Foot in mouth moments

When Russell Brand's 'My Booky Wook' came out I didn't realise that DD had bought it for 15yr old DGD as a Christmas present from me because I had been in hospital having a hernia op so sent money because I couldn't go shopping.

We spent Christmas with them and when DGD unwrapped it saying, 'Oh this is great' I didn't make the connection and said, 'I'm not keen on him myself.'

To which she replied, 'So why did you buy it for me?'

Fortunately she saw the funny side of it.

is jeremy corbyn a grandparent, perhaps he'd like to contribute.
he's definitely over 50, and might enjoy a distraction.

One of the loveliest little girls I ever taught was called Katy.

Lovely to look at , lovely in nature.

And with a endearingly funny deep, gravelly voice.

Wonder what shes doing now. She could be on Gransnet?

I named my girl after "what Katy did" as it was a huge favourite of mine.

Ps you did ask for Foot in mouth moments

It gets worse.
Time to log off.

My friend was showing another mutual friend NYE photos from about 10 years ago, mutual friend said of me ‘she (me) used to be well attractive!!

Boyfriend???

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Friend

Oh dear.

My favourite book was 'What Katy Did'.
Followed by What Katy Did Next'
If that helps.

I hang my head in shame, just as I did when I said that to my boyfriend 25 years ago,.

My daughter was katy too

Sniff sniff... I may have to rethink our friendship, Callistemon.

Nah, not really. I'm not at all offended.

Just to say, I still feel terrible when I think of it.
Katy was such a lovely little girl. They moved away (was it me ?)

MissAdventure

You've done it again, Call.
Guess what I named my daughter?

Oh f***!
Are you my friend?
Or rather, were you my friend?


I did think, as soon as I posted, I could upset a few Gransnetters here!

I tried to give my DC names which couldn't be shortened but guess what? The nicknames are worse.

You've done it again, Call.
Guess what I named my daughter?

In conversation with a friend, I said I thought old men wearing earrings looked silly.
She gave me a look before saying her dad, 80+, had pierced ears and was ‘trendy’.

Oops!

My foot is permanently in my mouth

I once said to someone I couldn't understand why someone would call their DD Katy - why not call her Katharine/Catherine then shorten it?
She said, coldly, "My Katy was registered as Katy."

Sorry, if you're on GN and are you're reading this.
Katy was a lovely girl and I'm sure has grown into a lovely young woman..

Oops!

I mentioned to a work colleague how I thought foreign sounding Christian names didn't really work well with very English surnames.

His surname was Smith, he told me that his daughter was called Chantelle.

Many, many times. It is my worst flaw. I am fractionally better than I used to be but not by much.