What's the silliest thing you've ever said to another person?
For example, recently I was giving some Argentinian tourists directions round Liverpool. My parting shot, by way of goodbye, was "Buenos Aires". I was just trying to be friendly (but what a numpty)!
So please let me know I'm not the only one..
You mean on purpose, or having your mind hijacked by your mouth?
@ValJ In that case, "where to start?" I once told a lady I loved her penguin. To be clear... nothing about her suggested penguin. She had colorful clothes, no pins, no jewelry... but somehow she reminded me of Opus in Bloom County... and my mouth just took over before my brain had a chance to stop it.
I work with both English and Spanish-speaking people. Normally, I will grab the person's medical chart, go to the waiting room, and call the person to my office by saying their first or last name.
Well, I grabbed a chart and saw the last name was "English," so I went to the waiting room which was full of people and yelled out "English!" about 3-4 times. A woman sitting right next to the waiting room door asked, "Sir, what are you saying?" I responded, "English?" The person who I was calling came around the corner, and we went to my office. It wasn't until later that I realized how crazy I must have looked to everyone. Imagine sitting in a room waiting to be seen by a health professional, then all of a sudden someone walks into the room and starts yelling the name of a language over and over again.