# What is your biggest "why did I say that" moment? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852 "2016-08-14T23:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852/41 "2016-08-18T19:23:42Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Many years ago I had a male roommate (I’m female) and we were strictly platonic. Even sat on separate couches. Absolutely no hanky-panky could be implied. At one point I was going through a bad break-up and was on the phone to my friend. She said “Why don’t you date \, he seems like a nice guy.” I said “What? Ew no, he’s like my brother.” Roommate was in the room and kind of looked at me funny but didn’t say or do anything. Years later he admitted that he had been secretly very in love with me the entire time we were friends. My relationship with **Sr. Weasel** had an uncertain beginning and definitely included the phrase ‘‘You’re like a brother to me,’’ which was for all intents and purposes twisting a knife in his heart, unbeknownst to me. It worked out, though. I turned out to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![EPoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@EPoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EPoch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852/42 "2016-08-22T06:22:23Z")
When I told a girl, who I have a crush on, that I found her idea for a club trip to do some archery “incredibly sexy.” She seemed to ignored it to talk about the trip some more, but dear god that was stupid. ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852/43 "2016-08-22T07:08:15Z")
In a room full of people someone asked what the guys who wore the white armor in Star Wars were called. I launched into an overly long explanation about how they were Clonetroopers in the prequels and Stromtroopers in the original movies. After I had finished there was one of those awkward pauses in conversation. Yep, nailed it, I sure did. Unless you have actual visual confirmation of a crowing head emerging from the birth canal never assume, no matter how obvious it may seem, that a woman is pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852/44 "2016-08-22T08:26:23Z")
Working at a hotel in a beach town, a couple came in and admitted they forgot which hotel their reservation was at. It wasn’t with us, so I called a few hotels but still couldn’t find it. Every hotel in was completely full that weekend, so if they didn’t find their reservation they’d have nowhere to sleep. Then I remembered there was a classic car convention focused around a specific type of car in town that weekend, and people book certain hotels for months in advance to go. If I could determine if they were a part of the convention or not, it would narrow it down. Pleased with my detective work, I get a big smile, look up at the gentleman and say “Do you have a woody?” ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852/45 "2016-08-22T12:37:39Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Pleased with my detective work, I get a big smile, look up at the gentleman and say “Do you have a woody?” I’m now very curious as to whether the couple was _more_ or _less_ interested in your help afterward… ---
**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:** [August 22, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852/46 "2016-08-22T17:46:59Z")
Having a political conversation and wondering why some folks hate Hilary soooo much. I said, “Well part of it is that she’s got the stink of Bills taint on her.” These guys only knew one definition of taint and it’s not the good one. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852/47 "2016-08-22T18:20:15Z")
> [@Sangahyando](#): > > I’d have imagined that as regards that rhyme, everybody was like myself as a kid: with a mental picture of the going-to-market piggy going into town, doing the rounds of the market, buying assorted nice stuff there, and returning home… > [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > That’s… not what happens? > > (For real, that’s how I always pictured that piggy. With a little straw basket getting groceries and whatnot. I just learned otherwise in this thread. :() Mind you, I did feel slightly uneasy about the one who dined on cold roast beef. Struck me as verging on the cannibalistic, just a tad… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-biggest-why-did-i-say-that-moment/762852.md?page=2)