Today, I totalled my car. I flipped it over on the freeway and broke my collarbone in the process. I was in extreme pain and unable to move. It took the ambulance an hour to get there in rush hour traffic. The song repeating on my iPod was, "Don't Worry, be Happy." FML
I agree, your life sucks (22607) - you totally deserved it (2835)
On 11/04/2009 at 12:18am - health - by Anonymous (woman) - United States (Minnesota)
Were you having an "I Am Legend" moment? All by yourself with don't worry be happy playing ha (maybe humor will make you heal faster)
Glad you're ok though :( get better soon!
#44 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:30am by pancakes_n_syrup
#1 are you kidding? I'd prefer to die before being a whole hour listening to that crappy song.
Maybe something like Fort Minor's High Road would do it, but no way Don't Worry, Be Happy!
PS: OP YDI for listening shitty music.
#45 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:33am by bananamilkshake
No pity here when the solution is as easy as pulling the plug out of the iPod. Also, you have the song on your iPod in the first place, it's kind of karma if you think about it.
#51 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:02am by TheTruth1428
FAKE!!! Who brakes their clavical and then gets on the computer just to put it up on FML. U'd b too drugged out on pain killers to even make it to your computer. U just wanted to be on FML.
FAKE
#85 - On 11/04/2009 at 2:58pm by pinkdancer
An "I Am Legend" moment? That's not even the same song...or the same artist...
#87 - On 11/04/2009 at 3:26pm by JessiGoose
Dude, maybe this happened months ago. FML's (though it's required they begin with TODAY) don't necessarily need to happen on the day of the event. It doesn't matter if it's true or not, it's funny as hell!
Uhm, actually, I've broken my collar bone and was given two pain pills, a sling, and sent on my way. i was able to go to school the next day and chat online the very same night. And this may have happened quite a while ago.
#97 - On 11/04/2009 at 5:30pm by FeeBbyCakes
Breaking your collar bone wouldnt put you in THAT much pain. I broke mine during football practice and went another 2 plays before I sat out. I didn't need pain killers either.
@108
there is no way you played football, let alone did the running that comes with football, with a broken collar bone. iv broken(lacrosse impact) and bruised it severly(hit with a full soda bottle >.>) and although if you bruise the bone it still hurts, it isnt nearly as bad as breaking.
and to the OP: be glad it wasnt some kind of scream metal screaming about pain and torture and what not
#139 - On 11/06/2009 at 10:54pm by imsobored69
Has everyone missed the fact she did not mention why she flipped? I have money on you were weaving in an SUV on the highway at 90? That is probably a good sign YDI for driving like you have terets.
#72 - On 11/04/2009 at 12:50pm by jackkerouc9
Was "terets" a bad attempt at insulting someone by saying they have a disability called Tourette's Syndrome?
#112 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:45pm by dudeitsdanny
sorry to hear that op but really be thankful nothing worse happened i mean you coulda died man..
like marley said dont worry be happy :DDD
this song is not by Bob Marley, its by Bobby McFerrin
#83 - On 11/04/2009 at 2:46pm by JohnFrusciante
That's horrible to hear
and my FYL is sincere.
Too bad the crash
and resulting bash
could knock the headphones from your ear.
#5 - On 11/04/2009 at 6:29am by rhymethyme
I always wanted my own internets. I shall keep them in a fish bowl and feed them everyday.
#31 - On 11/04/2009 at 8:31am by rhymethyme
That and no EMT would board someone and leave their iPod in their ears.
I think I'm going to call my first fake.
Unless the OP meant that it was playing before the crash,
but in context that isn't what's being said.
YDI, OP, for not thinking this FML before typing it up.
Heh, you might want to think a little more before calling Fake. Not sure how you missed it but the Op is saying they were pinned down in the car after the accident and couldn't move. The iPod was still playing but stuck on that song. And then it took the ambulance an hour to get to the Op and remove her from the car so while she was unable to move and waiting for the ambulance she had to listen to that song over and over for an hour.
Besides, couldn't the iPod have been hooked up to the radio, or something? OP never said she was wearing the headphones. Isn't it bad to drive with headphones in, anyway?
Doesn't sound fake to me. :/ FYL OP. At least the song could have been worse!
#67 - On 11/04/2009 at 12:33pm by Tequilamockngbrd
Or break the stereo.
Or shut the car off if it was plugged into the radio.
Or disconnect the ipod from the radio. Or it's FM transmitter.
Any way you look at it, it's damn near impossible.
Fake or exaggerated.
