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Learning to laugh at yourself
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Don't feel so bad, 'cause of course we've done many mistakes like that. Haha! I think it's natural for us women. See what happens when we're either in a rush, or just too darn excited.
I remember making breakfast one morning, and when I went to put everything on the plate..... there went the food, which dropped on the floor. Thank goodness the plate didn't break. I got so upset, that when I finally cleaned the floor and got up, I accidently hit the glass of water that was on the edge of the counter. That was just my morning. LOL!
I remember making breakfast one morning, and when I went to put everything on the plate..... there went the food, which dropped on the floor. Thank goodness the plate didn't break. I got so upset, that when I finally cleaned the floor and got up, I accidently hit the glass of water that was on the edge of the counter. That was just my morning. LOL!
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First time I cooked dinner for a boyfriend at about the age of 18, I called and asked my mother for her spaghetti sauce recipe. At the time, I had NO common sense about quantities of ingredients, so I swear she said 2 cups of sugar, as opposed to the 2 tablespoons that actually go in there.
My father and the boyfriend started eating and said nothing. I took one bite and burst into tears. It was beyond obvious that the sauce was HORRIBLE!
My father and the boyfriend started eating and said nothing. I took one bite and burst into tears. It was beyond obvious that the sauce was HORRIBLE!
I tried to make pancakes for breakfast earlier this year. Believe it or not, I had never before made pancakes, and I burned the first batch. The smoke alarm went off, but I thought nothing of it. So I continued cooking away. Within seconds I heard the alarm at the fire station a couple miles away. I sat and listened as the fire truck started its siren. It came closer and closer until I realized that a ladder truck, ambulance, and other fire truck were all in front of my house. I dash outside in my short-short bath robe to explain that I had burned pancakes. Of course, the whole neighborhood is watching to see what the crisis is.
Even worse is that fact that it was in the next day's newspaper. It said "Ladder truck and ambulance respond to fire alarm at (address here). Found burning pancakes."
How very embarrassing!
Even worse is that fact that it was in the next day's newspaper. It said "Ladder truck and ambulance respond to fire alarm at (address here). Found burning pancakes."
How very embarrassing!
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ROTFL!!! Are you serious Renae? The whole company came out to your home? LOL Did you serve them scorched pancakes ala Renae? ROTFL!!
Sorry if I sound intrusive, but whats the point of learning to laugh at yourself? I though the whole point was the learn from your mistakes. Do you mean laugh as in the literal sense? Sorry, I just wanted to clear this up.
Thanks,
Peace,
Brandon
Thanks,
Peace,
Brandon
Yeah, pretty literal -- these are situations where you can either laugh or cry, and either way you can learn from the mistake -- I doubt if lotsocats burns her pancakes these days, or if Deb25 puts 2 cups of sugar in her spaghetti sauce now -- I know I've never forgotten the water in the pressure cooker again
...so why be miserable?
OMG Lotsocats
that is so funny . I know I would have bein very very
. I still like M.A. egges exploding
. Sorry M.A. that is just to funny , each time I read that I am in tears from laughing . Please don't be absad about me laughing over your eggs bomb .
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I am not upset with you Hedi, it is pretty humorous to me as well. Brandon I was speaking figuratively. Inviting people to laugh with me or at me, their choice, but just making light of a frustrating day. Not to be meant to be taken literally.
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No worse than the quote that will be in tomorrow's paper here: "Ambulance responded to woman needing oxygen. Found ROFL over internet message board post....."Originally posted by lotsocats
Even worse is that fact that it was in the next day's newspaper. It said "Ladder truck and ambulance respond to fire alarm at (address here). Found burning pancakes."
How very embarrassing!
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Brandon, if you don't learn to laugh at yourself, you're missing the biggest joke of them all.
This is so true...it is even supported by reams of psychological research! Those of us who can laugh at the messes we get ourselves into tend to do better psychologically than do those who can't find the humor in life's foibles.
I remember reading a letter in Ann Landers written by a woman who was mortified because while on a first date, one of her fake nails popped off and flew into her wine glass. She said the date was ruined and she was too ashamed to see the man again! If that had happened to me I would have been howling with laughter! It also would have been a great way to cut through the tension that is often there in a first date. So, laugh and the world laughs with you....cry, and you cry alone! (Is that how the old saying goes?)
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That's how it goes! I remember when I was a counselor at summer camp, I had a little girl in my cabin. Her name was Suzy and she was a shy little girl, not easily making friends and her parents were over the top in over-protectiveness. Well it was a coed camp, so we on a nature walk with a boys cabin, looking for special things along the trial. Leaves, rocks, arrowheads you name it. There was one boy Brice who all the girls had a thing for, very good looking. But he wasn't paying attention to the girls much. Suzy came running up to us with this thing in her hand, waving it excitedly and asking us what she had *found?* Bob- the male counselor looked at what was in her hand and to his shame, he started laughing at her. I looked to see why and found that she had in her hand a wild donkey dropping thinking it was a rock. I went to explain to her the mistake, and when she found out she dropped it like a rocket and took off in tears with the rest of the crew mocking her. I was going to go after her, and Brice stepped up (at 13years old) and said "NO, let me go." He took off after her, while Bob and I calmed our kids down and lectured them about being insensitive. Pretty soon here comes Brice and Suzy down the trail laughing, he had his arm around her, and her face was glowing. Somehow, and I never asked him how, he managed to turn those tears into laughter and the two of them became quite an *item* after that. I heard later, they married after high school had twin girls and live happily now. And they met over a donkey turd- LOL
M.A. wow , what a great story of that couple .
Hissy! That story is precious...it gave me a great laugh, and all I can say is good for Brice!
I was just making a cup of green tea (I drink the antioxidant blend every day) and I always put some drops of GSE in it (I don't like orange juice) and I must have squeezed the bottle of GSE a tad too hard and the nozzle thingy popped off and the GSE went all over the counter. It didnt look like it had gotten into the mug so I cleaned up my mess and went to drink the green tea - it tasted okay and then I stirred it, and it became a cloudy colour - took a sip of it - EWWWWWWWWW it was the most grossest cup I have ever had!
Judging by how much was gone from the bottle and how much was on the counter and floor, a good teaspoon or so must have gotten into my cup! A lesson learned - make sure you hold the nozzle thingy and don't squeeze too hard!
