Errm, can we rewind and try that again?

It will be all over the village by the morning Phoenix

STD Phoenix? Oh the shame of it! Now how will that get translated around your village I wonder! I can hear it now..... "did you know that Mrs P has....."

Oh God lemon I really hope not! Perhaps I should go and explain, or perhaps he didn't notice..........

lol

I think that’s a totally different thread Phoenix lol!!!

Is your neighbour very, very old Phoenix? With any luck he'll think STD still stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialling

Sadly not, Bathsheba, and is also quite newly moved in (gets worse, doesn't it) I'm still hoping that he didn't really notice what I said.

Well your village will have something to liven up January Phoenix I think least said soonest mended in this case.

For some reason I'm reminded of the time I accidentally sent an item to DS1's school, in with some other stuff for the white elephant stall. I needed to get it back, because MIL had given it to us, and would have noticed its absence.

I dashed into the secretary's office and asked her to look out for a decorative plate depicting Scrooge talking to the ghost of Bob Marley!

Oh and the penny's dropped, only just this minute! I've been quietly trying to work out what it was you meant to say, and was too embarrassed to ask, haha! ??

Nope! Still not deciphered STD but my first reaction was a little sharp intake of breath.
Please put me out of my misery.

I have no idea what you meant to say either phoenix but I bet you’re the talk of the village now ?

Well, Bathsheba I must be very, very old then as the only STD I can think of is the one you mentioned. (Apart of course from the other one!) Phoenix what actually does it stand for or what did you mean to say?

I ve no idea either, why is a card in a parcel ? It’s too early in the morning I know what a STD is but what should it have been and why was it in a parcel ? I m intrigued now

Morning all!

What the package contained was an SD card, which gives you extra memory/storage on a tablet or mobile phone, as opposed to STD, which can stand for sexually transmitted disease.

The plate depicted Scrooge talking to the ghost of Jacob Marley, rather than a black reggae singer with dreadlocks!

Which was why I added little camera icons on my post - I was thinking of their use in a camera!

I think the general opinion here is that as few knew what it really was, your blushes have been spared.

It shows my age that my brain read subscriber trunk dialling and it took a little while to work out!

I love the vision of Scrooge and Bob Marley!

Glad I was not the only one befuddled

Phoenix you must keep the whole village amused - you certainly keep us amused on here

Your blushes are spared Phoenix.
Sounds as if your village and others need updating in their acronyms.
My embarrassing moments are far more slapstick.
Picture toilet directly opposite front door . I'm sitting on the throne when the doorbell rings . Child answers. Is your mother in? Oh just a min..... mum.! Child flings bathroom door open to expose me. Aagh! I can't remember how the scene ended but not well.

Haha Grammaretto, oh my word, I just spat my tea out . Had to read this out to my DH (but made sure first that he hadn't just taken a sip of his tea )

Lol! I am glad I am not the only one that does that!

Similarly to Grammaretto's, my tale involves physical embarrassment. Coming from the far North I was struggling with the heat in Devon whilst staying with our daughter. There was a knock on the door and I opened it to find the very nice Riverford man with our veggie box. I thought he looked a bit startled but it was only some time later when I passed the hall mirror that I realised I had appeared at the door with my least beguiling bra on display!!! I don't think I stopped blushing and laughing all day......