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Tell me your silly stories
Hey folks! I thought I'd start up a thread where we can get a little bit silly. Sometimes life can get very serious, so it's always nice to have a chance to share a story about something that made you laugh, that was absolutely ridiculous, or that you think might give us all a giggle. I'll go first!
When I was about 10 years old, my whole family was invited to the local art gallery to celebrate local artists. My nan had had her latest painting nominated, and we were all stoked for her and wanted to show our support.
It was a pretty fancy do, everyone was in their nicest outfits and there was food, cocktails, and eventually, speeches. As a restless, rambunctious little kid with undiagnosed ADHD, I was SO BORED, and decided that it would be a good idea to start filling the front of my t-shirt up with the smooth gravel that filled the raised garden beds. As one does! Piles and piles, until my shirt was stretched from the weight. Then my dad yelled for all of us kids to come gather round, because the Mayor was about to make her speech. I, of course, brought the gravel with me.
Midway through the Mayor's speech, as she was highlighting the talent of the artists, my hand slipped.
FFFSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
The sound of 1000 or so tiny stones pouring across the brickwork stopped the event dead in its tracks. Everyone stared. Some genius snapped a photo. Shocked silence gave way to laughter as my dad swooped in and carried me out of the limelight. For the rest of the night we all had to watch our step to avoid tripping on a pile of my embarrassment.
And that's the story about how I managed to make a beautiful fool of myself and my family in front of the fanciest people in town. We still laugh about the photo, my sheepish grin and the shocked face of the Mayor, the stones midway onto the ground - classic Jynx moment 🤣
Anyone got a silly, funny, or super strange story they'd like to share?
