I Shouldn’t Laugh…
But I will. 
One of my dh’s pet peeves is when people take their cell phones into the sanctuary at church, then forget to turn them off. Once, during revival, we had a guest singer in who was in the middle of a prayer when someone’s cell phone went off and, without missing a beat, he said. “Listen, that’s the Lord calling now.” He got a good joke out of it, but he still managed to make his point.
Anyway, anytime a cell phone has rung during church, dh has always tsked under his breath or frowned. Imagine his surprise and humiliation then, when his phone not only went off in church, but instead of the ring-tone, it was dh’s own pre-recorded voice saying, “The phone is ringing, the phone is ringing.”
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that particular shade of red on his cheeks before. 
So what about you? Had any embarrassing things happen lately?
October 15th, 2007 at 5:43 am
October 15th, 2007 at 8:08 am
You mean beyond the normal humiliation that seems to follow me everywhere?
Yesterday was AC’s first day of Eucharist Instruction Class. Parents attend as well. The teacher kept asking the kids questions and AC was always right there with her hand up every time. Let’s see… she eats dinner in front of the TV (completely untrue, btw), we have spaghetti for dinner every night (also untrue), and mommy doesn’t like to cook (very true, alas).
The fact I had to sit in a small chair in a skirt that kept riding up and practically flashing my panties was just a bonus.
Gee, can’t wait until next week.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:17 am
October 15th, 2007 at 8:49 am
October 15th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Thankfully no humiliating moments I can think of (probably blocked them out!).
Very funny, though!
October 15th, 2007 at 9:51 am
I went to a business seminar once where the speaker made this huge deal about turning off phones while he spoke. Harped on it. A jerk, really. About 20 minutes into his speech, a phone started ringing. No one moved, terrified he’d call them out. The guy made some smart comment, but the phone kept ringing and no one budged. Then the speaker looked down and it was HIS phone. He was quite sheepish about it. Loved that.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:08 am
That happened to me as well. I make a HUGE stink the first night of classes informing my students to turn off anything that rings, chirps or beeps. One night, I kept hearing a beep from someone’s phone–you know, like the Message Waiting beep or Low Battery beep. Many dirty looks at the class later, I finally sighed dramatically and asked “WHOSE phone is that?”
They took great pleasure in saying “Yours.”
October 15th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
No embarrassing moments recently, thank heavens! The worst ever, though, was in a college class many years ago when hubby made me laugh so hard I snorted. Left the class and didn’t go back that session. I did go to the next session, though. *sigh*
Kim, my brother once went and told the neighbors that we never ever had dessert (he was eyeing the cake she’d just baked) and that we ate cornbread and beans every night. She gave him a piece of cake and laughingly called my mother. Mom was NOT amused and little brother heard about it later.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Susan, glad you laughed! It was funny!
Kimberly, how funny! I can remember my little sister telling everyone in first grade that her mother only cooked spaghetti for dinner and always served it with mashed potatoes. My mom was mortified.
Oh, Ginger! So glad you weren’t hurt!
Eek, Kathy. I can’t believe he answered it! Send that sucker to voicemail.
Danniele, I tend to block mine out as well.
Andrea, too funny!
And Kim, OMG!!! That’s hysterical.
Lynne, I have laughed so hard that I’ve snorted before, too. It happens.
And that’s too funny about your little brother. Mine once pitched a fit in church when the offering plate came by. The only way my mom could get him to go was by telling him they’d have lots of good food at the social afterward. The offering plate comes by and Mom’s given him some money to put in. Mom nudges him and he bellows, “What have we got to pay now for! They may not even have anything that I like!” 
October 15th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
OMG,
about your little brother, Rhonda!
October 15th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
It was funny. Of course, this is the same brother who came home from his first day of first grade and told my mom that he’d learned the Pledge of Allegiance. He put his chubby little hand over his chubby little chest, puffed up and said, “We led the pigeons to the flag of the United States of America…”
Oh, do I have book fodder.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Thanks for the laughs!! I’m sure I have many mortifying moments and am blocking them all so as to be able to walk around without a bag over my head!