Most embarrassing thing in your life

[dukepsy1963]

Another response to DukemomLA.

What was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you? (Keep it as clean as possible....:))

Winners will be announced!!!!!!!!!!!

[Channing]

a little bit of a side topic - but this website www.juicycampus.com is probably creating the most embarrassing moment for a lot of people.

For those not familiar - it is a website that is like a gossip page with anonymous posting for various campuses. If you take a minute and go over there you can see that it is just mercilessly vicious. Needless to say, college kids and anonymity and names are being names, sexual promiscuity of named students is being discussed, and what these kids dont seem to realize is that once its on the internet its there forever.

[throatybeard]

I posted a lot here and somehow became a moderator.

No seriously. My entire life is an accumulation behind a small, moving window of non-embarrassment that sometimes includes the last 30 days. That is, when I was 21, I was mortified at 20-me, and at 26 I hated 25-me, &c.

The problem is that sometimes the 30-day window even collapses in on me. Right now the main thing I have to hang on to is that I got the taxes done early. That's counterbalanced against all the soft deadlines for work that I'm in violation of.

Does anyone else have this moving 30-day window construct?

[billybreen]

I posted a lot here and somehow became a moderator.

No seriously. My entire life is an accumulation behind a small, moving window of non-embarrassment that sometimes includes the last 30 days. That is, when I was 21, I was mortified at 20-me, and at 26 I hated 25-me, &c.

The problem is that sometimes the 30-day window even collapses in on me. Right now the main thing I have to hang on to is that I got the taxes done early. That's counterbalanced against all the soft deadlines for work that I'm in violation of.

Does anyone else have this moving 30-day window construct?

Yes, but strangely mine also applies to you. I'm rather disgusted with Feb. 3 Throatybeard, but your performance this week has been serviceable.

[Cavlaw]

a little bit of a side topic - but this website www.juicycampus.com is probably creating the most embarrassing moment for a lot of people.

For those not familiar - it is a website that is like a gossip page with anonymous posting for various campuses. If you take a minute and go over there you can see that it is just mercilessly vicious. Needless to say, college kids and anonymity and names are being names, sexual promiscuity of named students is being discussed, and what these kids dont seem to realize is that once its on the internet its there forever.
Yeah, I saw an article about that site on CNN.com last week. I was rather embarassed to discover the creator is a Duke grad. Classy.

[alteran]

I am so gonna win this one. The only real competition is for number two.

[dukepsy1963]

Many years ago when I was in the first grade, my teacher got it in her head that everyone should know how to "skip." After finding out that a few of us had not mastered skipping yet, she told us to go home and practice and she would test us on the following Monday. Well, I went home, received lessons from my big sisters, mother, father, etc. I practiced all around the yard and in the house. In fact, I felt reasonably good about it by the end of the weekend. I wasn't great, but I was "skipping."

Monday came round and we were all called one by one to demonstrate our new skill. When my name was called, I went to the front of the room, and proceeded to "slide" back and forth. My feet would not "skip." It was as if my feet were anchored to the floor. The class went crazy laughing. (And I think I even saw Mrs. Griffin laughing out of the corner of my eye.) I was never so embarrassed. To this day, I refuse to skip no matter how happy or carefree I feel. It brings back too many painful memories.


I have two more, but one of them is too embarrassing to relate even now!!

[snowdenscold]

a little bit of a side topic - but this website www.juicycampus.com is probably creating the most embarrassing moment for a lot of people.

For those not familiar - it is a website that is like a gossip page with anonymous posting for various campuses. If you take a minute and go over there you can see that it is just mercilessly vicious. Needless to say, college kids and anonymity and names are being names, sexual promiscuity of named students is being discussed, and what these kids dont seem to realize is that once its on the internet its there forever.

I am horrified in so many ways right now. I feel genuinely depressed after browing through that site (I just searched 'Duke') for about 10 minutes.

Unmoderated Web 2.0 may be the beginning of the end for mankind.

