Health: Today, I got home from the hospital after I burned my hand. Why?...

By scooter922 - 15/07/2012 07:45 - United States - Brooklyn

Today, I got home from the hospital after I burned my hand. Why? I dropped my phone in the pot while stirring hot soup, and I reached in to get it. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/11/2009 00:04 - United States

Today, I was texting while making dinner. I went to pour the noodles into the boiling water and I dropped my phone in. Not thinking, I went to retrieve it from the water. I now have a completely useless phone and a useless hand. FML

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By HarvestMoon_gal - 24/07/2010 05:09 - United States

Today, I was cleaning a pan. I turned the water on, and it was super hot. My reaction was to slam my hand down. On a knife. So, not only do I have a burned hand, but there's also a huge cut on it from the knife. FML

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By thatchick3333 - 08/03/2012 07:13 - United States

Today, I got burned, all because the toaster scared me while I was holding a pot of boiling water. FML

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By ouchieouch - 07/01/2011 18:14 - United States

Today, I burned myself while cooking, so I asked my mom to get the burn cream while I waited in the kitchen. While I was waiting, I absentmindedly set my hand on the hot stove, earning myself a second burn. FML

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By burnt - 13/08/2012 04:43 - Australia - Middle Swan

Today, while cooking, I managed to burn my finger. I quickly turned the tap on and ran my finger under cold water, but apparently someone had just used the hot tap, because boiling water flooded out onto my nicely scalded finger. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/09/2021 00:30 - Australia - Mypolonga

Today, I dropped my phone in the frying pan whilst cooking my steak. I had to rinse off the oil immediately and clean the phone, then had to eat a cold steak. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/01/2021 20:02

Today, I was making Cup Noodles for breakfast. After microwaving it for 3 minutes, I carefully grabbed the cup to pour some water out, but my hand gave out and some water spilled on it. Now I have a burned hand and no noodles. FML

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By scherzo - 09/04/2018 08:00 - United States - Edmond

Today, I dropped my phone in the parking lot and it landed next to a car tire. As I reached to pick it up, the car backed up and ran over my phone and my hand. Hello, emergency room! FML

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By foolmetwice - 16/05/2011 14:28

Today, I spilt a very hot cup of tea all over a burn I got yesterday from spilling a very hot cup of tea. FML

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By klutz - 25/08/2010 04:14 - Canada

Today, while grabbing a husk of corn out of the boiling hot pot, I splashed hot water on my neck, dropped the corn on my injured toe, and cut myself on the counters, all while my family laughed at my pain. FML

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The_SkyCantLimit 5

Sunday 15 July 2012 16:01

Every doctor in that hospital: *Face palm*

brill33 7

Sunday 15 July 2012 16:09

"k" This is the text message I received that caused the accident that burned my hand for the rest of the week. Sounds like the makings of a no cooking and texting commercial ad

Comments

mcclainlashawn 5

Monday 16 July 2012 5:31

I'm wondering y u did not use the spoon to get the phone out instead of burning ur hand. Only an idiot uses their phone around liquids. YDI

LennyComa 39

Monday 16 July 2012 7:34

In all fairness it was probably a reflex reaction, but YDI for using your phone whilst heating soup.

AlfishKK 7

Monday 16 July 2012 7:51

I would laugh at you, but I'm the person who reached into the sink to unclog it right after straining a boiling pot of spaghetti...

StayClassyLassy 6

Monday 16 July 2012 7:58

What a dumb ass! I can understand you wanted to get your phone out before any damaged happened, but didn't you think you that dipping your hand in a hot pot would burn you?

sleet7 4

Monday 16 July 2012 9:38

Not necesarily a YDI. The shock of dropping a phone into soup obviously panicked OP. The adrenaline of the moment may have triggered OP's instinct to rescue the phone without considering the risks involved. Not to mention other possible factors such as lack of sleep.