Embarrassing Stories

[Yoko-Chi]

I currently look like a tool...

...and I don't care.​

what kind? a hammer? wrench? shovel?

personally, my favorite tool has to be the dogleg reamer..

 

[EstherTb]

Onetime I started a comic and then went on hiatus after every page...very embarrassing

 

[Oegyein]

Onetime I started a comic and then went on hiatus after every page...very embarrassing

When you make a comic as legendary as TEOD, you're permitted to hiatus after each page .w.

 

[EstherTb]

When you make a comic as legendary as TEOD, you're permitted to hiatus after each page .w.

Is that your way of saying you're delaying?

 

[TheJLT]

When you make a comic as legendary as TEOD, you're permitted to hiatus after each page .w.

I am incredibly disappointed in you...... Wait no.... I don't actually care all that much when people decide that their lives aren't other peoples entertainment resorts.

 

[Rue]

So I have two "cousins" that are the sons of my mom's best friend. We grew up together like family, we lived together at a couple different points in our lives. We were each born 9 months apart. Like I can't stress how much they were huge parts of my life growing up like some of my other cousins.

So some years ago on facebook, my cousin Ricy (yes spelled like that) changed his display name to Dedric. Never thought too hard about it, I mean I used a fake name for a while when I was worried about the ex of an ex stalking me.

But today he shared a post about name mispronunciations. And I just realized that Ricy was short for Dedric this whole time, that's actually his name. What the ****? I've known this man for 30 years.

 

[Oegyein]

So I have two "cousins" that are the sons of my mom's best friend. We grew up together like family, we lived together at a couple different points in our lives. We were each born 9 months apart. Like I can't stress how much they were huge parts of my life growing up like some of my other cousins.

So some years ago on facebook, my cousin Ricy (yes spelled like that) changed his display name to Dedric. Never thought too hard about it, I mean I used a fake name for a while when I was worried about the ex of an ex stalking me.

But today he shared a post about name mispronunciations. And I just realized that Ricy was short for Dedric this whole time, that's actually his name. What the ****? I've known this man for 30 years.

.... ricy.... as in pronounced... "Ricky"....

Not Ricey..... I'm an idiot....

 

[Rue]

.... ricy.... as in pronounced... "Ricky"....

Not Ricey..... I'm an idiot....

Yes, like "Ricky" my bad

 

[BleepBloopBeep]

I mean I totally didn't call my sister Jam for a not insignificant amount of time. I have the excuse of being little and not being able to pronounce Sam very well. This was also around the time the other children's parents were telling my mother how adorable her little sister was. Which was really nice if you ignore that she hasn't got a younger sister, I just had long blonde curly hair.

 

[Rue]

I mean I totally didn't call my sister Jam for a not insignificant amount of time. I have the excuse of being little and not being able to pronounce Sam very well. This was also around the time the other children's parents were telling my mother how adorable her little sister was. Which was really nice if you ignore that she hasn't got a younger sister, I just had long blonde curly hair.

I couldn't pronounce my cousin Danielle's name as a kid either, so she was "Yellya" which has remained a nickname I use on occasion.

I mean. I have no idea what you look like. But I guess I pictured you as a brunette in my head. Curly blonde hair you say?

 

[BleepBloopBeep]

I mean. I have no idea what you look like. But I guess I pictured you as a brunette in my head. Curly blonde hair you say?

Now its more of a darker dirty blonde and curls at the ends, but when I was a nipper it was bright blonde ringlets. I had it shaved off very young grew it out in high school, had it short again (which meant people I'd seen for 5yrs didn't recognise me, and now its long again, haven't seen a barber in about a year with everything going on.

 

[Zules]

I bought no less than $60 of Pokemon cards yesterday to create a custom deck
Then I printed out proxy cards of the deck so that I don't have to wait for the cards to get here
Then I excitedly started playing it only to lose 4 times in a row to @Avidro

 

[Oegyein]

tl;dr
George Clooney and Sean Connery came into the store this week and peed on the floor.

l;r
A customer came in with two schnauzers. I was at the counter so I wasn't exactly helping her, but I was within conversation distance while my coworker was selling her something.

After a while, one of the dogs did something that warranted reprimand. "George Clooney, No!" The exclamation of the owner was commanding. I tilted my head, my coworker mimicked. The combined head tilting demanded an explanation.

"This one's name is George Clooney"

I cracked a smile.

"The other is Sean Connery"

I began laughing hysterically.

The customer finished shopping and left. The dogs became a running joke throughout the day.

Maybe 10 minutes after they left, another coworker told me to get a mop. I enquired as to why and where.

"The dogs from before peed near the cat litter".

So George Clooney and Sean Connery peed on the floor at work.

 

[Zules]

I was looking through some old files and found these things I made when I was 13

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Then I found this gem too:

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[BleepBloopBeep]

The Butter Bread debacle in the banter thread reminds me of the time the school called up our home to make sure everything was alright. Why did they do this? My sister would only eat buttered bread, ready salted crisps, and a yogurt as a packed lunch, so that's what she got. Apparently that made the school think we couldn't afford to feed her I guess.

 

[Oegyein]

Last night was my dad's birthday. Had a good time, made a fool of myself, and left in good spirits. Woke up this morning bearing the consequences of overindulgence and had to go to work.

To counter this, I ordered a coffee with 5 extra shots on top of the already one or two espresso shots it comes with. This was now about 6 or 7 shots of espresso in my system.

Halfway through the day, one of my coworkers decides to get an uber eats delivery from one of the gas stations nearby. Dead set on suping me up on liquid energy, he orders me a triple espresso iced coffee.

This is now 9 or 10 shots of espresso in my system. I should mention I've eaten nothing all day.

I don't know what the customers saw, all I know is that their favorite cowboy retail clerk was a little too chipper today. Ever seen Over the Hedge? I was the squirrel. That was me.

I've never felt a bigger caffeine crash. Take it from me, take care of your body.

 

[Zules]

This is now 9 or 10 shots of espresso in my system. I should mention I've eaten nothing all day.

for the love of

 

[Oegyein]

for the love of

The really embarrassing part of the story is the video my mom has of me singing Elvis Presley's "If I Can Dream", off-key and in a cowboy hat.

 

[Rateus]

The really embarrassing part of the story is the video my mom has of me singing Elvis Presley's "If I Can Dream", off-key and in a cowboy hat.

I'm imagining that bit in The Simpsons where Apu thought he was a hummingbird.

(Tonight I've got to taste test and energy drink at 9pm and I don't ever drink energy drinks. On the plus side Miami @ Jacksonville is on at midnight so I want to be up 'til 4am).

 

[BleepBloopBeep]

I'm imagining that bit in The Simpsons where Apu thought he was a hummingbird.

(Tonight I've got to taste test and energy drink at 9pm and I don't ever drink energy drinks. On the plus side Miami @ Jacksonville is on at midnight so I want to be up 'til 4am).

Have you tried a split sleep schedule (4hrs either side), it doesn't leave you too rough afterwards. Apparently it was quite common historically.