It's also illegal to drive with headphones. I'd assume the iPod was running through the car stereo.
#75 - On 11/04/2009 at 1:08pm by i_am_not_me
Why does it matter if it's fake, anyway? It's already on the site and obviously, it made people laugh. People calling out "OMG FAKE" isn't going to make the story less funny, and I'm sure no one is going to take it down. I guess people just do it for the attention.
#93 - On 11/04/2009 at 4:03pm by Tequilamockngbrd
Ah, got it. I guess some people are just into being proven wrong. I dig it. By all means, continue.
#110 - On 11/04/2009 at 9:50pm by Tequilamockngbrd
Thanks love ;) So we're meeting up later then?
I am feeling quite randy.
It doesn't really matter if it's fake or not...
The point is it's extremely unlikely for, in such a severe crash, the radio to stay on and audio to still function. The probability of there being enough damage to break bones in most cars without doing severe body and mechanical damage is extremely unlikely, unless the passenger was not wearing a seatbelt.
I speak from the standpoint of a mechanic, and seeing so many damaged cars, and knowing how they work, all I was saying was it's really, really, REALLY unlikely.
Unless of course OP has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, in which case she would be even more beat up than described.
Which is why, I suppose, it's an FML- because the actual chance of this happening is so rare that OP's L is F'd.
Hah! Sure, why not.
Yeah, I don't really know much from a mechanic's point of view, so I guess you got me there. Fake or not, it made me laugh, so I like it. :]
#127 - On 11/05/2009 at 2:05pm by Tequilamockngbrd
I'm sorry but it just sounds so funny i had to laugh, though i know the saying what comes around goes around, now I'm regretting it now, but hope you recover quickly and do as the song Don't worry, be happy FYL
oh number 6 youll be fine 2, i laughed at the part he said it took an hour for the paramedic to get there i am one right now im 18 and i know theres no way in hell it takes that long no matter what and for a roll over crash too? nahhhhh hope u got insurance op....
WTF ... Hats off Bro ... I really appreciate you posting this on FML from Hospital with all the pain .. Wow ...
If that's so then YDI ... probably that's how you got into an accident by texting while driving ...
#11 - On 11/04/2009 at 6:50am by LiarPantsFire
Aaand another one who doesn't realize all FML stories have to begin with "Today".
OP, I feel sorry for you. Not only because of the pain and the hassle ... I think I'd have gone insane in your situation.
You were going fast enough and had enough space to flip your car (that's harder than it sounds) in rush hour traffic, it took the ambulance an hour to get there, nobody approached and tried to help during this time (I guess you'd have tried to make them turn it off for you), your iPod switched to repeat by itself when you crashed and when you finally got to the hospital, the first thing you did was go here to post it?
Kudos for the imagination and getting these morons to believe it, but I call shenanigans. Shenaaaaanigans!
Edit: Good song.
Actually, number 14, its not particularly hard to roll a car depending on the type of vehicle. Your tire can catch the lip of the road and roll. Also, I'm sure that the first thing they did was NOT get on here and post their fml considering that EVERY fml starts with "Today, ...." even if they happened last month.
You shouldn't be listening to your ipod while driving, unless it's hooked up to the car stereo... So depending on that it's a YDI or FML, I have a feeling it was the first one
They must have been listening to their ipod with earbuds because it sounds like the song repeated during the ambulance drive. Total YDI for driving with earbuds in!
#43 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:26am by sparrowhawk
I agree with #14. I get sick of seeing the stupidest made up stories day, after day.
#19 - On 11/04/2009 at 7:39am by AABatteries
have you guys forgotten tht every fml has to start with today. that doesnt mean it happened to them today it could have been weeks ago or months ago since it has happened.
#21 - On 11/04/2009 at 7:44am by WOW_idc123
Even if that was the case, there are still numerous inconsistencies. Not to mention that OP could have started with "Today, I got back from the hospital(...)" or something like that. Your post is irrelevant and idiotic.
hahahaha I woke up to this song today. i was like.. kay?
#22 - On 11/04/2009 at 7:47am by Bdellophobic
Gosh, no wonder why you got in an accident. You have some crappy songs on your ipod. Hahaha.
#23 - On 11/04/2009 at 7:57am by NorfolkDude
You'd think what with the crash and broken bones and waiting an hour for help, surely Don't Worry Be Happy would be the silver lining in all of this...?
The point of the iPod is YOU have the power to choose what's on it, so you NEVER have to hear garbage that irritates the shit out of you.
