Today, I carved a pumpkin for Halloween. I thought it would be cool to carve my name, and have it shine through onto the wall behind it. I figured that if I carved my name backwards then it would show up correct on the wall. My name's Lana and now my wall says Anal. FML
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On 10/23/2009 at 1:22am - misc - by Anonymous - United States (Washington)
That doesn't make sense... it should be right if you did it backwards properly.
#1 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:27am by Lonely_Lez
thats the whole point, she didnt carve it backwards!
lol thats funny thu
#5 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:35am by 22jrdn55
lmao...wow
now you know what not to do on the next one
oh well if ur into it invite your sweetie over n show him ;)
#9 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:39am by inconvienentgurl
Well, she did carve it backwards, but not properly. I'm assuming that instead of carving her name as it would have looked in a mirror, she left the letters in the same place, just flipped around, i.e., she turned individual letters backwards, but not the whole word.
I'm not sure why she thought capitalizing the A would make the L come out capital, though...
I think she wrote the whole name in capitals. Seems easier to carve,
Anyway, it's all silly. If you were trying something why not practise first? Sounds to me like you just jumped straight in without any real foresight.
I doubt anyone will associate anal with lana. And you can just pass it off as a joke. Or people will just assume you're retarded.
#86 - On 10/23/2009 at 4:41pm by GreenHacker
If the pumpkin said anal, then she would have done it right, as long as the letters were flipped. She probably wrote LANA on the pumpkin and turned the letters around.
#124 - On 10/24/2009 at 3:43am by Chopperman
Oooh, bet you never realised this before.
Just make a new pumpkin?
You have...8 days before Halloween
Because it is a projection of the lettering, not a transposition.
------
ANAL
\|/
anal
(||||||)
rather than
-------------
LANA
\|/
anal
#15 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:50am by drimpossible
I love the illustration so much! XD
Also, perdix's comment FTW.
#17 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:56am by Intoxicunt
you're wrong man...
The projection source is from the inside of the pumpkin. Thus, the image being projected is the image as seen from the INSIDE not the OUTSIDE of the pumpkin.
I think the bigger issue here is how in the world it said "Anal" with a capital "A".
#20 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:06am by gravityplanx
#20 is right. This can't be true, unless it's worded wrongly. =/
#21 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:09am by Intoxicunt
Or the girl is majorly retarded and instead of writing her name backwards, she just thought she had to capitalize the last letter instead of the first... aka: "lanA"
But that's not *backwards*, kids. STAY IN SCHOOL
#25 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:13am by gravityplanx
It could be true if she decided it was enough to turn the letters around, but not the whole word. The capital A still doesn't make sense in that scenario, because even then the wall should say "anaL"...unless she's THAT dumb (which, let's face it, she might just be).
Did anyone think that maybe she had all the letters as capitals? Makes more sense.
#37 - On 10/23/2009 at 12:07pm by PandaPandaPandaX
I can't believe you guys are this stupid.Like really??? She probably just made the FML say it. DUMBASSES
#112 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:30pm by YDIBITCHES
For the last time, ISN"T IT OBVIOUS??? She did her name in ALL CAPS! LANA becomes ANAL, she was never trying to say that Lana became Anal!
#161 - On 10/31/2009 at 1:41pm by whatsisface
Why is this post by Anonymous when you say your name is Lana?
Don't think of the pumpkin as a mistake, but as an epiphany.
1. Put it in your window.
2. See who shows up.
3. Learn to love it up the poop chute.
But if it was in her window then you'd really only see "LANA". It would have to be outside of her window projected onto a shade/blind in her window =)
i hope this turns into some sort of urban slang thing where if you see a pumpkin in a chick's room, you know what she's into.
#83 - On 10/23/2009 at 4:14pm by amazingkate
lmfao @ #83 im pretty sure that would save a bunch of akward moments like when the neighbors hear that unavoidable "YOU WANT TO STICK WHAT UP MY WHERE?!"
#89 - On 10/23/2009 at 5:08pm by greenltrn2003
Wow, so many people with a name that rearranges to Anal.
