tell me a story

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Tell me a story of something someone said or did that was so outrageously beyond chutzpah, it could only have happened if the person in question had not only a breathtaking sense of entitlement, but also no idea how out of line they were. They didn't just have a lot of nerve - they had no clue they had a lot of nerve, and observers could barely believe it happened.

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At my brother and sister-in-law's wedding 15 years ago, my now-ex-wife and I were chatting with my SIL's (Christian) uncle at the reception. He'd had a few drinks, but still seemed reasonably lucid. Somehow we got to discussing religion. He knew my brother and I were Jewish (this is important to the story).

"Jews and Christians are pretty much the same, right?" he asked.
"Well, there are similarities, sure," my ex-wife or I (I don't remember who) said.
"I mean, we believe in the same things," he said.
"Weeeellll," one of us said, "some of the same things, sure."
"I mean," he clarified, "we all believe in Jesus as our savior, right?"

My ex-wife and I were flabbergasted, of course, but I managed to say "Uhhh, no, that's pretty much the biggest difference."

[cos]

*laugh* Just cluelessness, without the other aspects. Still a fun story though.