Most embarrassing moment ever....

[valis]

Mine: important talk at a conference. And my laptop does not boot. My brilliant talk sucked because I could not show anything. Audience was gracious, but it was the most embarrassing moment for me...

[derby378]

1. Damn!

Any idea what happened to your laptop? That sucks.

[Shoeempress]

2. Walking into court late after going to bathroom, and sitting down only

to discover I had tucked my skirt into my pantyhose when my butt hit the bench and had flashed the Judge, Clerk, Bailiff, various members of the bar and most of the people in the courtroom, and then getting to go and argue in front of the judge.

[JimmyJazz]

10. I actually checked your profile to see where you live because that

happened to a woman attorney I know. So, see. Now you know you aren't the only one.

[Shoeempress]

13. I think it happens to all women who wear skirts at some point in their

lives. Thankfully not a court I go to frequently.

[xultar]

3. Pantyhose fell down on a crowded rush hour train while I was standing

in the aisle. :hide: I haven't worn hose since.

[Lannes]

4. When I lived in NYC

Hopped the wall into central park to go crosstown,landed in some bushes and tore my pants all the way down the back.Had to walk back home on a busy saturday night.I got to a traffic light at madison ave and heard some laughing,there was an outdoor cafe down the block behind me.Was glad when I finally made it home!

[MarianJack]

5. Mine...

...was around 1987-88. I was riding the trolley to my job in Center City Philadelphia (I lived in the suburbs) and I was tslking to 2 of the cutest girls I'd ever seen on Public Transportation. They were sitting and I was standing in the aisle. We were having a nice conversation and I was thinking of which one I was going to ask out the next time i saw them. They were giggling and I thought I was dazzling them with my wit. Their stop came and they got off. As I settled into one of their seats, I noticed that may fly was down and WIDE OPEN!

[Sabriel]

6. Getting caught in a park by a cop

As my friend and I were going at it in the front seat of the car. Suddenly, lights on! He graciously allowed us to tidy up and leave.

[MrScorpio]

7. Two GWB inaugurations

I was never ever more embarassed for my country

[mpendragon]

8. The time i accidentally . . .

touched a Puerto Rican girl's boob in the lunchroom in high school. Good God, she was pissed off and I'm eternally grateful that she and her many cousins believed that it was an accident.

[gardenista]

9. Happened to me, too! Arrrggghh, it was horrible.

Finally got everything to work, but it was impossible to recover my momentum.

[Mojambo]

11. I did the toliet paper on the shoe thing

It was bad.

I trailed like 8 feet of TP behind me back to my table at the restaurant.

My friends got quite a laugh.

[Xithras]

12. I once ripped my pants open during a meeting.

I was just sitting down after giving a presentation to about 20 people in a conference room here at work, when my right front pocket caught the armrest and riiiiiiiiipped wide open. My natural reaction, of course, was to jump out of the chair...which only tore the still-caught fabric even worse. By the time I realized what I'd done, I had a rip that ran from my waistline to my right knee, and everyone in the room could see my polka-dot boxers.

A close second: About 10 years ago I was hiking down the Mist Trail out of the Yosemite backcountry with a few friends when we decided to take a shortcut and cut across some switchbacks (I know, I know, no lectures please). I slipped on the loose dirt, slid across a granite slab, and came to rest against a tree. When I stood up, I realized that my slide across the granite had removed both the back of my jeans AND a good chunk of my underwear (but by some miracle, none of my skin). Since my only OTHER pair of pants were on one of my friends, I ended up walking all the way back to the valley, hanging out at Happy Isles for 20 minutes, and riding the bus (standing room only) all the way back to our cars with my cheeks hanging out. I adjusted my straps so my pack was hanging REALLY low, but several people still noticed it.

[maveric]

14. Living as a Stutterer I have thousands to tell of.

It sure was fun in school! :sarcasm:

[steely]

15. pronounced "epitome" incorrectly during a retirement party.

20 yrs ago and it still stings.

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. Which one? I have so many!

1. Junior high play- Jesus Christ Superstar. I was Pontius Pilate. I was getting ready to make my dramatic exit: "Die if you want to, you miserable martyr!!" when I turned abruptly to stalk off stage.

My Roman sandal caught on the carpet and POOF! Flat on my face. The folks in the back said it was REALLY dramatic; first I was there, then I was gone, but the folks in front saw the whole thing!

2. In a college English class, still very naive and stupid, made a comment about Indira Gandhi being Gandhi's wife. (So sue me, I never saw the movie!)

3. Every girl's worst nightmare-- walking across the UT campus in the boiling summer heat, and realizing I'd just started...well, you know. In white pants, and not one feminine hygiene product on me. No change for the machine, and by the time I got to a bathroom, I was screwed. I ended up stuffing tons of TP in my pants, washing my pants out in the sink in the ladies room, and plodding miserably, chafing in sopping wet pants, all the way back to my car.

[HEyHEY]

17. I dislocated my shoulder and screamed like a little girl

While trying to impress a girl... but hey, you don't find attractive women who are into fly-fishing everyday... I HAD to take a shot.

[skygazer]

18. I've got you all beat

Came home dead tired from working all day (and when I say "all day", I mean it - started at 6 am, got home at 11 pm. - racetrack, 7 days a week).

I was 18 years old, living with a bunch of friends and I slept on the fold out couch in the living room. Passed out of exhaustion, vaguely heard some people come to the door later. Heard my boyfriend's voice among them. Felt someone get in bed with me. Assumed it was him.

Awoke the next morning to find a guy I'd NEVER SEEN BEFORE in bed with me! Had no clear recollection of what had happened. Had to go to work so I left a note for my housemates - "Who is the guy in my bed?!"

Turned out he'd come to party and couldn't stagger home. He'd climbed into the nearest bed. Mine. ~sigh~