Lana, Alan... I think I know what the previous generation was into. I guess without birth control, it's one of few options.
#12 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:43am by Intoxicunt
^dude...they did it till simbas flesh was bruised
"Cuz in the jungle, the mighty jungle the liiiions sleeeeps toniiight...(awheeeeeeee awhee umbumbawhey)"
#91 - On 10/23/2009 at 5:16pm by greenltrn2003
So? Buy a new pumpkin. They're not that expensive. Quit being so anal about it. If this is an FML, then I'm a monkey's uncle.
#13 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:44am by blastvortex
it would show up right if you carved it backwards. this is fake. you just wanted something to post and you didn't have something real so you made one up.
#16 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:53am by iamelrebel
dude... that's not how statistics work...
What are the odds of you winning the lottery... slim to none right? That doesn't mean we should assume that no one will ever win the lottery. SOMEONE wins everytime. Just your personal odds are low.
So yeah, the odds that you pass someone on the street named Lana that carved a pumpkin with her name on it are low... but the odds of it having happened somewhere in the world are more than just possible... it's actually very probable... Just like we can assume that someone wins the lottery, even though it wasn't us.
EDIT: AWWWWW!!! then you go and edit your comment and mine no longer makes sense... poop
EDIT EDIT: And now you're comment is back... anti-poop
#22 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:09am by gravityplanx
I agree with this guy completely. I actually just read a book on all sorts of stuff like that! Including manipulative statistics: did you know that you can use statistics to prove that it's safer to drive over the speed limit?
#162 - On 10/31/2009 at 1:45pm by whatsisface
You have now learned a valuable lesson. Some people are made for thinking but you are not one of them. Leave it to other people who are capable of not humiliating themselves.
Hey dipshit you didn't flip the letters around. Maybe she's 7?
#24 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:12am by Sparky1728
Well, to be fair... your name says "anal" also. You just usually write it backwards so it says "lana".
#28 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:19am by FerrariCake
this sounds too made up
unless you're not thinking, there's really no way you could've done it wrong o.O
she flipped the letters... but not the word
and some of the people commenting aren't thinking. she probably wrote her name in capitals
¬_¬
Capitals do make the most sense, but since the FML says her wall says "Anal" and not "ANAL", I don't think we can assume that.
this is exactly why people should not fuck homeless drug addicts
#31 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:38am by Goob_the_dude
All pumpkin issues aside, I'd like to point out the misfortune of having a name which, spelled backwards, is "anal".
#34 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:49am by Haitch
I call bullshit. My name is Lana, and I try to avoid having attention drawn to what my name spells backwards. Even if you thought it would make it spell correctly on the wall (which is stupid enough), you still have a pumpkin that says ANAL and that's just asking for trouble. I'd say it's fake because I don't think anyone named Lana would do that.
The pumpkin would say anal if you described it corretly, not the wall. Try again. LIAR!
#39 - On 10/23/2009 at 12:09pm by You_are_lying
This is stupid anyway. You'd have to have a ridiculously focused beam of light coming from within the pumpkin to have it show the words on the wall anyway. Otherwise it's just going to illuminate the wall all over. This is so fake.
#41 - On 10/23/2009 at 12:17pm by MichaelSDK
Umm not true every yeah I do a back projection pumpkin like a graveyard on the front with ghosts on the wall in the back it works quite well as long as you have the pumpkin close enough to the wall
To project the name properly using a light source inside the pumpkin, the letters have to be carved out as "normal," not backwards or reversed (like in a mirror).
From the outside of the pumpkin it should look like what you'd see in a mirror. From the inside of the pumpkin (ie, when you're facing the wall you want to project it onto) it should look normal.
how about you now add an L at the beginning and make the l at the end into an exclamation point? ta-da.
