Comments on: The Big Question: I Carried A Watermelon Edition

By: katana

katana — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:43:39 +0000

i’m on an airplane last week, and the pilot announces over the intercom that, due to the storm over the airport, we’ll have to circle for twenty minutes, and if it’s not clear, we’ll go back to our airport of origin.

The man next to me looks nervous. I ask “Do you have to work tomorrow?”

“THAT is not what I’m worried about.”

So I crack a joke. “I’ve always wanted to try the yellow slides from the emergency exits!”

“Not Like This!!”

Misread my audiance, there. Poor guy.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:39:19 +0000

I was at work. A retail clothing shop. I saw a customer eying a lovey dark gray sweater dress and happened to have one that I needed to put away. So my plan was to swoop in next to her and describe some of the lovely features and benefits of said dress. Instead, I fell down the 4 stairs that joined the upper and lower area of the shop and skidded to a halt near her feet. It didn’t hurt my body, but I felt a lot less than smooth after that…

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:49:56 +0000

Oh my gosh! I had mine just a couple of weeks ago. I’d been talking with this man online for a while, and he decided we needed to get together before I left the country for 6 weeks. We had lunch, things went quite well. He’s the first man I’ve been nervous around in a long time, which kind of tells me something. He’s gorgeous and witty and can carry on a conversation quite well. In any case, things were going well, but he and I each had to get back to work. We walked out of the restaurant, said goodbye, but continued to talk. I put on the sunglasses I’d recently purchased (the perfect pair of gold-rimmed aviators).

He said “I see you’re going old school with the shades.”

I heard him perfectly clearly, but stammered “They’re not that old - I just got them on Saturday.”

*awkward*

I haven’t heard from or seen him since…but I’ve also been traipsing around Ireland since. But that was most certainly my biggest “I carried a watermelon” moment–at least that I can immediately remember.

By: jen

jen — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:34 +0000

I’ve been dating this guy for about 2 months now and he lives like 50 miles away and at current gas prices, we see each other on the weekends and thats about it. When I first met him I guess I was carrying my watermelon, or dropping it actually at my best friends birthday party…we hung out all night, the beer was flowing and I finally just looked at him and said, “Well we’re already drunk! All we’ve gotta do is screw now!” Damn Jimmy Buffet! It seemed totally appropriate at the time (2 a.m.), I didn’t really think I would ever see him again and he totally got my number from my friends boyfriend and we’ve been goin out since…he loves to sing that song to me LOL!

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:41:42 +0000

*raises her hand as someone who says wildly inappropriate things

My sense of humor is dry and very dark. I’m smart and snarky. Miscommunication happens, inevitably with new people. It should be noted that my talent especially lies in the area of unintentional innuendo, with a specialization in dick jokes.

This weekend, within a half hour of meeting someone, I implied that he lacked the prowess for having sex in a hammock. No, he was not inviting me to partner with him in said endeavor when this very public observation took place.

By: boots

boots — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:48:41 +0000

Just recently I met a friend’s boyfriend and while we were all talking, I noticed that he had very disproportionately small hands. And of course I blurted out, “Look how small your hands are!” which was completely stupid. I had to spend about 25 minutes backpedaling from that one. He was pretty offended.

By: Peaches

Peaches — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:19:46 +0000

After dating for just a week, my new beau and I were on the phone for hours. Saying goodnight at the end of our conversation I ended with “I love you, goodnight”. I was mortified! It’s my standard family and friend conversation closer. Twenty years later, we are celebrating our 15 year anniversary and laughing at my grande faux pas. I must have been feeling the future!

By: La Petite Acadienne

La Petite Acadienne — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:46:16 +0000

I’ve had watermelon moments my entire life. One that still makes me blush took place when I was about 9 years old, actually. As a child, I read a lot, and was fond of trying on new words, even if I wasn’t 100% positive of their meaning or whether or not they were socially appropriate.

Well, I was out to dinner with my parents and several of their friends. One of their friends, a rather particular lady, was complaining at some length about some company or organization that kept trying to talk her into some sort of scheme or another.

I responded, (proudly trying on my new word):

“Maybe they think you’re a schmuck.”

I’ll leave you to imagine the faces of all of the adults in the room.

By: Beth Ann

Beth Ann — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:09:49 +0000

I met my favorite singer last summer, and my friend had just been speaking with him. When I approached him, he said “Hey, Beth Ann!” and I just mumbled “You know my name?” and was too dazed by that fact to say anything else (like “Thanks for making amazing music” or “Let’s get married right away”). Awkward.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:12:17 +0000

Long long time ago, waiting for a hearing to begin on Capitol Hill, in came Senator Edward Kennedy who extended his hand to me, a twenty-something political junkie, and said “Hello, I’m Edward Kennedy.”

My response? “Yes, you are.”