It’s never fun to be embarrassed, ya know?
You feel like a dummy, you bury your head in shame, and you have a hard time looking people in the eye for a while. Trust me, I’ve been there…too many times…
But it’s really funny when it happens to other people!
These folks went on the record on Twitter and shared their most embarrassing misunderstandings. Let’s take a look!
1. Talk about embarrassing!
Those are pretty good.
I used to think chocolate truffles were snuffled out of the ground by pigs. My friend John asked the barber for a ‘short back insides’, and another friend thought the bow under Colonel Sanders on the KFC logo was his arms and legs!
What’s your most embarrassing misunderstanding? pic.twitter.com/QKb45A7rUZ
— Ariane Sherine (@ArianeSherine) May 13, 2020
2. I did, too!
Finally, I’m not alone!
I used to think colour was invented at the same time as colour TVs and that everything was black and white before it
— Gordon Jackson (@nobodys_biz) May 13, 2020
3. Henry Vill.
Has a nice ring to it.
I used to think Henry VIII was pronounced Henry Vill ?
— Matthew Meads (@AuthorMattMeads) May 13, 2020
4. Pre-Madonna.
I’ve heard other people say this, too.
Thought the phrase prima donna was pre-Madonna. As if she was such a pioneer and megastar that she redefined what it meant to be a demanding idol with super-diva personality
— David Inglis (@dinglis100) May 13, 2020
5. Hahahaha. Amazing.
This one took me a second.
When I was about 5 I thought all calendars were made by the Smitwifts company because it was always written across the top.
SMTWTFS
— Señor Hijas (@TedDaughters) May 13, 2020
6. A good dog.
It was an honest mistake.
Well in to my teens I thought ‘melancholy’ was a type of dog (like a border collie)
— Luke Veasey (@Lukeveasey) May 13, 2020
7. Walt Disnep.
Way off, buddy.
I thought this said Disnep pic.twitter.com/3c88QLnHSQ
— Benali Hamdache (@greenbenali) May 13, 2020
8. This one is so good.
Sir Gourney Weaver.
I thought Sigourney Weaver was a man called Sir Gourney Weaver. Mg
— Marty Gerald McKeever (@martygerald) May 13, 2020
9. Good old Dubya.
Not an old nickname.
For years I used to think George “Dubya” Bush just had a weird army nickname. Then one day I said it out loud and my brain went “…OH…”
— Iain Clark (@iainjclark) May 13, 2020
10. Fanny scrubbers.
That one took a while to figure out, huh?
Grew up with 2 sisters and when I asked why they had these shower things my mum said curtly “theyre just things girls have!” I took that to mean a certain thing for years until my wife laughed at me referring to her ‘fanny scrubber’ pic.twitter.com/XynF2T6y5Z
— Joe H (@joewjh) May 13, 2020
11. Ouch…not good.
Time for a history lesson.
Many years ago I went on a date to The Natural History Museum. When we got to the Mammoths, I clearly looked a bit confused so my date asked me what was up. I told him that I didn’t understand why they were in the museum, when you could just visit them in the zoo. Yeah. That.
— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 14, 2020
12. Youth In Asia.
You’re way off!
As a kid, I never understood why “youth in Asia” was so controversial.
— Soccer Saber (@SoccerSaber) May 13, 2020
13. Let’s go to the market.
The Black Market, that is!
Thought the black market was an actual place, like a shadowy warehouse somewhere.
— R (@mr_rich_b) May 13, 2020
Now we want to hear from you!
In the comments, tell us about YOUR most embarrassing misunderstanding.
Please and thank you!