# Could you DIE of embarrassment?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-die-of-embarrassment/103599>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 14, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-die-of-embarrassment/103599 "2002-04-14T18:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-die-of-embarrassment/103599/1 "2002-04-14T18:55:53Z")

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Several co-workers and I had gone out to lunch, and were piling into the car to return to work. The driver, whose name I won’t use to protect _myself_, had already gotten in, another two were in the back seat and the boss’ secretary (we like her, trust me) was getting into the passenger seat in front. I was trying to get into the back seat, stretching to position myself with my butt still slightly outside the car when, how shall I put this, the spider barked! Naturally, I hoped no one had noticed, but the driver piped up, “Did you just fart, Geezer?”

“Thank you _so_ much for pointing that out, Blank,” I replied, as everyone but me laughed their heads off. I was probably purple the rest of the way back to work, where I could hide in my tiny little office for the rest of the day.

So, what was _your_ most embarrassing moment?

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**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-die-of-embarrassment/103599/2 "2002-04-14T19:45:12Z")

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Happened at the Tae Kwon Do tournament that my thread talked about (I reccomend you go check [it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=109475) out). I was sitting next to a person, and making idle chat. I thought that this was a guy I was talking to (the haircut was a mullet, very gender neutral, and the person was overweight, so it disguised any… _secondary sex characteristics_), and I asked “So, do guys spar against the girls in our age category?” “Yeah, I’m a girl!” was the reply… _sigh_ 😮

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**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-die-of-embarrassment/103599/3 "2002-04-14T21:49:04Z")

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Two very embarassing moments in my life are told in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1960379#post1960379)

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-die-of-embarrassment/103599/4 "2002-04-14T22:06:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by hillbilly queen \*  
> \*\*Two very embarassing moments in my life are told in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1960379#post1960379) \*\*

Same for me; just scroll to the very last post in the thread if you want to see.