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By insomniac - 19/06/2009 06:41 - United States

Today, I was finally going to fall asleep at a decent hour. Having insomnia, I generally get about 2 hours of sleep. Right as I'm about to fall asleep, 5 firetrucks decide to drive right in front of my house with the sirens/lights on. FML

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By WTF - 07/03/2011 09:19

Today, I was awoken by my neighbor pounding on my back door at 3 am, only to look outside and see my car engulfed in flames. FML

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theironuterus 0

Friday 19 June 2009 16:27

I'm sure the people whose house was on fire were equally annoyed with this small inconvenience

aback 4

Friday 19 June 2009 16:38

God, people. I don't see where the OP is complaining that the firetrucks saved someone's life, she's saying that she had the bad luck of the fire happening JUST as she was finally drifting off. You morons giving her a hard time about it are going to be crying when she conks out behind the wheel and takes your SUV out. OP--I feel for you. Insomnia is horrible. I hope you can find something that works.

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gothrockerkid 0

Saturday 15 May 2010 9:29

I feel your pain. I have insomnia too and it's a bitch.

Lady_Bow 4

Wednesday 23 June 2010 1:53

I know how it is...insomnia is torture to have. really. And there are bad things happening to people all across this world every minute. It's human nature to think about yourself once in awhile. Just because something bad is happening to someone else doesn't mean she's not allowed to get upset because she's ******* sleep deprived. All the annoying ignorant people on here who accused her of thinking that it was so terrible that firemen were 'saving someone's life' as she was attempting to sleep need to stfu.