Gormless things I've said
I frequently amaze myself by saying the most extraordinarily gormless
things. Time has drawn a veil over many of the embarrasing examples,
but ones that come to mind are listed here. They are usually said in
conversation and so a little context is required in each case.
1991
While watching someone cutting cucumber slices in that deft way that
chefs have:-
Gosh, I can't do that, can you?
On being told that the Internet was running out of addresses, and that
if usage continued to accelerate at the same rate, all IP addresses
would be used before the year 2000:-
What, all the way up to 999.999.999.999?
2005
I'm sure there were plenty of gormless things that came out of my
mouth before my brain was fully in control, but this one was amusing
enough for me to remember it.
Earlier today, I issued a document for internal review, and one of the
subjects that this document claimed to discuss was
Erorr Handling
It was a typo, honest! At least I've learned a new word today:
autonym.
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