#44 - On 10/23/2009 at 12:29pm by eekamouse4123
Jeeeeeez. Does anyone really care whether or not it really happened? And fuck offfffff with all the "Mirror Properties" of pumpkins. Its funny. Accept it. :|
So I can believe her when she said it happened. I'm a college junior and I still have issues with writing stuff backwards and all that stuff. I've got good grades, but how many people on a daily basis have to write something backwards? I would just chill out and stop saying she's stupid or retarded because like I said, if you write backwards or what not daily, then it's easy. Otherwise, it's a challenge.
#50 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:05pm by xxemoxqueenxx
Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment.
I really just love how some pussy with no life is burying all the comments of the regulars (e.g. Me, perdix, mercyFML, allmidnighteyes, etc.) Get a hobbie, maybe try actually commenting on the FMLs instead of making yourself feel better about your recent loss on WoW.
#53 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:12pm by Intoxicunt
So..just to clarify..you just described yourself as a 'regular' on an entertainment website, and then told others to get a hobbie?
Yes, I did. It's the equivalent of watching movies or something. Harmless fun that doesn't hurt anyone else. NOT comparable to someone abusing a website because they have personal problems. Clarified?
#58 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:42pm by Intoxicunt
I love how some kid with no life whines about how the comments are being "buried" on a site that doesn't matter. Get a hobby, maybe try actually leaving this site once in a while instead of making yourself feel better by being a "regular" on an entertainment website. Also, learn to spell and use less derogatory language, kiddo.
#60 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:43pm by fml_oh_noez
Learn to spell? I misspell one word on a site full of mistakes, and I am suddenly incapable of spelling? Oh, and because my choice of entertainment isn't the same as yours (as I'm pretty sure that you don't spend every waking minute being productive), it's automatically having no life? Like I said, commenting here is like watching movies, watching TV, drawing, reading, or anything else for fun. Abusing a site is more of an act of fucking others over.
#61 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:48pm by Intoxicunt
How about this, instead of whining about what others write, ignore it. All you're doing is encouraging them by making notice of what they write. Stop being so whiney. You don't have to read all the comments, you know.
#62 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:53pm by fml_oh_noez
Um, are you paying attention? I'm not whining about what others write, I'm "whining" about people abusing a site I like with the burying system. You're the one who told me to stop using certain language. So, as you said, you don't have to read all the comments. Would that be the pot calling the kettle black?
#63 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:55pm by Intoxicunt
Nah. I just love trolling your poor site. So touchy, you are. Now, go be a good girl and make your man a sandwich. Yah! Yah!
#64 - On 10/23/2009 at 1:58pm by fml_oh_noez
You know, sexism aside, that could've been a decent comment if it were original. Can't I make spaghetti or something? It always has to be a sandwich...
#65 - On 10/23/2009 at 2:02pm by Intoxicunt
Nah. A man needs his sandwich. And don't be shy about giving him a little something extra.
#66 - On 10/23/2009 at 2:05pm by fml_oh_noez
Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment.
Well, ok then. There's no accounting for taste.
#68 - On 10/23/2009 at 2:08pm by Intoxicunt
I want some lasagna! >:[ *grumpy Garfield face*
Burying comments is general is pure laammee. What are you afraid of? Contacting an opinion that conflicts with your particular life rut? If you feel that strongly, speak up. Anything else is just a coward move. Maybe one day you'll have something to offer, and someone will learn something or get a laugh from you. Or not :|
Ooh, and 56. FML is a hobby of mine. Along with a bunch of other things. I'd wager I get moar done in a day than a large portion do in a week or even longer. Don't hate because some people have the energy. Go find your own blizzard of hummingbirds to tend to and stop being such a downer, dude :D
I actually don't recall stating I hated anyone or anything, keep your comments relative, thanks. Wasn't being a downer, just curious, hence the question.
I didn't say you said you hated anyone, so please be my relative :p
Seriously though, it read as condescending. If I'm wrong, then I apologize. If I'm wrong.. :]
Oh, gob of shit.. you're really a dumbfuck. You've let your brain atrophy for far too long and now you're standing there with your limp dick in your hand, angry that you can't find a woman to touch you. So you attack the ones that stand out even if it's a life you know nothing about. You talk about control.. hm.. how revealing.. Yeah - you're pretty much shooting blanks, asshole.