That's why I have one song on my iPod, Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life." It is the pinnacle of achievement in the world of music, everything before and after it are crap.
I agree, she deserves it for having that terrible fucking song on her ipod.
#52 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:05am by donkey_hang_down
I am sure that they actually like the song... the fact that it was playing repeatidly probably annoyed them under the circumstances.
O! I don't doubt that..
Debby: ♫ So many nights, I.. ♫ *yoink*
"bwahaha, Carepenter!" *runs* "omnomnomnom"
Karen: o.o *starves*
so no one believes your FML?
and at your expense share a good LOL
don't worry......be happy :P
#34 - On 11/04/2009 at 8:46am by someone1989
I'm gonna have to go with both FML and YDI here. Obviously you and your car got pretty damaged, and that sucks even if you did deserve it. However, this is definitely a YDI because you are clearly a terrible driver since you somehow managed to be driving so carelessly that you flipped your car... "in rush hour traffic"?
WTF? How the hell did you flip your car on the interstate? Unless you have exceptionally bad luck, there's likely to be at least some small part of that which happens to be your fault, even if others were involved. The song's right about one thing though - you're probably lucky to be alive.
#37 - On 11/04/2009 at 9:14am by blastvortex
Yeah, try flipping 5 times on the highway and breaking both of your femurs, damaging your right arm, and puncturing your ankle, just to spend a month in the hospital. While your sister gets out with a bruise when she was the one driving.
there's a reallll good chance you deserved it because you were messing with your iPod when you should have been driving.
just saying.
#41 - On 11/04/2009 at 9:56am by kb26hockey
#40: I'm guessing that either he caused the traffic or that rush hour came while he was lying there
OP: now that's ironic XD
I'm sorry OP, but I laughed. That's the kind of thing that would happen in a black comedy or something. But at least you're ok.
Don't worry
Be happy.
#46 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:36am by kazkazkazkaz
you broke your collor bone and the day it happens you post it on fml, something tells me its fake
#50 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:59am by kinneyman4
If YOU totaled your car, it means you were driving recklessly somehow. Unless someone else rammed you or something, you deserve it big time, fucker.
GET OFF YOUR F$$$ING IPOD'S, PHONES, PLAYERS, BLACK BERRIES AND LEARN TO DRIVE YOUR CAR!!!!!! THEN THIS WONT HAPPEN!
#56 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:09am by tiger4hire
Hahaha when i read this i started laughing HAR HAR but ya that mustve been tough haha p.o.d wudve fit the "i hate this" better
#60 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:36am by blue_eyed
Lets see, she broke her collarbone and posted the FML the same day, she also flipped her car in RUSH hour traffic. FAKE.
Wow. I am no longer going to read the comments. It is truely scaring me how dumb and/or mean people are.
my mom would always tell me that if she kidnapped someone she would play that song over and over again.
#68 - On 11/04/2009 at 12:34pm by esweetsweet
damn you were able to flip your car in rush hour traffic? WTF were you doing? you didn't die, so I'm gonna say learn to drive and slow the fuck down?
#69 - On 11/04/2009 at 12:35pm by alphaxzero
I guess you won't be listening to that song anytime soon...
#71 - On 11/04/2009 at 12:45pm by secretly_insane
i don't mean to sound like a broken record for all the other ppl who pointed this out, but there are all sorts of things wrong with your story. flipping in rush hour traffic? how is it even possible to drive that freaking fast? and you mean to tell me that your ipod pieces were still in your ear? plus, don't ambulances have sirens precisely for this sort of thing?
The OP never said it was in "rush hour traffic." Besides, its completely possible to flip a car on the freeway, rush hour traffic or not. Also, I'm sure that their iPod pieces were not still in the OPs ears, they do make plugs and FM transmitters that iPods plug into so that you aren't driving with headphones in. What do you mean about the ambulances, yes ambulances have sirens.
I'm tired of people trying to judge what is fake and what isn't. I know quite a few FML's are fake, but most of the time it's true, but people post it on FML weeks later. I know that's what I did. :/
#89 - On 11/04/2009 at 3:29pm by JessiGoose
I bet that song is probably totally ruined 4 u now. When ever u listen to it, u think of breaking ur tail bone.
YDI for listening to a hypnotising song like that. Bob Marley is in your brain.
