Went away with the (acting) in laws a couple of summers ago for the very first time, just before all this chaos began with the "unspecified virus of unknown origin".
Keen to impress, the old lady had brought a pair of roadslappers with her with the idea in her mind that because I'm an aviation engineer, I am also a cobbler. Not wishing to let her down, I pull out some superglue I clearly haven't used for a few years.
Trying to twist the cap off with my teeth, the old man says, "Erm, should you be doing that?"
"Oh yeah, it's only the cap..." was the cue for the sudden "pop" and the instant sensation of superglue pouring into my trap.
I'm not sure how many human beings worldwide have experienced a mouthful of superglue at any point in history before, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest it's still in single figures?
After a 2 hour trip to the hotel on the coast, spent picking bits of hardened glue from between my teeth, we finally arrive. After getting a round of drinks, I go to the bogs. As I'm about to wash my hands her old man walks in and asks how my mouth is. I tell him it's getting there but hey... on the bright side I think I've used up all my embarrassment quota for the weekend at least.
At that moment, I go to pump the squirty soap out and somehow rather than it come out like any other soap dispenser in the world that's ever been invented - this one must have had some kind of blockage since it shot out at a perfect 90 degrees. And given it had 360 degrees azimuth to shoot out as well, it somehow found the 5 or 6 degrees needed to cover my crotch and make it look like I'd spunked my pants
On walking back to my table with a face like beetroot, the missus just shakes her head with that look of perpetual disappointment, and tells me "I know I told you to show some enthusiasm this weekend, but don't you think you've over-reached yourself on this occasion, hunny?"
Indeed. Still, that was nearly three years ago now so at least I haven't humiliated myself any more since... Oh no wait, there's more.
Keen to impress, the old lady had brought a pair of roadslappers with her with the idea in her mind that because I'm an aviation engineer, I am also a cobbler. Not wishing to let her down, I pull out some superglue I clearly haven't used for a few years.
Trying to twist the cap off with my teeth, the old man says, "Erm, should you be doing that?"
"Oh yeah, it's only the cap..." was the cue for the sudden "pop" and the instant sensation of superglue pouring into my trap.
I'm not sure how many human beings worldwide have experienced a mouthful of superglue at any point in history before, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest it's still in single figures?
After a 2 hour trip to the hotel on the coast, spent picking bits of hardened glue from between my teeth, we finally arrive. After getting a round of drinks, I go to the bogs. As I'm about to wash my hands her old man walks in and asks how my mouth is. I tell him it's getting there but hey... on the bright side I think I've used up all my embarrassment quota for the weekend at least.
At that moment, I go to pump the squirty soap out and somehow rather than it come out like any other soap dispenser in the world that's ever been invented - this one must have had some kind of blockage since it shot out at a perfect 90 degrees. And given it had 360 degrees azimuth to shoot out as well, it somehow found the 5 or 6 degrees needed to cover my crotch and make it look like I'd spunked my pants

On walking back to my table with a face like beetroot, the missus just shakes her head with that look of perpetual disappointment, and tells me "I know I told you to show some enthusiasm this weekend, but don't you think you've over-reached yourself on this occasion, hunny?"
Indeed. Still, that was nearly three years ago now so at least I haven't humiliated myself any more since... Oh no wait, there's more.