Looking back on it you could say… Yeah, I'm embarassed.
Plinky said: “When have you put your foot in your mouth (not literally – that’s a different question)?”
As a youngster, I used to put my foot in it all the bloody time. I don’t really know what was wrong with me. It wasn’t that I put my foot in it in an embarrasing kind of way; but, I used to lie like anybody’s business. This generally works a treat until you forget what you’ve told someone. It is a this point you realise that your are in a whole host of trouble. AH! To be a Kid.
Right, now I should really be reeling off an example of my follies. Something that would crack you up, perhaps even send you to bed with an enormously big smirk on your face…
“I remember the time when I did this…!”
“Oh! Yeah! Get this… how funny!”
The truth is I can’t. Because usually ‘my foot-in-mouth moments’ were at the expense of others.
I am ashamed of how I used to be.
We live and learn.
