Please share your recent airhead moments

theartistformerlyknownas

lurkergirl said:

lolo883 said:

lurkergirl said:

I just asked FI, "What's a toboggan?" 

His response was, "The sled or the hat?"  So, I'm at least not alone in my thinking!!

There is something called a toboggan cap, which is a knit cap with ear flaps worn while tobogganing. But to call it just a toboggan would be like calling an oven mitt, an oven.

I'm wondering if it just doesn't get cold enough for southerners to know or appreciate the difference.  I mean, many of us grew up sledding on trash lids, cookie sheets, and laundry baskets, so we aren't exactly cultured when it comes to snow!  I don't actually use the word myself (I call the hat a beanie and a sled a sled), but always assumed it was referring to the hat when I heard it from others.  I'm glad to know the difference and that my dumbass moment is now on full display.



Probably.

hellosweetie1015

lurkergirl said:

lolo883 said:

lurkergirl said:

I just asked FI, "What's a toboggan?" 

His response was, "The sled or the hat?"  So, I'm at least not alone in my thinking!!

There is something called a toboggan cap, which is a knit cap with ear flaps worn while tobogganing. But to call it just a toboggan would be like calling an oven mitt, an oven.

I'm wondering if it just doesn't get cold enough for southerners to know or appreciate the difference.  I mean, many of us grew up sledding on trash lids, cookie sheets, and laundry baskets, so we aren't exactly cultured when it comes to snow!  I don't actually use the word myself (I call the hat a beanie and a sled a sled), but always assumed it was referring to the hat when I heard it from others.  I'm glad to know the difference and that my dumbass moment is now on full display.



I call the hats toboggans too. Like, actively. Beanies are the hipster hats, toboggans are winter hats. It's not wrong - it's a dialectic difference. Not an airhead moment at all!

Word differences are fantastic though. What do y'all call that metal thing you push around and put stuff in at the grocery store?

WinstonsGirl

hellosweetie1015 said:

I call the hats toboggans too. Like, actively. Beanies are the hipster hats, toboggans are winter hats. It's not wrong - it's a dialectic difference. Not an airhead moment at all! Word differences are fantastic though. What do y'all call that metal thing you push around and put stuff in at the grocery store?

Grocery cart/shopping cart

Kahlyla

WinstonsGirl said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

I call the hats toboggans too. Like, actively. Beanies are the hipster hats, toboggans are winter hats. It's not wrong - it's a dialectic difference. Not an airhead moment at all! Word differences are fantastic though. What do y'all call that metal thing you push around and put stuff in at the grocery store?

Grocery cart/shopping cart

Yup. Or just cart.

Some Ontario folks in a few different areas called them buggies (sing. buggy) but I could just never get on board with that.

eta: airhead moment. Just now I read the title of the "Time to come clean" thread as if it was saying, "Time to come over to my house and clean". Even though "time to come clean" is a very common phrase and I've already read and been following that thread.

hellosweetie1015

Kahlyla said:

WinstonsGirl said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

I call the hats toboggans too. Like, actively. Beanies are the hipster hats, toboggans are winter hats. It's not wrong - it's a dialectic difference. Not an airhead moment at all! Word differences are fantastic though. What do y'all call that metal thing you push around and put stuff in at the grocery store?

Grocery cart/shopping cart

Yup. Or just cart.

Some Ontario folks in a few different areas called them buggies (sing. buggy) but I could just never get on board with that.

eta: airhead moment. Just now I read the title of the "Time to come clean" thread as if it was saying, "Time to come over to my house and clean". Even though "time to come clean" is a very common phrase and I've already read and been following that thread.

I call them buggies haha, as does everyone in my family (with whom I've gone shopping, anyway). FI makes hella fun of me for it, haha. 

bride2b71614

I had a total meltdown the other day because I couldn't find a minimizer bra for a work shirt. I was already dressed, had my pants on, unbuttoned shirt etc, but I needed that bra in order for the shirt to work. I was looking all over for it, I enlisted the help of my FI to find it. I passed by the mirror and noticed that I was already wearing the bra. Needless to say, I was pretty embarrassed. 

drunkenwitch

I often search frantically for my cell phone in my purse...while I am on the phone talking to someone.

Chipmunk415

This evening, I grabbed the skewer with the grilled shrimp to put on DH's plate. Bare handed. The same skewer that JUST CAME OFF THE 600 DEGREE GRILL.

Luckily, DH had actually taken the skewer off first, so while it was hot, I don't have a burn on my hand. It was just super hot, and I managed to put it back on the plate.

Based on a long ago misread/transposition of letters on etiquette hell, I refer to these as my "dishpit" moments.