Misheard

We all go through life in somewhat of a personally induced cloud of insolation that keeps us functional in the world but cocooned enough to drift through life without sometimes being fully aware of what is going on around us.

Then, the jarring moment where you hear something coming out of someone else's mouth occurs, and you think to yourself "I can't possibly have heard what I think I heard!"

These are the times where you are a victim to misheard words.

One of my favorite things to do when I am bored and have a whole lot of necessary things I have to do but am avoiding like the plague is to look up the phrase "misheard lyrics".

There is nothing so excruiciating or funny as discovering that the words to the song you have been belting out like a rock star aren't ANYTHING like what you have been singing. Hmmmm.

That would explain the odd smiles that people give me somtimes when I sing. It isn't the notes that I am using that can only be measured on a dog scale, but rather the words that I am saying that are in an orbital plane all their own.

Because we all tend to walk around in a fog at times, these moments are funny, but not generally too disastrous.

The funny bits come with the famous of the world when they mix up their words while the microphone is on. Most of us are content to have our lot in life because we know every moment is NOT being recorded as a sound and video byte for YouTube. We bask in the warm glow that while sometimes embarrassing, our personal moment of shame isn't likely to be a permanent entry in the hall of fame on some website forever.

I do know a couple of people personally who can't say this. Sadly, one of them thinks the video of him on the web is a cool thing. He is simply too deluded by his 15 minutes of fame to realize that no one is laughing with him, they are laughing AT him.

The next time someone says something or does something that doesn't come out right, remember while you snicker that your time is coming soon. And be sure and check for cameras before you open your mouth.

You just might be the next person to make it big with an unintentional gaffe on YouTube.