Intimacy: Today, I thought I had carbon monoxide poisoning because I had...

By Anonymous - 04/03/2015 05:12 - United States - Las Vegas

Today, I thought I had carbon monoxide poisoning because I had the symptoms and my detector was going off. I called the fire dept, they checked me, they checked my apartment. My apartment is fine; I'm just out of shape, have high blood pressure, and don't know how to work simple electronics. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/12/2014 02:04 - United States - Yorktown

Today, I was home alone when I heard the carbon-monoxide detector beeping. Panicking, I grabbed my dog, ran out of my house as fast as I could, and waited outside for 3 hours for my mom to get home. Turned out the detector was just out of batteries. FML

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By eyelashess - 29/06/2011 04:10 - United States

Today, our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My mom started freaking out and made me go stand outside so I "don't die". I stood outside for 20 minutes, it was raining and it turned out that the detector was just low on battery. FML

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By Kelso - 06/02/2010 18:22 - United States

Today, my mother told me that the carbon-monoxide alarm went off last night, but since she didn't smell any gas, she decided to just remove the batteries and go back to bed. I had to explain to her that you can't smell carbon monoxide, and that we could have died in our sleep. FML

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By lollerskate - 16/01/2010 15:37 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML

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By GasFromThePast - 24/11/2018 16:40 - United States - Cambridge

Today, I smelled gas when entering my apartment. I checked everything and then left to seek help. I was told to call 911, which resulted in two firetrucks and 10+ firefighters, one of which was my high school sweetheart, entering my messy apartment and finding nothing wrong. FML

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By cutthroatkait - 05/08/2014 22:44 - United States

Today, I picked up an extra shift at the store. It was also the day the store's ventilation system shut down, resulting in carbon monoxide poisoning for me and two co-workers. FML

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By Cinderella - 09/07/2017 14:55

Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML

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By YoshiSqu4d - 31/07/2020 20:01

Today, I managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML

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By Ashley - 14/10/2019 22:00

Today, two out of our three smoke detectors were going off. My grandpa won't call the fire department because he thinks our house will be condemned. The alarms are still going off. FML

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The little alarm that cried wolf

By Nice smoke alarm - 05/09/2023 23:00 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm has a tendency to give false alarms. Despite this, it did not go off at all when I was genuinely overcooking food and smoke was everywhere in the house, except for the room I was in. My smoke detector is plotting against me. FML

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Wednesday 4 March 2015 14:01

Better than having carbon monoxide poisoning though!

Sunflower1919 19

Wednesday 4 March 2015 14:01

Better to be safe than sorry!

Comments

shiffizzle 13

Wednesday 4 March 2015 17:20

Just be thankful that everything was fine and take it as a sign to get in shape

HeWillBeLoved105 22

Wednesday 4 March 2015 18:06

Weird coincidence

Goblin182 26

Wednesday 4 March 2015 18:25

Welcome to my world.

rocketgurl 15

Wednesday 4 March 2015 18:30

Carbon monoxide and chubbiness: the real silent killers

Flyndaran 10

Thursday 5 March 2015 0:35

OP never said anything about weight. Fat does not equal unfit, and skinny does not equal fit.

rocketgurl 15

Wednesday 4 March 2015 18:32

CO is not the abbreviation for carbon monoxide.

Headcrab 29

Wednesday 4 March 2015 18:37

well high Blood pressure is something you can do something about. ;-)

PresAgent 23

Wednesday 4 March 2015 19:46

#36 - Yes, it is. You are wrong.

Rozeyyy 25

Wednesday 4 March 2015 20:15

Well its good you decided to take a precaution anyway... But sorry op

brand125 17

Wednesday 4 March 2015 20:15

36 - i guess you never took a basic chemistry class in high school...

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Wednesday 4 March 2015 20:53

They are technically right and wrong. CO is the Molecular formula so it can be used in place of the full word Carbon Monoxide. However it is not actually an abbreviation of the words Carbon Monoxide which would be C.M. or something stupid like CarMo.