Any Funny Disability Related Stories?

TheBottomLine_2

I thought it might be nice to have a light-hearted thread to post our funny tales of what's happened to us, mostly because I want to tell you what happened to me today.

I was at the bus station, waiting for a bus as you do, and a woman with two small girls (maybe about 3 years old) came and sat beside me. I'm blind and wear massive eyeshields and when I turned to the girls and smiled they both instantly hugged their mum and burst into howling tears. I took off the glasses to show there's just a person under there and they both instantly stopped crying but here's the funny part - one of them smiled at me and the other bopped me right on the nose!

The mum and me had a laugh about it, aren't kids wonderful?!
:rotfl:

Indie_Kid

lol!

There was a similar thread about this quite a while ago, I think.

As a result of my conditions, I have problems seeing details. I was at uni and needed the toilet. I went into what I thought the ladies toilet - it was the mens and there ws a man in there. Some of the toilets are labelled (words instead of pictures) to make it easier - but only a few.

A few times a friend of mine has asked me to meet him in public places and each time, he's walked up to me and I've not recognised him. So I'm usually stood there, he walks up to me, says hello and two minutes I'm like "oh, hi".

A few years ago, I opened the fridge to get what I thought was apple pie and custard. What I'd picked up was quiche and custard.

idvi

sorry to thread hijack but i wanted to ask you about your sight thebottomline (if that's okay), i tried to pm you but it says you arent accepting pms

TheBottomLine_2

Try again mate, should work now.

nannytone_2

ihave really bad eyes but id know the mens by the smell! Lol
i went to the local supermarket and almost ran into a man pushing a buggy!
he went mad but i said sorry im registered blind........he said u can see well enough to shop!
i said would u prefer i starve? By his reaction id presume he did lol
never mind im still alive lol

SingleSue

I started writing a book about living with autistic children, the part of living which is mortifying at the time but very funny when you look back on it.

Not my children but my (now ex) husband, brittle diabetic with addisons disease having a hypo...picks up a full cup of tea, up ends the cup and wears it like a hat with tea dripping down his face and a stupid smile on his face..kids thought it was hysterical.

Ex hubby again, pre christening church attendance and the service overruns...his sugars plummet, goes into silly hypo mode where he makes fun of everything and then promptly collapses completely freaking out the congregation! We got let off going for the rest of the pre christening services as it scared them so much.

I have a few other rather embarrassing ones involving myself and night time activities but think I will keep them from here! Suffice to say, very painful but had my ex husband in stitches each time.

Indie_Kid

nannytone wrote: »

ihave really bad eyes but id know the mens by the smell! Lol
i went to the local supermarket and almost ran into a man pushing a buggy!
he went mad but i said sorry im registered blind........he said u can see well enough to shop!
i said would u prefer i starve? By his reaction id presume he did lol
never mind im still alive lol

Some non-disabled people think we shouldn't be let out.

nannytone_2

sh1305 wrote: »

Some non-disabled people think we shouldn't be let out.

i think i shouldnt be let out at times lol
not because of my disabiluity just cos of my lack of common sense lol

you have to be able to laugh at yourself otherwise life could be unbearable.

nannytone_2

just another thought............
i'm the worst advocate for disabled people.
my eyesight is severly limited and my 'big thing' is pointing. because i dont see other people i feel free to point at will lol. I dunno how many people ive prodded and nearly had theyre eyes out cos i havent seen them. it goes both ways.............why should i constrict other people just cos i dont see them?
I dont think anyone goes around trying to !!!! people off. i have an 'invisible' disability, i look fine...........but i could be making life hard for other disabled people without realising.
able bodied people dont exist just to wind disabled people up lol or i hoipe they dont!

kingfisherblue

Not exactly a disability tale, but my son was involved and he is disabled....

We were looking at the books in Asda earlier this evening. My son picked up a book about Toy Story - it was the type that you press a button and it makes a noise. He pressed one of the buttons and it rang like a phone. A chap a few feet away answered his mobile - 'Hello. Hello?', looked at the phone, and then repeated 'Hello? Hello?' before putting it back into his pocket looking very confused....

TheBottomLine_2

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Not exactly a disability tale, but my son was involved and he is disabled....

We were looking at the books in Asda earlier this evening. My son picked up a book about Toy Story - it was the type that you press a button and it makes a noise. He pressed one of the buttons and it rang like a phone. A chap a few feet away answered his mobile - 'Hello. Hello?', looked at the phone, and then repeated 'Hello? Hello?' before putting it back into his pocket looking very confused....

Made my day. :rotfl: