Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals’ RSS Feed? Don’t miss a post! x Ending Praise Week with a blast. Foot in Mouth Man has had 150 episodes of communication MISadventures. In the past several years that I've been writing for "himm," FIMM has stuck his foot in his mouth many a time resulting in a backhanded compliment. Here is a FIMM Classic from the early days: Episode 11: FIMM has finally met someone! Bonnie was carrying some heavy grocery bags when FIMM offered to help her carry them to her car. Bonnie was so impressed with FIMM's sweet nature that she agreed to go out with him. They have had three dates already this week! FIMM wrote Bonnie an email to thank her for cooking him...
Foot in Mouth Man (FIMM) is our lovable mascot here at Art of Eloquence. A bumbling miscommunicator who sticks his foot in his mouth each month for your amusement and "confusement." He does it so often that he has Athlete's Tongue! However, there are some people I have encountered recently on social media and blog sites who are vying for the coveted title of FIMMpersonator of the Month and I thought I'd give it out to one lucky winner. Communication doesn't break down significantly if someone has a typo or two and, as my editor knows, I can't spell my way out of a paper "bagg" so I'd never complain if someone had a grammatical error or a misspelled word...
We're celebrating FIMM's 150th episode this month. I starting writing for Foot in Mouth Man on April 19, 2006. At first he was over on my blog each week, but eventually after his popularity grew, we gave him his own page on Art of Eloquence.com where he has his monthly episodes, his FIMM Speaks audio and his own You Tube video! Check out FIMMology 101: The FIMMportant, FIMMtastic and FUNbelievable Study of the Humorous Sins of Our Mouths! It has thirty nine pages and over 30 lessons packed with hilariously, creative Foot in Mouth Man episodes teaching various communication skills! This is NOT your traditional communication study! * eBook available immediately as a download * Over 30 fun-filled, creative lessons...
It's actually getting easier to tell if something is SPAM or not. SPAMmers aren't too bright as a bunch or at least they don't take the time to be too smart. I order lots of stuff online so it can be hard to tell what emails are real order confirmations and what emails are SPAM. However just last week I received an email that said that my transaction didn't go through and that this was my last chance to order and get the discount. I looked up at who the email was addressed to and laughed myself silly! It was addressed to FIMM. Foot in Mouth Man is a fictional character I created to be our mascot here at Art...
Always deal with others in grace as the Lord does with us because none but He is perfect. Remember that, even when we put our best foot forward, we have to take another step.
Often we ask for grace for our own missteps while not granting that grace to others. This causes a misstep of quite another kind:
