Open Mouth, Insert Foot

[WillFlyToDisney]

So I am sitting at the Awards the other nite talking to the couple next to me. They told me they were from the St Louis area and the guy said he was a coach for the Cardinals. My friend Bill (retired Navy) on the other side of me chimed in and said "well I'm a Detroit fan" and chuckled. Me being a GIRL chimed in and said "well I'm a BENGALS fan". Both guys just looked at me but didnt say a word. It took me a good 3 minutes to realize what an idiot I was so I told the guy I felt so stupid b/c I had JUST realized that the Cards were a BASEBALL team not a Football team.

He laughed and I told him I had to "plead GIRL" on that one. Anyway I was admiring this sparkly ring he was wearing and asked if I could take a pix since I doubted I would ever see a ring like that again. He said there were only about 33 of those rings made - for the players and coaches. The ring was the championship ring from 2004. Apparently the Cards just won again (I had no clue) but he didn't mention that. :angel:

So open mouth, insert foot. He was a good sport (no pun intended) and fun to talk to during the show.

Now if the guy had been a HOCKEY coach I would have been able to carry on a conversation with him!

[noflyingfan]

This is why, when the subject of sports comes up, I say "I don't believe in sports." People usually only say that do or don't believe in serious things, like God or gay marriage or abortion, etc., and those are topics that it is best not to get into a "friendly" conversation about unless you know off the bat you agree, or want to debate endlessly, because it's not very often that you'll be able to sway the other person's thinking. So if I say I don't believe in sports, then people think that I obviously feel very strongly about it and don't want to touch that conversation, so we get to change the subject to something more pleasant, like food. Everybody believes in food.

[kari]

Oh, I feel for you. To be fair, the St Louis Cardinals were an NFL team, about 700 years ago. I feel old just for knowing that. But still. As if it's not embarrassing enough to be a Bengals fan. You have to go and announce it.

I feel for you on that one as well. A guy came into the shop absolutely ages ago and by some of the books he bought he was threatening to be a Cowboys *spit* (how does that one get through the swear monitor anyway?!) fan. Not knowing any better, I chose to make conversation with him thus:

- You a Cowboys fan, then?
- No, Patriots.
- Ah. I'm a Houston Texans fan!

At that point, I had one of those bizarre out-of-body experiences, and I looked upon myself thinking "what on Earth did you just announce that for, as though it's something to be proud of?" I returned to my body to find this guy looking at me as though I was completely nuts. I grinned meekly and nodded at him, and hoped he would leave the building soon.

Now I've learned not to talk about these things with strangers.