Miscommunication and what follows.

[SnipErlite]

Well right now I feel rather crap due to my best friend not wanting to ever become good friends with me again, following a period of us not speaking at all. Part of the reasons for this is some serious miscommunication (the other being me fucking up and accidentally ruining it all, but there we are)

Conversely, what humorous stories of miscommunication or misunderstanding do you have or know about? Care to share, as I could do with a laugh?

 

[The Eggplant]

Well, my ex broke up with me quite viciously because of a single instance of miscommunication (and NO, it was NOT of the "but I thought you said cheating was OK!" type), but, er...that's not so humorous, is it?

Oh, actually, there is a humorous part to it...a week after she dumped me she was dating another guy, claiming that he was "everything you couldn't be." Which apparently means overweight, Republican, and prematurely balding.

[sub]Not bitter...seriously, I'm not. Good riddance to 'er.[/sub]

 

[SnipErlite]

Ohhhh man, I've got a funny one here:

Ok, so my good friend is like 26 and never had sex (to my knowledge). So I'm at the video store with him and I say, "Hey they made a movie about you." and point to "The Jerk". Sitting right next to "The Jerk" was "40 Year Old Virgin" and that's the one he looked at. I felt really bad and had to point out that I was talking about "The Jerk".

Heh, that is rather amusing. Maybe you should re-enact that movie and get him some sex....

Oh, actually, there is a humorous part to it...a week after she dumped me she was dating another guy, claiming that he was "everything you couldn't be." Which apparently means overweight, Republican, and prematurely balding.

The perfect man! [sub]Wait..... :S[/sub]

 

[similar.squirrel]

Which apparently means overweight, Republican, and prematurely balding.

[sub]Not bitter...seriously, I'm not. Good riddance to 'er.[/sub]

That's usually an indication of wealth. If my knowledge of stereotypes is anything to go by.

I tend to mutter sometimes, so miscommunication is a daily occurrence. Not as devastating as anything in this thread, mind.

Edit: Oh, wait. There was that time an ex misconstrued my hackneyed misanthropic whinings as a sign that I was going to burn the school down. And I got the police called on me.

That was quite embarrassing. Live and learn, though. I'm no longer such an emo nincompoop.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Which apparently means overweight, Republican, and prematurely balding.

[sub]Not bitter...seriously, I'm not. Good riddance to 'er.[/sub]

That's usually an indication of wealth. If my knowledge of stereotypes is anything to go by.

I tend to mutter sometimes, so miscommunication is a daily occurrence. Not as devastating as anything in this thread, mind.

I think you just muttered, cause I didn't get any of that.

Overweight, balding Republicans are usually rich, aren't they? The so-called big-business fat cats. I'm not American, so I'm just going by stereotypes here.

 

[The Eggplant]

Which apparently means overweight, Republican, and prematurely balding.

[sub]Not bitter...seriously, I'm not. Good riddance to 'er.[/sub]

That's usually an indication of wealth. If my knowledge of stereotypes is anything to go by.

I tend to mutter sometimes, so miscommunication is a daily occurrence. Not as devastating as anything in this thread, mind.

I think you just muttered, cause I didn't get any of that.

Oh dear God, the irony...miscommunication in this thread. I love it.

That quote was mine, by the way. I think that's what Bones is trying to get at.

 

[Necator15]

I pulled into a parking lot with a friend of mine, because she needed to buy cigarettes or something, and I'm an enabler. I parked next to one of those cart-retrieval areas, and I thought I parked a little too close on her side, so I asked "Can you get out?" meaning, could she physically get the door open enough to get out of the car.

Anyone care to take a guess at what she thought I meant?


[sub]She eventually figured out what I really meant, and we both had a big laugh over the whole thing.[/sub]

 

[Sixties Spidey]

One of my friends got in trouble for saying something around the lines of "Give me a fuck please." to a woman working in the cafeteria. He meant to say "Give me a fork please."

