9:28 PM

Typos: A Source for Comedic Moments

Typos during chats can bring about the most hilarious sentences. They are not limited to chats that you have with your friends - they can also show up in the most mundane work-related chats that you are having with a colleague.

To illustrate this point, let me share with you the funnies from my own chats with the people I know.

Scene 1:
I was asking a male colleague (he's a happily married chap) if it was a good time for discussing about some report

Reply received: "Give me a sex"
Intended reply: "Give me a sec"

Lesson: You must have a really good sense of humor and a good head above your shoulders to not take offense to this particular accidental line. You see, the letters "X" and "C" are right next to one another on the keyboard. We laughed over this one knowing that it was a weird and truly accidental typographical error.

Scene 2:
I was feeling kind of tired and there was a discussion about coffee in a conference chat with some friends.

I typed: "Copy is good"
I meant to type: "Kopi is good"

*Note: Kopi = Coffee (in Malay)

Lesson: When you are tired, you will end up typing anything that sounds close enough to what you intended to say.

Scene 3:
A friend was feeling totally zoned out towards the 2nd half of an 11-hour shift at work after less than 4 hours of sleep the night before. I was joking that he should not end up killing himself in the process of completing some urgent errand that he needs to attend to after his shift ends.

Reply received: I'm too clumsy to kiss myself even if I wanted to.
Intended reply: I'm too clumsy to kill myself even if I wanted to.

*Note: There was an "OMG" that came about 5 minutes later when my friend realised the typo.

Lesson: We may type out words that don't even sound anything like the word we intend to use when we are dead tired, as long as the word we end up typing out begins with the same letter and contains the same number of characters.

8:32 PM

Lolz... playdoh...

Today I was just chatting with DL and it suddenly struck me that we shared quite a large number of opinions and certain characteristics. I mentioned that to DL the moment that thought came to me and started joking that it's like we came from the same pea pod. But yes, we have slight differences as individuals.

DL thought about it for a bit and replied saying that we could be made from the same mold... except that he was the test unit that didn't quite pass QC while I was the improved version which has the QA acceptance chop. Lolz.

That cracked me up since it sounded as though someone up there was playing with playdoh.

Lolz.

7:22 AM

Past, Present, Future

Dwell and dawdle not in yesterday - it is history
Celebrate the lessons history holds for you today - it is your present
Use your presents well to reach your goals - it is your future