Miscellaneous: Today, I took an IQ test and ended up scoring above average....

By steven - 24/01/2013 05:16 - United States - Orinda

Today, I took an IQ test and ended up scoring above average. Feeling good about myself, I decided to bake some cookies. After 30 minutes of them not doing anything in the oven, I realized I forgot to turn the oven on. FML

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Same thing different taste

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By non-baker - 18/03/2015 02:12 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I baked a cake for when my mum came home. I did everything I needed to do and put it in the oven, set the timer and went to do some things around the house. When my mum came home, she asked why there was a uncooked cake mix sitting in the oven. I forgot to turn the oven on. FML

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By Kendal - 23/08/2011 18:18 - Canada

Today, I was baking cookies. I stared at them for 15 minutes and finally asked my dad, "Why are these taking so long?" He looked up at the oven and replied, "It might help if you turn the oven on." FML

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By dangit - 11/09/2011 05:58 - United States

Today, I went to interview with potential new roommates at a cooperative living house. I decided to bake cookies for everyone, and while touring the house, I forgot about the cookies and set off a small oven fire. All this after professing how responsible I am. FML

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One night

By Anonymous - 25/01/2020 01:00 - Sweden - ?ngelholm

Today, I woke up from putting my child to bed. Drowsy, I stumbled down to the kitchen to make a mug cookie. I read a recipe on my phone, and put a knob of butter in a cup to melt in the microwave. I put my phone in the microwave and turned it on for 30 seconds, and didn't realize until I smelt burning plastic.. FML

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Poor Despereaux

By Squeak - 06/02/2017 08:00 - United States - Fort Bragg

Today, I baked a cake. After feeding it to my entire family, I opened the stove, planning to temporarily store the cake inside. I then noticed a mouse, burnt to a crisp. FML

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Masterchef

By sarah4241 - 26/07/2015 21:04 - United Kingdom - Belfast

Today, I was making some scrambled eggs. I had the eggs in a pan, stirring for about ten minutes, before I realised that the eggs were cooking very slow. I tried to figure out what was wrong for another few minutes before my grandma pointed out to me that the oven wasn't turned on. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/11/2010 17:14 - United States

Today, after 30 minutes of pre-heating the oven to make a special meatloaf for my husband's birthday, I remembered that I had hidden the cake in there. FML

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By shinee - 15/08/2010 16:05 - Singapore

Today, to be nice, I baked cookies for my step-mom as a birthday present. I burnt my hand while putting them in the oven, but I'd hoped it would be worth it. When she got home, I gave one for her to try. She took a bite, spit it out, and threw it on the floor, asking if it was a joke or if I was really trying to poison her. FML

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By ArtistBlock - 25/11/2016 05:10

Today, I was in charge of Thanksgiving dinner. I dressed and stuffed the turkey, popped it in the oven and sent a mass text out to my family about how amazing it would be. Everyone arrived, we began making plates of food when I checked the turkey, and realized I never even turned on the oven. FML

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Cooking with Anon

By Anon - 08/11/2023 20:00 - United States

Today, after meaning to do so for a while, I began cleaning my oven. I sprayed it with the foam cleaner stuff, closed the oven for the foam to soak in, then forgot about the whole thing. Later, I preheated the oven for a pizza and triggered a smoke alarm, which brought the fire department to my door. No pizza, just shame. FML

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m4nduh 7

Thursday 24 January 2013 12:36

Everyone makes dumb mistakes. Unfortunately, it was your turn.

Fluffydemise 18

Thursday 24 January 2013 12:40

Clearly you are of such supreme intelligence that the little things, such as turning the oven on, do not trouble you nor disturb your state of elevated thought. It's ok, your probably a genius.

Comments

perdix 29

Thursday 24 January 2013 14:19

Your brain recognizes that rewarding your marginal achievement with a batch of fattening cookies will make you feel worse in the long run. Now that you know that you have an above-average brain, you might want to listen to it!

trollburger_fml 4

Thursday 24 January 2013 14:21

Indeed, those gym memberships are darn expensive.

Sammitheshit 10

Thursday 24 January 2013 14:37

stormchaser24 24

Thursday 24 January 2013 14:41

I done that before too. It is a mistake. We are so use to doing simple things we forget.

JanisEvans 10

Thursday 24 January 2013 15:25

I believe you meant 'turn on the oven'.

CheeseHater 23

Thursday 24 January 2013 15:39

Both works. And in this case, OP's version sounds better.

charvisioku 22

Thursday 24 January 2013 16:29

You can't be serious, mate. OP's wording was fine.

TechFire 25

Thursday 24 January 2013 16:59

I think I'm going to thumb-down this comment. Did I get the wording right?

Pigeon89 34

Thursday 24 January 2013 17:14

I don't know... my oven requires a 15 min lap dance

xRezSynn 15

Thursday 24 January 2013 16:02

Forgetting is normal...

doglover100 28

Thursday 24 January 2013 16:29

At least you know how to turn it on. The online tests lie.

muhnuqqa15 9

Thursday 24 January 2013 16:56

Good IQ = no common sense

perdix 29

Thursday 24 January 2013 17:21

#73, that's a logical fallacy that is easily revealed. There are plenty of high IQ people with good common sense. Sure, there are some people with high IQ's that don't have much common sense, so your statement should have been: Good IQ does not necessarily imply a high degree of common sense.