One of our favourite bloggers reminded us just how nice it is to laugh until you very nearly wee yourself today.
New York Times columnist Jenny Lawson, aka @TheBloggess kicked off one of the most amusing Twitter wars in ages by sharing this embarrassing moment:
One by one, everyday humans just like us started sharing their more cringeworthy stories, battling it out to recount mortifying tales, each one better (or worse) than the last.
Watching this develop has given us an actual pain in our actual sides from laughing all day long.
Here are 15 of our very favourite contributions:
@TheBloggess story of my life. I kept calling for the dog, not understanding why she wouldn’t come. I was calling her by my son’s name.
— Donna (@deafknitter) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess Something jumped out at my 7yo and me in the garage. I pushed her at it & ran in the house with out her. It was a cat. — K3 (@kthree) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess a (male) editor commented on my overuse of commas, and I said “just call me the condom queen”
— Missy Smith (@Ms_MissyMay) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess Flew out of my camping tent yelling at jackass to turn off his headlights. It was the full moon, so bright it lit up my tent. — Roberta (@chickenista) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess during my first meal with my inlaws, I handed my m.i.l my plate instead of my hand for the grace before dinner.
— Steph (@CardiganSpecs) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess one time I introduced my husband to someone as “Matt Thompson.” His last name is Thomas, and so is mine, so I shouldn’t forget. — Jeanna (@jeannathomas) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess Was at friend’s house as a teenager. Borrowed her mother’s hairspray. It was spray-on deodorant. Whole head covered in white.
— Michelle O’Brien (@Wolf_six) November 2, 2015
@MooreClick @TheBloggess @LoveDogsnHockey My car is push button start. Once a month I panic when car won’t start as I push the volume button — Lisa Buckley (@Lisavipes) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess bought Preparation H for under eye bags. Told the clerk she didn’t need to bag it because I was going to use it in the car.
— Schmitts Giggles (@schmittsgiggles) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess Paid in cash at Starbucks. Employee extended his fist, so I gave him a fist bump. Turns out he was just holding out my change. — Marla Erwin (@marlaerwin) November 2, 2015
@thebloggess my brother accidentally texted me a booty call instead of his GF as I was laying in a hospital bed after getting a csection.
— Em (@Emmy__award) November 2, 2015
@macbean221b @TheBloggess You have no idea how often I’ve started to text my dog to tell her to do something. — ZJ Ray (@zer0jack) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess last month I sent out 130 ballet recital notes telling small children to secure their bun with booby pins
— Zarna (@zarnag) November 2, 2015
@TheBloggess Wanted to ask if an uncleared table in a diner was free. What came out of my mouth: “Was whoever here went?” — Doug Kelso (@darkpoole) November 2, 2015
We echo Jenny’s sentiments exactly:
My face is puffy from laughing until I cried for three hours straight. NEVER CHANGE, YOU AMAZING PEOPLE. KEEP ON AWKWARDING.
— TheBloggess (@TheBloggess) November 2, 2015
