Current Events > Ever say something so incorrect that ppl think it's a joke but it wasn't?

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I was with my parents at this sandwich place in San Fran over Christmas and "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi came on and I was like "I love this song, I once listened to it on repeat for 4 days straight" (true, many years ago), and they asked who it was.

With a completely straight face, believing myself to be correct, I said "Billie Holiday". They laughed really hard and I realized my mistake and played along, but then looked it up. I also almost say Billy Idol. I was convinced it was Billy/ie someone.

I have been thinking about this constantly for over a month and I am still so embarrassed. Furthermore, I have no idea if they caught me or not.

Lol nice.

This is so me with my bosses . I have never understood what makes them laugh, I could say things with complete straight face and seriousness and they crack up, and I never know what their sense of humor is that makes them laugh

once someone told me that they were pescotarian and I misheard them, and thought they said "Episcopalian."

I was trying to be polite, and asked how long they had those beliefs, and the people around me started laughing :/

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I could say things with complete straight face and seriousness and they crack up

For the sake of you and your job, I hope it's not something INCREDIBLY wrong, like my example.

boxoto posted...

once someone told me that they were pescotarian and I misheard them, and thought they said "Episcopalian."

I was trying to be polite, and asked how long they had those beliefs, and the people around me started laughing :/

That's... not too awful, though. Pescatarianism can often come with the belief that eating meat (other than fish) is wrong, and episcopalianism is a legit religious belief, sooo...

it's been a long while, so I might have asked something else, now that I think about it, like if they were going to church or something

Waxitron_Gazer posted...

For the sake of you and your job, I hope it's not something INCREDIBLY wrong, like my example.

"Incredibly wrong" is a bit of a stretch you were talking about something as insignificant as music :P so not a big deal as any of the other subjects for conversation

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"Incredibly wrong" is a bit of a stretch you were talking about something as insignificant as music :P so not a big deal as any of the other subjects for conversation

Billie Holiday was a woman of color, jazz musician, and ultimately incredibly influential in the scene from the 1930s-50s.

Bon Jovi is a buttrock musician from the 80s who wrote one single song that I really like.

I'd say that's a pretty stark and "incredibly wrong" thing to say, and why my brain put it together that way is still under review.