I once had to do an assignment in high school about my most embarrassing experience, which is basically a teacher’s way of communicating –
Teacher: “Ahhh…I got nothing for ya.”
On the day of the presentations, I felt that everyone’s stories were lame, like –
Student: “This one time, I was at the beach and my top came off. It was sooooo embarrassing.”
The teacher was like –
Teacher: “Um…thanks, Mark.”
I wanted to be original, so I just made up mine on the spot. I said –
Josh: {laughing throughout} “Oh man, this was so embarrassing. I was, uh, walking down this dark alleyway, right? And this guy comes up to me, and I — ha! So embarrassing — I stab him. And he’s bleeding and screaming, like, ‘Aaaaah! Oh Jesus. Stop stabbing me!!!!’ and – ha ha ha – this cop comes, and he’s all, ‘What’s going on here?’ and I was just like holding the bloody knife behind my back, right? And I was like, “Nothing,” but he totally knew…and, oh, just, oh man…” {wiping a tear from my eye} “…so embarrassing.”
The whole class sat there, horrified — no one aware that I had just made an elaborate joke.
And THAT turned out to be the most embarrassing moment of my life.
