More humorous than catastrophic in my particular instance, but a similar miscommunication involving different people could have gone worse.
I greet a friend as we pass in the quad and say, “What’re you up to?” He replies, “Looking for someone to pound my ass all night. How about you?”
Now I thought I was being propositioned, and politely declined. He said that while I did have an open invitation to join him in such recreational activities, he was on the way to ask someone else more likely to be interested. He didn’t notice the double entendre until I answered and only meant to return the question by asking what I was up to.
More humorous than catastrophic in my particular instance, but a similar miscommunication involving different people could have gone worse.
I greet a friend as we pass in the quad and say, “What’re you up to?” He replies, “Looking for someone to pound my ass all night. How about you?”
Now I thought I was being propositioned, and politely declined. He said that while I did have an open invitation to join him in such recreational activities, he was on the way to ask someone else more likely to be interested. He didn’t notice the double entendre until I answered and only meant to return the question by asking what I was up to.