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By Dx - 06/03/2011 07:18 - United States

Today, I was babysitting for my usual. After putting the baby to sleep I put some popcorn in the microwave and went to the bathroom. When I came out the whole kitchen was filled with smoke. One of the neighbors saw and called 911. I'm out of a job. FML

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Today, I had to call 911. Why? My fireplace caught on fire. FML

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By A.. - 04/06/2011 19:48 - Canada

Today, I received a phone call at work about an emergency, and that I had to come home immediately. I arrived to find that no one had been hurt and the house hadn't burned down. The "emergency" was my mom had ran out of milk and cigarettes. FML

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By needs_another_loan - 02/10/2009 01:43 - United States

Today, while I was at work, my wife discovered you cannot put out a grease fire with water. I came home to a frantic spouse, a fire department bill, and a newly destroyed kitchen. FML

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By fireman - 06/10/2010 09:31 - United States

Today, I went over to this girl's house that I really like. I was planning on cooking her dinner. In the process, the grease in the pan got too hot and caught fire. We ended up having to call the fire department. FML

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LadyLane 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 16:44

If you can't make popcorn, you probably shouldn't baby sit.

christa953 12

Sunday 6 March 2011 16:38

you're out of a job, they're out of a microwave.

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DKjazz 20

Sunday 6 March 2011 19:16

He did, in a way.

UTTU 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 19:20

Today, I left the neighbor kid at my home to babysit. She tried to burn down my house by microwaving popcorn for 10 minutes. Now I need a new microwave (and a new babysitter). FML

LiznessMonster 9

Sunday 6 March 2011 19:38

First you sit on babies AND you nearly burn down the kitchen?! Geez, get some help! Ah, jk. This actually reminded me of a picture I saw of Homer Simpson making cerial, yet he somehow managed to set the bowl on fire. Anyways, Stay away from microwaves......and popcorn.

LiznessMonster 9

Sunday 6 March 2011 19:55

*cereal. I tried to edit my comment, but my internet is so slow!

johnboy1501 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 19:52

sorry but babysitting is not a real job lol

NuyoRicanGirl 3

Sunday 6 March 2011 19:55

You must have taken a long ass dump =p

NuyoRicanGirl 3

Sunday 6 March 2011 19:56

you must have taken a long ass dump =p

Canchan 12

Saturday 3 September 2011 22:39

I assume you had your baby! What did you name him?

FMLMadie 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 20:14

YDI because I'm a babysitter as well, and you should know if you put anything on the stove or in the microwave, you have to stay and watch it. You can't try to be a badass and multitask. You ffaaiill.

beagle40 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 20:23

if you can't make popcorn, then how the he'll are you responsible enough to baby sit? ydi

Fragmonto 5

Sunday 6 March 2011 21:12

You should set the microwave to 2 minutes ONLY. Anything higher than that will probably burn the popcorn.

inthemillions 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 21:34

I don't quite understand why this would cause you to lose your job. Who actually stands by the microwave while the popcorn pops?? I know I sure don't. Unless you set the microwave for 8 or 9 minutes I don't get how it could burn that badly.

Kezia23 0

Monday 7 March 2011 10:33

Well the fact that they don't have their shit together enough to properly microwave popcorn calls their ability to be responsible for watching a child into serious question....