Jesus that was close.
Sometimes, through sheer good luck, you manage not to embarrass yourself horribly. It wasn't 'cause I had better sense, 'cause my mind was busy with the reasons it would be OK. It was just a slight sense of caution and waiting and holding my tongue, and it saved me from a vastly embarrassing scene.
Even better, I found out after, with no one knowing what I wanted to do, why it would have been a terrible idea. I am so grateful. We'll all just pretend I never thought of it.
Even better, I found out after, with no one knowing what I wanted to do, why it would have been a terrible idea. I am so grateful. We'll all just pretend I never thought of it.
posted by Megan at 3:47 PM
17 Comments:
What did you almost do? Telling half stories is boring. You have to tell the whole thing for us to get the joke.
Justin
Now, see. Keeping it abstract is not just a way to keep me from embarrassing myself (with full knowledge, this time!), but it is also, like, a literary device. This way, people can reflect on whether they've been in that situation, stripped to the underlying structure, and identify with me. It brings us all closer, in a way that merely humiliating myself wouldn't.
We're way literary around here.
:-P
I'm with Justin.
You are being a tease!
-- Tim.
Oh, yeah, and we have all been there. I don't need to reflect on that as much as I need to laugh at what you almost did and why it was such a bad idea.
-- Tim.
Oh you engineers. You have no appreciation for my art, for leaving things unsaid, for our imaginations to fill in. For whatever shreds of dignity I still have.
Pot... kettle... black...
If you were on this side of the blog, you'd wanna know too. "Literary device" reads "lame excuse."
*poke* *poke*
-- Tim.
Shreds of dignity?
Hmmm... I accuse you of being passive-aggressive unless you include a picture to give us some sort of reference.
-AS
LOOK!! An EAGLE!
(running away)
So, you've decided not to date the Furry? Or move to Oakland? Or powdercoat flames on your tub?
Only one of those is embarrassing.
A4
Megan,
You wouldn't have embarrassed yourself if you had gone through with the idea.
You would look just fine with a purple Mohawk.
Literary device? Is this about the absence of a comma?
At least the context -- work-related, I'm guessing?
The maxim "when in doubt, say nothing" is so incredibly useful, especially to us babbling types who have a very, very hard time obeying it.
Nope. Boy related. And that is as much as I am going to say. Providence was extraordinarily kind to me. Why would I undo that gift, when it could still be just as embarrassing?
This is all another suspense-related literary device, no? Nicely done.
Alison:
(whispering) Something like that.
In improv they say, if you are going to do something embarassing you have to commit to it and do it in a big way, then it'll be funny otherwise it's just awkward.
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