[hc5duke]

I am horrified in so many ways right now. I feel genuinely depressed after browing through that site (I just searched 'Duke') for about 10 minutes.

Unmoderated Web 2.0 may be the beginning of the end for mankind.

Not that this would make you feel any better, but it's a blatant rip-off of GroupHug (http://beta.grouphug.us/random). Actually, that's not much better, now it's plagiarism too :)

[snowdenscold]

Not that this would make you feel any better, but it's a blatant rip-off of GroupHug (http://beta.grouphug.us/random). Actually, that's not much better, now it's plagiarism too :)

The biggest part that concerns me is people have no second thoughts about just using real people's names and talking about them in the open for anyone to read - then hiding behind the cloak of anonymity. I mean, it's obviously been happening for years (and we pretty much casually dismiss it if it's about celebrities), but this site actually brings communities of 'common' people together to talk about each other. And by 'talk' I mean say incredibly mean and vulgar things - which I would argue the site inherently endorses (a root of the problem).


Oh and I looked at the GroupHug site. Interesting idea - but it calls itself an experiment and due to the idiocy of people I would say it fails.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Like I'm going to tell you guys? Not a chance!

[EarlJam]

Many years ago when I was in the first grade, my teacher got it in her head that everyone should know how to "skip." After finding out that a few of us had not mastered skipping yet, she told us to go home and practice and she would test us on the following Monday. Well, I went home, received lessons from my big sisters, mother, father, etc. I practiced all around the yard and in the house. In fact, I felt reasonably good about it by the end of the weekend. I wasn't great, but I was "skipping."

Monday came round and we were all called one by one to demonstrate our new skill. When my name was called, I went to the front of the room, and proceeded to "slide" back and forth. My feet would not "skip." It was as if my feet were anchored to the floor. The class went crazy laughing. (And I think I even saw Mrs. Griffin laughing out of the corner of my eye.) I was never so embarrassed. To this day, I refuse to skip no matter how happy or carefree I feel. It brings back too many painful memories.


I have two more, but one of them is too embarrassing to relate even now!!


This reminds me of the article in Sports Illustrated (early 90s) that informed readers about Christian Laettner's skipping habit when he was a child. That image, to me, EarlJam, is just hilarious.

-EarlJam

[EarlJam]

I impregnated a camel.

Just kidding. But seriously, my most embarrassing moment was probably getting a DUI in 1990 (I was 21). My God. The look in my dad's eyes at about 4:00 a.m. as I was bailed out of the city jail. I'll never forget that look. But this ultimately led to my proudest moment: getting my act together and going to college, graduating with honors. The latter likely wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the shame of the former.

-EarlJam

[allenmurray]

The biggest part that concerns me is people have no second thoughts about just using real people's names and talking about them in the open for anyone to read - then hiding behind the cloak of anonymity.

I agree. Free speech while remaining anonymous poses no risk for the speaker (or writer) but real risks for any sense of community. While I still sometimes write things and later regret my words or tone, my posting here has been much more civil since I decided to post under my real name.

Before anybody reacts to the above statement - I'm not implying that anyone here who posts under a screeen name does so in order to say horrible things without taking responsibility - folks overall do a good job of self-monitoring and we have great board mods. I'm only speaking for myself.

[dukegirlinsc]

I impregnated a camel.

Just kidding. But seriously, my most embarrassing moment was probably getting a DUI in 1990 (I was 21). My God. The look in my dad's eyes at about 4:00 a.m. as I was bailed out of the city jail. I'll never forget that look. But this ultimately led to my proudest moment: getting my act together and going to college, graduating with honors. The latter likely wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the shame of the former.

-EarlJam

This gets my vote.

At least you didn't turn around in the middle of the road with a road block in sight. Jeez, who does that? ;)

[blublood]

The seventh grade dance!! God, it was awful. It was awful for all the usual reasons that seventh grade dances are awful, but my enduring memory is of how excruciatingly boring and awkward the entire thing was until the hometown DJ put on - ready for this?? (keep in mind that I am totally not kidding) - Vanilla Ice. That got the party crunk!

