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MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 15:20:41

youtu.be/DRd9rMCM_MA?si=Y2rB-G6O90BIMimS

jocork Fri 27-Sept-24 05:10:27

I worked as a cover supervisor in a scholl for a few years. Occasionally I didn't have access to the online register and had to send round a sheet for every student to write their name on, then send to the office. There was usually at least one joker who would add a false name so I always counted the students and made sure I had the correct number of names on the list as the false names were usually 'extras'.
One of the most popular false names was 'Mike Hunt'. - say it quickly! Unfortunately some teenage boys never tired of this!

Bazza Thu 26-Sept-24 16:42:58

😱😱. My doctor was very slim, apart from her tummy. I’ve never made such assumptions again!

HelterSkelter1 Thu 26-Sept-24 16:29:08

My cousin said the same Bazza to a nurse on his ward when he was a patient and was told off in no uncertain terms by the ward sister for making such a personal remark. The nurse was just a bit plump not pregnant. I don't think he'll do that again.

Bazza Thu 26-Sept-24 16:12:13

I asked a pretty young doctor, to my eye definitely pregnant, when her baby was due, just as she was poised to give me a lumbar puncture. She replied icily, he’s six months old now. It still makes me cringe. There’s no way out of such a remark. The LB went well I’m happy to say.

Ali08 Thu 26-Sept-24 13:04:54

MissAdventure

grin

I also know someone who said his wife's sisters name at a very personal moment.

He said he slept on the sofa for the next six months!

Lmao.
My ex moved his then GFs head out of the way (during felatio) so he could see the footy on tv then told her to carry on - I don't know if she did!

Same GF, they were having intercourse and he called MY name out at the crucial moment! 🤣

She and I laugh about his gaffes and pranks nowadays as we both miss him since he passed away.

MissAdventure Thu 26-Sept-24 12:49:51

grin
Fair comment.

yellowfox Thu 26-Sept-24 12:49:12

I can only say 'sausages" !

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 21:57:20

Perhaps they're a comfort food for him?
Or were, anyway.

I bet he'll never want to hear that word again!!

Galaxy Wed 25-Sept-24 21:51:26

I think we would need to know what Starmer associates sausages with to understand it.

Babs03 Wed 25-Sept-24 21:15:58

Oh dear, that could be described as a Freudian slip I suppose.
I once heard a woman on a farmers market say to a young boy selling eggs 'I want sex.' I turned to her horrified until I saw the boy calmly putting half a dozen eggs into an egg box. We were holidaying in Scotland at the time where the word 'six' often sounds like 'sex'.
My DH laughed when I told him, he hadn't heard a thing because his hearing aid was switched off.

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 21:05:04

Everyone hated Hunt, that's clear. grin

Oreo Wed 25-Sept-24 20:57:45

Galaxy

So Freud would say that there are no 'mistakes' in terms of speech, those mistakes happen for a reason.
So I am afraid that your friend subconsciously wants to sleep with his wifes sister. grin

Can we explain the rest as easily? Starmer was hungry? The interviewer with Hunt really didn’t like him?😄

Galaxy Wed 25-Sept-24 20:51:22

So Freud would say that there are no 'mistakes' in terms of speech, those mistakes happen for a reason.
So I am afraid that your friend subconsciously wants to sleep with his wifes sister. grin

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 20:36:04

I bet they felt welcome. grin

kircubbin2000 Wed 25-Sept-24 20:31:59

I invited 2 neighbours round and accidently said at least that'll get it over with!

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 18:35:11

Ooops.
Bit of a gaffe, there.

Casdon Wed 25-Sept-24 18:30:52

Come on Boris, keep up for goodness sake.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/boris-johnson-bridget-jones-mr-darcy-wfh-b2617249.html

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 15:43:00

grin

I also know someone who said his wife's sisters name at a very personal moment.

He said he slept on the sofa for the next six months!

AGAA4 Wed 25-Sept-24 15:40:41

You would have looked good enough to eat MissA

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 15:35:05

AGAA4

It's easy done. I have got my words wrong occasionally but not on national television.
Was a bit of a bloomer though. 😄

Someone asked me what I was going to wear to the work do, and I said "Just a pair of sandwiches"

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 15:33:35

youtu.be/pXck1A6eT5k?si=7rrvkZ6OB8Gc2nVr

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 15:32:10

youtu.be/2Se5yS17S08?si=TztGgRVrbFjByqcu

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 15:27:59

Jeremy Hunt himself made a gaffe about his wife, saying she was japanese, when she is Chinese (I think!)

MissAdventure Wed 25-Sept-24 15:26:32

youtube.com/shorts/q-3nXSf4itI?si=I195L7AK-rcXvsNE

GrannyGravy13 Wed 25-Sept-24 15:26:00

Oops 🤭