Intimacy: Today, I thought I had carbon monoxide poisoning because I had...

By Anonymous - 04/03/2015 05:12 - United States - Las Vegas

Today, I thought I had carbon monoxide poisoning because I had the symptoms and my detector was going off. I called the fire dept, they checked me, they checked my apartment. My apartment is fine; I'm just out of shape, have high blood pressure, and don't know how to work simple electronics. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/12/2014 02:04 - United States - Yorktown

Today, I was home alone when I heard the carbon-monoxide detector beeping. Panicking, I grabbed my dog, ran out of my house as fast as I could, and waited outside for 3 hours for my mom to get home. Turned out the detector was just out of batteries. FML

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By eyelashess - 29/06/2011 04:10 - United States

Today, our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My mom started freaking out and made me go stand outside so I "don't die". I stood outside for 20 minutes, it was raining and it turned out that the detector was just low on battery. FML

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By Kelso - 06/02/2010 18:22 - United States

Today, my mother told me that the carbon-monoxide alarm went off last night, but since she didn't smell any gas, she decided to just remove the batteries and go back to bed. I had to explain to her that you can't smell carbon monoxide, and that we could have died in our sleep. FML

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By lollerskate - 16/01/2010 15:37 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML

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By GasFromThePast - 24/11/2018 16:40 - United States - Cambridge

Today, I smelled gas when entering my apartment. I checked everything and then left to seek help. I was told to call 911, which resulted in two firetrucks and 10+ firefighters, one of which was my high school sweetheart, entering my messy apartment and finding nothing wrong. FML

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By cutthroatkait - 05/08/2014 22:44 - United States

Today, I picked up an extra shift at the store. It was also the day the store's ventilation system shut down, resulting in carbon monoxide poisoning for me and two co-workers. FML

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By Cinderella - This FML is from back in 2017 but it's good stuff

Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML

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By YoshiSqu4d - 31/07/2020 20:01

Today, I managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML

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By Ashley - 14/10/2019 22:00

Today, two out of our three smoke detectors were going off. My grandpa won't call the fire department because he thinks our house will be condemned. The alarms are still going off. FML

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The little alarm that cried wolf

By Nice smoke alarm - 05/09/2023 23:00 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm has a tendency to give false alarms. Despite this, it did not go off at all when I was genuinely overcooking food and smoke was everywhere in the house, except for the room I was in. My smoke detector is plotting against me. FML

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Wednesday 4 March 2015 14:01

Better than having carbon monoxide poisoning though!

Sunflower1919 19

Wednesday 4 March 2015 14:01

Better to be safe than sorry!

Comments

usaidwhat82 21

Wednesday 4 March 2015 22:19

At least you didn't have carbon monoxide poisoning, and it's always good to be on the safe side.

rocketgurl 15

Wednesday 4 March 2015 22:22

^^^ thank you

PresAgent 23

Wednesday 4 March 2015 22:27

#43 - The chemical symbol is the abbreviation for an element. It was determined this way to create and maintain a universal standard for the elements, regardless of language.

rocketgurl 15

Wednesday 4 March 2015 22:37

#49 - Oh piss off know-it-all

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Wednesday 4 March 2015 23:23

I'm aware of that. That doesn't change the fact that technically CO is not an abbreviation of the phrase Carbon Monoxide. It is an abbreviation of the things that make-up Carbon monoxide. So while it is an abbreviation for the chemical itself, it is not an abbreviation of the words.