I’ve been waiting to share this oh-so-LiLu moment with you guys for a couple weeks, partly because it’s humiliating, and partly because it’s taken me that long to go back and get a very necessary picture for full-effect-y-ness and all that. Shocking, I know.
SO.
It was a particularly grey day, the nasty kind where it’s sort of misting sideways, you know? DC has been ROCKING those lately.
Dear Weather Spirits: Please stop. Or at least make it SNOW so we can have a day off, yes?
It had been one of those, how do you say, “looooooooooong days” at the office, and all I wanted in life was to be on the couch with these fools. I dashed through the disgusting, frizzy-hair inducing mess outside towards my bus stop, and quick-like-a-bunny’d up underneath the protective shelter area with the other sopping wet Washingtonians.
As I shook out my umbrella while simultaneously trying to look up when the next bus was coming (thanks to Restaurant Refugee for showing me http://wmata.com/mobile !), I suddenly realized that I was, quite rudely, standing directly in front of someone and boxing them against the wall of the crowded (emphasis on crowded, here) shelter.
I whipped around, very clearly exclaiming,
“Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry! I didn’t… see you.. OH.”
Because I had just realized that I was apologizing to a quite famous lady…
ON AN ADVERTISEMENT.
With many, many witnesses around to see.
Yup… no doubt about it. I had just publicly- and loudly- apologized for standing in front of an ad for the Joy Behar Show.
In front of, oh, a dozen or so Washington business-types.
I AM SO AWESOME.
At least it wasn’t Hassel-butt…
I know, Rosie. I KNOW.
Sigh. I need a cup of cocoa and a hug.
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I’m less surprised at you doing this than the fact that when you turned around you didn’t actually scream in horror.
You know, though, when you look at the poster there she looks totally do-able and a lot less of an irritating douche.
You would SO bang her. Without so much as a paper bag.
moooooog35 Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 9:58 am
That’s completely besides the point.
Laura at Vodka Logic Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
its called airbrushing
pretty realistic sign if you’re talking to it, lol. You SO need a snow day.
You hear that, Obama?
NextBus is a pretty good app, too — I’m not familiar with the one you mentioned, but NextBus uses GPS to update arrival times on nearby stops you’ve marked as favorites without you having to go the individual stop page.
(For NextBus, this is a fairly recent addition, so I’m still ga-ga about it).
Interesting! I have bookmarks for my stops so it’s a one-click. MAGIC.
lol…I’ve bumped into inanimate objects before and said ‘I’m sorry.’ I understand.
Thanks for this.
As a man who has just stumbled down a step in front of countless people I wholeheartedly sympathise.
This is me giving you an e-Spiderman-bandaid… I’m so sorry.
lmao! That is so something I would do.
I am not alone.
Hahaha. Love this. I’ve done this once to a mannequin we have on display at work. Yes, we have a mannequin at work. Don’t ask.
!! … I’m asking.
If it was those last two (pictures of) people, the business types might have seen me to a chimpanzee style freak which includes an attempted face eating.
And no one would blame you. Ha!
awwwww *hugs* mannerism got you labeled “weirdo who apologized to the lady in the advert”.
… nahhhhh you’re not weirdo. im sure if i was there i would have accidentally apologized too
I don’t know about that. I’m pretty sure this is a classic LiLu move… but thanks for pretending.
I wish I was there. I would have laughed my ass off and then given you a hug. It happens to the best of us.
I could have used that hug. I couldn’t even run away! I had to sit there with them while I waited for the damn bus.
Oh honey that’s hilarious. I bet all those business types couldn’t wait to get home and tell somebody. You could be famous.
This is true. Hopefully I made a lot of people laugh that night!
I saw this on twitter the other day and forgot about it so by the time I got to the punchline, I wasn’t expecting it and laughed out loud. Dammit, how embarrassing!
But nowhere near as embarrassing as apologising to a two dimensional person, haha!
See? It’s a good thing I was so lazy for two weeks!
((((HUGS)))) we’ve all done it…lol
So very, very special.
OMG! How many people laughed at you?! I totally would’ve…sorry! lol!
I know. I would have laughed at me too. It’s ok.
Epic.
I thought so.
Okay that is hilarious! And THANK YOU for sharing – I don’t feel so bad for myself anymore b/c this is def. something I would do
Haha! You are WELCOME.
Why surprises me most is that you apologized…. somehow I expected merely a flick of the gaze along with total indifference. If she didn’t want to get boxed in then why the hell did she plaster herself agains the damn wall in the first place. Geez….BUS STOP 101. DUH
I know. I really must try to be more cavalier while using public transportation.
Just for that, treat yourself to the little burgers and onion strings at matchbox.
It’s actually on my calendar for Saturday. WIN.
