It seems that the concept of "opportune timing" does not exist in my world. I mean, I'm as lucky the next guy and will have my fair share of serendipidous encounters/experiences but for the most part, a lot of what I do (or in this case) what I say tends to be at the worst possible time.
I attended a wedding this weekend (Nov 13th). Amazing, beautiful, elegant, fanciful, etc etc are all great descriptive words that understatedly delinate the afternoon and evening.
You're probably thinking, "ok, this sounds like a normal wedding...."
And it was. The nuptials were executed outdoors, right next to the calm ocean with a setting sun as a backdrop and the Ritz Carlton Hotel as a breeze blocker to our left. The happily married couple finished with the ceremony and were on their celebratory walk back down the isle. During their leisurely jaunt, Dave and I were reciting a line from the movie "Princess Bride"
"Wuv, twuuuu wuvvv!"
I then immediately thought about that one part in the movie when they go to see Miracle Max to help revive the mostly dead Wesley. When they were leaving Max's house, the old couple say,
"You think it will work?........"
"It'll take a miracle."
So yea, I said that out loud. And the shitty/funny part about that was, I said this just as the married couple walked by.
I spent the next several minutes trying to convince the people around me that what I said was totally taken out of context and that I was just reciting one of my favorite lines from a movie. I don't think they believed me.
C'est la vie.
Despite the embarrassing nature of this moment, I am comforted by the one fact that Asian Murphy has the un-surpassable title of "Saying the completely wrong thing at the completely wrong time"
If you don't know who the Asian Murphy is, look at one of my previous posts titled "Asian Murphy's Law" and read the inauspicious moment #3....
Monday, November 15, 2010
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