Today, I was putting my horse away into her pasture, when I slipped in the mud. In a haisty attempt to support myself, I grabbed the electric fence in on hand, and my horse with the other. The shock from the fence traveled through me to her, sending her running and leaving me with 2 broken teeth. FML
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Today, while letting horses out to switch pasture, one ran at me, sending me through the electric fence and into a mud puddle. Wrapped in electric fence, I sat in that electric mud puddle, screaming every time it shocked me. Help arrived, once they'd had a good long laugh. FML
Today, I broke my wrist when I got into a disagreement with a horse. FML
Today, I was leaning over a fence in a pasture to get a closer look at something. Nobody warned my nuts that it was an electric fence. FML
Today, our electric horse fence broke. I turned it off so I could fix it. As I was grabbing the fence, my brother thought it would be hilarious to turn the fence back on. FML
Today, while riding a massive draft horse, the horse thought it would be fun to walk under a very low apple tree that sat level with his back. A branch hit me and made me fall off onto a coil of barbed wire, twisting my ankle in the process. FML
Today, I was riding a new horse when a lawnmower starting up spooked her. She jumped straight up in the air and I landed directly on the saddle horn. I can't walk or feel anything between my legs. FML
Today, I was riding my bike to the local grocery store to pick up some supplies for dinner. On the way down, traveling down a hill, I hit a drain with no lid. I went to grab hold of the nearest object to soften my fall. That nearest object was a barbed wire fence. FML
Today, my dogs broke through our electric fence, one of whom managed to get his collar off. I picked it up and, without thinking, went across the fence line. I screamed like a chihuahua being run over by a bulldozer. FML
Today, I was sitting on a fence watching a friend play soccer. He accidentally kicked the ball at my face and made me fall off the fence into mud. I laughed it off and got back on the fence. Two seconds later he did the same exact thing. I fell wrong and slammed my face into the fence. Pain. FML
Today, my idiot horse decided to grab a mouthful of stinging nettles while I was riding him. He panicked at the burning sensation in his mouth and bucked me off. Don't worry, though, my fall was cushioned, by the nettles. FML
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xiamcanadianx 0
I've done that before (minus the broken teeth). And anybody who is ignorant enough to think that electric fences are cruel, think again. They prevent the horses from ploughing through the wooden fence which often causes serious and sometimes fatal damage. The electric fence is only a small shock (like a static shock) and they rarely touch it. It protects them from serious injury. Accidents happen people, chill out.
Twinklestar 0
That's a pretty major FYL. Electrocuted and kicked in the teeth by a horse. And probably muddied. Ouch =(
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Cassia_events 0
I have had my teeth almost knocked out by a horse. Almost all of my front ones (from canines in, top and bottom) were super loose and twisted up. I went to the dentist and he said that he got accidents like these all the time (big polo field by my house) and that they are very quick and easy to fix. He said that usually the people are normally eating and everything within a week. And their teeth are prettier than before.
xiloveskittlesx 0
Okay people, electric fences dont ELECTROCUTE, they SHOCK. I've accidently touched mine MANY times and it feels like static shock. However, if you were to GRAB it like this person did, then yes, it would hurt and travel to the horse. But electric fences are far, far from cruel. We use one to keep our horses from getting to our actual fence because 1) horse like to chew on things and 2) they respect the electric fence so if they panic they aren't going to try to run through it like they might a wooden/wire (not barbed wire, smooth wire) fence. This was obviously an accident and I've done things similiar - I'm pretty sure all of us have grabbed onto something stupid when we were falling, it's a natural reflex.
yisrab 0
Ydi for having a horse. Buy a car.
soccergirl09 0
Just because she owns a horse, doesn't mean she doesn't own a car. You will rarely find a person that uses a horse to actually travel to a city for work or school or whatever. Oh, and your a jackass for saying she deserves it.
Felium 0
so ur saying that she gonnna ride the horse places she probally lives in da country
Treece 0
Poor girl. You can tell when there's unsympathetic fools when the FMLs outweight the YDI. I hope she isn't too badly hurt, the pain must be excruciating!
paivarotti 0
Your post makes no sense, ma'am.
Bloodknight 22
All I have to say is damn...FYL indeed.
Casualt1234 0
"putting my horse in her pasture" sounds like a euphemism for something...
Casualt1234 0
hmm well for some reason that's the first thing i thought while reading the phrase. certainly doesn't happen for every fml. and calm down on the caps please. my speakers can't handle the volume :)
paivarotti 0
i doubt it would travel to the horse.
smiller0789 3
Then you obviously know nothing about electricity.
palmtrees 1
smiller that made me smile.
blacksunshine 0
For some stupid reason when I was a kid my church's youth group took us to a farm and made us all hold hands and then the first person grabbed an electric fence. And guess what!?!?! Everyone else got shocked too. Alot less than the first person, but... thats how electricity works. It's okay, they'll teach you that when you get to middle school. :)
AshleyRose784 0
holy crap ouch! hope you're both ok!
nuttinick 0
when i first saw this, i thought it was sexual...but youre an idiot
emelia_fml 0
I know right! I read 'putting my horse into her pasture, when i slipped in the mud" and had to read it three times over to realise he wasnt talking about accidentally going anal and having some girl punch out his teeth
superjokes 0
haha, i thought the same thing!
sparme 0
this wouldnt happen, its a lie. you touched the electric fence with one hand, and the horse with the other. if you zapped your horse, that brings the electricity from one arm to the other, across your heart. it doesnt take much electricity to stop your heart. youd be dead by now if that happened. stop posting lies
filly41 0
it's actully very possible this happen. we did an experiment like this in a science class where one person would touch an electrical force and everyone would hold hands and it can pass through several people. electric fences are not huge electrical forces, it's a small shock that will tell a horse to back off. it's not a bolt of electricity.
gummibehrs 4
Thank you, #31. I'm glad someone here has some sense in their brain.
monnanon 14
they tested passing an electric fence current through people on Brainiac too. they all stood in a line holding hands and then the one on the end grabbed the fence, they all jumped from getting a small jolt that was it, no death, no bad injuries, just a small jolt. In this experiment they GRABBED the fence, not with the same force as a fall would make you grab it but with enough force to properly test the current, electric fences are not known for causing death.