# I'm a blabbermouth.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-blabbermouth/54352
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 13, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-blabbermouth/54352 "2001-02-13T20:14:02Z")
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### Author: ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-blabbermouth/54352/1 "2001-02-13T20:14:02Z")

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A friend of mine told me something work-related with the caveat that he’s not sure how far this should be permitted to travel. So then I saw the person the possibly-secret thing was about and I _heard myself say_, “Well, speak of the Devil!”

Good naturedly, he asked what was up.

At this point, I could still have easily recovered by fibbing. However, I will be the first to admit that I’m not the brightest crayon in the box, so I blurted out the potential secret, _and_ the person I heard it from.

As soon as it was out of my mouth, I started kicking myself.

He clarified that it _was_ a secret to some degree, that it was okay that I knew, but that it shouldn’t be revealed to a certain other group of people. I felt like crap anyway. I hope I haven’t gotten my friend in trouble.

I also hope that I never do anything like this again. Loose lips sink ships, Poddy. Please, tell me what a dope I am so that the humiliation brands the incident in my memory.