Today, I thought I had carbon monoxide poisoning because I had the symptoms and my detector was going off. I called the fire dept, they checked me, they checked my apartment. My apartment is fine; I'm just out of shape, have high blood pressure, and don't know how to work simple electronics. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
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
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
Today, I smelled gas when entering my apartment. I checked everything and then left to seek help. I was told to call 911, which resulted in two firetrucks and 10+ firefighters, one of which was my high school sweetheart, entering my messy apartment and finding nothing wrong. FML
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
Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML
Today, I managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, the fire alarm went off at my apartment. I rushed out but forgot to grab a coat, so I hopped in my car and fired it up, figuring I'd wait it out. A fireman knocked on my window and loudly asked me to get out, then wrote me a citation for "improper fire alarm protocols." That's a thing? FML
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Top comments
BecauseIAmBatman_fml 22
Better than having carbon monoxide poisoning though!
Sunflower1919 19
Better to be safe than sorry!
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Sunflower1919 19
Better to be safe than sorry!
BecauseIAmBatman_fml 22
Better than having carbon monoxide poisoning though!
Welshite 40
I almost lost my father to carbon monoxide poisoning. It's nothing to play around with.
Beealicious 13
Glad your okay!
Steve95401 49
Glad you're an English major.
PurpleSprite 7
Glad you're tryna teach niggas how to spell on FML. -.-
Jasim 17
That should be your que to start better yourself.
ilovesoccer1610 31
*Cue
sunnyskys 25
well at least you okay and your house is not slowly killing you.... but YOU really must learn how to plug your blender in right because a good smoothy is never out of the question lol what did the fire fights notice you av jack wasn't plunged into the back of the TV correctly???? I guess they have eye...oh well be safe and try not to feel sick
laden_swallow09 35
What does his TV have anything to do with… ? He doesn't understand how to work the alarm. Some fire alarms start wailing when the battery is almost out, without smoke or fire.
sunnyskys 25
it doesn't say anything about the alarms so stop assuming
CODplayer4lyfe 24
It said his detector went off, with a loud noise. Please don't tell me you're being serious, #18
starile 20
#18, TVs and blenders have nothing to do the post. The point of him saying he can't work simple electronics is most likely an alarm was beeping, which is why he thought he was getting carbon monoxide poisoning, which is why he wrote the FML. It's simple sense, not assuming. What you said made absolutely no sense.
christinamarie17 29
#18..... Just leave.
brand125 17
18 - it DOES say about the detector, what post are you reading?
shanannygians07 28
Detector=Alarm @sunnyskys
feven 32
I always think I have carbon monoxide poisoning when I'm tired. That's like everyday so that definitely sucks
wildgenius 13
I don't think this is the same thing. .
Evil_Wench 16
It's always better to err on the side of caution with something like that. Hopefully they didn't make you feel too silly.
abbyade 21
Great that you don't have any poisoning..now get your health back in shape. Goodluck :)
ForXToday 17
Better safe than sorry!!
WitEluded 13
Consider yourself lucky. All of those problems can be fixed with simple lifestyle changes.
Flyndaran 10
Not always. Many people have high blood pressure for which no drug or lifestyle change can help.