This is my most embarrassing ...

I was at a gym Christmas lunch at an Italian restaurant, and drank a bit too much. Managed to cross the busy streets back to work and get to my desk. My boss's phone rang (senior investment adviser, responsible sort of a job) and I asked who it was. "It's the police," said the caller. Without covering the phone, I yelled out, "Hey Mike, it's the police. IS THIS ABOUT YOUR PAEDOPHILE CHARGES???"

It wasn't a prank caller. It was the police. Mike had a lot of explaining to do about his errant assistant.

I wasn't allowed near a telephone for the rest of the day ...