It depends on how you say it, a bit of ironic distance can do wonders. One of the sentences I am proudest of (back when I ran the windsurfing club) is: "Even the best can fail, so when we fail like that twice, surely that means we are twice as good" (when a meetup had had to be recheduled two times) ;-))
This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at December 31, 2016 7:47 AM MST