Today, an old friend of mine landed in Spain, where he's visiting me. After a few minutes talking about where we should meet, we realized the reason he couldn't figure out where it was, was probably due to the fact that he was in Barcelona. I live in Madrid. 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, I was meeting up with a friend in a town. He said he was at the restaurant we were going to meet at; I was too. Turns out I was in the wrong town. FML
Today, as a good friend, I went to pick up my buddy from the airport. I arrived at the wrong terminal and waited for an hour before realizing he had landed an hour earlier at the other terminal. By the time I found his whereabouts, he'd already taken an Uber home. FML
Today, a friend who I hadn't seen in a while offered to give me a ride. I didn't really know how to give directions to my house, so when we had been driving for a while and it was getting awkward, I just pointed at a random house and pretended to live there. FML
Today, I met with my Bolivian friend, who's vacationing here for a few weeks. Eager to show him how welcoming we are in the USA, I took him home and introduced him to my parents. The first words out of my dad's mouth were, "Bolivia? That's in Europe, right? We saved your asses in World War 2." FML
Today, I flew to England to visit my boyfriend, who has been working there for the past three months. I went to his hotel and waited for him; he never showed up. I called one of his colleagues to ask him what was going on. He had no idea what I was talking about. FML
Today, I confidently walked into what I thought was my friend's apartment for a party, only to find a confused elderly couple staring at me. Turns out, I was not only three doors down from where I thought his front door was, I was also on the wrong floor. FML
Today, I introduced my Spanish friend to a girl I've had a crush on for a long time. Because he only spoke Spanish and she only spoke English, I was the translator. The first thing he said to her was, "You are really pretty." I translated it as "I like other men." Later, they found out. FML
Today, I had an argument with my dad about Venice being in Italy, not Spain. He wouldn't believe me, and had to Google it. He's an engineer for an aerospace company. FML
Today, after many hours studying a complete course of Spanish, I felt really good. I had accomplished something, something I could really use next week when I fly to Mexico on vacation. Then I found out what I had learned was Spanish as they speak it in Spain, not how they speak it in Latin America. FML
Today, I ran into an old friend from college on the bus to work. Having not seen each other in over 10 years, we spent a good 15 minutes talking about our lives after college. At the end, he asked me what my name was. FML
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_kyleG_ 34
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
haileyrows 26
What I'm wondering is how they didn't notice this when they were planning the friend's trip...
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Steffi3 40
Barcelona isn't thàt far away.. Especially not by American standards
feven 32
Looked it up. That's six hours... pretty far
Peter_Ohnigian 14
A seven hour drive isn't what most Americans would call a "short" drive.
Steffi3 40
I'm not saying six hours is a short drive for anyone, just that it's something that's relatively easy to fix. It's loads better than going to Auckland (New Zealand) and ending up in Auckland (CA)
horneyhic 15
Or ending up in Vancouver when your suppose to be in Toronto
fsomelife 26
It would take a lot of ambition from chance to play a mean joke on someone for said someone to end up in Auckland, California, which is an unincorporated community just slightly to the side of the middle of nowhere and, incidentally, doesn't have an airport. I'm guessing you may have meant Oakland.
mrlawlor7777 26
Or a 2.5-3 hour bullet train ride.
buddy_J 16
Only 315 miles. That about 4-6 hours depending on speed limit, traffic, and how well you obey the speed limit. Could be worse.
jay_ladybug 19
It takes about 6-7 hours to drive from Dallas, TX to Corpus, TX. Maybe it's just a Texas thing but I'm used to driving a few hours to get from one city to the next. Usually you can make it to a different state faster than you can make it to a different city lol
badgercheese94 16
#13, true, but many Americans have driven that distance or farther. 6 hours is really not that bad. I will need to drive 21 hours this summer to visit my family.
fader48080 10
Not a killer either #13. I do 4+ for fun at least twice a year and would do upwards of 12 without much more thought if I had cause. that being said I like road trips.
_kyleG_ 34
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
Wizardo 34
I propose we dub you the Alliterator.
Retaheki 27
Or P.P.P.P.P.P.P. for short.
redstone7693 29
Tongue Twister
Ilikepie82479 20
#28 P^7
kmarie22_613e 25
Are you a scout?
anonpbc 20
you win
cheesy_wotsit 20
#2 probably stole this from a military book ... bravo two zero. Original. Not.
randomheartthrob 7
How far is it?? Can you jump on a train or commuter plane for cheap?? Also plan better next time
___fishyy 15
No big deal, Barcelona is only a few hours away from Madrid. Split the drive and meet up someplace in the middle.
kl0x 8
Is not something we're used to do. In Spain we don't normally go other cities casually.
SPFINATOR1993 10
Time to try something new
kl0x 8
Too expensive, do you know how much we pay for the gas? Yesterday it was 1,26€/lt, like $5,15 per gallon.
lurker_no_more 13
I wish gas was that cheap.. here it costs €1.6/liter
T1A2Z3 35
The minimum wage in Spain is like 4.50. The cost of living should therefore be cheaper
sstahpp 33
Communication bro.
ihartmytdi 23
Better start walkin'
NotPatSajak 11
Knowing where you are is pretty important.
MehNameIsJuan 15
Thanks Captian Obvious .
lilybadilly25 15
You're welcome, lieutenant sarcasm.
haileyrows 26
What I'm wondering is how they didn't notice this when they were planning the friend's trip...
Matheo_fml 21
Give him a break. He just wanted to to the beach...
man_eating_bunny 18
On the bright side, at least he's in the right country :)
thespiantess 18
It's still a 600km difference, which is huge in Europe. He could have ended up in Portugal and still be closer to Madrid...
Crazyjohnb 23
But it depends whether they are good friends or not. if not "well I'll see you in a few years pal"