Alright…you talked me into it. I’ll tell you about what I did on the York College choir tour bus…but only because I can hide behind my computer.
(You should all know that my heart is beating rapidly right now as if I’m having a panic attack. I HOPE you enjoy this and appreciate the courage it is taking to tell this story…)
<deep breath>
Okay…so it’s my sophmore year in college, and we are on our Christmas break choir tour, in which we travelled for about ten days on an old (and loud) bus…stopping every night to sing for different churches around the country.
There are around 50 to 60 college kids on the bus…and I’m sitting with my friend Mary pretty close to the middle of the bus. We are just sitting there yacking and playing cards and doing whatever to pass the time.
(Did I mention that the bus was loud? It was loud…I mean the bus itself…plus all the 50-60 voices on the bus…)
About six rows behind me sits this really ornery guy named Donny. And instead of playing cards to pass his time, Donny decides to be the funny guy…
So Donny calls out to no one in particular… “Hey, what’s the name of that one restaraunt? The one with the great burgers? Rudd…what?”
(Notice that he switched the letters around in the word…just setting someone up…)
(Because if you don’t say it right…Fuddruckers…it comes out Rudd—–)
(See why it was so hard for me to tell you this?!?)
Okay, so I heard him asking…and SO didn’t get that he was joking. I was just trying to be nice and help out the poor guy who was simply trying to think of the name of a burger joint.
So, I stand up at my seat, turn around and holler, “F—–s!!”
Now, keep in mind too…no one else really heard Donny ask the question in the first place. All they knew was that seemingly out of NOWHERE…sweet little Laura stands up on the bus and drops the F bomb. Out of nowhere.
Right as it’s coming out of my mouth…of course I realize what I’m doing!!! But it was too late to do anything about it then, wasn’t it?
And so I flop back down in my seat and put my head down in my lap…trying to decide whether to laugh…cry…or throw up…
The whole bus…of course…is getting over their shock…and dying with laughter…for like the next 50 miles of road time…
And I’m sitting there trying to remember how to breathe correctly (kinda like I’m doing now).
And Donny (bless his stinkin’ little heart) appologizes to me a hundred times…cause he was just being silly…and didn’t think ANYONE would fall for it…
I’ve never lived it down…and probably never will…
And now you know too.
Okay, I’m going to go do some breathing exercises in an attempt to calm myself down after just sharing with you the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me.
You go ahead and laugh…
(Shucks…I’ll admit…it IS really funny.)
I’m not sure my burning down the barn story or my shoplifting story will top this one…but I do hope that after learning this dark secret you’ll still come back for more…
Amy says:
I don’t know how that could be any funnier…
I’m embarrassed to say, though, that I totally fell for it as I was reading the story. I read “Rudd” and the rest just popped into my head. Yikes!
March 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Suezque says:
LOL!
Too funny!
March 25th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Char says:
Oh my WORD, my sides hurt so bad right now, and I need something to wipe up the tears. Thank you for that fabulous laugh - I SO needed it. You are quite brave to put that story out there. And you told it so well, I felt like I was right there beside ya. HUGS!!
March 25th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Laura says:
Awesome story, Laura! Thanks for finally sharing
March 25th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Sally says:
Hilarious story!! Fuddruckers has yummy burgers, but I may never think about it in the same way again. =)
March 26th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Linds says:
This story made me laugh out loud (and it’s naptime at our house-so that saying something)
I’ve been lurking here for awhile after first stumbling upon your creamy pudding recipe.
Thanks for sharing!
March 26th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Kari says:
Yeah! This story is in writing! Now I can read it whenever I need a good laugh. (You’re very brave to let us all laugh about this with you!)
March 29th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Talley says:
Okay, so this is an old story (for the website) and I’m just now catching up….LAURA!! This is hilarious! Because I DO know you personally and I also know Mary and Donny QUITE WELL…it’s just killing me!!! I got to YC 2 years later, and I can’t believe I never heard this story while you were my fabulous RA!!
Love ya!!
May 10th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Pam says:
Thanks for sharing a laugh with us!
October 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Barbara says:
I was going to apologize for laughing, but I see that others did too!!! Thanks for the entertainment : - )
October 13th, 2008 at 4:54 pm