Miscellaneous: Today, our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My mom started...

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

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By James - 08/02/2016 22:55 - United Kingdom - Sheffield

Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML

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By Mel - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shat myself. FML

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By agstone - 09/08/2017 23:15

Today, at 2:47 am, my mom woke me up in a panic screaming about smelling gas and the house blowing up. Twenty minutes, two fire trucks, and a traumatized dog later, it was just the neighbors burning their mail. 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 wellhellothere - 17/04/2011 07:25 - United States

Today, the fire alarm went off in my dorm. Not only was it 30 degrees outside, but I was in the shower. FML

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bigmanj28 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 11:59

Better safe than sorry

loveexgirl 15

Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:00

why did she stay inside if she was like "your gonna diee" ...

Comments

79DrAwkwArD97 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 14:13

Is it really that big of a deal that you had to be in the rain? I mean, do you not go swimming or take a bath/shower? Is your life really THAT damaged from a little rain?

maszaros 9

Wednesday 29 June 2011 14:13

duh... just open a window or two!

waywil 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 14:14

Maybe next time she will let you die in your sleep, you ungrateful little twat...lol...jk! Could have been worse, could have had hail mixed in with the rain...now that would suck for at least 20 minutes!

allthatremains25 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 14:29

you should have started singin' in the rain, it would have made you feel a lot better.(:

lidemocr 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 15:18

you seem pretty ungrateful. you can't mess around with that stuff

justbieber12 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 14:38

oh boohoo, you got a little wet

psala 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 15:09

You are such a whiner Boo hoo hoo, my mom tried to keep me safe. Boo hoo hoo I had to stand outside. Boo hoo hoo I am such a db. Now stfu.

boyslikegirls97 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 16:08

hey, your mom cares about you. why's that so bad?

sham_roxx 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 16:18

if your carbon monoxide detector goes off you SHOULD go outside, how would you know right away that it wasn't dangerous? listen to your mom and stop complaining.

theDriver_15s 9

Wednesday 29 June 2011 22:01

it's not an instant death... nowhere near, unless the concentration was waaaay more than the 100ppm or so that most residential CO detectors are set at. more than enough time to check the batteries before having to leave.