According to Dictionary.com, a “brain fart” is a “temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.” We all have them and a thread in Reddit’s “Ask Women” section has ladies revealing their “biggest brain fart moment.” Hearing about theirs may even make you feel better about your own.
- “One time I cooked a whole pot of spaghetti and poured it down the drain instead of into the colander.”
- “I went to scratch my left shoulder with my right hand, gravely miscalculated, and punched myself in the face instead.”
- “Once I wanted to take my cat to the veterinarian. I was late, went there, then I found out I had forgotten to take my cat with me.”
- “I went to buy food, paid, walked away without food.”
- “A few years ago, I attended an international school in South Korea. One very groggy morning I was frustrated that suddenly no one could understand my English. Realized I was speaking German (we'd just moved from there.)”
- “After dinner I was cleaning dishes and putting food away. I put the clean dishes in the fridge and leftover food into the cupboard.”
- “I asked what Hitler’s last name was. Now my sibling won’t shut up about that.”
- I had forgotten how to spell “of.” Sat there repeating “of” to myself and my brain kept coming back with ‘ov.’”
- “I was attending a conference and was trying to decide between black pumps and red pumps with my monochromatic gray pants, blazer and blouse… I tried one of each shoe and then got distracted. I attended the meeting/reception with one of each shoe on. I didn’t notice until one of the directors leaned in and asked me about it. “
- “Using the flashlight app on my phone to search for my phone in the dark.”
Source: Reddit