FNF: Open Mouth Insert Foot

This week’s FNF is rather short, but they do take longer to set up than facebook would allow me to post there. So here we go…

I am sure everyone had those moments where you said something that maybe you shouldn’t have, catching yourself later. These are two such circumstances.

The first one happened very recently, last weekend in fact. I finally decided on getting another gaming system. I am totally against Microsoft after purchasing my Zune only to have it totally die on me. Also, I have heard and seen the “red rings of death” on the Xbox. So I believe that Microsoft can’t make decent hardware and won’t buy an Xbox, even though the games look very attractive.

I decided on a Nintendo Wii. I have to admit that I like the way you wave the wand around and it way it reacts. Even a simple game of bowling is made fun with it. Plus Netflix works on the Wii, so that is a plus there as well.

So I walk into Wal-Mart last weekend to look at a Nintendo Wii game system. I go to the glass counter, and I see they have two. However, something is different, these are black. Before I decided on purchasing one, I wanted to make sure that it was as good (if not better) than the traditional white one I have seen before.

The case is locked, so I need to find someone to help me. I go to the electronics counter and wait for an available salesperson. A dark skinned African-American sales associate was at the counter. Without thinking I blurt out… “Hello, I would like to see your BLACK Wii (wee) please.” … I then stumbled, because although the gentleman was attractive I was not hitting on him… and then quickly recovered “the Nintendo Wii in the case, I would like to take a look”. I don’t think he caught it, or didn’t call attention to my remark. He got another associate with keys to show me to the case, and I bought one.


The next stumble happened some time ago. For all the restaurant chains in Columbus, there aren’t a lot of Long John Silver seafood restaurants. I have to travel a bit to get to the one closest to where I live.

At the time, they were having a special called the “Boatload of Seafood” which included basically everything from fish, shrimp, clams, etc etc. It looked good.

So I get up to the counter, look the cashier right in the eyes and place my order for a “BUTTLOAD of Seafood”. Apparently my filthy mind decided to take over. I was embarrassed, but the cashier admitted it was a more common mistake than I thought and we had a bit of a laugh about it.

Words are fun, and even when we stumble on them, they can be more fun.
The trick is having the ability to laugh at yourself about it later.