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The Old Foot-In-The-Mouth Syndrome

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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Etgen-Baker Avatar
August 14, 2025 at 5:08 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 :-)
Gauthier Avatar
August 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
lol ~ I'm assuming you retired without having killed anyone
Lane Avatar
August 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
More likely a combination of both.
Gauthier Avatar
August 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
lol ~ I'm sure you are right, Lin
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