Sogger’s Blog

I have a habit of embarrassing people via inappropriate comments . The comments are not necessarily amusing and more than often can be hurtful. As the years have gone by, I have managed to curb it, but sometimes the need for a smart-arse comment can be overwhelming. With an immense show of self-control, I unfortunately managed to control myself last week.

I was at a 2-day meeting with a group of customers. On the first day, we were all at lunch and conversation was going well as the food arrived. We were all sat at the same table, and the bread was being passed round, arriving from my right. I took a piece and made to pass the basket to the guy to my left. As I twisted in my seat to pass it to him, I realised that he was deep in prayer, eyes closed. Not quite sure what to do, and realising that everyone else was watching, I decided to wait until he came out of his trance. As he opened his eyes, and came back to his local surroundings, What I actually said was, “Would you like some bread?”. What I wanted to say was, “The body of Christ?”.

It would have been totally inappropriate, there probably would have been stifled giggles from around the table and he would have felt deep embarrasment and probably a touch of resentment. Growing old can be so boring.

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