The 13 Most Common Brain Farts - Neatorama

Jeff Wysaski at Pleated Jeans put together 13 scenarios in which we are most likely to do or say something extremely dumb. Have you ever said, "You, too!" after someone wishes you a happy birthday? I have. Link

I've done most of those, except I don't know what Chic-fil-a is. :P

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@Muzition Chic-fil-a is a chain of fast food restaurants that are closed on Sundays. :]

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I've done them all except for the waiter one.
I always forget my own age and always forget how to spell simple words. Seriously, I forgot how to spell "Who" one day..... sigh.

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I once ended a telephone conversation with an employer with "I love you, bye."

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I once called somewhere and when somebody answered the phone asked: "Can I speak to John Smith please?"
Reply: "That's who you're talking to."
Me: "Oh, that's who you're talking to."

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I say "Have a good flight." to a lot of the customers I drop off at the airport and half of them say "You too."

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I can read a whole page of a book while distracted and thinking of something entirely different, then realise the reading hasn't sunk in at all, so then have to go back and re-read it... sometimes several times. I definitely don't multi-task well at all.

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That's because the range of acceptable responses is so slim that we fall into a routine of giving the same responses. It no doubt contributes to the "mental rigidity" neuroscientists link to early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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This is all from an old Brian Regan bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euGLMWn0_ZY&feature=player_embedded#at=23

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