Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:06:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eye Lash
Subject: BLAGUES-L: Embarrassing moments


Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:17:30 +0200
From: Stéphane B. Bazan

 The following are the top three winners from a "Most Embarrassing
 Moments" contest in New Woman Magazine:

 #1
 "While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided
 to release some pent-up energy and ran amok.  I was finally able
 to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance
 from other patrons. I told her that if she did not start behaving *right
 now*, she would be punished.

 To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just
 as threatening, 'If you don't let me go right now, I will tell
 Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!'  "The
 silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange.  Even the
 tellers stopped what they were doing!

 I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank
 with my daughter in tow.  The  last thing I heard when the door
 closed behind me were screams of laughter"

 #2
 "It was the day before my eighteenth birthday.  I was living
 at home, but my parents had gone out for the evening, so I invited my
 girlfriend over for a romantic night alone.  "As we lay in bed
 after making love, we heard the telephone ring downstairs.  I
 suggested to my girlfriend that I give her a piggyback ride to the
 phone.

 Since we didn't want to miss the call, we didn't have time to get
 dressed. When we got to the bottom of the stairs, the lights suddenly
 came on and a whole crowd of people yelled, 'SURPRISE!'  My entire
 family -  aunts, uncles, Grandparents, cousins and all my friends were
 standing there!  My girlfriend and I  were frozen in a state of shock
 and embarrassment for what seemed like an eternity.

 Since then, no one in my family has planned a surprise party again."

 #3
 One of the funniest "most-embarrassing-moment" stories I've
 come upon in a long time was about a lady who picked up several items at
 a discount store. When she finally got up to the checker, she
 learned that one of her items had no price tag.  Imagine her
 embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and boomed out for
 all the store to hear: "PRICE CHECK ON LANE THIRTEEN, TAMPAX, SUPERSIZE."

 That was bad enough, but somebody at the rear of the store apparently
 misunderstood the word "tampax" for "THUMBTACKS."
 In a business-like tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom:
 "DO YOU WANT THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR THUMB OR THE KIND YOU
 POUND IN WITH A HAMMER?"