How do you regain your cool after looking like an idiot?

[SeanTheSheep]

Either say "That wasn't there before!"
or, "Totally deliberate!
Yep..."
or if I can, do what this kid does:

 

[Hondor64]

Walking home from class yesterday, I absolutely face-planted on the ground after slipping on a patch of snow covered ice. I wasn't hurt really, but there were a lot of people around and I looked like a total fool. I just brushed myself off and gave a thumbs up, and got the hell out of there before anybody recognized me.

How do you act after you have wiped out on ice, dropped your lunch tray, or been in any other humiliating situation?

Chew nails, Bend a Sherman tank with your bare hands. You know, manly things

you actually missed the opportune moment. You should have when you stood up did the jump pose thing that gymnasts do, Best thing to do when something embarrassing happens, is turn it around and turn it into a funny event. Not what you DID was to be remembered as funny, but what you did AFTER should remain in their minds as funny.

 

[Tarrou]

My favorite is something a buddy of mine once said after falling off the back of a truck. He got up, dusted himself off, and in an exasperated tone said:

"I swear, every time I turn around, there's the law of gravity, trying to fuck me."

 

[quiet_samurai]

Start a fight with the nearest person and whoop their ass!
Yeah, I'm really cool.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

lol i dont really mind if i do something embarrasing, im an elitist idiot lol, i just laugh it off

 

[ribonuge]

Regain composure and then do a 360 twirl. That way you'll have made them completely forget what just happened.

Voodoo magic see.

 

[EeveeElectro]

Laugh and take a bow and say "I'm here till Thursday"

 

[Tom the Feeble]

pretent that u had no dignity or coolness to lose in the first place. works for me

 

[CymTyr]

Best way to recover is to laugh at yourself.