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[MollyBloom]

Any embarrassing stories to dish out?

mine:

A few months ago, my school took us to Outback. I went to the bathroom, but it was one of those fancy toilets with all the buttons. I didn't realize the handle to flush was in the back, where it usually is, so I was browsing in the button area for the flush button. I hit a few, and nothing interesting happened. Then as I hit the blue one, I see a little plastic spout in the bowl start to nod its head in my direction. I was doused with the bidet. I panicked and closed the lid. Bad move. It started to spray on the floor, drenching my stall. I turned it off eventually, and slowly went back to the table. I was wearing black so I didn't look that wet, but my hair was a little damp, and some people noticed. I had to give up the goods, and everyone had a nice laugh at my expense. Thankfully the people at my work love me, so it was a lovingly mocking that was expressed.

[squat toilet]

[Jizzo T. Clown]

When I was practicing my Korean at work during lunch with a group of teachers, I said "Cheonun Josh imnida." (sorry, no hangeul keyboard) Everybody started laughing hysterically. I know my Korean sucks, but I didn't know why they wouldn't stop laughing! I soon came to find out that "Josh-u" means "penis" in Korean, so literally I said "I'm a penis." Admittedly that's not too far from the truth.

[LateBloomer]

MollyBloom,

I had the identical experience with the bidet at Outback. I stayed in the bathroom stall until everyone had left the washroom because they had heard me talking to myself and swearing as the water sprayed everywhere. Then I started laughing hysterically and couldn't stop.

After finally "fleeing the flood", I was washing my hands and drying myself off as a woman entered the washroom. She walked into the stall, saw all the water on the floor, walls etc. and started talking to herself in Korean as she was backing up. That "set me off" again.

My most recent embarassing moment was on a crowded escalator. I have a large backpack with wheels and it has quite a long, rigid handle. I usually put the backpack on the stair in front of me--have to keep the left lane free for all those Koreans in a hurry to go nowhere.

For some reason, on this particular day, I put the backpack on the stair behind me and as the escalator stairs rose, the handle of the backpack was pushed up the back of my blouse and my blouse was lifted. My arms
went up as well.....and there was nothing I could do until the stair "flattened" at the end. I must have looked really "goofy" in addition to being exposed to the Koreans who noticed. I was actually glad that I don't understand much Korean. I guess I'm lucky that my blouse didn't rip.

[MollyBloom]

[mindmetoo]

Always flush a public toilet with the lid down.

I haven't had too many. I did misunderstand a mandoo guy and I asked him once for keh go gi mandoo. Dog meat mandoo.

[Snowmeow]

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[squat toilet]