Today, I told my parents that I wanted to donate blood. My dad helpfully interjected, "Sorry, they don't accept blood from gingers." FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, as part of my grandad's great struggle to return to the 1960's, he tried to refuse a lifesaving blood transfusion until the nurse could confirm the blood hadn't been donated by anyone who was black, brown, chinese or asian, and so on. My dad is black and I'm half black, so I suspect he doesn't like me either. FML
Today, I overheard my dad's friend complaining to my dad that his new baby boy is a ginger. I continued listening, and heard my dad saying, "Yeah, there's nothing worse than having a ginger." I'm his daughter. I'm a ginger. FML
Today, our class was focusing on discrimination, and our teacher asked us if anyone had ever felt discriminated against. I put my hand up to share a story, and my teacher immediately said, "It's because you're ginger, isn't it?" That's not what I was going to say. FML
Today, I got my blood drawn for a donation and they didn't warn me that I was borderline anemic. I passed out in the middle of Walgreens and woke up to people just standing there, staring. FML
Today, I had to explain to my boyfriend why period blood couldn't be saved and donated to the hospital for transplants. FML
Today, I tried donating blood for the first time because my company was hosting a blood drive. Right after telling everyone I wasn't afraid of needles, I fainted before they could even use one. I woke up surrounded by phlebotomists offering me juice while my coworkers whooped like I'd just scored a goal. FML
Today, my mom was feeling down because of her gray hairs. In an attempt to cheer her up, I suggested that she dye them. Her hair turned orange. FML
Today, I went to a blood drive. The nurse taking my blood mentioned that she'd been called in on her day off, and she swore she wasn't drunk. I didn't know what to do, so I just smiled and blinked back tears as she savaged the vein in my arm. FML
Today, I finally took the courage to introduce my ginger boyfriend to my family. It didn't go too well. My dad asked if he could call him "Ron Weasley" and my 13-year-old brother asked if he had a soul. Now I'm single again. FML
Today, when I tried to give blood, I was turned down before I even made it through the information packet. Why? Because I had thought I was supposed to fast for 24 hours beforehand. FML
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cinderellacat 0
Time to die your hair...... And freckles.... And whatever the hell else is orange
fmessiah 19
Gingers are becoming extinct.
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Comments (70)
choloman 0
HAHAH
QQMorePlox 18
I agree with your dad, who the hell wants soulless blood
THE_A_TEEN 28
End your "question" with a question mark, dammit! Soulless blood contains god-like properties that can save a human being. Idiot......
QQMorePlox 18
Dude, don't correct me. And stfu idc
THE_A_TEEN 28
You took time to reply, so you must care. Gawsh, I feel special.
QQMorePlox 18
I'm really bored and have nothing better to do. I love making grammar Nazis feel special
GoW_Chick 15
... and grammar nazis like to make you feel stupid so we all win yay!
GoW_Chick 15
^ Wow my comment makes me sound like an idiot it's to early to be posting on FML I just end up sounding like an ass
brianjman14 23
Don't **** with THE_A_TEEN. He will tear you a new asshole.
NomNomMuffin 5
I'm ginger..... And it's awesome don't be hating our blood is pure ;)
GoW_Chick 15
You tell them fellow ginger everyone else is just jealous their blood isn't as pure as ours
cocodecoeur 12
Your comment somehow reminded me of Ron Weasley
DizzyRamone 7
Lemme guess... red hair... hand-me-down clothes and a stupid complexion... you must be a Weasley !
Kyzahhh 7
You are sad
DictatorDom 5
I don't get the whole 'hate gingers' thing.
xalerion 0
Orange hair and the other traits that people have that would make others define them as Ginger are almost all recessive, odds are the father is one himself or it runs in his family This fml just shows how idiotic people are in their attempts to get a cheap laugh, if only from themselves. It's not even slightly amusing, just stupid. Hopefully you don't take after your dad, and if you do, fyl x2
easton222 2
Loser
THE_A_TEEN 28
He/she made a meaningful comment that made sense. She is not a loser, you are.
cosmosis 12
Very true! People also say they "gingers" are dying. This isnt true. In some families these traits skip generations. In mine, the gene is present in every 3rd generation.
docscientist 10
Genes do rise and fall in frequency, so it might appear to be a pattern.
laden_swallow09 35
62 - I thumbed up your comment by mistake due to poor aiming on my part. Forgive me, guys
shaydesiree 0
I know the feeling. My dad hides behind a cross every time he sees me because he "doesnt want me to take his soul".
eeppiicc 8
Dude that's just a total douche move your dad needs to grow up I take a lot of ginger jokes but if someone did that to me I'd take that cross and beat him with it. That joke is Just going to far.
jmalaer 5
Gingers dont have souls, trust me, i know because I'm dating one.
fmlbrofml 0
My boyfriend told me the same thing,! D;
fmlbrofml 0
Fire crotch,?!
kemmiixxbear 3
just cz someone is a Ginger doesn't mean try have Ginger pubs. the Color if most gingers other body hair is blond or brown!!! get a ******* life and stop making fun of us!