Despite the genius lent by Vanilla Ice, I still remember coming home and crying for hours. The Supreme Court really should pass some legislation outlawing "dances" involving Americans between the ages of 10 and 13!

[dukegirlinsc]

I played varisty basketball in high school, and after one of our games, I was sitting up in the stands watching the boys game. I had on super-long wam-up pants that covered my shoes with about 5 inches to spare. I started to walk down the steps to get something to drink at half-time, and stepped on my pants. Not only did i pull them half-way down, but I fell and continued to roll down about 6 or 7 steps.

Awesome day.

[OldPhiKap]

I voted for W. That one hurt.

[billybreen]

I voted for W. That one hurt.

How many times?

[OldPhiKap]

How many times?

Once.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice . . . um . . . er . . . we won't get fooled again." -- GWB

(I wrote in McCain in '04. Pulling for Obama in '08)

[billybreen]

(I wrote in McCain in '04. Pulling for Obama in '08)

Works for me. :)

[ugadevil]

My junior year in high school, I gave a speech as to why I would be a good class representative. The content of my speech was good and so was the breeze, seeing as how I gave the speech with my fly down. I must be some orator because I was voted as representative.

[OldPhiKap]

My junior year in high school, I gave a speech as to why I would be a good class representative. The content of my speech was good and so was the breeze, seeing as how I gave the speech with my fly down. I must be some orator because I was voted as representative.

Perhaps it wasn't so much your oration as your {ahem} presentation.

[ivduke]

I went in for what I thought was going to be a laproscopic inguinal hernia procedure. I thought I had the agenda down and was well prepared. Somewhere I missed the point that I needed to be completely shaved, so I watched one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen "dry shave" the intended area of the procedure..... I have never been so embarrassed....

still suffer from the nightmares.....:eek:

[OldPhiKap]

^ In Navada, that costs extra.

[ugadevil]

Somewhere I missed the point that I needed to be completely shaved, so I watched one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen "dry shave" the intended area of the procedure..... I have never been so embarrassed....


OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dukerati]

a little bit of a side topic - but this website www.juicycampus.com is probably creating the most embarrassing moment for a lot of people.

For those not familiar - it is a website that is like a gossip page with anonymous posting for various campuses. If you take a minute and go over there you can see that it is just mercilessly vicious. Needless to say, college kids and anonymity and names are being names, sexual promiscuity of named students is being discussed, and what these kids dont seem to realize is that once its on the internet its there forever.

As a fairly recent graduate of Duke, I am glad this site was not around when I was there. People will always say some nasty things in the privacy of their own rooms (especially in my fraternity) but it takes a particular kind of maliciousness to put it out on the internet. Ugh.

[BlueDevilBaby]

One of my most embarrassing moments involved dominance on the beer pong table on parents' day. Someone gets a very bad potty mouth when dru. . .uhm, after several games of beer pong. Thank goodness I don't remember any of it. :p

I had similar experience to the bleacher tripper above. On Fathers' Day 2006, a friend and I went to the Yankees-Nats game in DC and sat upper deck just to left of home plate. I am a huge Yankees fan but found myself rooting for the my hometown Nats (besides, I'm a Nats season ticket holder). Nats are down 2-1 in bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. Anderson is on first. Rookie Ryan Zimmerman comes to the plate. I have my video camera out to film what I know is coming. I can feel it. Yup, Zimmerman crushes a Wang pitch over the left-field fence. Nats win 3-2. I jump up, come down, clip my shins on the seat in front and fall over three rows of seats (all these people had left the game already). By the time I popped back up, Zimmerman was being mobbed. Missed everything. Was black and blue from head to toe, but managed to save the camera - it's pretty amusing video. My durn friend did not even bother to help me up. I'm not surprised, he's a tarhole fan.

