Today, I dropped a box from my dad's attic and blew a hole in my foot. I now have 3 toes missing because dad forgot he once wrestled a gun away from some kid trying to steal his wallet, meant to give it to the police, but kept forgetting, and it wound up in the attic for 11 years until today. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dad ran over my foot with his work truck. FML
Today, I dropped my suitcase on my toe. Don't worry, it was already broken. FML
Today, I went to the gun range for a birthday and got shot in the foot by my mom. FML
Today, only a few hours after getting certified and buying my first pistol, I dropped it and blew off two of my toes. FML
Today, I went shooting with my dad and he brought his grandfather's rifle with him. I’ve never shot it before and he told me to be careful with it. The bullet exploded, ruptured the barrel, cut my face, and made me deaf in one ear. Dad still blamed me for “not shooting it properly.” FML
Today, I was clearing out the garage when a large bouncy ball rolled into the drive. Only when I blasted it full force with my foot and collapsed did I realise it was actually a bowling ball. Two of my toes are broken. FML
Today, our 9 year-old son managed to shoot himself in the gut with my nail gun. According to my wife, this is completely my fault, because I ONLY kept it in my locked garage, ONLY secured in its box, ONLY completely disconnected from the power, ONLY on the highest shelf near the roof. FML
Today, after a long day of working on my feet, I came home looking forward to soaking my aching feet in a foot spa. When I was pulling the machine out of a closet, it slipped and came crashing down on my feet. It broke. So did three of my toes. FML
Today, my dad has such thick, horn like toenails that when I stepped on one of the cuttings, it actually stabbed into the thinner skin on the underside of my toe and bled like crazy. FML
Today, I tried to get a piece of glass out of my big toe. After an hour of poking and prodding, I finally got it out only for it to fall on the floor where I couldn't find it. Not five minutes later, I stepped on it again. FML
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SirEnigM0nk 22
Damn, I'm sorry this happened! You definitely need to talk to your dad and he needs to get himself an attorney. Withholding evidence is generally frowned upon. He should have turned it over to the police immediately. Plus he clearly needs to learn something about firearm storage and handling. ALWAYS proceed as though a found weapon is loaded until proven otherwise. Granted, you had no idea the the box contained a gun until it was too late. Dad could have at least warned you. How he "forgot" he had a loaded firearm in storage is beyond me. Now he can pay for the out of pocket portion of your medical bill.
cuz803 46
Congrats on creating your own unorthodox version of Russian roulette
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SirEnigM0nk 22
Damn, I'm sorry this happened! You definitely need to talk to your dad and he needs to get himself an attorney. Withholding evidence is generally frowned upon. He should have turned it over to the police immediately. Plus he clearly needs to learn something about firearm storage and handling. ALWAYS proceed as though a found weapon is loaded until proven otherwise. Granted, you had no idea the the box contained a gun until it was too late. Dad could have at least warned you. How he "forgot" he had a loaded firearm in storage is beyond me. Now he can pay for the out of pocket portion of your medical bill.
cuz803 46
Congrats on creating your own unorthodox version of Russian roulette
SamanthaThe1st 23
This sounds really fishy. A gun is highly unlikely to go off when dropped, especially a newer one. And if your pops was meaning to hand it over to the cops, why stick it in the attic instead of going right away?
J_Free_Woods 29
I’m so sorry that happened to you. I guess this is a lesson for everyone to treat each box as though it has a loaded weapon for a just in case?