Today, my little sister opened a lemonade stand in front of our house. Surprisingly, she actually had a lot of customers, all kids. Two hours or so later, some parents came back complaining and threatening to sue my family. Turns out that what we thought was lemonade was actually beer. FML
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Okay, I'm glad this FML got published. Thanks, guys! However, looks like I have some questions to answer. Firstly, my sister is almost eleven. The day before, we went shopping, and dad bought foir bottles of beer for a game he was going to watch in two days with his friends. My sister took the bottles and put the beer in cups, it totally looked like lemonade. She even put some lemons next to them! Yes, it was light beer, fortunately. But still alcohol. The kids told their mums the juice tasted funny, so they took a sip and figured out what it actually was. In the end, my sister's excuse was that she knew lemonade wouldn't have been successful anyway.
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Pwn17 25
Damn, your sister is a genius. An evil genius.
MissWhitneyB 17
A hustler in training & a genuis, I like :D. What kid would think to place lemons next to it as well!
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EmilianaLondon 14
I'd be pissed off if I was one of the parents, but honestly, that's hilarious and I doubt one glass would have done much harm
azwethinkweiz87 11
All "lemonade" stands are really beer here in Ireland, it's not the same everywhere else?
ELoni_fml 25
Amsterdam is the same, we also have both special brownies and special lemonade
leaveyourmark98 8
unfortunately not :(
hessel 13
hahaha that just made my day
IronSkye 7
Okay, I'm glad this FML got published. Thanks, guys! However, looks like I have some questions to answer. Firstly, my sister is almost eleven. The day before, we went shopping, and dad bought foir bottles of beer for a game he was going to watch in two days with his friends. My sister took the bottles and put the beer in cups, it totally looked like lemonade. She even put some lemons next to them! Yes, it was light beer, fortunately. But still alcohol. The kids told their mums the juice tasted funny, so they took a sip and figured out what it actually was. In the end, my sister's excuse was that she knew lemonade wouldn't have been successful anyway.
lovethesidewalk 19
Haha that's great!
Pwn17 25
Damn, your sister is a genius. An evil genius.
MissWhitneyB 17
A hustler in training & a genuis, I like :D. What kid would think to place lemons next to it as well!
ctina 15
You have to give her props for her business skills!
TheLittleBear 19
"She knew that lemonade wouldn't be as successful". That's just brilliant. I love it when the OP responds and gives their FML a follow up.
Wiz_Of_Oz 17
She sounds like a true capitalist.
hcollins1 18
Well OP, I can see your sister being a CEO of a company when she gets older. She's starting young!
finalyearsofhate 22
Fortunately it was light beer..? Really? It's still beer, with the same alcohol content as its regular counterpart.
devildee101 15
@finalyearsofhate at least they won't be gaining as much calories
horneyhic 15
Accurately light beer ussually has about 1% less alcohol the full strength
jamnglamgirlie 17
Was it Mike's Lemonade?
Poetaster 10
No
aimeegoldberg 22
but OP, dont you see this is great? next time you get busted for drinking beer in your room, just say you thought it was lemonade.! or at least thats what *insert sister's name* told you...
agzz21 6
I don't quite know why people are saying she was a genius. True it was in a way I won't deny that, but wasn't she doing good because the customers thought they were buying lemonade? I highly doubt kids knew she was selling beer already
ohSNAPyall 27
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I had thought you were going to say that your dad brought home Mike's Hard Lemonade or something, but her excuse sounds like your sister is kind of a creep. Please intervene before she goes down the path of total creepdom.
wildhorseman 32
Your sister is on the fast track to success, just make sure she watches who she sells to.
dragoongirl90 34
You do realize light beer has the same alcohol content as dark beer, right?
albiedam 12
All I can think, "MEGAN!!"
zykrithium 22
Your sis has a great sense of humor, but not a very firm grasp on right and wrong.
gintwinsmoore 20
and some budding forecasting skills!!!!
shanannygians07 28
I'm surprised the kids even drank it. My cousin accidently drank a sip of beer at a wedding last year and cried because it was so gross to her.
NeatNit 33
Beer is an acquired taste. In other words, it's disgusting but if you force it down enough times, you eventually get used to it. Even vodka tastes better...
KK3137 31
As true as that is, I doubt the kids had acquired the taste by the first sip..
thrAsHeRr9081 16
Mike's hard lemonade is flavored "beer"
perdix 31
Good thing she got shut down before the neighborhood boys started asking about her "liquor license."
GamerGriffin 10
how can you mistake beer for lemonade? you have to have an id to buy beer....wouldnt you realize that u dont need an id for beer??
michelleJ11 25
What ..? Your second and third sentences are completely contradicting each other.
dewberry2001 25
How high are you right now?
SpideyRules 9
Wait till she sets up an 'arregano' (sp?) stand
graceinsheepwear 34
I was gonna look up the spelling of oregano but then I got high...
SGodinet 9
Bartender in the making