Also one that was inflicted on me. I tried to say a word in French that I had problems pronouncing. You know the word "travail(work)"? Well I said that word, except it sounded like "cheval (horse)". She wasted the last fifteen fucking minutes on me shouting at how I meant to say it because it was funny, and before you know it, I was literally shouting as hard as my lungs could possibly manage, and dropped the class.

 

[Thaius]

I enjoy a good argument: not a yelling, violent disagreement, just a calm, respectful discussion of differing opinions. I want to understand people, I want to know not only what their opinions are, but why they have them. I want to know this partially so I can understand the person better, and partially so I can compare their way of thinking with mine and, if I find a flaw in my thinking, work around it or change my ideas accordingly.

Unfortunately, people who don't understand this about me often think I'm trying to pick a fight, and their reaction to my questions turns the conversation into an argument even though it was never intended to be one. Some people also (like my ex-girlfriend) have been raised with the idea that a discussion of differences is always a rude and hurtful argument, and should not happen. Which, to me, is simply encouraging ignorance. That led to the end of my last relationship, because anything and everything I said in that context was taken as fighting words and HORRIBLY twisted and misunderstood. Not a funny story, more of a tragic one that still kind of pisses me off, but still.

 

[SnipErlite]

One of my friends got in trouble for saying something around the lines of "Give me a fuck please." to a woman working in the cafeteria. He meant to say "Give me a fork please."

Heh heh, sexual ones are always the best - was she hot though?

 

[Sixties Spidey]

One of my friends got in trouble for saying something around the lines of "Give me a fuck please." to a woman working in the cafeteria. He meant to say "Give me a fork please."

Heh heh, sexual ones are always the best - was she hot though?

She was actually rather old. That's what made it bloody hilarious.

 

[The Eggplant]

Well, my ex broke up with me quite viciously because of a single instance of miscommunication (and NO, it was NOT of the "but I thought you said cheating was OK!" type), but, er...that's not so humorous, is it?

Oh, actually, there is a humorous part to it...a week after she dumped me she was dating another guy, claiming that he was "everything you couldn't be." Which apparently means overweight, Republican, and prematurely balding.

[sub]Not bitter...seriously, I'm not. Good riddance to 'er.[/sub]

She is a goddamn idiot. You know what? I'm going to make the "You are a goddamn idiot" quote from RvB my motto. But really, she's pathetic and got what she deserved.

"Tucker, you are just fucking stupid."

But yes, yes she is. As one of my friends later said, "I don't get it...it's like trading in a decent motorcycle for a broken H2." Which in retrospect is a little too glorifying of me (yyyeah, I'm probably a Vespa AT BEST), but the point stands.

 

[SnipErlite]

One of my friends got in trouble for saying something around the lines of "Give me a fuck please." to a woman working in the cafeteria. He meant to say "Give me a fork please."

Heh heh, sexual ones are always the best - was she hot though?

She was actually rather old. That's what made it bloody hilarious.

Even better. Heh. I'm so gonna 'accidentally' use that line now just to see people's reactions....

 

[SnipErlite]

[sub]She eventually figured out what I really meant, and we both had a big laugh over the whole thing.[/sub]

At least she took it in good humour =)

 

[AyrSuppli]

At dinner one night, I was talking about a sleepover I had at a friend's house. I can't remember why, but for some reason, I said, "Oh, and we ate corn for dinner." My dad dropped his fork onto his plate, and slammed his hands down on the table and yelled, "WHAT!?" After about ten seconds, I got that -___- face on and was just like, "Yeah, dad, we ate porn for dinner. I'll say it again, porn." He almost killed me for that. My parents are fucking retarded...

 

[SnipErlite]

At dinner one night, I was talking about a sleepover I had at a friend's house. I can't remember why, but for some reason, I said, "Oh, and we ate corn for dinner." My dad dropped his fork onto his plate, and slammed his hands down on the table and yelled, "WHAT!?" After about ten seconds, I got that -___- face on and was just like, "Yeah, dad, we ate porn for dinner. I'll say it again, porn." He almost killed me for that. My parents are fucking retarded...

Haha, well I do hear it's good for you....

Or something...