The Old Foot-In-The-Mouth Syndrome

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People say the oddest things
not realizing their faux pas

Given the chance to self correct
they usually fail miserably

Is it malice or stupidity
~ unlikely we'll ever know



AP: 3rd place 2025

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Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 8/14/2025 5:08:00 PM

appreciate the rhetorical question in the last two lines....lines I asked every day when teaching high school students. Sometimes they just baffled me...I chocked it up to hormones and just laughed to myself :-)

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/14/2025 6:06:00 PM

lol ~ I'm assuming you retired without having killed anyone

Lin Lane

Date: 8/14/2025 11:56:00 AM

More likely a combination of both.

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/14/2025 1:33:00 PM

lol ~ I'm sure you are right, Lin