I’m sitting in John Wayne airport (Orange County) in front of the Air Canada plane that is about to be my ride home after a great, but chilly, few days in Newport Beach.
[This picture actually has nothing to do with this post (I just thought I'd throw it in there for whatever reason).]
I was down here to connect with several of my online fitness friends and colleagues and boy did we have some fun…
Oh…and…get some good work done.
As I mentioned earlier, I also used this trip to finish up a few things for the BIG DAY…
July 27th!
What I’ve got coming for you is going to blow your mind.
But more on that later.
In the meantime, I wanted to share something really embarrassing with you…
Why?
Well, why the heck not!?
I don’t take myself too seriously, plus…
You’re my friend so I feel comfortable divulging some of my “not-so-great” moments with you. After all, sharing embarrassing stories was kind of the theme of this past weekend – so now I’m just riding the wave.
I even decided to shoot a little video of myself walking down the street in the OC telling you about this hilariously embarrassing moment that happened to me just a few months ago.
You can watch it below.
Actually, since I’m too lazy to actually write this story, I’ll just let the video do the work.
Plus, I think my finger’s cramping up (not really, but it was worth a shot).
Anyways, check out the video to see me at my worst.
BUT…
You can only watch this quick video IF you agree to share one of your most embarrassing moments in the comments below. We’re all here together so let’s share, laugh, and have fun with this.
Deal?
Ok, great.
Now you can watch the video.
Yuri
P.S. Since I’m posting this post after arriving back home from this trip, I thought I would also share with you ONE of the craziest days of my life. Yes that was today. Be sure to check the blog post on Tuesday for all the juicy details.
Yuri, My most embarrassing moment was when I was studying at the college library. I was sitting in a chair that had a fabric seat covering a strong wire rim frame. Well, I’m sitting there and the fabric covering rips and I fall into the frame with my legs pressed up along my stomach – kind of folded in half and was completely incapable of extracting myself. All I could do was laugh hysterically until someone came to my rescue to pull me out. All this amongst the complete silence of the library. Pretty funny, except that I hate to be the center of attention even in the best of conditions.
Love the turban picture, Yuri!
LOL!! I always fear the birds when I go to the beach for that reason!!! Haha!!! Love the pic too!!! Nothing embarrasing has ever happened to me though! Hahaha
I am right down the street from you were walking… funny!
You can’t help what birds do…or do-do, in your case.
I, too, had an embarrassing moment walking down the street–but it was entirely my fault. I walked into a metal lamp post. Made a nice DONG sound–didn’t quite realize how fast I was walking until then.
It’s what I get for not watching where I’m going.
My one of most embarassing moments.(one of many) I was an owner / operator for a large courier company in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In case any or you do not know where this is, it is due north of Grand Forks about 1 hour. Anyways, I am atypical Carbs type meaning that it does not bother me to go without eating while I drive from office to office all day long. One of my stops though happen to be a bakery. They had the most luscious looking blueberry tarts fresh out of the oven. Because I realized I was hungry I bought one of them. Only to drive off, biting into one and it broke up all over my fresh clean WHITE blouse. Great, now I have to go from office to office with this blue stuff all over me. Serves me right, they just are not healthy eating but oh, so so tasty.
My most embarassing moment. I live in town at the time and ran accross a busy intersection in the winter season and as I darted as fast as I could across the street in front of a semi I took one step onto the curb to the sidewalk and WHAM! I slipped and fell on ice and did the splits. The semi driver blew his horn at 7:30 in the morning.
One day, many years ago, I was at the gym very late and I was really starving. There was no one around and I noticed that someone had left a jam buster on the vanity, sitting on a paper plate. I finished cleaning up, and about 10 minutes went by, and no one claimed this jam buster. There was virtually no one around, and so I popped the jam buster in my mouth and devoured it. A few minutes later, the woman who is employed as cleaning staff comes into the area, holding a steaming cup of coffee, and asked me if I’d seen a jam buster…pointing to where the jam buster was left. While I’m wiping the sugar away from the corner of my mouth, I denied seeing a jam buster! I felt really guilty–she had gone to get a cup of coffee and was probably really looking forward to this for her break! A few days later, I brought a jam buster into the area and told her that I had an extra one–and gave it to her! I had to do something about the guilt!