#91 - On 11/04/2009 at 3:39pm by CrumbFlicker
wow you little wuss it is a collar bone i broke mine twice and all was good
#98 - On 11/04/2009 at 5:52pm by randomguy1517
I hope you realize Bobby McFerrin won't play this song anymore because people took it the wrong way. He intended it to be ironic. Listen to his tone of voice the next time you listen to this song. It's sarcastic and describes events that you SHOULD worry about. Just not as severe as this.
I THINK YOUR ON THE WRONG SITE. THAT WOULD BE FUNNY TO HERE THE SONG PLAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BESIDES YOUR ALIVE ARENT YOU?
#101 - On 11/04/2009 at 7:05pm by myepic_fail
That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
Except for the broken bone.
I literally laughed out loud!
#102 - On 11/04/2009 at 7:35pm by BeatlesKidAlways
LOLS! AHAHAHAHA! That's hilarious! But hey, look on the bright side, your iPod still works after that car accident. (:
#104 - On 11/04/2009 at 8:01pm by i_stay_anonymous
YDI for listening to your IPOD while driving. they should ban those just like they're banning cell phones while driving. STUPIDITY.
Lol, that reminds me, my grandpa used to have a singing fish that sang that song.
I was really amused by it when I was younger. o.o
this TOTALLY made my day :D
sooo...don't worry! Behhhh happehhh!!! XD
#111 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:43pm by elisa_sanchez91
Why was one song repeating on your iPod, and why were you listening to it while driving?
There's this newfangled invention called a RADIO.
#113 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:29pm by ScaryyMary
omg she's listening to her iPod whilst waiting for the ambulance dipshitd
#114 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:48pm by JohnLovesFMLs
#113
FYI where not in the 80's you dipshit. This is the 2000's so go to the store and fucking buy something you fucking asshole!
#115 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:53pm by Mr_Valentine
Umm im sorry but this is just hilarious .
I hope you feel better though .
So Dont Worry Be Happyyyyyy (:
#117 - On 11/05/2009 at 12:29am by betty_roxker
well you better have been fuckin happy! jk I feel for ya. fyl
#118 - On 11/05/2009 at 1:17am by jamminguitarist
YDI for driving listening to your iPod, that's dangerous. it's better if you have it on the speakers at least.
#119 - On 11/05/2009 at 1:43am by mangobells
The op means don't worry be happy by bobby mcferrin not some bob marley song
#122 - On 11/05/2009 at 6:13am by MetalCraze
Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry be happy
#124 - On 11/05/2009 at 9:37am by ObadiahtheSlim
Haha sorry to say but this is just too funny, I hope you are okay an fully recovered now!
#128 - On 11/05/2009 at 2:22pm by caligirl805
Hahahahahahahhaaha!!!!! Oh god the irony.seriously though get better soon :)
#129 - On 11/05/2009 at 4:12pm by jazmino15
hahaha, I lolled when I read this. sorry. you are alive though (:
that song always makes me feel better. I'd find it hard not to laugh if I were in your situation, that's just a slap in the face from life, it's okay.
#133 - On 11/05/2009 at 7:06pm by bethiebebe
Oh no! Haha, that's hilariously ironic, but I am glad you're at least more ok than you could be, considering the situation. Get better soon!
#134 - On 11/06/2009 at 1:14am by justmeagirl
one-hour traffic for an ambulance in minnesota??
forget the fact that youre typing after breaking your collar bone and that you shouldn't be driving with headphones.....seriously, one-hour traffic in minnesota???
i live in california and it wouldn't take an ambulance that long to get there! everybody moves while the ambulances haul ass!
#135 - On 11/06/2009 at 2:25am by lyssalicious
# 85 I broke my clavicle when I was 12, I was on tons of prescription painkillers which did nothing for me, but the very next day I was on my bike riding to the pool and swimming, therefore, you either have a low tolerance to drugs or you have no idea what you are talking about.
#142 - On 11/08/2009 at 10:28am by KaitlynMcChesney
don't forget just becase that's the only thing he broke doesn't mean everything else hurts to. he was In a fucking car crash
#143 - On 11/08/2009 at 1:06pm by ryder4782
When my older brother died in the womb the doctor sang the same song as he did the postmortem abortion...I think it's terrible for that song to be used in such content...including your accident.
#144 - On 11/09/2009 at 1:01am by darknessrose1993
funny, but how did the iPod magically get on repeat? OP would have had to already have it on repeat before the crash right? Still an hour of that song would be really annoying!
>_> You were listening to your iPod and you totaled your car. Hmm...
#147 - On 11/14/2009 at 11:44pm by InsomPsycho
next time instead of going through your ipod or your phone maybe you should pay attention to driving, dont be an idiot
