Things that your friends will remember for years

(And will tell to your future spouse/in-laws/children/grandchildren, and just about anyone you don't want getting hold of the story.)

The story that they will tell you is that I once sent them porn. The real story is that I did not. Eh. Well, that's not exactly true. I kinda did send them porn, but only by mistake!

I don't know about the rest of you, but exam periods, for me, always bring about a whole slew of e-mails and IMs recommending games to "relieve stress."

So it was about a couple of years ago -- I was probably in my first year -- that I sent out this site that had kept me occupied: www.orisinal.com. Check it out! So fun! I've been at it for hours!, I mass-messaged. I didn't get any replies for a while... and when I did...

"Erm."

"Yes?"

"You... like these stuff?"

"What stuff? The games? You don't like them? Then just don't play lor."

"There's a game? The girls... they play games?"

What is this guy talking about? -- "Boys can play the games too," I clarified.

I had a funny feeling, and scrambled to find the message that I had sent out. True enough, there was a typo: www.orsinal.com! And guess what it was? Who knew that missing out an "i" would make such a difference. Of course, the message that accompanied the URL did not help. (The site has since been taken off, it would appear. Which is a good thing, because I don't want to be accused of linking to porn, on top of everything else.)

I spent the next 20 minutes having to explain the typo, and convincing people that I did not, in fact, intend to send out pictures of grown women (in more ways than one) bursting out of school uniforms.

Two years on, and still, whenever there is mention of the word "games," they never fail to take the opportunity to remind me:

"I found this game last night..."

"ORSINAL, right?" Snickers and guffaws all around. Very funny, guys.