Okay, Yuri. Here it is: So a little over a year ago, I was leaving work to walk to my car in the parking lot. Four dudes in suits were walking toward me. I had just put up my umbrella because it was drizzling when a huge gust of wind came, causing my umbrella handle to whack me in the forehead really hard. Then the umbrella top flipped inside-out. I was still pretty stunned when I reached up to hold the umbrella with both hands (it was a really strong gust of wind!) to try to shake it back to right-side-out when ANOTHER gust of wind came and blew my shirt up. So yeah. My most embarrassing moment involved hitting myself in the head AND flashing strangers. Classy.
P.S. I just laughed my butt off at your video. That was pretty damn funny.
I think the turban on your head could be disrespecful to people. Let’s be aware of other people’s culture with sensitivity.
OMGoodness – That’s taking other peoples thoughts & concerns too far In my humble opinion.. It’s okay to respect people, but lets draw a line of reality.. Not wearing a burka could be disrespectful to some people too.. or vice versa.. How about pants – some cultures wear robes instead.. It’s a piece of headwear.. why should only specific people have full rights of wearing it. I see nothing disrespectful in that photo.
Yuri do you know to be shat on by a bird in Italy is considered supreme luck? Hmm embarrassing for me is something similar – being the proud owner of a sulphur crested cockatoo who is often perched on my shoulder – well he crapped all down my back and since I was wearing a jacket I didn’t notice. Then I jumped into the car and at the supermarket checkout queue an old lady patted me on the shoulder and told me all about my back! Worse part was trying to get the poop out of the car seat!!!
One of my most embarrassing moments… while I was doing a college semester abroad in Florence, Italy… as I was leaving my university building with a couple girl friends, the boy I liked was sitting on the sidewalk right outside this building… as I headed towards the street, I looked back at where he & his friends were, and trying to look my best of course I smiled & waved goodbye, when suddendly I felt something hit me really hard right on my shoulder… one of those buses that drive by those small streets in Italy was passing by and the rear view mirror on the driver’s side hit me right on my shoulder!!!! I mean, those buses are smaller than a regular bus, but it’s still a bus!! I took quite a hit! It was so embarrassing!!!! I didn’t even have the courage to look back to see if they noticed!!
Paola
Funny story…damn bird! Here’s mine. At the lake water skiing & I have my swim suit on. I go to the camper and take my suit top off & put on a t-shirt (don’t put on my bra) then return to the beach. An hour later one of the little kids is going to try to water ski & some one says,”who can go into the water and help hold her skis straight?” I kindly volunteer. I go to the edge of the water, pull my shorts off and then proceed to pull my shirt off over my head….Oh, no! I have no top on!!!!! This was in front of about 20 people sitting on the beach! This happened 33 years ago, when I was 17 & it is STILL my most embarrassing moment!
I was in a swimming pool with my nephew…he and I were close in age and had a close relationship like brother and sister.
So I’m underwater and I sneak up on him and climb on his back and get him in a bear hug. But when I emerge from the water with my legs and arms wrapped around him, I realize it isn’t him. It is some strange man that I don’t know! My nephew’s eyes were as big as saucers and he called out my name in shock and embarrassment.
The man’s wife was quite shocked as well, but everyone got a good laugh out of it.
Hey, Yuri, I’m an (almost) old man (64), and know I’ve had embarrassing moments, but can’t think of one right now. I’ll save your email and send you one when I’m more awake.
After maintaining a weigh loss of 100pounds for over three years, I recently hired a former employeee as my personal trainer (he is certified) for three private session per week in my new home gym.
Several embarrasing moments have have arisen from how poorly I have let my health/fitness slide over thirty years of neglect (currently age 51).
When doing an initial fitness assessment I could only do 2 pushups…and a plank for only 15 seconds…very embarassing
In my 42 years on this earth, I have been “pooped” on by birds 7 times. (no joke!) So I have plenty of embarassing stories around that topic, but my most embarassing moment was when I was 20 years old. I was walking to work and passed by a group of very good looking construction workers. They were not too shy to make sure I knew they were watching me if you know what I mean. So I was trying to act all cool and cocky when all of a sudden something around my ankles made me trip and fall flat on my face. It was the slip from under my skirt! The elastic broke and fell to my feet. Talk about embarassing! But one of the workers came to my rescue and we ended up dating for 1 year after!
