Miscellaneous: Today, while cooking, I managed to burn my finger. I quickly...

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 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 anonymous - 03/01/2017 01:03 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I managed to spill piping hot oil all over my kitchen floor, thinking it was too hot to clean right then and there I left it for a few hours to cool. I forgot about it, and slipped over in it bashing my head into my cupboard handle. FML

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By numbtongue - 13/03/2015 04:19 - New Zealand - Dunedin

Today, as I was trying to remove my lunch from the hot oven tray, my finger brushed against the metal for a moment, and I instinctively put it in my mouth. I burnt my tongue, on my finger. I didn't realize that was possible. 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 roadbikemama - 25/10/2009 18:42 - United States

Today, I was cooking. I leaned over the stove to preheat the oven, and burned my nipple on a pot of boiling water. I also have a teething son who is breastfeeding. 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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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 Anonymous - 07/11/2013 17:12 - Ireland

Today, I was pouring boiling water into a cup, and I accidentally spilled it all over my hand. My mother responded by slapping me for getting water everywhere. My hand is scorched red, but thanks, I love you too, mother. FML

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Clumsy

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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Faatz 4

Monday 13 August 2012 13:08

Burn baby burn!

gingerfly91 1

Monday 13 August 2012 13:10

Ahem, scalded* Yes, I did just become one of those people.

Comments

killerkirsche 12

Monday 13 August 2012 15:53

oops..didn't see comment #33 and #35

freshprizzle1 13

Monday 13 August 2012 16:05

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it better to run warm water on a burn as opposed to ice cold water?

stewpididiot 11

Monday 13 August 2012 16:14

Cold water. You were wrong. You have been corrected.

jesustitts 20

Monday 13 August 2012 17:37

Actually, he was right. Warm water. Look it up on a medical website they will tell you cool water NOT cold, and NO ice!

CessnaPilot 5

Monday 13 August 2012 16:07

Next time reach into the freezer.

BunBunBabe 8

Monday 13 August 2012 17:23

I have done that before, it's pretty normal to assume the waters cold most of the time right out of the tap so you didn't deserve it

ThexFroggyGirl 21

Monday 13 August 2012 17:27

I thought it was best to put warm water over a burn, for a drastic change in temperature would just make matters worse.

jesustitts 20

Monday 13 August 2012 17:35

You're right.

shrdlu 28

Monday 13 August 2012 18:10

If I've been running hot water, I make sure it's running cold water before turning the taps off, for exactly that reason.

TinyGiant 4

Monday 13 August 2012 20:52

So you always make sure your faucet is prepared for burn relief? Maybe you need some cooking lessons

shrdlu 28

Wednesday 15 August 2012 5:30

I also need to stop relying on the smoke detector to tell me when my cooking is done.

lilfreckle7 7

Monday 13 August 2012 19:48

you guys realize that you're supposed to put it under hot water, right? it takes the heat out of the burn so that it stops stinging as much

jesustitts 20

Tuesday 14 August 2012 4:14

Warm water.* You silly goose.

punkin92 2

Monday 13 August 2012 20:18

When you have a burn your supposed to run it under hot water anyways..

jesustitts 20

Tuesday 14 August 2012 4:17

Warm water actually. Also it's you're not your. Grammar lesson time. Your shows possession as in your dog, or your comment, or even your body. You're is a contraction meaning you are and therefore should be used in a place where it would make sense, such as you're a silly goose. Or you're wrong. :)