# "Oops!" Embarrassing Public Accidents. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332 "2008-04-29T09:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/81 "2014-05-28T20:04:58Z")
I dropped a potato chip between my legs the other day. When I reached down to get it, I discovered that I had worn a hole in the crotch of my favorite denim shorts. How long had I been walking around with that hole? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/82 "2014-05-28T20:45:49Z")
> [@Leah\_M](#): > > … I am stuck with _ **no coverage** _ and no way to fix my pants… (bolding mine) It would seem you had no coverage by SEVERAL definitions of the word 😃 Seriously though - what a pain, and I hope nobody commented on it to complete your misery!! Maybe you could have borrowed something to tie around your waist to hide the “moonshine”? I used to own a dress that was a wrap style - held in place by 2 buttons. Yep, one of the buttons popped off at work. Fortunately someone had pins and I was able to get by. Then there was the time I didn’t look too closly at the shoes and had one black and one blue all day (OK, we’ve all done that a time or two), or the other time I grabbed a skirt - and a jacket from an entirely different suit. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/83 "2014-05-28T21:34:58Z")
Heh - reading the thread, I didn’t realize this was 6+ years old. Now that I’m somewhat caught up, I’ve got a more recent, and non-clothing-related, story to relate. For background, I’m a klutz. I’m such a klutz that if there were a Klutz Olympics, I’d be an all-time gold medalist :smack: :p. About a year ago, I started a new project - first new project in thirteen years. First day on the project, in a roomful of people, most of whom I was meeting for the first time. So, we all want out to lunch together. And heading toward the elevator, I rolled my ankle and plowed into the poor fellow in front of me with my outstretched hand. I was mortified - and I’m quite sure he was rather shocked and bewildered at apparently being ATTACKED FROM BEHIND. I expect my face matched my bright pink sweater as I mumbled “now you know why I went into IT instead of the ballet!”. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/84 "2014-05-29T15:26:22Z")
Not me, but my Dad. He was a Civil War Reenactor for a while and during one of their “battles” he bit the end off a gunpowder cartridge … and popped out one of his denture teeth. Apparently he went straight home and stayed there until he could get an appointment with the denturist. I said he should have stayed at the event and looked like a toothless redneck. ---
**Author:** ![StayseaDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@StayseaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StayseaDee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/85 "2014-05-29T16:12:27Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > I said he should have stayed at the event and looked like a toothless redneck. Now that is taking advantage of a bad situation! I agree! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/86 "2014-05-29T16:31:48Z")
There was one day in college when I came into the scene shop on a free afternoon to help put part of the set for a show together. I was standing next to a wall frame on the floor with another student and the technical director who was explaining to us how it needed to be put together. I squatted down to look at an angled stile and felt my jeans rip all the way along the crotch seam. I stood up and said, “I’m sorry; I have to go.” walked stiffly to the coat closet to put on my winter peacoat and went straight home to the dorm and crawled into bed for 3 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/87 "2014-05-29T21:42:56Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > There was one day in college when I came into the scene shop on a free afternoon to help put part of the set for a show together. I was standing next to a wall frame on the floor with another student and the technical director who was explaining to us how it needed to be put together. I squatted down to look at an angled stile and felt my jeans rip all the way along the crotch seam. I stood up and said, “I’m sorry; I have to go.” walked stiffly to the coat closet to put on my winter peacoat and went straight home to the dorm and crawled into bed for 3 hours. Should have just walked over to the costume shop, where they could have easily stitched that up for you. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/88 "2014-05-30T04:06:24Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > I farted in fifth grade. Only the kid in front of me heard, and giggled at my frantic attempts to scratch my chair around, hoping to cover it up. > > The teacher saw him laughing, asked him what was so funny, and yelled at him in front of the class. > > The kid NEVER OUTED ME. > > MENSCH. In HS, one of my buddies was sitting in the back of the room. He farted. Don’t know how he had the cojones/presence of mind, but instead of that involuntary embarrassed look most people get he _immediately_ looked at the kid to his right. As everyone was turning around to see who cut the cheese, they saw him glaring at the kid to his right who was then blamed for it, despite not having done anything! The kid to the right’s protests were met with a lot of, "Yeah, right"s & "Ummmm, sure"s. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332/89 "2014-05-30T05:16:42Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > I came back from a break at work maybe 5 months ago, and when I sat in my chair the arm caught in my left pocket and torn my slacks open from waste to knee. My red swingline stapler came in very handy, and I don’t think anyone else even noticed. Been there, done that, 20 staples saves the day. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I don’t think you have to be a performer to be like that; a lot of guys don’t seem to have the same embarrassment about their bodies that women do. While my husband was in the hospital, he was in just the hospital johnny and no underwear, and having the boys out in full view and swinging in the breeze was a complete non-issue for him. > > **Nawth Chucka** , that explains the line from “Don’t Play Me” - “I put my ass away…” 🙂 i had surgery the one time, and they had me walking around the halls in gown and tighty whiteys. And wouldn’t ya know, one of my employees worked part time at the hospital.:smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-embarrassing-public-accidents/447332.md?page=4)