In Manila Bay, you’d see all kinds of garbage: diapers (yuck), plastics caps and bottles, and if you look closely and scour the bottom, you might find some false teeth!
Well yesterday, I made a sorry-ass blooper. You see, Scrooge’s false teeth fell off while huffing and puffing during dragon boat training, hitting Harold’s paddle behind him before it disappeared into the murky waters of Manila Bay. Harold, understandably almost fell off his seat laughing. The supposedly funny situation was lost on me since I didn’t see it and that I was busy huffing and puffing myself through a really arduous training session.
Fast forward to McDonald’s: Harold kept talking about it and well, paid for Scrooge’s breakfast, to assuage the latter’s feelings.
I impulsively said, “It’s a good thing you understand each other”. Only to realize, to my utter horror, that Harold was wearing false teeth himself (gasp!) and that his grin seemed to have been frozen for a couple of seconds as I spoke.
Silence.
I wanted to salvage the situation by saying something funny or clever. It never came.
“Yes, indeed.” Harold said with a wry smile.
He changed the topic. Good.
Me and my big mouth.
Well yesterday, I made a sorry-ass blooper. You see, Scrooge’s false teeth fell off while huffing and puffing during dragon boat training, hitting Harold’s paddle behind him before it disappeared into the murky waters of Manila Bay. Harold, understandably almost fell off his seat laughing. The supposedly funny situation was lost on me since I didn’t see it and that I was busy huffing and puffing myself through a really arduous training session.
Fast forward to McDonald’s: Harold kept talking about it and well, paid for Scrooge’s breakfast, to assuage the latter’s feelings.
I impulsively said, “It’s a good thing you understand each other”. Only to realize, to my utter horror, that Harold was wearing false teeth himself (gasp!) and that his grin seemed to have been frozen for a couple of seconds as I spoke.
Silence.
I wanted to salvage the situation by saying something funny or clever. It never came.
“Yes, indeed.” Harold said with a wry smile.
He changed the topic. Good.
Me and my big mouth.
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