[dukegirlinsc]

One of my most embarrassing moments involved dominance on the beer pong table on parents' day. Someone gets a very bad potty mouth when dru. . .uhm, after several games of beer pong. Thank goodness I don't remember any of it. :p

I had similar experience to the bleacher tripper above. On Fathers' Day 2006, a friend and I went to the Yankees-Nats game in DC and sat upper deck just to left of home plate. I am a huge Yankees fan but found myself rooting for the my hometown Nats (besides, I'm a Nats season ticket holder). Nats are down 2-1 in bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. Anderson is on first. Rookie Ryan Zimmerman comes to the plate. I have my video camera out to film what I know is coming. I can feel it. Yup, Zimmerman crushes a Wang pitch over the left-field fence. Nats win 3-2. I jump up, come down, clip my shins on the seat in front and fall over three rows of seats (all these people had left the game already). By the time I popped back up, Zimmerman was being mobbed. Missed everything. Was black and blue from head to toe, but managed to save the camera - it's pretty amusing video. My durn friend did not even bother to help me up. I'm not surprised, he's a tarhole fan.

BLEACHER TRIPPERS UNITE.
And beer pong brings out the best in everyone. :cool:

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Hey dukegirlinsc - I love your new avatar! You and Chris Carawell - a match made in heaven, er, Cameron!:D

[dkbaseball]

a match made in heaven, er, Cameron!:D

Are you, of all people, Ozzie, suggesting there's a difference?

[OZZIE4DUKE]

a match made in heaven, er, Cameron!

Are you, of all people, Ozzie, suggesting there's a difference?

Heck no! It's a helluva place!

[dukegirlinsc]

Hey dukegirlinsc - I love your new avatar! You and Chris Carawell - a match made in heaven, er, Cameron!:D

Why thank you! I love it as well! :cool:

[captmojo]

One hot summer night, when I was about 13 or 14-memory fails, a friend and I took off riding bikes through our little village whilst clad only in our tightey whiteys. We rode around for about an hour before we were captured by the cops. The ride home was a lot less embarrassing than the arrival. :o :o

[DukieInKansas]

I seem to have been able to block out embarrassing moments but the one that sticks in my mind was during a recital. I decided to take voice lessons but no one mentioned the R word. Yes, each semester there was a recital - and during the Spring semester, you had to memorize the song. You guessed it - I totally forgot the entire middle section of the song. Longest minutes of my life! Also, may have been my last semester.

[Bostondevil]

I've been resisiting posting this because, well, I don't really like to talk about it, but the most embarassing thing I ever did was guess wrong going for $32,000 on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire', night time version with Regis, 20 million viewers.

Since I know you're going to ask.

President George W. Bush's salary is what percentage greater than President Clinton's? A) 10% B) 25% C) 50% D) 100%

(I knew Clinton's salary, I knew it had gone up, I knew you couldn't vote yourself a raise, I knew Clinton had signed the bill into law, I just didn't know the exact amount.)

[Latta6970]

My most embarrasing moment came when I was 19 or 20. I had eaten two kraut dogs earlier in the day and went to a party that night. There was a girl "Kristen" there whom I'd had the hots for for months. And as luck would have it I found a very inebriated Kristen on the couch, and being just as ripped I sat down beside her. For the next two hours I was as smooth a silk and had us laughing so hard our sides were about to split. But the longer I sat there I realized the kraut from earlier in the day was reacting to my non German stomach. I didn't want to get up in case some other guy might come along and take my seat. But the longer I sat there the pressure built more and more, I was flexing muscles I didn't know I had trying to keep things bottled up. By this time several other people had joined us around the couch and we were all laughing our guts out.

