# I didn't just say that... did I? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301 "2005-04-14T16:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/1 "2005-04-14T16:17:03Z")
Walking back in from a smoke break, I notice that we have a new person checking badges. As I approach I notice she has a lazy eye - no big deal. I smile and flash my badge, and, in typical friendly fashion, greet her. Except my throat needed to be cleared, so the first bit was lost in a whisper. So instead of “Hi” it came out “Eye.” Mortified I fled through the turnstiles, afraid to turn around and see if she was glaring at me. And then an evil thought, which I am just too ashamed to type out, popped into my head. I feel like I should buy her roses or something. :o ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/2 "2005-04-14T16:32:53Z")
I shouldn’t laugh but knowing your innocent intent it was pretty funny. Yes, buy her a dozen roses and quietly approach her from the side she can’t see from and when within a foot of her yell “Surprise!” Security people love to have the everlovin’ shit scared out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/3 "2005-04-14T16:40:57Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > And then an evil thought, which I am just too ashamed to type out, popped into my head. You were afraid she was giving you the _evil eye_, weren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/4 "2005-04-14T16:41:22Z")
Close but… not quite… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/5 "2005-04-14T16:47:42Z")
:eek: Oh man, does it involve a rocking chair? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/6 "2005-04-14T16:52:47Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Walking back in from a smoke break, I notice that we have a new person checking badges. As I approach I notice she has a lazy eye - no big deal. I smile and flash my badge, and, in typical friendly fashion, greet her. > > Except my throat needed to be cleared, so the first bit was lost in a whisper. > > So instead of “Hi” it came out “Eye.” > > Mortified I fled through the turnstiles, afraid to turn around and see if she was glaring at me. And then an evil thought, which I am just too ashamed to type out, popped into my head. > > I feel like I should buy her roses or something. :o It reminded me of a joke I can’t tell. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/7 "2005-04-14T16:57:24Z")
She’ll be keeping an eye out for you, I bet. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/8 "2005-04-14T17:26:06Z")
She’ll get her revenge, I bet. You know…an eye for an eye. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/9 "2005-04-14T17:34:37Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > :eek: > > Oh man, does it involve a rocking chair? Uh not that I can think of. I heard it in Jimmy Stewart’s voice, if anyone has ever seen Fievel Goes West… ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/10 "2005-04-14T17:38:15Z")
You can still save yourself. If she’s never talked to you before you just have to convince her you have an accent. Next time you see her say " 'ello. 'Ow are you?" Use references to 'artford, etc. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/11 "2005-04-14T18:03:35Z")
When I started at my current job, the CEO was an older British woman with stereotypically bad British teeth. She could have been on the cover of “The Big Book of British Smiles.” On my first day of work, as I was being introduced around the office, my boss brought me over to meet her. She graciously welcomed me to the company, told me how glad they were I had accepted the position, etc., and looking straight at her, I replied “I’m looking forward to getting some work to sink my teeth into.” Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/12 "2005-04-14T18:07:18Z")
_buys you the roses in advance, wonders if she should write a Straight Dope Obituary_ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/13 "2005-04-14T18:16:23Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > It reminded me of a joke I can’t tell. :eek: Wood eye be able to tell the joke? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/14 "2005-04-14T18:24:36Z")
[Judy Carne] _Socket to me._ [/Judy Carne] ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-just-say-that-did-i/299301/15 "2005-04-14T18:26:12Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Wood eye be able to tell the joke? Aye.