Visiting a Denny's at 9:45 at night with a group of this troper's church friends, we saw an older man sitting alone at a booth finishing his meal. Everyone immediately ran up to him to shake his hand and were talking to him excitedly. After he left and we got our food, this troper shouted, "OH MY GOSH, THAT WAS THE CARDINAL!" He had performed this troper's confirmation and is a good friend of her grandfather's. *facepalm*

This troper remembers detecting a "free trial" which you had to pay money for a few years ago; I ran straight to my dad, who said, "Yes, you're smart. S-T-U-P-I-D, smart." I then said "Thanks," and walked out of the room. About 25 seconds later, "HEY!"

This Troper's middle school performed a Trope-stuffed comedy called Register Here which involved Rhett, the deaf and dumb butler, find a dead body on the porch. Thus began a game of charades to determine what he means. After they finally discover it, "Dead man on porch! How could we be so stupid?" ''{{beat}}'' "Dead man on porch?!"

Happened to This Troper recently. Through a series of circumstances, all the girls were gone from my Drama class (I'm male). One student commented "All that's left is guys. And Sam. My response: "Ya, that's weird... wait, what?"

Extreme version of this, to BeyondTheImpossible levels... When This Troper's mother was in high school, she told a friend a joke (She doesn't remember what the joke was now. Something about ferrets...), and the friend didn't get it, even though everyone else was cracking up. '''''Seven years later''''', they happened to be hanging out together, and the friend suddenly burst out laughing so hard she fell out of her chair. Turns out, she had just gotten the joke, which had nothing to do with their present conversation.

A perhaps less lighter-hearted version of this trope in action: This Troper was once with a group of people (some friends, others friends of friends). One of the girls in the group then had to leave, and began to hug everone present. Once she reached me, she hesitated and asked if she had to hug me. I didn't think much of this remark at the time, but now...

This Troper got one when he was putting boats away while helping his aunt at a watersports course. A friend of mine (well, an old friend who used to go skiing with us a few years ago) came up behind me and said hi. I turned, said hi back, turned back, was about to continue with the boat, then the penny dropped. I was too shocked to speak proper sentences for a few seconds (I hadn't seen her for about two or three years).

This Troper was browsing around on failblog, when he came upon a rater awkward video. This news anchor, without missing a beat, said that Barack Obama was the son of a black man from Kenya... And a white MAN from KANSAS. So, this troper decides to tell his father. His dad confirms it, doodles with his laptop for all of five seconds, and makes the oddest face before asking him to repeat that. Many laughs were had.

One of this troper's friends and bandmates told another bandmate that global spelled backwards was orange. About five minutes later, cue "Wait... No! No it isn't!"

This Troper's dad once put googly eyes on the handles of my wheelchair, and commented to my sister that I had "Eyes in the back of [my] chair." My sister didn't get it. Cue months later on a road trip to Minnesota, with my sister sitting behind my wheelchair. "OH, that's what you meant!" Everyone but dad forgot about it until then, which made it double as a terrific BrickJoke.

This troper was on a first date, and accidentally implied to her date that she was under 18 (she's not). A moment later, he choked on his Coke. Oops. You see, he had bought her an alcoholic drink earlier in the evening ...

Earlier, this exchange happened. #QUOTE#'''Brother''': We got a de-humidifier. Remember the time it rained in the basement? #QUOTE#'''Me''': It rained... Inside the basement? #QUOTE#'''Brother''': Mhmm, it rained and it took clouds inside the pipes and it rained in the basement. #QUOTE#'''Me''': Ah. #QUOTE#''(we walk back upstairs)'' #QUOTE#'''Me''': Wait. Cloud- wh- huh?

Thanks. <{{Beat}}> Hey, wait a minute!