Today, I got a horrible case of the hiccups while at my friend's mother's funeral, resulting in me squeaking loudly every five seconds during the eulogy. My friend glared daggers at me until I left the room, then later accused me of being an insensitive bitch for "trying to ruin the funeral." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I attended the funeral of a close friend. Most of the other guests were openly grinning and joking around, and the guy in front of me kept muttering, "That's what she said!" during the eulogy. FML
Today, my boss was telling everyone his mother recently passed away and he'll be off work for a while. I'd been holding in painful gas for a while, so I tried to ease it out. It turned into a long, squeaky fart in front of everyone. Everyone glared at me as if I was trying to be funny. FML
Today, my friend was having a party. It was going good until I got the hiccups really bad, and they wouldn't go away. My friend decided to scare them away by shooting a pellet gun right next to my head. Bad news: It blew out my eardrum. I still have the hiccups. FML
Today, I went to my uncle's funeral. His eulogy was ruined by an annoying little kid repeatedly talking over the pastor, who didn't pause for anything, no matter how many times his parents told him to stop. The complimentary lunch was horrible, and the hearse driving him to the cemetery got into an accident. FML
Today, I was chosen to MC a function at work. I developed a terrible case of hiccups which made the audience giggle and groan for the duration of my time on stage. FML
Today, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML
Today, at my mother's open-casket funeral, my sister-in-law went to pay her respects. As she stood in front of the body, she coughed, muttering "Bitch" in the process. Either nobody else noticed or nobody cared, and she went on her way, noticeably not choked up at all. FML
Today, I was giving a speech at a conference when halfway through I got a sudden case of hiccups. For the next 5 minutes I tried to finish my presentation while hiccuping uncontrollably. The audience found it hilarious and started cheering each time I hiccuped. I’m convinced no one could tell me what the speech was actually about. FML
Today, I accidentally farted in the middle of my grandfather's funeral and my cousin started cracking up. It caused a chain reaction of laughter throughout all of the other cousins and my siblings. Now my aunts won't speak to any of us. FML
Today, my (now ex) best friend wore funeral attire to my wedding, and instead of a speech, she gave a eulogy, making it sound like my new husband had brutally murdered me. FML
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greeneye_fml 12
Did you try holding your breath to stop the hiccups? Works for me. But yeah its not like they're voluntary. That sucks.
rokemay 10
It sucks that you had the hiccups but you should have quietly excused yourself and left
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Comments (185)
WednesdayNC 0
Is it possible to ruin a funeral? I mean, it's not a celebration.
badactor009 0
Yes, it is possible. Being disrespectful or distracting during the event will ruin it for the family. OP qualifies.
zenrael 21
Are you all stupid? If you get the hiccups and can't control them.. BE polite and excuse yourself! YDI
ninjadinos 14
You could have always pretended to be devastated and sobbing. Hic-wahhhhh! Hic-wahhhhh!
KiddNYC1O 22
I'm sure it'll be okay after you explain...
ChrisTheCalm 9
You got a bad case.... Of hiccups? Is that even an illness? Something like that is impossible to be remotely loud, unless you're one of those that hiccups in the tone of a rat squealing..
TKello 6
Not to be mean or anything, but you should have left the room and waited outside until they subsided.
hilde43 5
Ahahahahaha that's too funny
msanch_4 5
You should have left quietly and goten some water.
Cigar 11
Let your friend cool off; grief makes people do and say strange things. We've all had hiccups, it's a bodily function. Unfortunately it's not one we have the greatest control over.
medussa1 0
It's not your fault you had the hiccups