Sleep, Fire and Miscellaneous: Make it stop

Make it stop

By Elephant1718 - 12/06/2013 01:16 - United States - The Dalles

Today, I was looking forward to my only day to sleep-in this month while I'm balancing school and work. I was rudely awakened at 6 am by my sister and her friend trying to make pancakes, burning them, and setting off the fire alarm in my house for half an hour. FML

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By Aniel85 - 22/11/2021 20:01

Today, after I worked 15 hours yesterday, coming home at 1 a.m. thinking I could sleep in because my kids have no school, I was woken up at 7 a.m. because they wanted pancakes. FML

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By nickorion12 - 28/06/2016 14:21 - United States - Shawnee

Today, it's my birthday. My children decided to make me "breakfast in bed", only to end up setting the kitchen on fire. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/01/2015 08:44

Today, my brother woke me up by trying to light my bed on fire. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/06/2009 19:22 - United States

Today, I decided to make pancakes from scratch. I poured the batter in my Perfect Pancake pan. Then I told my brother who was watching, "This is so easy. Just watch." I burned 15 pancakes, including the one I dropped on the burner, which lit on fire, causing the alarm to go off. FML

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By desertpunk75 - 19/01/2011 03:40 - United States

Today, my friends thought it'd be funny to hold lighters under the smoke alarms while I was sleeping. FML

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By chinesef000d - 29/08/2009 05:38 - United States

Today, I was sleeping in my apartment when I woke up to the smell of smoke. Alarmed, I ran out to the kitchen to find my roommates trying to put out a fire on the stove. As soon as they saw me, they ran for it, informing me that it was my problem now. They used my good frying pan. FML

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By Muffinhater - 24/12/2009 03:21 - United States

Today, I awoke at 5am to the smell of smoke and the sound of sirens. It seems the whole Santa Monica Fire Department had made it outside our apartment complex. We had to wake up every single person on our floor. What for? An old lady burned a muffin. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/12/2018 13:30

Today, I woke up to the fire department at my house. Why? My brother called 911 thinking there was a fire after turning the heat on for the first time all winter. FML

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Leave me alone

By Insomnia - 16/02/2019 00:00

Today, while trying to sleep after a night shift, workers came to hook up city sewage service, firing up drills and shouting. An hour later, my child woke me up to tattle on her sister. Just as I was drifting to sleep yet again, the smoke alarm battery started chirping. I give up. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/03/2010 21:16 - United States

Today, I found out my little sister is a pyromaniac. She set my bed on fire. FML

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TogeBara 12

Wednesday 12 June 2013 8:36

seem like an accident...

Drifting 21

Wednesday 12 June 2013 8:37

That truly sucks OP....I know the feeling of losing that one chance of sleeping in....

Comments

revolution4ever 14

Wednesday 12 June 2013 8:50

I hate that! My sister used to do that to me constantly on weekends because she needed help with the Xbox or DVD player.. Most of the time it was just finding the right input for it to be on or plugging it in. While my mom who's always up and knows how to do everything just sends her to me.. Regardless of the time or how late I was up.

mixinitup 12

Wednesday 12 June 2013 8:53

So no sleep AND no pancakes? Ain't that a bitch. FYL

zzriel 12

Wednesday 12 June 2013 8:56

You should demand some pancakes

spaboolly 26

Wednesday 12 June 2013 8:58

Reading FML's really makes me appreciate not having siblings.

Corrupt_waffles 13

Wednesday 12 June 2013 15:48

Yeah. For a while before I discovered FML I thought it would be cool to have a sister or a brother. Now I just look back at younger me and laugh. Only child and damn happy.

skyeyez9 24

Wednesday 12 June 2013 16:00

My 9yr old is an only child, and she doesn't want a sibling either. We cant have anymore kids anyways due to medical reasons. But I would think its weird to care for two or more kids since I am so used to just one. I enjoy the quiet and calm in my home. When I visit family and my little nieces and nephews are running around, screaming and roughhousing I think to myself "How to these other parents raise multiple kids without going crazy?!"

CallMeWindSock 24

Wednesday 12 June 2013 9:07

I know the feeling, OP. Hope you got some rest after all!

BreynHope 11

Wednesday 12 June 2013 9:29

Seemingly an accident, but still annoying. Immaculate timing that they choose to burn the house almost down on the one day you're trying to sleep in. I'd be pissed, too.