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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006How to feel stupid!
I got to work today and after I'd been there several hours, someone asked me if I'd been to see the acupuncturist today. I was amazed and said how did you know, and they pulled a needle (quite a small one) out of the back of my head! I was extremely embarassed having been on the bus, walked and took the train and walked round the office before someone told me! I can't believe I didn't feel it. Maybe as it's London people thought it was the latest piercing craze, good job I didn't go to sleep with it in though as it could have gone further into my head, yuk. Marcia > I got to work today and after I'd been there several hours, someone > asked me if I'd been to see the acupuncturist today. I was amazed and > said how did you know, and they pulled a needle (quite a small one) out > of the back of my head! You have a very even temper. I would be about to jump all over my acupuncturist. I don't have an even temper but this guy (well acupuncture) has changed my life so much for the better. I emailed him to tell him (also that he'd forgotten to take any money from me!) and he apologised profusely. It was a tiny needle, I guess if it had been a bigger one I might have felt it, I guess I definitely would have felt it if I'd tried to go to sleep with it still in, but I didn't so no harm done. He's recently been working in Thailand as a volunteer, treated 2,000 Tsunami survivors, and also works for free with drug addicts and alcoholics. I guess we all have "off" days. Marcia > > I got to work today and after I'd been there several hours, someone > > asked me if I'd been to see the acupuncturist today. I was amazed and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > You have a very even temper. I would be about to jump all over > my acupuncturist. > I don't have an even temper but this guy (well acupuncture) has > changed my life so much for the better. Wow, that is great. I had acupuncture a few years ago for a back injury, in combination with chiropractic care, and one or both of them worked. >I emailed him to tell him > (also that he'd forgotten to take any money from me!) and he [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > treated 2,000 Tsunami survivors, and also works for free with drug > addicts and alcoholics. I guess we all have "off" days. We do indeed. He sounds like a keeper. > I got to work today and after I'd been there several hours, someone > asked me if I'd been to see the acupuncturist today. I was amazed and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Marcia Yikes! There's no reason for you to feel stupid. If you didn't feel it, there's no reason for you to have noticed it. The acupuncturist should feel stupid for not having removed it. Joy mlabofski@yahoo.co.uk wrote in news:1137016676.276896.27170 @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com: > I got to work today and after I'd been there several hours, someone > asked me if I'd been to see the acupuncturist today. I was amazed and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > didn't go to sleep with it in though as it could have gone further into > my head, yuk. I have a dear friend who's an acupuncturist (an American, but went to China to study) and he often leaves in the needles, so that the patient can wiggle them as needed. I doubt very much that anyone even noticed - people are mostly very unobservant. Chak  SignatureWriting is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. --Robert A. Heinlein >I got to work today and after I'd been there several hours, someone >asked me if I'd been to see the acupuncturist today. I was amazed and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Marcia Oh, Marcia, I'm sorry, but it *is* funny! Glad someone noticed it. Those needles are so small it would be easy to miss one. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > >I got to work today and after I'd been there several hours, someone > >asked me if I'd been to see the acupuncturist today. I was amazed and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against > Animals in Movies Website) But NOT as funny as the day I went out with my skirt tucked neatly into the back of my knickers, now that was really funny! >But NOT as funny as the day I went out with my skirt tucked neatly into >the back of my knickers, now that was really funny! lol! Closest I came to that was one day in elementary school when I managed to get out the door with my shirt, and my pajama bottoms on. Luckily my mother noticed the problem before I got too far! Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > >But NOT as funny as the day I went out with my skirt tucked neatly into > >the back of my knickers, now that was really funny! [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against > Animals in Movies Website) Unfortunately I've got loads of them, so I won't bore you with all of them, but a couple that might make you laugh: Coming downstairs on the bus with an elasticated waist skirt on, someone trod on the bottom of the skirt (maxi length), and I kept moving, hence the skirt dropped to my ankles. Another one was when I'd had my washing machine taken away to be fixed by a local shop. I was walking past the shop when the owner ran out clutching a (not very sexy) pair of knickers and shouted out "here love, are these yours?" - much to the amusement of the people walking past at the same time! They were the cause of the washing machine breakdown. >Unfortunately I've got loads of them, so I won't bore you with all of >them, but a couple that might make you laugh: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >much to the amusement of the people walking past at the same time! >They were the cause of the washing machine breakdown. ROFL! I'm sure they weren't funny at the time, but they are the stuff of great stories later in life, aren't they? ;-) Ginger-lyn who will spare y'all my most embarrassing childhood moment Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > who will spare y'all my most embarrassing childhood moment Well, that's a teaser if ever I've heard one! :) Come on, spill! I need a good laugh. I'll tell mine, as soon as I *remember* it. :) To be honest, I'm not sure I have any embarrassing childhood stories. On the other hand, my adolescence and adulthood are full of stupid moments I could mine for humor. I'm still waking up, though, so I have to finish my pot of tea before my memory starts to kick in. This could be a truly great thread. Joyce > > who will spare y'all my most embarrassing childhood moment > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Joyce Okay, here goes! I was about 10 or 11, and at Day Camp.