This happened a decade and a half ago, but a fitness thread brought it to mind. I was going to school at Berkeley at the time. One of my compatriots was an avid weightlifter and persuaded me to come with him from time to time when he went to Gold’s Gym. Apparently, Gold’s of Berkeley was a hangout for a number of well-known professional bodybuilders, so scrawny li’l me was constantly surrounded by extremely burly guys. I looked a bit out of place, but the other patrons were always friendly.
Well, one day I went to the gym by myself. I put on my Yoyodyne t-shirt before I started working out. I went about my business, and it was only after I went back to the locker room and took off my shirt to shower that I remembered the quote on the back:
“Laugh while you can, monkey boy!”
No one mentioned it, and knowing that bunch they probably thought it was funny if they noticed, but I was quite embarrassed.
So… anyone else have any good faux pas stories to share?
Not mine-my father’s.
Back in the dark ages, when I was 16, I briefly dated a very nice kid that limped as a result of polio.
My father traveled constantly and had never met the young lad in question until the day he brought me home from a movie.
Dad-also known as Mr. Tact-looked at Andy and asked "Why are you limping-did she kick you at the movies?’
Without pausing for breath, Andy politely replied “No sir, I had polio when I was four.”
I have a friend who is 5 ft 2. One day, we were walking and we ran into a bunch of his friends from a small town north. Not one of them were over 5ft 4. So 6ft me said, boy you guys up north sh[del]ort[/del] look alike?