Awkard Moment Essay

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An awkward turtle moment This concept is used in moments of that awkward silence within a conversation. When everyone is laughing and suddenly the conversation dies down for whatever reason and becomes a deathly silence. . .You then place your hands flat out in front of you. Stick your thumbs out on either side and then pretend you are rowing. Congratulations. You have achieved an awkward turtle moment. There are many reasons that these moments happen. The most common of these it when you get invited to a braai (BBQ) or a social gathering and you know absolutely no one! You look around and you notice that none of them know each other either. You attempt to make conversation with one or two people or engage the group. Maybe crack a joke or two. A few chuckles and then. . . silence. Everyone goes silent once they realize that they have no idea what to say to each other. Awkward turtle! No one sees it coming. It causes a good laugh from the rest of the group and then its easy to engage and talk to people once they realize how awesome you are for knowing the perfect opportunity for the awkward turtle. When someone that no one likes within a certain group gets invited along for the trip for whatever reason. This then causes tension and normally there is someone cocky enough in the group to speak up and say something the second the unwanted person has something rude to say. Depending on attitudes there may be some retaliation from both sides. Once the war has ended and troops have agreed to a minor peace treaty in order to prevent further destruction of the evening, there is a long deathly silence. People look around the group sheepishly wondering what to say next. Awkward turtle! Everyone has a great laugh about it and the evening can carry on. Note: You may not do the Awkward turtle if you are one of the parties that created the above awkward moment. You will
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