(But it was always hard when someone asked “so how did you two meet?”)
Thanks for all your stories guys. I’ve been having some good laughs reading them. After all, life’s too short to take ourselves to seriously!
Keep the embarrassing stories coming.
I have many embarrassing moments – hopefully I’ve learnt something from many of them
One of the worst was way back in my teens when I got drunk at a party & can’t remember the evening (happened a bit back then)..
Anyways I woke up in a strange house & a strange bed with a way older women lying next to me with her face done up in marker pens like a clown (& smudged & all over the pillow), I sat up in shock & noted in her vanity mirror that I also had my face done up in marker pen too (I gave a few of my friends a muttered curse for their efforts the night before – but could see the funny side too as I’d done similar to other mates – what goes around comes around I guess).
Anyways, this woman wakes up & laughs at the state of our faces.. Being a young lad with a mature woman, I thought What the heck.. So she tells me to go wash my clown face off & then she’ll do the same, & then we can think about breakfast..
I step out of her bedroom to go wash my face & to my surprise & horror I see in the lounge room, her son.. who happens to be somebody I go to school with (not a close friend, but of nodding acquaintance).. I stare aghast at Kelly (which was his name) knowing I’m half naked, hung over, & look like a clown (literally).. All I could stammer was “Hey Bro, I’m really sorry, I had absolutely no idea” to which he replied “Oh, I’m used to it.. Do you want a cup of coffee”.. I replied no thanks, & that I better go.. & done a runner. That was pretty embarrassing & freaky..
Another not quite so long ago was running into a glass window at McDonalds during my sons 5th birthday party thinking it was an open door in front of everybody (a lot of friends & family had come to celebrate).. That was also a pretty ‘Doh’ moment (but still not as bad as the first one above)
Blessings Bright Uri.
Great stories. I’ve had lots of embarrassing moments in my life as I often miss the editorial step of thinking before I speak. I recently asked my husband, in front of a group of friends from our bible fellowship, if he “was happy in our bed”. What I really meant to was are you “happy WITH our bed”, since somebody had one to give away. Oops. It was only the blank looks and turned heads that made me realize my error.
i have way too many embarrassing stories. one of them is this one:
i was talking to my friend on msn and also with this guy i had a crush on. and he just linked me to this pic of his.. so, i copied and pasted it to her window telling her to look how friggen hot he was.
BUT.. i really just copied it back into his chat window.
HAHA OMG i was SO MORTIFIED when i realized what i did! bahahaha
oops
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hahaha, very funny.
My most embarrassing moment happened about 20 years ago. I’m a bookkeeper and went to the bank to do the corporate banking. It was spring outside and warm enough not to be wearing a jacket. I was wearing a dress, no slip. There was a line up that I stood in for 20 minutes, give or take. Finally got my turn with the teller, did the banking and left the bank. Upon getting back into my car I straightened out my skirt from behind before sitting down and realized something didn’t feel right. To my absolute horror, the seam of my dress had frayed open! Not one person in the bank during that 20 minute wait had been brave enough (or courteous enough) to tell me my ass was hanging out of my dress! Thank goodness it was a nice ass in those days
I decided that I’d add another one! A zillion years ago, when I was about 8 or so, I used to play “Doctor” with this boy who was a neighbour who was about 2 years younger than me. Yes, I saw “everything,” as I was….well….the Doctor! It was all pretty innocent, and we both knew that it was “naughty,” but it seemed that we just both went along with the game…I’d ask him to undress completely, and he did!!!!! Years later, as I am in labour, and about to be wheeled into the Delivery area, I hear this guy congratulating me. I look over, and its my old neighbour, who I hadn’t seen in years, wearing scrubs! I asked him if he was going to be present at the delivery, and he told me he wasn’t….but he leaned in really close and said, “But I’ve always wanted to say this: Now I’M the Doctor!”