To some of the population, gas is a natural bodily function, however I was raised to never do that in public at the risk of offending sense and sesitivity. Suddenly someone did something funny and I couldn't hold it any longer. Every time I chuckled some gas escaped, followed by more laughter and more gas. It was like some 1980's fat boys rap solo, only out of rhythm and unpleasant smelling. It might not have been as bad, but there was a lull in the music and the entire room could hear it, which caused everyone in ear shot to fall out in the floor laughing. As I tried to get up and retreat that only made it worse and that finally made it one long thunderous emission. I was so red I could actually feel my face emitting heat, I headed out the door and to my car. I left for the night and though I saw my regular friends again I didn't see Kristen again for several years. By that time she was married and a mom. I haven't eaten kraut since that day, not even in Germany; which I think is best for me and anyone who might happen to be around me.

[TillyGalore]

I've been resisiting posting this because, well, I don't really like to talk about it, but the most embarassing thing I ever did was guess wrong going for $32,000 on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire', night time version with Regis, 20 million viewers.

Since I know you're going to ask.

President George W. Bush's salary is what percentage greater than President Clinton's? A) 10% B) 25% C) 50% D) 100%

(I knew Clinton's salary, I knew it had gone up, I knew you couldn't vote yourself a raise, I knew Clinton had signed the bill into law, I just didn't know the exact amount.)

Since no one else has noted this: You were on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". That is so cool!!!

In order to answer your question, I'd like to poll the audience. :)

[dukegirlinsc]

I've been resisiting posting this because, well, I don't really like to talk about it, but the most embarassing thing I ever did was guess wrong going for $32,000 on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire', night time version with Regis, 20 million viewers.

Since I know you're going to ask.

President George W. Bush's salary is what percentage greater than President Clinton's? A) 10% B) 25% C) 50% D) 100%

(I knew Clinton's salary, I knew it had gone up, I knew you couldn't vote yourself a raise, I knew Clinton had signed the bill into law, I just didn't know the exact amount.)

I wouldn't have gotten that correct, myself. ;)

[g_olaf]

Just kidding. But seriously, my most embarrassing moment was probably getting a DUI in 1990 (I was 21). My God. The look in my dad's eyes at about 4:00 a.m. as I was bailed out of the city jail. I'll never forget that look. But this ultimately led to my proudest moment: getting my act together and going to college, graduating with honors. The latter likely wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the shame of the former.

-EarlJam

That sounds like the sort of answer you would give if asked this question at a job interview... (turning a negative into a positive). It also is vaguely reminiscent of the answer the G W Bush gave (Driving drunk led to my being president).

Personally, I don't find it nearly as embarrassing as when EarlJam (a so-called musician) stated that "cats in the cradle" was a Cat Stevens song.

[captmojo]

Latta, the sharing of your story took a lot of guts. (pun intended) I was taken by surprise at the body function you had to react on you. I was expecting an emission from a different orifice.

[hc5duke]

a little bit of a side topic - but this website www.juicycampus.com is probably creating the most embarrassing moment for a lot of people.

For those not familiar - it is a website that is like a gossip page with anonymous posting for various campuses. If you take a minute and go over there you can see that it is just mercilessly vicious. Needless to say, college kids and anonymity and names are being names, sexual promiscuity of named students is being discussed, and what these kids dont seem to realize is that once its on the internet its there forever.

Seems JC is (deservedly) getting some bad PR (http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/17/sunny.juicy/index.html?eref=rss_tech).

[EarlJam]

That sounds like the sort of answer you would give if asked this question at a job interview... (turning a negative into a positive). It also is vaguely reminiscent of the answer the G W Bush gave (Driving drunk led to my being president).

Personally, I don't find it nearly as embarrassing as when EarlJam (a so-called musician) stated that "cats in the cradle" was a Cat Stevens song.

Touche' (or however you spell it).

But my story and the results are quite genuine.

And as far as Cat Stevens goes, you got me there completely. Let me make amends by saying that one of my favorite songs of all time is "Walk this Way" by Run DMC.

-EarlJam

P.S. Oh, and I would NEVER tell that story at a job interview - but I get your point.