» Foot in Mouth Syndrome

ive got a couple
1. Got taken to a party full of rich americans in late 2001 by a friend who promptly left me on my own not really knowing anyone. So I found the one guy I did know (but only very vaguely), who was looking at photos on the shelves, and asked what he was up to. "I'm looking to see if there's any hot girls who might be coming to the party" he said, so I decided to join in.
The first picture I picked up had a load of people in it, and although there were no lookers, I did find a remarkable moose. I showed the picture to the guy and said something like "ha ha check out this minger, and look at the freak stood next to her".
After a short pause he informed me that the moose was in fact one of his oldest friends who had died in the twin towers, and the freak was her recently bereaved brother. Excellent.

2. A friend and I had an admittedly very unfunny response to any mum related quips, which was to say "That's not funny, my mum's dead".
The trick with these little jokes is to save them for people you know they're not going to offend, as I found out when we pulled our little routine in front of a new friend, who of course turned out to be an orphan.

Sorry for another mum-related one, there seem to be quite a few already.
(Wed 21st Apr 2004, 12:44, More)