* We did a fair amount of musical things there, and we were having a little show for everyone that we had practiced for a few weeks. Now, in those days, I couldn't hit a good note if it was floating in front of my nose. So what do I decide to sing? "Tell Me Why" ("tell me why the stars do shine, tell me why the ivy twines . . . ."). NOT a good choice for someone who can't sing. So I get up there in front of all the camp, girls, boys, counselors alike, and start to sing my *very* serious song. When I notice that there is snickering going on in my audience. I was quite miffed, thinking they were making fun of my singing. Until I notice that some of the boys are pointing at me. Looking down, I realize, yep, my zipper was down. By now, pretty much the entire group is rolling with laughter. Being a trouper, I simply kept singing, and zipped up while doing so. It was many, many years before I sang in public again, I'll tell you that! And I *always* checked my zipper first! Ginger-lyn and now you know the rest of the story *For those who don't know, Day Camp is/was a place you could go for the summer (ours being sponsored by the YMCA) and do outdoorsy things, sing songs, and all of that, but it was a day program only, which meant no camping. Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) I was think that you got your monthly friend while wearing white shorts before I got to the end of the story. But you can tell what the boys where thinking of < nasty little devils > > I was about 10 or 11, and at Day Camp.* Oh, ugh. I hated Day Camp and my parents made me go every year. It was at Camp E-Ka-Wah, which is Indian for something or other. We called it "Icky Wa-wa". One of my most humiliating moments wasn't even of my own making. I was in line with my 3-year-old, who, having lived her whole life in an all-white community, never seen an African American. She stared at the man behind us, then out of nowhere chirped, "I just bet all your friends call you Blackie." He was quite gracious but I wanted the earth to open and swallow me up. That's what you get with little kids. The potential for embarrassment that you ever dreamed before you had them. Sherry > One of my most humiliating moments wasn't even of my own making. I was > in line with my 3-year-old, who, having lived her whole life in an [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to open and swallow me up. That's what you get with little kids. The > potential for embarrassment that you ever dreamed before you had them. Oh man, you just don't think of things like kids do. You must have to have a good sense of self to be a parent. My niece did something similar to your daughter. She was in the 2-3 age range, and was growing up in small, all-white town in the midwest. I was visiting back there and we went out to eat in a larger town. The waitress for our table was black. My niece, from her high chair, shouted out "Tootie!" Apparently she was a Facts of Life fan. Rhonda > > One of my most humiliating moments wasn't even of my own making. I was > > in line with my 3-year-old, who, having lived her whole life in an [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Rhonda I was in a rather long line at the supermarket, with people behind me as well as ahead of me, when my daughter, who was 3 or 4 at the time, suddenly chose that moment to ask, in a rather loud voice, "How does the baby get in the Mommy's tummy?" Joy When I was a small child, I went with my parents to the nearest town for a shopping trip. These trips were quite big events for me! During this one, I needed to use the bathroom in a store and went into the tiny room without my mother. But I couldn't find any toilet paper! Since it was a shopping trip, I'd been given some money, and put some in a machine promising 'napkins' expecting to get paper serviettes to use as a substitute. Instead, I got a rather bizarre pad of type I'd never seen before. I managed to do without the toilet paper, and went out in the store waving this pad in the air and announcing loudly and indignantly to my mother that I'd wanted a napkin and JUST LOOK what the machine had produced in return for my money! Why would anyone want one of these? And so on, until my mother grabbed the pad and hushed me. -- Cheryl > When I was a small child, I went with my parents to the nearest town for a > shopping trip. These trips were quite big events for me! During this one, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > produced in return for my money! Why would anyone want one of these? And > so on, until my mother grabbed the pad and hushed me. LOL. I'm sure that was more embarrassing for your mom than for you! :) Joyce > > When I was a small child, I went with my parents to the nearest town for a > > shopping trip. These trips were quite big events for me! During this one, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >LOL. I'm sure that was more embarrassing for your mom than for you! :) And then there is the all-too-familiar zoo situation, where two of the animals start mating