Comments on: Pleasantries Gone Wrong

By: fish

fish — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:31:05 +0000

People I know for years get a kiss, people i just met don’t get a kiss.

When I was 16 I was a skater/rollerblader/bmxer. I knew the guys from hanging every day, so thy got a kiss. One of the guys brought his sister, she was very good looking but I didn’t know her so I shook her hand and kissed her brother…

That was awkward.

By: minnesotagirl71

minnesotagirl71 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:05:00 +0000

This is a classic! Embrace those awkward moments!

You should write one regarding the sports celebration gone wrong – one guy puts his hand up for the high five, while the other comes at him fast for a leaping chest bump. Yikes!

Last year Mikko Koivu fell right on his a$$ (unassisted) duing a post goal cele. Hello embarassing moment with thousands of viewers and follow up questions from all the local reporters. He was a good sport about it.

By: The Average Revolution

The Average Revolution — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:47:30 +0000

Mr Bourne,
Excellent post! Please consider my recommendation and try using it in various situations. Use the word “average.” When someone asks how you are doing, mast of the time, your not doing bad, nor all that good. Be honest, tell them average. People will often give you funny looks, but you will know that they ARE turning around and using it for the next person that asks them. Also, give it a shot in other situations, “How is your mea?” “average”, etc.
Report back.

By: hockeygirl3

hockeygirl3 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:58:06 +0000

probley still to this day one of my favourite entries! makes me laugh everytime i read it

By: Chris (TheMetalChick)

Chris (TheMetalChick) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:54:42 +0000

LOL!!!
This is great.

For women, the equivalent of the ‘pull’ in is, I think, the ‘kiss on the cheek coupled with a hug’ thing. there are girls you talk to for 10 minutes who think that you are already at that stage and I am like o, dont think so. but what exactly do you do about it? If its coming, you have to act like its appropriate- even when it isnt.

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The Masters: Par Three Tournament « Bourne’s Blog — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:59:37 +0000

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By: margarita

margarita — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:00:45 +0000

haha
I definitely have answered “good” to “what’s up”.
and I didn’t know how to fix it so I just avoided eye contact and yelled at myself in my head. I was pretty mean too, there was a lot of “oh my god, how white are you?!”
But i think the funniest one was when i told my teacher to have a nice day and he responded “love you too”. I don’t even think that one made sense, but it was the second most uncomfortable moment of my life.

By: SDC

SDC — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:50:20 +0000

I just watched the Lesnar-Couture UFC fight from a while ago, and in Lesnar’s victory speech he said,”…The Lord gave me my body and my mind, so God bless…uherm…God bless you (eyes pointing to the sky, asking God to bless Himself).” Definitely aware of his blunder, yet followed through with the delivery.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:03:36 +0000

Ha! Great entry. Along the lines of your “Enjoy your flight” “You too” example I recently took part in a similar goof:

Waiter: Enjoy your meal.
Me: You, too!

The worst part was when he and I locked eyes for just that moment and he looked away and almost pretneded not to hear it- because he knew I felt like a dope AS the words came out of my mouth. Sigh lol.