Today, I needed to buy a new crash helmet. I went to the motorbike shop and saw one I liked the look of. It was a bit of a tight fit, and I got my head stuck in it. I had to get the guy behind the counter to help me pull it off. My ears are still numb. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, I got a concussion. It was when an entire shelf of bicycle helmets tumbled onto my skull. FML
Today, I was having motorbike lessons. We were parked by the side of the circuit when one side of my gloves dropped on the ground. I tried to pick it up without getting off the bike. I lost balance, fell off the bike and the bike landed on my leg, trapping me. FML
Today, I needed to buy a new helmet. When I got to the sports shop, there was only one left in my size and preferred color. Thirty minutes after buying it, my head starts itching. Turns out I paid $40 for lice. FML
Today, I was riding my scooter at a skate park. I was wearing a helmet, but I got hot, so I took it off. Within the next minute, I fell off my scooter and cut my head open. I had to get four stitches. FML
Today, I stopped at a light when someone crashed into my motorcycle, making me fall. The guy claimed it was my fault because I'd stopped too fast. I got really mad, so I attempted to spit on his face and was ready to start a fight when I noticed that I'd forgotten to lift the helmet visor. FML
Today, I sneezed inside my helmet when I was driving 90 mph on my motorbike. No quick solutions were available to improve visibility. FML
Today, on our way to a comic book convention, I was getting in the car in my costume when my girlfriend fell against the car door, slamming it shut on my knight helmet, which broke the hinge. We couldn’t fix it, meaning it was stuck on my head for an hour while my dad drove over with an angle grinder. FML
Today, I parked, then opened my car door to get out, and somehow managed to practically knock myself out by banging my head on the frame, then on the car door that had slammed back into my forehead as I was still reeling from hitting the roof. A guy walking by asked if I was okay while trying not to laugh. FML
Today, after finally getting up the nerve to take my motorcycle to up 75 mph on the freeway, I made it off in one piece, only to fall off my bike in the mall parking lot. FML
Today, my mother finally pressured me to wear my old helmet while riding my bike. Halfway through my ride, 3 spiders came crawling out of it and onto my face, causing me to lose control of the bike and crash head-first. FML
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Top comments
saIty 17
Why do the super tight ones always have to be the cool looking ones? Like I saw a helmet shaped like a rooster, but the **** was stuck to my head. Had to use drastic measures to take it off.
Doortje 30
Ask his wife.
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Comments (53)
PYLrulz 17
Have to vote YDI on this one. If you were getting a new helmet, unless you rode around helmetless before, I would have to safely assume that you could of found out the size of the old helmet, and go from there.
PYLrulz 17
For those that say I am wrong, tell me how? If you wore a size 11 shoe, and saw a size 9 that looked good, you wouldn't try it anyway. If you wore a certain size of pants, and saw a pair you liked, but was only a few sizes smaller, you wouldn't try it anyway. Same applies with the helmet. Unless OP rode around helmetless, OP should of known what fit them, and what doesn't.
cj7jeep 1
#13, 40: as good of a point as that may be, what if he just bought his first motorcycle? I just bought my first one and I had to try on helmets to see which ones fit :)
False_Stupidity 42
His reference to 'a new crash-helmet' implies that he had an old one... Having said that, sizes aren't all that precise especially with different manufacturers.. If I saw a helmet 1 size smaller than my old one , I'd try it on anyhow.
k34nu 7
Different makes go on different sizes.. For example, my friend owned a XL scorpion lid.. Binned it, needed new one and went with another brand (for example let's say Shoei) and he was a XS in shoei. You wouldn't believe how much they differ.. I had a Large lid.. Fitted perfectly, went to buy a large Caberg and the thing litterly span around on my head.. So unless he got his head measured there's no way to truly know. :) (ref: I am a biker?)
ldontknow 0
You couldn't figure out you were going to struggle taking it off?
Wheredidgrungego 12
I didn't know George Lopez rode motorcycles!
Provi90 0
Good job Fatty McFathead :P
Provi90 0
Good job Fatty McFathead :P
sp4ksu_fml 4
not an fml, the people that moderate these have no clue anymore.
sp4ksu_fml 4
harry F ing potter. you are killing me
perdix 31
Hope that guy is around when you inevitably stick your head up your ass.
Norrec86 7
You didnt know it was too small when you tried to out it on? They are supposed to fit a little loosely ya know.
Daralea 21
I hope you don't ride a motorcycle. It is meant to be a snug fit so the helmet doesn't move relative your head.
cj7jeep 1
Yeah, I want a helmet that wiggles around on my head from the wind while I move 70 mph hahaha
vivalabrett 0
That's what u get for being a douche and riding a motorcycle. Why don't u get an actual vehicle like the rest of society. Plus it's fun picking motorcyclists out of the grill of your truck