Since posting the new ad and starting to formulate he plan I have to help fate put me on a grand new adventure that may involve a love match…. I have been astonished – flabbergasted- amazed- dumbfounded…. At the sheer amount of responses that go something like so:
“Are you stupid?” “Are you for real?” “Are you crazy?” “Are you spam?” “Please don’t be spam.” “I’m not going to write you back until I know you are not spam.” “Why are you in Portland?” “Are you moving to Texas?” “Are you too dumb to know that you posted on a Dallas board? Why would you post on the wrong board?” “Are you tying to get someone on Dallas because you want them to move for you?” “Why would you post in a place you don’t live?”
I guess I shouldn’t be all that surprised, it’s just somewhat disheartening. However, it does make the good responses all that more treasure-worthy. And there have been a number of interesting responses – I’ll keep you all posted if there’s a breakthrough.
I was reading one out loud that just killed me because when you make a typo – there are some doozies of a typo that I just couldn’t stop laughing at. “The story is long but I could sum it up in a very self-defecating way.”
Self-defecating? I’m sure he meant to say “self-deprecating”, but still funniest shit ever…
So I was laughing and had to share with my coworkers what was so funny, and I got on the topic with them about times we’ve used the wrong word at certain times.
‘Incontinence instead of incompetence’ “I’m sick of your incontinence!”
‘Hare Krishna instead of Hari Kari’ “I’m just going to commit Hare Krishna!”
And there was that time that I was sitting in circle of teenagers when I was 16 and we were going around to introduce ourselves. The guys started getting goofy and saying, “Hi, I’m Robert. I’m a recovering alcoholic and… blah, blah.” The jokes got more involved and by the time my turn came around I said, “Hi, I’m Athena. I’m a necrophiliac.” There was sudden and total silence in the room and the guys refused to meet my eyes and several rounds later, I realized, I’d actually meant to say… nymphomaniac.
It’s funny when the wording is wrong, even funnier when the situation still makes it fit somehow. What are you’re best flubs in dialogue? Which word substitutions have caused the most pain or laughter? Have you ever been caught in a conversation with someone who mixed two words and the result was awkward and or confusing?
Please, do share!
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