and some child demands, loudly, "What are they doing, Mommy?". SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >> > When I was a small child, I went with my parents to the nearest town >> > for a [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > animals start mating and some child demands, loudly, "What are they > doing, Mommy?". My son about at 8 years old asked me that when 2 monkeys were doing that I calmly replied "spanking the monkey son", everyone laughed around us. All he said was "Oh ok" that was the end of it. When it comes to children the only thing that gets embarrassed is the parent but it does come back and bites us in the a@@. When I walked in on him and his girlfriend when he was 18; in my hobby room and asked him what the heck he was doing you can guess the answer :^) > > When I was a small child, I went with my parents to the nearest town for a > > shopping trip. These trips were quite big events for me! During this one, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Joyce Heh, this reminds me of one mom told me about myself when i was a tot. She had a couple of my aunts over for tea one day, and i'd gone to the bathroom. I dug out a pad (stayfree brand) and stuck it between my legs sticky side up over my clothes, and came down the hall and out to the kitchen exclaiming "look mom! stayfrees are for your bird!" She shushed me and rushed me back to the bathroom to remove the pad :) Kristy > > > When I was a small child, I went with my parents to the nearest town for a > > > shopping trip. These trips were quite big events for me! During this one, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Kristy I finally remembered something I did as a kid. My grandparents (my father's parents) lived about 150 miles away, and would come visit when they felt like it, and stay for as long as they felt like. They would give us a couple of days warning when they were coming, but wouldn't give any hint as to how long they planned on staying. My parents would give up their bed and sleep on the fold-out couch during their visits. On one of their visits, we were having dinner their first night at our house, when I said, "Grandma, Mama wants to know when you're going home." Joy I remember when I was about 2 or 3, my father and I were playing a game where we were trying to think up food-oriented nicknames for everyone in the family. For example, I was Orange Joyce, and my sister Ruth was Baby Ruth candy. Then my father asked what his nickname should be. I considered his shiny bald head, which reminded me of malted milk balls, so I cried out, "Malted balls!!" I didn't understand why he found that so funny. :) OK, this wasn't exactly embarrassing. Just cute. I'm still trying to remember something embarrassing I did as a kid. I know I must have done SOMETHING, but nothing is coming to mind. Joyce > When I was a small child, I went with my parents to the nearest > town for a shopping trip. These trips were quite big events for [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > would anyone want one of these? And so on, until my mother > grabbed the pad and hushed me. "Out of the mouths of babes". :) Several years ago, my brother found out that his daughter had repeated something he said, and she repeated it to those he was talking about. He didn't want her inside the neighbors house for a reason, but the reason he told her was because he said it was a mess. His daughter, my niece, was friends with the two boys that lived there (she was probably 5 at the time) and they played outside all the time, but one day she went in the house for a few seconds while one of the boys got a drink of water. He didn't know right away. Later, the mom told him that she exclaimed "your house isn't as dirty as my dad said". SignatureCheryl A couple of moments I'd probably sooner forget myself Isis proudly parading some underwear of the frilly kind around the living room- in front of Dave's parents whom I was meeting for the first time is a hard act to follow! Dave's mum luckily was so scared of cats that she was more concerned about the fact that a cat was in the room than what said cat was holding. Dave's dad however gave Dave a very lewd wink! Being asked by a 5-year "Are they girl cats or boy cats?" "They're girl cats" "Are they married?" "Cats don't get married" "Well if they don't get married how do they have little cats?" Having the following conversation with my friend Matt when we both feeling a bit down Me: "I couldn't give a toss about anything right now" Matt: "Not even me?" Me: "Oh Matt you know I'll give you a toss anytime....did I just say what I think I said?!" I'm terrible like that- someone once asked me if I liked a certain game and I meant to say "I'd play it 7 nights a week" but somehow it got mangled and came out as "I like it 7 times a night" Lesley Red Faced Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > A couple of moments I'd probably sooner forget myself > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Red Faced Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Did Matt ever take you up on your offer? ;o) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Did Matt ever take you up on your offer? ;o) > -- We're just good friends honest! (Pity as he's gorgeous but than again compared to Dave and his bad foot at the moment, anyone is!) Matt's just been adopted by a cat called Fuzzbutt who simply walked into their house, sat down on the sofa and looked round as if to say "This will do for me". (They did put posters up seeing as how the cat through thin was neutuered but no-one responded) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs this whole thread has been GONGED for lack of moral fiber as in chuck berris asta lavista baby! [{{{{{{{{{ g o n g }}}}}}}}}}}} what it;s really saying when you hear gong is gone - go on g o - o n |
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