Double fail.

[HarleyDog]

(06-11-2019, 03:30 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I recently made a horrible mistake because I misunderstood something my friend told me.  He had set me up with a woman he knew from work.  We had only had a couple of dates when she invited me to meet some friends of her friends who were taking her out for her birthday.  I felt I should bring a present so I asked my friend for a suggestion.  He said she like Firkins, but I thought he said "merkins" so I bought her a nice one.  Needless to say, she was shocked when she opened it in front of her friends.  In fact I did not get a chance to explain the misunderstanding because I had to flee for my safety.  Women's shoes can do a lot of damage.

So to try and make it up to her I ordered her a nice oak firkin from The Country Porch and sent it with a note of apology.

Unfortunately she was a huge fan of guitarist Michael Lee Firkins, and did not even know that a "firkin" was a small wooden cask.  So she just thinks I am really weird.

I wonder if she kept the merkin?

Morale of the story: if your mind is stuck on firkin a girl, your merkin a big mistake!