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01-19-2021 03:15 AM
Why don't we share some of the funny things that happened in our lives. I'll start...
Many years ago while still living California I was driving with my daughter who sitting in the passenger seat, on a street named Nordoff Avenue. At that time the road was not heavily traveled, and as we drove along I suddenly noticed something lying in the road, lo and behold it was a cell phone.
There were no cars behind me so I pulled over to the curb, got out of the car and retrieved the phone. Stacy and I looked at one another while we pondered what to do with it. We couldn't call the owner because he wouldn't be able to answer, so we continued on heading for home.
As we were pulling up onto the driveway, a phone was ringing, not mine, not hers, OH, it was the one we picked up off the street. I answered it with a "Hello" and man's voice answered and babbled on about how he had an argument and was angry and threw the phone out of his car window and was thrilled I rescued it. We came up with the agreement we would meet at a restaurant on Ventura Blvd. in Encino.
Of course not knowing what any of us looked like, I told him it would just be my daughter and I at a table close to the entry. So off we went to meet the stranger who in a fit of anger threw his cell phone out of his car where it landed in the middle of the road.
As Stacy and I sat there in the booth directly across from the entry which was convenient, a good looking man walked in and the three of us immediately knew we were the ones having this meeting. It was decided we didn't want lunch but coffee and apiece of pie would work all around. We had a lot of laughs while devouring our pie and while saying our good bye agreed we had a lovely time and were happy it all turned out well. I did, however, as I was walking toward my car, reminded our new good looking friend to control his temper and hang onto his phone. This time it turned out well, it might not the second time around.
So, is there anyone out there who will share their funny story that turned out well?
01-19-2021 03:57 AM
When I was about 5, a case of chicken pox destroyed one of my ear drums...so I had a little hearing challenge. On to the story:
I came home from school and told my mom we were going to read The Buzzard of Odds (Wizard of Oz) the next day. My mom thought the teacher was giving the kids "tips" on betting parlors....known in Chicago as "book joints"........
01-19-2021 04:16 AM - edited 01-19-2021 04:25 AM
I got a doozy! I was getting out of my car at the supermarket on my way to work when the clog I had on slipped off my foot and under the car next to me. It was an expensive new one and I couldn't reach it. There was an older woman in the car with the engine running. If she would have backed up to get out of her space it could have got run over. Since she was making no attempt to leave I figured she was waiting for the car in front of hers to leave so she didn 't have to back out. Try as I did I couldn't reach it. I knocked on her window and took my other one off to try to show her the other was under her car.trying to get her attention but she looked over , was startled and didn't respond. I had a huge rolling pin that I carry for protection that I got out of my car to reach it and this woman looked over, grabbed her purse, clutched it to her chest and screamed. I tried to shout about my shoe and went to her side of the car. She was terrified so She backed out so fast and thankfully missed my shoe. I picked up the clog and was waving it trying to show why I had the rolling pin. There was no one else around since it was right around the time the store opened in the morning.
01-19-2021 04:29 AM
@Pook I was laughing so hard, I almost wet my pants !!!!!!!
01-19-2021 08:16 AM - edited 01-19-2021 08:20 AM
Years ago your family doctor would come to the hospital to check you out before your release.... as did your surgeon. I had been through lots of "female problems" and had so many pelvic exams it wasn't funny. I was only 21 yrs. old. On the day of my release, I was dressed and ready to go home after having some major surgery. My family doctor came in and said he needed to examine me before I went home. He didn't leave the room for me to undress (which I though was highly unusual) so I reached up under my dress and pulled my panties down to my ankles and stood there not knowing what else to do. He looked at me very puzzled and said, "What are you doing"? I said, "You said you wanted to examine me" to which he replied, "I only wanted to press on your tummy". There I was standing face to face with my doctor, dress on, and panties pulled down to my ankles! I was so embarassed.
01-19-2021 09:19 AM
@jubilant After having such serious medical challenges as a young woman, I commend you for being able to tell your story with such a wonderful sense of humor. (I actually spit my coffee....got my arm instead of the computer screen!) di
01-19-2021 12:47 PM
So I have lived a boring life because I can't think of anything! I do have this, when I was in first grade the teacher had us draw pictures of things that began with the letter W. I draw a picture of what looks like a girl, the teacher says, that girl begins with the letter G. I replied, no that's Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family. She smiled and gave me a pass.
01-19-2021 06:53 PM
Back when my children were small and I was still a good mom, I borrowed a picture book from the library on Washington, DC, as we had just visited the city.
My goal was to reinforce the visit on my young children.
Instead, my boys took a strip of stick on velcro and glued two of the pages together. Couldn't be saved.
I stood at the library desk to pay for the book, dreading my turn. I showed the book to the librarian and he told me how much I owed. Of course I was mortified, but he laughed.....
He said: I have seen tape, glue, I've even seen peanut butter, but I have never seen velcro.
01-19-2021 07:22 PM
This happened this morning - I live in southern sunny California - and we're having hurricane-sized winds.
Last night I put out the 2 trashcans -- even though I knew pickup would be delayed one day - because it was a holiday.
01-19-2021 07:25 PM
I also lived in the San Fernando Valley - and drove up Nordhoff --- and very often drove up Ventura Blvd in Encino. Was the restaurant DuPars? I'm now in north Oxnard and miss Ventura Blvd. I do not enjoy driving around Oxnard or Ventura.
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