December 8, 2006
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My Most Embarrassing Moment #8
(in an unlimited series)
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I was working in a lovely shop in Maine 13 years ago and was responsible for opening and closing the store.
This included turning all fans and lights on/off.
There was a switch in the dressing room which was marked “do not touch”. I never touched the lever intentionally but one day I flipped it by accident as I was turning lights on and could not see what I was doing.
The switch flipped on a fan which vented out the chimney of this three story building.
The chimney had been stuffed (quite foolishly) with styrofoam peanuts as insulation.
When I flipped the fan on, it blew three stories worth of styrofoam peanuts up into the sky causing them to rain/snow down on the entire downtown area.
I was unaware of this until I looked outside and thought,
“who is the GOOBER who let these styrofoam eggs blow all over town?”
That would be me.
ahem, yup.
Comments (47)
Oh my. Oh my, my, my!
Thank you for the hugs! And for bringing a smile to my face as I wait nervously for my son to arrive.
THAT is hilarious!
Heehee! That is a funny and very good story. Made me smile.
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Styrofoam peanuts make baby Jesus cry.
I’m LOL! They probably ought to have taped up the switch so it couldn’t be flipped by accident.
LOL that is hilarious and magical at the same time!
That would have been cool to see!
PRICELESS
HA
Oh my gosh — that’s a FANTASTIC embarrassing moment story.
That is super fantastic! I bet it looked dreamy… yet not to susaintable.
I’ll join you and post an embarrassing moment myself. We’re all so damn human! 
Beautiful!
Bahahahaha.
Very nice! Who told you that you did it? Who had to clean them up?
LOL!!!
ha ha ha…sounds like something *I* would do…(((hugs)))
i bet that was a bitch to pick them all up….uh, you did pick them all up and stuff them back into the chimney, right?!
Hee hee! I wish I could have seen that!
LOL! Oh no…..
P.S. I love your moss, and the felted creatures are just adorable
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Buah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.. Oh that was good :p
I wish I could have been outside the store watching that happen! (in an unlimited series…I hear ya!)
ha! this is great!!!
goober rama!
Whoops.
Were they the kind that disolve when they get wet? Cuz that could be interesting.
ROFL!!!! That is so hilarious and awful at the same time!!
THAT was funny!!! *snort*
Did you ever fess up to the shop?
That is the best story, ever!
OMG that is so funny. I once got styrofoam stuffing all over my front yard. I think alcohol was involved.
Too funny! I’m sure you were mortified, but that’s a pretty cool embarrassing moment if you ask me. LOL
Did they figure out it was you?
You are my hero!!! That was so PERFECT!!! I love knowing someone with THAT story.
LOL!!!!!!!!
I could see myself doing something like that. LOL
Are you making this up?
you are a doll.
Love the new avatar pic!
OMG!!! LOL!
LOL
Melissa: are you kidding? I only wish there were pictures but no, I actually did this.
(and there’s more where that came from, too!)
That’s hysterical. You crack me up!
LOL! That’s classic!
thank you for giving me the best laugh of the day
Blessings abound
eee gads too funny in an embarrassing way ; )
Funny
LOL! So what happened next?
Funny so funny so funny. Did you laugh at the time?
Funny so funny so funny. Did you laugh at the time?
Good stuff. Good stuff.