# What I said/What I should have said

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-said-what-i-should-have-said/790105>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 29, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-said-what-i-should-have-said/790105 "2017-06-29T01:53:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-said-what-i-should-have-said/790105/1 "2017-06-29T01:53:28Z")

</div>

The rules of the game should be obvious from the examples. You post a time where you accidentally put your foot in it, and what you should have said instead.

Said: I can’t then; I have a PAP scheduled, and I already cancelled one, and I just can’t cancel another-- can we schedule it for another time?  
WISHS: That time is not good for me. Do you have another time?  
Said: Ma Shlomech?  
WISHS: Ma Shlomcha? \*

\*Trying to be cool and speak Hebrew to people perfectly capable of speaking English, I got the masculine and feminine confused.  
Said: Oh, boys do that stuff all the time. Don’t they?  
WISHS: I will impress upon him that this is unacceptable behavior, and must not be repeated, or he will be severely punished.  
Said: People are going to except us to donate money again aren’t they?  
WISHS: Oh, what a terrible tragedy!  
Said: It’s always good to adopt shelter dogs.  
WISHS: I can tell that’s a purebred Welsh Springer Spaniel.  
Asked: At what point in your labor do you want pain relief, on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the worst pain you can bear?  
Said: Probably 4 1/2, maybe 5.  
WISHS: 0.

I’ll probably think of more later. Right now, I’ve stuck to stuff that really happened, but feel free to steal stories for friends, relatives, enemies, and soforth,

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-said-what-i-should-have-said/790105/2 "2017-06-29T11:18:45Z")

</div>

WISHS: Maybe he was late leaving the office, or he could just be delayed in traffic.  
Said: Maybe he’s dead.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-said-what-i-should-have-said/790105/3 "2017-06-29T13:40:35Z")

</div>

WISHS: You don’t have to sign the petition if you don’t want to.  
Said: It’s just a signature. It’s not like we’re asking for your first born son (THEN I remember the person I was speaking to had a first born son who was the victim of a murder/suicide by his father)