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This is a question Foot in Mouth Syndrome

What's the worst social gaffe you've ever made? When you know you've said the wrong thing to the wrong person and wish the ground would swallow you up. In other words you've just contracted a bad case of foot in mouth syndrome. Tell us your stories and we'll share your pain.

(, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 22:27)
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It happens a lot to me...
But the event I remember most recently took place in my mate's room in uni halls. I wandered over there as I usually do when I'm bored or just want a chat, anyhow, on this day there was a bloke in there with her just talking. Now I don't know most of her mates, so I just assumed this was a normal student, so joined the conversation and everything seemed fine.

Then it progressed onto music, now our Uni had recently blocked Kazza, so many people were floundering around for new downloading programs. But not me having moved off Kazaa before even moving to uni. So when this guy asks me how/where I get my music I smugly tell him the programs I use and how it's be very difficult for the uni to block them, and the theory as to why it's difficult.

He then says: "It doesn't sound too hard, I could probably do it given a couple of hours"

Me: "Why on earth would you want to do that?"

My other friend (whose room it was, and who had been sitting there quietly looking more uncomfortable the longer I talked) piped up saying that this mate of hers worked at the uni computer help desk and was part of the crew running the university internet. One of the same crew who had blocked Kazaa.

Luckily he didn't say or do anything about it. (sorry about the length)
(, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 13:54, Reply)

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