Today, I was home alone and tried to make some popcorn so I could watch a movie. Thirty minutes later, my parents came home and found me talking to the firemen. FML
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Today, I tried to make popcorn in the microwave but forgot to remove the plastic wrapper. The kitchen filled with smoke, the fire alarm went off and my neighbors came knocking to see if I was alright. When they asked what caused it, I had to admit that it was “Erm… popcorn.” FML
Today, I was babysitting for my usual parents. 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
Today, my mom made me clean. I was dusting in the living room and heard gunshots outside the apartment. I dove on the floor and started crying and screaming. My mom walked in and informed me that the sound was her making popcorn. FML
Today, I had to call 911. Why? My fireplace caught on fire. FML
Today, I made some popcorn. Returning to the kitchen a couple of minutes later, I realized I was supposed to put a cover on the saucepan. FML
Today, a guy I been seeing went to work and left me in his house. As I made a bagel, it burned, the smoke alarm went off. This activated a call to the fire department but I didn’t know. The fire truck showed up. Little did I know, the guy’s family was outside too, just to see what had happened, thinking I'd broken in. FML
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
Today, I managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML
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
Today, I got home late from work, so I decided to make myself a microwave meal. I pierced the plastic film several times. A little too loudly for my hateful bastard of a neighbor, I guess, because he called the cops on me, claiming he heard gunshots from my apartment. FML
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ZombieSazza 34
... How badly did you **** up popcorn to have the Fire Brigade at your home?!
magikarpsmurfs 19
Fires can be exciting as any movie & happens to go well with popcorn.
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Comments (93)
AmbyrDiana 5
Don't feel bad, I set the stove on fire boiling water once. Whoops.
Ashfyr 18
They my have been making popcorn in a popcorn machine or on the stove as well, don't always assume that it is microwaveable popcorn.
Zarcissa 34
Anyone considered that s/he may have tried making popcorn on the stove? My microwave sucks at making popcorn so I use stove instead... And I'm sure it can catch fire if you aren't careful.
Madrias 36
Yep, it's very possible to catch popcorn on fire on the stove. Pieces fly out of the pot, flame/heat is too high and you ignite the oil (never done that one, but I know a friend or two who have...) or you leave it too long trying to get those last kernels popped. Our microwave is good enough to do popcorn, but stovetop tastes much better anyway.
Zarcissa 34
On the note of oil catching fire, during a school cooking lesson (not sure of the correct word for it, anyway) a classmate of mine made a... bomb. Oil and soy sauce on a pan at 300 degrees Celcius and the lid on... BOOM! I was lucky I didnt get hit with the liquid, some other classmates who were nearby did, though. The lid hit the goddamned ceiling. It was a big mess to clean up afterwards.
KatieeMoe 14
Very graphic description. Sorry for what happend to you.
Madrias 36
I've never had the fire department called, but I have had stove-top popcorn fly out of the pot and end up in the burners on the stove. Surprising amount of smoke from something so small. Always make sure your lid is on tight. As for microwave popcorn, I don't bother with that crap anymore. Better to make stove-top popcorn with real melted butter and shredded cheese.
BaDumTsss_fml 23
How do you **** up popcorn you literally just have to put the bag in the microwave for like a minute or two
SS 31
Unless you do it freshly and pop your own corn in a pan with oil.
Benmantha 31
I'm surprised by how many people assume it was made in a microwave. The first time I made popcorn with one of those microwave-bags was in my 20s! o_o (Thats also the first time I actually owned a microwave.)
laden_swallow09 35
How do you manage to **** up popcorn??
Saraishi 25
Como, OP, como??
Kittyphysics 21
I laughed way too hard at that...