I think the point was that you tried to use WoW as a negative thing (while claiming someone was using it when it had nothing to do with the topic and was not based off of any facts) in the same comment that you call yourself a regular here. People who use WoW like that in arguments are usually the same people who call everyone and everything gay. If someone is a pain in the ass, say that they are a pain in the ass! There is no need to take normal things and try to make them negative. I also think that while it's fine to be a regular here, it is far worse than to be a regular on WoW.
#128 - On 10/24/2009 at 10:55am by silvermoonstar3
silvermoonstar3,
Ok, what you say is pretty logical. I guess I meant to imply the people who are burying my comments have even less of a life than the regulars here and hate fun or humor. I basically used WoW as a cliche for that. You're right, though, if you take it literally, then it does kind of contradict what I was saying. I really don't have any problem with WoW. It's not my cup of tea, but hey, entertainment is entertainment. I'm all for people having fun and relaxing. I do it by getting online (Fmylife particularly), so they can do it with video games.
#130 - On 10/24/2009 at 11:40am by Intoxicunt
no stupids it's only done backwards if it's through a mirror!!! shecshould have just carved it the light is shinig through it not reflecting off it
She needs to carve it backwards because she's doing it from the outside of the pumpkin. It will look normal from the inside because, as you said, the light is shining through it. But she's carving from the opposite side of where the light will be, so she should carve the mirror image of what she wants on the wall. (This is the first time I've ever wished I could accompany an FML comment with an illustration...)
true or not, this is funnier than hell! I love the oops moments profoundly...lets not overanalyze it and just accept it for the humorous situation that it is...
I think the Funnest thing about this FML is the retards that can't understand that by reversing her name she turned it into anal. Every one who commented against this idea should post "I'm a moron FML" cause it would be the most accurate thing they have said all day.
#71 - On 10/23/2009 at 2:25pm by Bigstruber
The pumpkin should say "anal" if she did it right, not the wall. If the wall says it, she did it wrong. That's what's doubly funny about this.
Turn the pumpkin around so it's projecting onto the opposite wall, you imbecile.
#75 - On 10/23/2009 at 2:48pm by ChunAsperEndao
um, what? I hope that was a joke...Either that or she has a magical wall that can rearrange letters for her.
i suppose you could always not put the pumpkin there and forgo the word anal on the wall. but f your life if you have committed to your project and have to leave it there for the sake of... whatever made you do it in the first place.
#81 - On 10/23/2009 at 4:09pm by amazingkate
My name is Lana too!! Unfortunately I found this out in highschool when my best friend was doodling my name. She told EVERYONE. Some BF.
wait, you found out your name is lana in high school, and your friend told everyone?
#106 - On 10/23/2009 at 9:02pm by foolishworkerbee
Lol I'm sorry but this is hilarious. At least it's not something permanent, like a tattoo or something.
I like how you mistyped "analysis" (which is not a verb, my friend, but rather a noun) in order to avoid having to type "anal." Very clever.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! OH MAN, AFTER READIN THIS AND PICTURIN IT EVEN I COULDN'T STOP LAUGHIN!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA I CAN'T BLIEVE SOMONE DID DAT! AHAHAHAHA!! THIS IS A FAIL AMONG FAILS, YO!
#97 - On 10/23/2009 at 6:53pm by YungMarlon23
But if it says anal on the wall then it says lana on the pumpkin so just don't shine it on the wall.
Ghosts of Hooker Girly Dudes says:
[copypastasFML]
Ghosts of Hooker Girly Dudes says:
Best pumpkin ever
bob the breaker says:
lmao yes
bob the breaker says:
itll scare all the righteous religious people in her neighborhood thats for sure
Ghosts of Hooker Girly Dudes says:
YES lol
and that is our take
#110 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:21pm by DameGreyWulf
Maybe she just capalized it on the confesion since it's a name, she probably figured to capatalize the first letter of her name when she wrote anal. Either way it doesnt make sense, it should read Lana if she wrote anaL on the pumpkin.
