Oh dear! I used to have an expression for my unwillingness to carry
out
a requested task, or whatever. I used to reply "I'd rather stick my
arm
in a mincer!".
I used it for many years, possibly irritating many people as I did
so.
One day a new girl started at work in my office. I was just about to
use
the expression, in her presence, when I noticed that she had an
artificial arm! I stopped using that expression there and then!
:-)
Cheers,
Norman.
I'm sure many of us have said something like this and caused offence
without even the faintest intention of doing so!
My personal embarrassment of this kind was a comment about "getting
legless" in the presence of an amputee. Very luckily he saw the funny
side and didn't take offence...
Dilwyn Jones
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