Today, I lost my phone while at the store with my mom. She decided to call it, and that's when I remembered that my ringtone for her is the song "Mother" by The Police. The weirded-out stares I got as I picked up my phone have become a core memory that I absolutely did not want. 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, after working out at the gym, I went to grab my bag, and realized that my phone was missing. Panicking, I reached into my pocket, pulled out my phone, and dialed my mom's number to tell her I'd lost it. It took me until the last ring to realize what I was doing. FML
Today, I was at church, when my mom's phone went off during the sermon. As if that wasn't humiliating enough for me, her ring tone was set to the Bed Intruder song. FML
Today, I missed an important phone call. It's been so long since someone has called me that I didn't recognize my own ringtone. FML
Today, while I was sleeping, my girlfriend took my phone and set the ringtone to a bloodcurdling scream. I found this out when I received a call while driving to work and, thinking someone was being murdered in my backseat, I panicked and swerved into a parked car. FML
Today, I was in a meeting when my phone suddenly rang. I'd forgotten to silence it, but it wasn’t just any ringtone, it was "I'm Blue" by Eiffel 65. It played for 30 seconds while everyone stared at me rushing to retrieve it from my bag on the other side of the room and turn it off. The worst part? That fucking song is still stuck in my head, and it's been hours. FML
Today, I was walking home, when I realized I didn't have my phone on me. After retracing my steps, I realized that I'd been listening to music from my phone the entire time. FML
Today, my dad let me use his phone. Five minutes later, he had my mom call it because he thought he'd lost it. FML
Today, I noticed that my mom had left the house without her cell phone. I called her phone to let her know she forgot it. FML
Today, I attended a funeral. During the minute of silence, my phone went off. My ringtone is "It's good to be alive". FML
Today, my phone rang just seconds after I left a conference meeting to go use the restroom. It wouldn't have been a problem, except it seems one of my friends thought it would be funny to change my ringtone to a woman having an orgasm. FML
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idragosani 17
There are many songs with that title, including Pink Floyd, The Police and Danzig. The song by the Police, from the Syncrhonicity album, specifically has lyrics about the telephone ringing and whether it's his mother calling. Hence the applicability to the FML.
idragosani 17
If I hadn't been told it was The Police, I wouldn't have guessed it was them.
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jlc82 14
absolutely not who sings that song
smoochmysnoot 6
It’s by Danzig, isn’t it?
idragosani 17
No, there's a Police song by the same title, from Synchronicity. It has lyrics like "Well the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone?"
idragosani 17
There are many songs with that title, including Pink Floyd, The Police and Danzig. The song by the Police, from the Syncrhonicity album, specifically has lyrics about the telephone ringing and whether it's his mother calling. Hence the applicability to the FML.
Shzusuziq11 12
I had to search for that song on YouTube. I never heard that song, it's very strange for the police, and would be weird to hear it as a ringtone in a grocery store I guess
idragosani 17
If I hadn't been told it was The Police, I wouldn't have guessed it was them.