Today, my mom made me clean. I was dusting in the living room and heard gunshots outside the apartment. I dove on the floor and started crying and screaming. My mom walked in and informed me that the sound was her making popcorn. 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 and tried to make some popcorn so I could watch a movie. Thirty minutes later, my parents came home and found me talking to the firemen. FML
Today, I heard something that sounded like a series of gunshots outside my house. My Dad screamed, "Get down!" at the top of his lungs. The whole family immediately dropped to the floor, my sister whimpering and trembling, only moments later to hear my Dad cackling uncontrollably over us. They were just fireworks. FML
Today, I saw a gun on my dad's bedside table. I knew it wasn't real, so I picked it up and posed like a badass. Then I shot a hole in their bedroom TV, blew out my eardrums, and my mom flew in and started screaming at me. FML
Today, I tried to make popcorn in the microwave but forgot to remove the plastic wrapper. The kitchen filled with smoke, the fire alarm went off and my neighbors came knocking to see if I was alright. When they asked what caused it, I had to admit that it was “Erm… popcorn.” FML
Today, I wanted to do something nice for my mom. So, while she was sleeping, I cleaned the whole house for her and even made her breakfast. A few minutes later, she came downstairs and yelled at me to keep it down because she was trying to sleep. FML
Today, I was over at my boyfriend's house and I heard a strange sound. I laughed and said, "It sounds like a dog throwing up!" He listened for a second and said, "That's my mom crying downstairs." FML
Today, I was on a Zoom call with my therapist and we were discussing my PTSD. He assured me that I was safe and no one would burst into the room. Just then, my mom burst into my room and started screaming about dirty dishes. FML
Today, my mom complained that I was being too loud, and she smacked my head really hard. All while screaming at me. FML
Today, the neighbors called the cops because they heard "gun shots". My girlfriend and I were popping bubble wrap. FML
Today, the neighbors called the cops on us because they heard a series of loud screams. No, no one was being murdered, but my mom found one of my socks in the laundry room. FML
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shaBAMalex 0
Calm down. Lol.
nomadxx7 0
Gunshots =/= popcorn Come out the country. I'll show you what gunshots sound like
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Comments (254)
TWlCH 0
No i personally dont have the money to spare right now number 18 but if you think about it is the people living in the ghetto that make life there so misrible. if people would stop beind dicks to eachother even the slums could be a nice place to live. and about the popcorn, your the type of person who could use some meds, realy calm down.
secretish 0
I rate this is fake
humpty_dumpty_fml 0
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
fueledbyamy 0
not everyone has heard a gun fire. i mean, i wouldnt mistaken popcorn popping for a gunshot, but a car backfiring and stuff, ive freaked out until ive realised what it was...
undead_ 0
This is funny but when did fml turn into a site for embarrassing moments?
shashmpoof 0
You cried? Damn ur a scaredy cat. Why would u do that? I sometimes hear real gun shouts and I don't hit the floor.
badluckalex 23
if I heard gunshots the first thing I would do is drop to the floor...
Cormophyte 0
1. Popcorn, crying, really? Grips, they're good to have. 2. "My mom made me clean" immediately conjured images in my mind of both bathtime and homemade fundamental religious conversion (preferably by being doused by water)
ozymandias_fml 0
#17, If your first reaction to hearing a popping noise is to think 'gunshots' you are in the ghetto. I hear guns on a regular basis, but if I were to hear gunfire outside my house, I would assume a car back fired, or some kid is doing fireworks, at least at first. The odds of it being a gun in my neighborhood are so low, that it would be better odds to bet it was a loud fart. Then again, I don't live in the ghetto.
_unknown_ 0
paranoid much?
MoobyTheCow 2
Wow... some people just need more excitement in their lives.