One should always take pause prior to hitting the send button on one's mobile phone. At the weekend, a friend was due to visit with her family and we thought it would be a great idea to go for a walk and have a pub lunch.Given the wealth of rain we've had recently, the prudent advice was to bring appropriate footwear for the occasion, so I sent a text to that effect, or at least, that was my intention. Instead of the abbreviation for Wellington boots, my text read. "Don't forget your willies".
Before I could repair my gaff, she responded with "I don't have a willie". In fairness to her however, she did arrive with her husband and two sons.
Craig
ReplyDeleteAlong a similar line I was arranging a meeting with a client and a land agent the other day. We had fixed the time when the land agent emailed to say he would be up to 30 mins late. I replied to say that was no problem because the client and I had plenty of things to do. It was just as I was about to press send that I noticed I had actually written that we had plenty of thongs to do. A totally different meaning.
Andrew B
In Australia you might have got away with it, over here, I'm not so sure...
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