I don’t think you should feel bad, I haven’t exactly said sorry to a poster of a person, but other things. Shopping carts, doorways… Whatever I’ve run into with my backside and am apologizing as I turn around…I call it, good manners, ya know, you’re ready to say your sorry before you even know who or what it was….Just good manners!
Hear that, mama? Job well done!
I JUST realized that you live in the same city as Obama.
My god.
I need a snow day too.
I’d do Joy. Hell, I’d do Rosie. That’s having someone famous on your list cool.
Oh, come on… there has GOT to be a line!
i don’t believe that would have been my reaction after seeing that person, it probably would have been to jab her with an umbrella. which i still might do even knowing it was a poster… she’s SO ANNOYING!
Haha! I wish you’d been with me.
What moooooog35 said. The first part, not the second part. She’s NOT doable.
Not even with paper bag AND duct tape.
As someone who’s apologized for bumping into a cardboard cutout, I can tell you, it’s mortifying yet completely understandable. Being polite shouldn’t be so risky.
Also, you need a snow day. Perhaps on the 23rd.
Hahaha! Maybe I’ll just *take* my own damn snow day.
I still scream sometimes when I see Wanda in the dark in the mornings. I still hate her, you know. So here’s a big HUG from SD!
Thanks, boo. It’s a scary world out there.
Hassel-butt? That’s awesome. I’m totally stealing it from you and using it as often as possible.
It should be shared. With everyone else who is still 5 years old inside.
IS that weird?I do that ALL THE TIME!-to cutouts,manequins-anything!Oh,yea-its a funky way of living
Ha! The people at the bus stop with me definitely thought it a bit odd…
Why does this totally not surprise me? So LiLu……
I KNOW. Sigh.
Bahahahah!!!
One time my grandma (who is really old) was in a department store and asked one of the mannequins where the restroom was and then was wondering why she was being so rude and not answering.
So, maybe I should just wear a button that says “I have Andy Milonakis disease and am actually 90″?
I really needed this laugh this morning — I have gone up to complete strangers thinking they were someone else and feeling like a fool when they weren’t.
I used to have a Dr. Evil cutout, lifesize cardboard thing in my apartment a long time ago, even knowing it was there and when I would come home, it would scare the crap out of me – I ended up giving it away.
That was funny!
We used to live near a bakery that had an Obama cut out standing in the window. I freakedthefuckout EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
yeah this totally made my day
Welcome!
Awesome. I once asked a tree for directions. But I was on psychadelics, so it actually gave them to me.
Did it say “climb me”? Because that would be hilarious.
I would have laughed my ass off had I seen this…but with you, not at you because this is something that I totally would have done.
I would so have preferred that to the lady who gave me a pitying glance and considered asking where I’d left my helmet.
I do shit like that all the time. My most prevalent retardation is smiling and waving at people who I think are doing the same to me, but, in fact, are not.
Ooo, that’s a good one. But at least then you can look past them and pretend you’re waving to someone behind.
At least it wasn’t Hassel-butt…
No, you were having a “Hassel-butt” (read blonde) moment.
Ha!
One of my neighbors has an Obama mask (I don’t know why) taped to their upstairs window, and sometimes I find myself getting really worked up about the creep-o leering at me on my dog walks before I remember.
Then I wave. ‘Cause, you know, there might be someone behind the mask today.
You are a giver, my friend.
At least it was a picture of a person. I’ve been known to do this to columns, telephone poles, door frames, and the occasional…air.
Is it at least really polluted, possibly you can’t see that well through it air?
You went back for a picture?! Worst tourist move ever. I bet the bus stop folks are blogging about you.
Ha! Great story. I hate it when shit like that happens to me…which it does ALL the time. I still haven’t lived down the time when I went to the drive-thru at McDonalds and proceeded to shout my order into a trashcan.
I would have rather bumped up against Joy at least she has padding.
thats classic!
yea, if it was elizabeth id have hit her with my umbrella. she annoys me to no end!
Sounds like you have a touch of what I call Krisitis. I had no idea it was contagious.
haha! i love it.. that’s just classic!!!!
btw- waaa-aaaaay cute Christmas card of the 4 of ya’ll!!!
This made me feel better.
When we had the Alltel Wireless account and some of the guys I worked with had those stand-up cardboard cut-outs of the Alltel Wireless boys (including the red-headed geek waving his hand and the handsome blonde Chad). I used to nearly bump into them every morning before the lights were turned on, so I’d be all “Oh, excuse me!” and it was the damn cardboard Alltel boys every time.
Well, you made a lot of people smile.
That was hilarious. I only wish I had been one of the strangers to witness it.
she does look quite pleasant. worth an apology, though? doubtful.
and you spread cheer during the holiday season – bonus points for santa.
