Miscellaneous: Today, I was baking cookies. I stared at them for 15 minutes...

By Kendal - 23/08/2011 18:18 - Canada

Today, I was baking cookies. I stared at them for 15 minutes and finally asked my dad, "Why are these taking so long?" He looked up at the oven and replied, "It might help if you turn the oven on." FML

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ohjessica 11

Wednesday 24 August 2011 0:05

Yeah, that would help.

TheRealBruce 12

Wednesday 24 August 2011 0:05

Oh noo!

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eatsleepjb 8

Tuesday 20 December 2011 16:39

Fml? Really? I spent 15 minutes of my life staring at un baked cookies because I'm stupid. FML!

25twolife 0

Sunday 1 January 2012 23:30

Hakunamatata I've done that with pizza

ajeppsen 25

Tuesday 13 March 2012 5:54

Not really an fml

lolzzebra 0

Saturday 28 April 2012 16:04

dumbass!

Paige2018 4

Wednesday 19 December 2012 5:29

What a horrible cook!!!

arre2006 19

Tuesday 15 October 2013 12:07

Moron

LyricaSilvan 29

Monday 23 February 2015 1:37

Oops! Guess you won't forget next time.

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