Can you remember situation where you just have been plain stupid and slow to understand, that it makes yourself laugh (when you finally found out)?
I just had one yesterday and that brough in my mind another situation, that just drips of stupidity and still makes me laugh.
So yesterday I was reading around the news. Read an article about the meeting up of Obama and Merkel. It said there, that Merkel got welcomed with 19 „Salutschüssen“ (salut shoots), but I read with 19 „Salatschüsseln“ (salat bowls). And I felt somewhat confused, though it nice they welcome her with food, but was wondring why only salat, if that might be a crude joke because of EHEC. Well so I read on, but couldn´t get over my confusion concerning the salats. I read it over again and than it sank into my brain that it says „Salutschüsse“ and not „Salatschüssel“. Gave me a good laugh. For an excuse: It was late and I was tired.
The other time was quite many years in the past. I was a teen. And I don´t know if I had sort of a brainless day or something…anyway…a guy phoned and asked me to write something down for my father. I said ok, I did, then asked him his name, so I could tell my father who called and he started (make something up now, cause I can´t remember his real name): Theodore Horst Otto Marry Anton Sabrina, Lennard Otto (again) Rolf Enno Norbert Zachary.
Me muttering all the time: Oh not so fast and wondring how the guy can have so many names…and why male and female names, but I obidiently wrote down every name. I felt totally amazed by the name. And even told him so. He was just like: Ah? Ooooooook.
When my father came I told him someone phoned and started to read all the names. My father just stared at me, slaped me on the head and started to laugh. I still didn´t get why.
Of course the guys name was simply Thomas Lorenz…and he just used this method of saying a name for each letter so one does undestand correctly and gets the letters right. That did not cross my mind at all.
Took ages to live that down.
So, do you remember times you have been just daft and want to amuse us with?
TerokNor
I just had one yesterday and that brough in my mind another situation, that just drips of stupidity and still makes me laugh.
So yesterday I was reading around the news. Read an article about the meeting up of Obama and Merkel. It said there, that Merkel got welcomed with 19 „Salutschüssen“ (salut shoots), but I read with 19 „Salatschüsseln“ (salat bowls). And I felt somewhat confused, though it nice they welcome her with food, but was wondring why only salat, if that might be a crude joke because of EHEC. Well so I read on, but couldn´t get over my confusion concerning the salats. I read it over again and than it sank into my brain that it says „Salutschüsse“ and not „Salatschüssel“. Gave me a good laugh. For an excuse: It was late and I was tired.
The other time was quite many years in the past. I was a teen. And I don´t know if I had sort of a brainless day or something…anyway…a guy phoned and asked me to write something down for my father. I said ok, I did, then asked him his name, so I could tell my father who called and he started (make something up now, cause I can´t remember his real name): Theodore Horst Otto Marry Anton Sabrina, Lennard Otto (again) Rolf Enno Norbert Zachary.
Me muttering all the time: Oh not so fast and wondring how the guy can have so many names…and why male and female names, but I obidiently wrote down every name. I felt totally amazed by the name. And even told him so. He was just like: Ah? Ooooooook.
When my father came I told him someone phoned and started to read all the names. My father just stared at me, slaped me on the head and started to laugh. I still didn´t get why.
Of course the guys name was simply Thomas Lorenz…and he just used this method of saying a name for each letter so one does undestand correctly and gets the letters right. That did not cross my mind at all.
Took ages to live that down.
So, do you remember times you have been just daft and want to amuse us with?
TerokNor
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priceless!!
