Today, while on student exchange in Germany, I was making myself a cup of coffee. When I rummaged around in the fridge, my roommates asked me what I was looking for. I said I wanted to put "samen" in my coffee. They laughed. Ah yes, "sahne" means "cream". "Samen" means "sperm". FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I'm in the south of France and I was trying to impress a cute date at a coffee shop by ordering in what I thought was perfect French. He gave me a weird look, and the barista looked confused. Turns out, instead of ordering a "latte," I asked for "lait," which is just milk. I sat there awkwardly, sipping my cup of cold milk while he watched. FML
Today, I found out that while on foreign exchange for over six months now, I have been pronouncing the word for "night" in German wrong. Apparently, this whole time, the way that I have been pronouncing it in German means "naked". This explains a lot. FML
Today, I returned to Germany for a break from my studies abroad. I got lost while out for groceries, so I tried asking a guy for directions. I went totally blank and strained to think of the right words, prompting him to mutter about rude foreigners not bothering to learn the local language. FML
Today, I bought a new cannister and it came with a label that said "Cookies" so I carefully scanned and photoshopped it to say "Coffee". Then I opened the cannister to find 11 double-sided bilingual labels -- including "Coffee". FML
Today, I went to make my morning coffee as usual. When I opened the container for the coffee grounds, I saw it bubbling. Perplexed, I looked closer. This is how I discovered that maggots can actually bubble what they ingest. FML
Today, I was in an Austrian bar, making polite conversation in my broken German with a slightly odd middle-aged man. He said, winking, that he was near to his pension. I smiled and nodded, thinking he was talking about retirement. My friend later informed me that 'pension' is German for 'apartment'. Ew. FML
Today, I was having dinner at my aunt's house who just migrated to Germany from India and doesn't know any German. I asked for the recipe of a dish and she said that she has been buying these cans with cute kitty picture and just adds spices to it. Cat food is delicious I must admit. FML
Today, a German guy came into the place where I work. Eager to use the German that I'd learned from my immigrant mother and her family, I started a conversation. Things were going well until the term I grew up thinking meant "Africa" turned out to be racist, translating as "Ape Land." FML
Today, on my second morning at college, I tried to make coffee using my Keurig. I realized after I got back from my shower that I hadn't put a cup under the machine. All 3 drawers of my dresser are now filled with coffee. FML
Today, I was pouring milk into my coffee and, as it plooped into my mug, I noticed the expiration date on the jug passed two weeks ago. Nobody here drinks milk very often and I ran out of creamer, so I've been unknowingly drinking my coffee with curdled milk for the past three days. FML
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KingGeorgeGal 12
Well, I hope they put 'sahne' and not 'samen' in your coffee!
saIty 17
How funny would it be if one of them pulled down their pants, and started beating their ferret?
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Comments (308)
triciahenkle28 0
when I was in Spain with my sister I saw an old man playing an accordion on the street. I wanted to ask him if I could "sit here" to take a photo with him. (sentar in Spanish means to sit) instead I said " puedo sentir aqui" which means "can I feel here"... while I pointed to his lap...
SleepOnStones 5
Haha I hope you set them straight! Otherwise you may be getting kicked out of your room soon.
froggies8828 0
lol way to go =D I'm taking German and that made my day !!
seeunexttuesdays 6
wow you did Nazi that coming, didja? :D
SadLittleHipster 0
Nice job misspelling "Semen"
FinnTheHuman 1
Nice job assuming you know how to spell semen in German, fyi it's spelled "Samen", OP even explained it.
Yoshi_Fue 9
Nice job not reading the post. Congrats, you've made an idiot out of yourself. :) Good day to you.
Egghead404 0
Completley Harmless mistake not an FML at all. Yea a little embarrising but get over it.
evebright 5
did they oblige?
UsagiArwen 23
Nice job not reading #302. Google it. "Samen" is the correct spelling for the German translation of sperm/semen.
FamiliarStranger 2
To be fair, had you said cream, they also could have taken that as sperm.
maddy14 0
Gotta have your daily protean