Today, I punched the air enthusiastically after getting an impossible question right. Unfortunately, above me was an old fashioned mole trap, with 6 small spikes and 2 large ones. I now have 6 puncture wounds in my hand, and two in my shoulder, as it fell off the hook it was hanging on. FML
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On 08/22/2009 at 10:24pm - misc - by Anonymous (man) - United Kingdom
Lol, fail. And if I'm not wrong, second :) Cause this is obviously a race...the silver medal is still okay.
#2 - On 08/23/2009 at 3:12am by IamSpartacus
If that's the best thing that happened to you today, then fyl.
#17 - On 08/23/2009 at 3:42am by Adamantoise
Well actually it was 12:32 AM when I got that message. So yes, for those 32 minutes, it WAS the best thing that has happened.
#71 - On 08/23/2009 at 9:53pm by IamSpartacus
Am I the only one who is curious as to where the OP was that there was an old fashioned mole trap above him, and that he was answering a bunch of impossible questions? If anybody could offer any clarification I'd appreciate it. x3
...otherwise it sounds like a weird gameshow.
Gameshow? Never thought of that. I can think of one that fits the situation though: Distraction (hosted by Jimmy Carr). But I don't think it still airs.
That's exactly what I was thinking... It seems like a pretty weird thing to happen: "Sit under this mole trap while I ask you difficult questions." It's not exactly a normal part of the school environment.
Ah well, I think the gameshow idea is better :)
I'm trying to picture it in my mind, and all I can think about is watching like... Jeopardy in some sort of log cabin. Or, yes, some kind of terrifying gameshow.
#10 - On 08/23/2009 at 3:19am by redbluegreen
I thought of Matilda when i read this actually. Like he was in that deathroom with all the spikes and the principal had come in and asked him some impossible question
#77 - On 08/23/2009 at 11:52pm by genius_man16
That whole situation is alien to me. I can't even figure out where you were that you "got a question right" underneath a mole trap. I've never even seen or heard of a mole trap before. Kudos to you for blowing my mind.
Moles live in the ground why would there be a mole trap ABOVE you? Unless you were in a mole's hole in which case it still doesn't make sense that you would be answering questions in there. OR MAYBE your a mole person!!!!
Lol if it was an antique...or old fashioned they wouldn't still be using it.
They had it there for decoration?
#48 - On 08/23/2009 at 1:26pm by lol_urlife_sucks
What the fuck? Were you playing Trivial Pursuit in some old lady's attic?
#15 - On 08/23/2009 at 3:33am by Adamantoise
...how does someone not notice spikes on the wall? really. it's beyond me...
#19 - On 08/23/2009 at 3:55am by xSceneSceneBabyx
I laughed at how ridiculous this fml sounds. OP are you on drugs?
#21 - On 08/23/2009 at 3:58am by Nicoleismyname
Exactly. Fits.
Forgive though. I always presume people are at least educated enough to get a subtle reference to 'The Wind in the Willows'. It's not on a cocktail napkin but i hear it scored a few Gs @the box office... xD
I don't see how me not having read the wind and the willows means I'm uneducated, but whatever if insulting people over the internet makes you happy then go ahead.
It was not impossible if you answered it correctly.
And if it was, you're the Rocky of all fucked-up-mole-trap-game-shows
#24 - On 08/23/2009 at 4:29am by allmidnighteyes
Hahaha. This FML and the subsequent confused comments made me laugh so hard because this seriously makes NO sense for so many reasons.
Just to get you up to speed... So far we think that OP was on a game show that took place in the ground, apparantly answering impossible questions and punching the air. Any other suggestions?
#34 - On 08/23/2009 at 5:21am by Nicoleismyname
What the fuck?
This makes no sense at all, where were you?! O.o
#30 - On 08/23/2009 at 5:11am by foryoublue94
To explain where he was - im guessing he was doing a pub quiz (hence the question, and being around slighty peculiar decor) Different pubs have different things hanging on the walls. I know one where they have a wing of a WW2 jet
#32 - On 08/23/2009 at 5:17am by ahh_dammit
Ohh how I would payyy to see some drunk asshole punch the air and get his hand caught in a mole trap at a bar haha
#36 - On 08/23/2009 at 5:29am by Nicoleismyname
You may have set a record for WTF's in one FML post:
1. WTF is an "impossible question", and how do you get it right?
2. WTF is a MOLE trap?
3. WTF is a mole trap doing directly above you... wherever you were?
4. WTF... or rather, how the fuck did you not know there was something with big spikes directly above you?
This is easily the most confusing FML I have ever read.
