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Wednesday, August 27, 2003
National Failures Day- Tuesday, August 5, 2003
The Bad Girl’s 2003 Calendar suggests that National Failures Day be celebrated in the following way:
“Celebrate your own personal failures with an intimate group of friends. Talk about that project you flubbed, that guy you scared away, the business you crashed and burned, the triathlon you nearly drowned trying to finish. By the end of the evening, you’ll all feel incredibly liberated and united.”
Well, forget the ‘intimate group of friends’. We took this straight to the public. Heather and I created a list of failures, and whoever checked off the most was the ‘Winning Failure’. Chris, a former Margarita’s bartender, was our winner admitting to 17 of the failures (including falling up the stairs twice, failing a breathalyzer and being DENIED by the person he was hitting on…big surprise there!!) Although I checked off 15 (Heather had 9), second prize went to Heather’s friend, Becky, with 9. The best part of the night was laughing over common disasters. I was happy to see I’m not the only one who has walked into glass doors...
Check it out for yourself...here's the list:
Have you ever…
-Failed a final exam?
-Failed a class? Twice?
-Dropped the fly ball that cost you the game?
-Cooked a meal that gave someone food poisoning?
-Screwed up a job interview?
-Scared away your crush?
-Failed your driver’s text?
-Failed to ‘perform’?
-Flubbed a project?
-Been fired during the first week on the job?
-Been dumped on the first date?
-Failed to remember Mother’s day?
-Failed to remember your significant other’s birthday?
-Failed a Breathalyzer?
-Been caught in a lie?
-Failed a drug test?
-Missed a deadline?
-Underdressed? Over dressed?
-Walked into a glass door?
-Tripped over the ‘white line’?
-Missed a flight?
-Showed up on the wrong day?
-Defaulted on a loan?
-Set your alarm clock for ‘pm’ instead of ‘am’?
-Been asked not to return to a bar/restaurant?
-Swore in front of your grandmother?
-Been DENIED by the person you were hitting on?
-Fallen UP the stairs?
-Not gotten a ‘blonde’ joke?
-Failed to see the stop sign/red light? In front of a cop?
-Called out the wrong name?
-Missed a holiday?
Melissa Wednesday, August 27, 2003
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