#111 - On 10/23/2009 at 10:21pm by _Emo_Vampire_
I didn't know pumpkins act as if they were mirrors.
But fyl indeed, fyl.
#116 - On 10/23/2009 at 11:57pm by fml_jonathan
I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must have been about 17
The beat was going strong, playing my favorite song
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me
Yeah me
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me
Yeah me
Singin'
I love rock and roll
So put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love rock and roll
So come on take some time and dance with me
Alan, share those spaghettiOS.. yeah Joan Jett rulez!
*does the side hip bump with Alan, then monster rock-n-roll stance*
Well, ARE you on drugs? If so, I have to wonder what the consequence of shipping them overseas would be... I don't have money, but I have a soul, if you want it.
JK. Hai Mercy.
#131 - On 10/24/2009 at 11:42am by Intoxicunt
I'll send you drug-laced spaghettios. I'll also ship myself to you in a box and insist that you show me around France.
Lol, I say that like you know every spot in the whole country. XD
#135 - On 10/24/2009 at 1:37pm by Intoxicunt
HA! this one literally made me lol! oh that's going to be one hell of a Jack-o-lantern if you leave it. happy Halloween, Anal.
ydi.... looks like something a blonde girl would do. this is totally your fault.
#125 - On 10/24/2009 at 5:36am by xoxcinderellaxox
How is this an FML? so what, you didn't know how to carve a pumpkin. I'm pretty sure you life isn't fucked.
#136 - On 10/24/2009 at 2:52pm by briannaxbabyy
Okay, maybe their mom didn't die of cancer, or her boyfriend turns out to be a space alien, but be a little realistic. We don't want just sad and horrible FMLs all the time, do we? I mean, this IS a humorous site, isn't it? What would you like to laugh at?
#144 - On 10/25/2009 at 1:47am by redbluegreen
Ya this is clearly not true.... if you carved backwards like you said you did, it would be fine.
If i misinterpret, then the L would be backwards, unless it is a lowercase "L" which would suggest you used all lowercase letters.... so then the "a"s would be backwards and it wouldn't say "anal"
Stop trying, kid. Even if you had written it the right way, the wall behind it would have shown it as 'anal' anyway.
#142 - On 10/25/2009 at 12:50am by Srain
so.. you carved "anal" on a pumpkin to avoid it looking stupid on the wall?.... I don't follow :s
#143 - On 10/25/2009 at 1:40am by NonExistance
She carved it backwards, in the attempt to make it say "Lana" when projected on a wall. She was trying NOT to get it to say "Anal", but she made a mistake.
#145 - On 10/25/2009 at 1:51am by redbluegreen
My name's LANA too!!! I cop ANAL from my friends all the time ahhh it sucks balls!!! I feel your humiliation Lana. You rule!
that is your stupidty cuz your the one who decieded to spell it backwards.....
#148 - On 10/25/2009 at 5:03pm by oliviaandhope
lana, you sooo would do this, just like with that Marker board you had hahaha
(Its michael btw. i made an account JUST to comment)
michaelllll i love you :) thanks everyone for commenting hahahahha.
i love how it says please be respectful and everyone on here is saying i'm a dumbass
whoever's name is lana. ur awesome
#152 - On 10/26/2009 at 1:07am by lana_marie
:) i don't think many people are gonna bring their kids to my house this halloween
#155 - On 10/26/2009 at 8:26pm by lana_marie
Why did you put your name in the FML and then post it as anonymous?
#156 - On 10/27/2009 at 3:53pm by aviarsenic
Umm... putting it backwards IS what would work, unless you just reversed each letter. Carve the pumpkin and hold it up to a mirror,and that's what the wall will look like.
#160 - On 10/31/2009 at 1:36pm by whatsisface
so pretty much you should make your life a tv show....so much tracked laughing audiences
love amanda
#163 - On 11/01/2009 at 1:57pm by mandydapandy69