Oh snaps. This FML is haunted. Plus it's way late and comments are disappearing. OP - I call shenanigans or at least rampant acid binging. Maybe a MGMT rave. Yeah i went there. Nite.
if you were punching the air how can the mole trap clamp down on your hand AND your shoulder? I've seen old fashioned mole traps and there is no way the trap is that big, the actual trapping part is only about 8 inches long. (Incidentally, the way old fashioned traps that I've seen work, there would be no need for the smaller prongs as it's the big ones that close around the mole, so what would the smaller ones do?). So yes, this FML is completely crazy/ahem, fake.
#39 - On 08/23/2009 at 6:19am by pointerdog
If this is fake, you gotta admit the OP has some imagination. This fml and the comments actually made me laugh out loud.
#43 - On 08/23/2009 at 8:57am by Nicoleismyname
true, it is rather imaginative...maybe OP has been smoking something... :)
#73 - On 08/23/2009 at 10:12pm by pointerdog
ive never seen a mole trap but it sounds like a ydi.
#40 - On 08/23/2009 at 6:31am by Paige_Nicole10
Why the fuck were you sitting with a mole trap above you?
#41 - On 08/23/2009 at 6:33am by MissArthur16
I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WERE MOLE TRAPS ABOVE THE CONTESTANTS' PANELS AT A GAME SHOW STUDIO!!!!!!!!!!
#42 - On 08/23/2009 at 6:50am by egaonogenki
People wondering what happened:
The OP was in a game show, underground, and the game show was having mole problems, so they had set up a mole trap (for some reason on the ceiling). An impossible question was asked, so the OP guessed, since that's the only real reason why he could get it right. He then punched the air out of happiness, and punched the mole trap. When his hand hit the mole trap, he pulled back his hand, which pulled loose the mole trap. The mole trap then fell and hit his shoulder, leaving him with multiple puncture wounds to the hand and shoulder.
There you go everyone :]
#45 - On 08/23/2009 at 9:44am by that_guy321
this is the strangest thing I've ever heard. a mole trap? weird...
#46 - On 08/23/2009 at 10:09am by AshleyRose784
Overenthusiastic rejoicing ftw... yesterday I elbowed my boyfriend's head in a similar situation, except I was excited for having rolled an 18 for stats for D&D.....
okay i am sorry but this is HILARIOUS!!
where were you that you were near an old fashioned mole trap??
and a MOLE TRAP of all things!!!! LMAO
what the hell.. you punch the air and magically a mole trap snaps your hand? WTF
#55 - On 08/23/2009 at 3:22pm by wtf72
YDI how can you not have seen this thing looming above your head? Seriously?!
Uh, I was just sitting underwater when I punched the air not noticing the huge killer shark above me. I accidentally punched him in the eye and got goo all over my hand. Then He bit me in half because he was pretty angry. Luckily I was holding my phone when he devoured my torso so I am posting this on FML from inside a shark.
BTW that story can be edited to be about bear traps, snakes, or even Gremlins!
where were you that a freaking "old fashion" mole trap was above you?!
#59 - On 08/23/2009 at 4:28pm by EmilyxElizabeth
Whoever is asking this guy how he punched a mole trap that was above him, it was obviously floating in mid-air.
do you live in a shack with your hillbilly parents and try to defend yourself gainst mutated cieling moles? thats the only explanation i can think of for the trap being on the ceiling.
#62 - On 08/23/2009 at 5:53pm by epicwinmaster
clearly he was in a garage or shed of some sort, its ridicoulous how nobody could even pice that together.WOOOOW!
#64 - On 08/23/2009 at 7:05pm by katie_7097
Oh yeah! My mistake; I spend so much time answering difficult questions while in a garage or shed, I can't believe that thought didn't even cross my mind!
bizarre.
and to all of you posting "duh, he was on an underground gameshow with moles!!!! ;]]" please stop.
its wasn't funny the first time and its not funny the 5th time.
#67 - On 08/23/2009 at 8:04pm by mo_the_owl
OP, you're not supposed to post FMLs about weird dreams/drug trips you've had.
#68 - On 08/23/2009 at 9:06pm by _Underscore
hmm...OK, so where exactly were you where there were old fashioned mole traps a foot above your head?
#72 - On 08/23/2009 at 9:57pm by not_the_sun
hahah fail. i feel kind of bad for you. but then again, why the HELL did you have a mole trap above your head?! Idiot! :]
wtf do you have an old fashioned mole trap with 6 small spikes and 2 large ones?
#89 - On 08/25/2009 at 6:55pm by good_life35
i did something like that once. i kinda did that punch-the-air thing in my algebra class and a girl was behind me with her books in hand and i accidentally booked her and got sent to the principal. i have a bruise on my knuckle from punching 20 pounds of books.
#90 - On 08/25/2009 at 8:03pm by triplethreat13
I think Osama Bin Laden did that when he was in hiding underground....
#93 - On 08/27/2009 at 2:30pm by raquelspeaking
do you go to school in a hunter's lodge? are you home schooled in some survivalist compound? so confused...
