldn't play any more, but I used to play regularly in church along side my sister. We used to accompany the organist. That didn't bother me because I did it so often, and because everyone else was occupied with singing rather than listening. Playing to an audience would scare me rigid though.

[sonycui]

Personally, my mate was playing one night, right in my eye line and he kept making funny and slightly obscene gestures. It cracked me up and I had one of them awful trying to keep it level whilst stifling the laughter moments. It went on for ages, in the end I couldn't look at him. The other players were getting well cheesed off as wel