That’s hilarious! I can see myself doing something like that. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if I had and blocked it out of my memory.
well it’s not YOUR fault they make those stupid signs life-sized and perfectly realistic… it’s like, practically 3D and you could probably feel her breathing on your neck! you were the victim of billboard rape, if anything. don’t blame yourself, honey.
Hahaha Don’t you dare cross Joy!
You never fail in making my life. Speaking of which, did you manage to weasel “cranky pants” into your daily conversation?
I always tell my kids – “You have your cranky pants on and it looks like they are hiked RIGHT up!” haha… yes, I am a loser like that!
Thats funny, do you have the continued joy of seeing them on a reguar basis
i apologized for bumping into a phone booth in a metro station the other day. out loud. so, embarassing because a) apologizing to an inanimate object, and b) it’s not like the phone booth MOVED to GET IN MY WAY. i’m pretty sure it was there the whole time. le sigh.
How did they react? That’s so hilarious, Lilu. I’m sorry I’m laughing. I can see myself totally making the same mistake though. *knock on woods*
I have done that more than once in a department store.
Tee hee! You would really like my Robert Pattinson cut out then. It’s totally life size and has freaked me out on more than one occasion and the hubs too many times to count. That is why he has banished Rob to the basement. Poor poor Rob.
She looks real…real scary like she might eat you scary.
You were way too nice to her.
That’s what mental health days are for. At least you gave the other bus waiters a good laugh.
Who knows, one of them might have even blogged about it.
i quite loudly laughed out loud at this. thank you for sharing
I can’t believe ppl just realized that you are in the same city as Obama. WTF? Pay attention ppl! LiLu, I have LiLu moments a lot, and I am Adrienzgirl. What. The. Fruitcake is that about?
Don’t feel too bad.. something similar happened to my dog the other day. I took her on a walk and she attacked a statue.
You fit in perfectly with all the other crazies on public transit!
My most recent post was actually about some of the crazy things I see on my bus commutes.
You are awesome! Also, that damn poster is everywhere!
Ahahahhaha!!!! So many people probably did the same thing just not as loud. You made their day! That was nice of you!
I LOVE THIS!!!!!
I don’t talk to signs but I do hold full fledged normal speaking volume conversations with myself and often fail to notice when others are in ear shot.
Most people assume I take (or need) medication.
I would so do this. I’m actually kind of surprised I haven’t.
Hahahahaha! Awesome! Wish it was the blonde bitch, but in real life, and you poked one of her eyes out. I hate the woman!
Haha! Niiiiice. I would have just been like, ‘Oh. Apparently all is forgiven.’ LOL That’s a great moment–Don’t worry though, we have ALL done it once or twice(at least I know I have).
hahahahhahaha. this made me die laughing. so hilarious.
LOFL! I SO needed a laugh today. I can totally picture that happening… only with me in the picture. Although, I do things like… when I’m exhausted, I yell at inanimate objects. Like if I trip on the rug, I yell at the rug for tripping me. And maybe give it a kick too.
But my question is: What?? No job offers from the group?? I SO would have if I were them.
You might need another vacation. I know I need one.
Pretty sure I’ve done this once or twice. It falls under the category “You know you need a drink when….”
It could also fall into this category: “You know you need to STOP drinking when….”
Huh. Funny how that works.
That is amazing! Did people point or laugh at you? If I would have seen that, I would have died laughing. Even though I probably would do something like that too…
That’s one of those things I’m sure more people do than you think, they just never tell anyone like you do.
that…is awesome.
glad you documented it as it was happening
THat is too rich and something that I would have done.
Heh, that is hilarious. At least your not crazy and think the poster accepted your apology, then you’d have real problems.
I have done that before, but it was with a life sized cut of of orlando bloom from Lord of the Rings
That may be the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard/read. I do that ALL THE TIME.
You are so funny! That’s one of those moments when I wish the ground would just open up and I could disappear! Thanks for making me laugh!
Oh those Washington types…tres judgmental. Ah ha ha. I bet she was like…is that Livit Luvit???
Okay, THAT was embarrassing for you, but FUNNY for me to read.
Something like this happened to me at the post office! I whirled around and jumped outta my skin because of the cardboard postal man near the 24/7 post machine (that thing that looks like a giant ATM). I thought it was a strange man grinning unblinkingly my way. But at least I was alone!
Okay, you were definitely having a tough day – but thanks for sharing. I’m glad to know I’m not the only person who makes an ass out of self in public.
Haha, thats totally something I would have probably done myself. I have an issue with mannaquins, I’m always apologizing to those suckers..then I sit there and look hard and realize..ummmm thats not a person.
Maybe I should have never proposed to that mannaquin in JCPenney.
haha! I am having a bad day, but this made me smile! thanks
You. are. hilarious.
That is friggin hilarious! Once I screamed in a department store after a mannequin startled me.
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