Welcome to the Tell Your Story thread! The rules are as follows:

*Tell one story from your life and only one at a time. You can post multiple stories, but it must be in a different post. No double posts, obviously.
*Include commentary on other stories if you wish.
*Use common sense and forum rules for story content. Other than that, it can be of any nature you want - happy, sad, funny, strange, embarrassing, whatever.

Disclaimer: All rules are subject to change at any time without any prior notice. Please, refer to this post occasionally to ensure that you are following the rules.

I figure this will be a nice addition to General Chat. It will allow members to get to know one another and allow some members to say what they may not be able to elsewhere on the forums.

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I'll start with something stupid/embarrassing. (Note: I am not racist or endorsing it with this story. Please, all you who are hyper-sensitive, political correctness freaks, don't jump to conclusions or let your brain explode.)

When I was about two or three, I used to go to Friendly's with my grandmother, Nana, and her friend, Diane, every Sunday. I was a bit of a smarmy little kid and said what came to mind. Unfortunately, I was also a bit sheltered, and therefore caused me to do some very stupid and rude things (in my opinion), albeit funny.

On one of these days, a black nun walked into Friendly's, to my delight. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite who I thought she was. To the dismay of Nana and Diane, I excitedly pointed to the nun and shouted, "LOOK! It's Aunt Jemima!!!" and continued to repeat it. Nana and Diane immediately ducked under the table, trying to suppress their laughter and hide from embarrassment.

To this day, Nana will never let me forget that I did this, even though there is no way for me to remember it naturally.