When I was 18, I had joined Naval Reserves for the summer and was stationed out in Victoria. It was a summer of plenty of attention as there were 600 guys to about 150 girls. I still had not lost my teenage chub at that point and was very self conscience. Well you can imagine that dinner in the mess hall was always a boisterous affair and one evening the guys decided to rate the girls butts as they walked past holding their dinner trays. Some would wiggle with great aplomb and the guys would hoot and holler at the good ones. Well I was just mortified and didn’t know what to do, so I backed up, very slowly, so as not to trip, out of the mess hall past all the guys, about 150 ft in total, my face beet red. Well the guys thought this was just hilarious and the encouragement got even louder. That memory I will never forget. I never lived it down for the rest of the summer.
Hi Yuri,
Most embarrassing moment is at work when i joined the biggest loser I was at 68kg on the finale weigh in i was at 75kg. I didn’t even attend the ceromeny
my most embarrassing moment was when i lost one of my front teeth in an accident, i had to go around my work all day with a huge gap while my temporary tooth was being made.
Which story to pick, hummmm? Well, let’s go with this one. I was at a gas station getting gas. I decided to drop on into the store to get a diet coke (which I no longer drink, though unrelated to the story). I got into the car, twisted off the cap and took a big gulp. I put the soda in my cup holder thingy and started the car and put it into drive. As I pulled away I noticed a slight hesitation, which I thought was the engine. I tromped on the gas a little harder and BANG. I ripped the entire pump out of the group. Normally, when an idiot like me drives off with the hose in the tank, the hose breaks away. Well, “normally” isn’t me. So, I jump out of the car and see pump # 11 on the ground. There is a guy on the other side, pump 12, i guess with the hose on the ground and a stunned look on his face. There is gas bellowing out of the ground. I ran away with my hands flailing in the air screaming, “get outta here, get outta here”. I went into the store and they shut off the pump. As I walked back to my car and some guy in a big trucked said to me “F***ing Idiot”. Yes, embarrassing. I swore never to go back to that gas station, but I have.
Going along with this “sharing is caring” moment i’ll tell you my most embarrassing moment. It was a normal and i had just walked into my class and sat in my chair. nothing different about it, didn’t notice a thing. It was a little weird though when i was walking around and the rest of the students were giggling and laughing for some reason. I really had NO idea what they found so funny so i just carried on doing whatever. The rest of the day went the same until someone was kind enough to point the HUGE ketchup stain in my butt. -_- Apparently some idiot had spilled ketchup in the chair and wasn’t smart enough to clean it up.
Oh well though. I guess we all need moments like that. A dumb-ass moment hahaha
Excepting an award and falling on my face in the process. Now that is embarrassing.
I really have so many…but here goes.
I’ve been crapped on by a bird while going out on a first date in Toronto. I have long hair and tried to go in the McDonald’s to clean up, but was chased out by staff claiming the “good luck” argument. It wasn’t.
I’ve gone to a “ladies group” meeting where our host was taking a very long time showing her new house. I was starving and when no one was looking, threw back a “potato chip” from a bowl on the living room table. It was a wooden scented chip and I was caught removing it from my mouth to return to the dish.
On my very first shift as a charge nurse, absolutely everything went wrong. Surprise admissions, medication errors, and outbreak of shingles, I was running around frantic but took just a moment to dive into the washroom and release a prize that would have shamed a St. Bernard (too much protein powder???). Anyways, I rushed back to the chaos only to have the toilet reject the flush and the turd followed me out of the washroom and started floating down the hall after me. Patients and visitors were coming out of there rooms pointing, “Who did that???”. I’d helped many of the patients with stuck golf balls and passed out the Casscara, I get that they weren’t used to seeing anything that size, but I’m sure I was beet red as I stammered repeatedly, “Not who, who doesn’t matter, it’s how, how do we get it cleaned up?”.
Jill, what is it with Toronto and birds pooping on your head? That happened to me as well last year. The funniest part was that some guy on the street was clever enough to tell me “Hey man, a bird just s**t on your head!” – as if I hadn’t realized. Thanks for sharing JIll.
funny love da pic , my embarasing momment oh gosh , well i wwas in with my bf and no one was home so it was our first time we decided to have a bit of yano so we were in the bedroom and half naked my friend comes in the room and all that time she had been taping the whole thing she showed it to my whole class i had a heart attack worst day ever!