Ever feel like a real idiot...and laugh till you almost pass out

16 years ago

Well I just did...

My daughter just called...Denny answered...

He brought me the phone. I was talking to her but could barely hear her...So I told her I was going to see if I could turn it up...and that I couldn't imagine how Denny could hear her at all...

I took the phone away from my ear to turn it up and noticed it was upside down....

I totally lost it...Laughing so hard I didn't think I'd make it...

I can hear her saying...Mom...you are such a looser..I know what you did...

She figured it out right away because she couldn't hear me either..

I couldn't even talk , I was laughing so hard...

I'm wearing my capitol "L" on my forhead today....

Please somebody tell me you do dumb things too...I don't wanta be alone....

patti

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tannatonk23_fl_z9a
16 years ago
Hahahaha!!!!!!! Too funny, Patti. I love that you can laugh at yourself!!! Thanks for sharing.

~Betsy
bestlawn
16 years ago
I did the same before. You're making me crack up at the thought.
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Patti, That is SOOOO funny!
It really sounds like something I could have done -- BUT I haven't....
LOL LOL LOL
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Does trying to change channels with the phone or answering the remote count?
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I've picked up the remote control to answer it. LOL It's that old lady in the house.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Phones are tricky, I tell ya. When I can't find what I did with my cell phone (this time) I pick up the house phone and call myself to hear it and find it. When I locate it of course I hang up. I cannot tell you the number of times I then notice not 10 minutes later "1 Missed Call" on the front of the phone and CHECK the number to see whose call I missed! DUH! My kids watch me do this, hear me ask outloud "Huh, whose call did I miss?" watch me check and sit and wait to laugh at me... again!

kickypants, it doens't always pay to be open and honest with kids, does it? They'll use it against you! Maybe one day you can sing it back to her.. but she doesn't think it's funny then.
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LOL I haven't done that one. But I practically always will turn on a light switch when the power is off. Once I was at my mothers and her uncle and aunt were coming. We had a power outage, he had health problems, and I wanted the house to be nice and warm for them. So....I lined the back of the fireplace with aluminum foil to reflect the heat. It took me quite a while to do the job, got done and then took us a while to find the fan (to blow the heat out into the room) and then went to plug the fan in when it hit.....DUH....there IS no power. We about laughed ourselves silly. I probably spent 30 minutes on that project. LOL
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Too funny Patty!!

Yes Lillie, I'm always picking up the Remote instead of the phone or visa versa--The other day I dialed my neighbor on the remote & couldn't figure out why the call didn't go thru!!! Duh!

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ooooh so much fodder in my life for these kind of stories and so little space to type them in...You are SO not alone here.

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Y'all are not alone. I answered the phone when my DS called the other night & said, "Hold on a sec- I've got to put my glasses on so I can hear you better."
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When you get the door open ...

... with the seatbelt on ...

... seatbelts are quite restrictive!

Carry (at least one) set of extra reading glasses in the car!

There've been others ...

... if only I could remember ...

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kimmie5
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Oh, Patti!!!!
That beats all.......except me sliding the cell phone on the desk thinking it was my mouse!
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....or with my older camera, pointing it at myself instead of the lovely view I wanted.
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Patti - when our daughter was in labor with our 2nd grandson, she drove to our house and DH took her to the hospital. He had been standing outside talking on our cordless house phone and got so rattled from all the excitement, he stuck that phone in his coat pocket thinking it was his cell phone, so he walked around the hospital all day with our home phone. It was so funny.

If I'd done what you did, not only would I have laughed myself silly, I'd probably wet my pants in the process.

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pattico_gw
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16 years ago
I just remembered a few years back...I bought some lip stuff for chapped lips from Bath and Body. Theirs comes in a container like Chap Stick only larger...

I had it sitting here on our computer desk for when needed...

I reached down and picked it up...(I thought) and put it on.

Hummmm that didn't feel right...So I took a look at what I was using. It was Elmers Stick school glue...."S"

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