Today, I bought a box of Fruit Loops. When I got home, I noticed a free prize would be in the box. I sifted through the box, looking for the small toy. It wasn't in there. I don't know what is more sad, the fact that I got ripped off by a children's cereal or that I'm 21 and upset by it. 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 realized that my girlfriend had never said anything about the proposal ring I had put into a box of her Froot Loops. When I hinted it to her, she said that the cereal had expired, so she threw out the box. FML
Today, I was eating cereal while absentmindedly reading the box. I was amused when I found it expires on my birthday. Then I realized it expired on my birthday two years ago. FML
Today, I was feeling hungry, so I went to the kitchen to get a bowl of cereal. I found hundreds of weevils festering in my Lucky Charms. FML
Today, my mom bought me some expensive Japanese candy. I opened it, and saw that each chewy candy was wrapped in a thin, hard to peel off wrapper. After trying to get each wrapper off, I determined they were unopen-able and threw them away. I then read the box, saying the wrappers were edible. FML
Today, I had an Easter Egg Hunt in my backyard for my kids. When they collected all the eggs, they opened them and to their dismay there was no candy inside. When I bought them, I thought they already came with candy. It’s been two hours and my kids won’t stop crying. FML
Today, I was grocery shopping when a little kid pointed at me and yelled, "Mommy, look! It's the man from the cereal box!" I don’t know whether to feel flattered or insulted. FML
Today, I learned the horrifying implications of my memory not being what it used to be when I bought a tasty-looking chocolate bar, only to realize upon taking a bite that I'd bought one before and not liked it one bit. FML
Today, I bit into a cereal bar and thought the inside was oddly damp. I took a look at it and saw a maggot worm wriggling around. Its friend was in my mouth. FML
Today, my three-year-old decided to dump the entire contents of her cereal box onto the kitchen floor because she was looking for a "prize." The only prize we found was a huge dead cockroach, which she promptly stuck in her mouth. FML
Today, I was hosting my kid's birthday party. I had a bunch of small trinkets, so I grabbed the first container I could find to put them in. It wasn’t until I went out and someone yelled, "I’ll take a heavy flow!" that I realized it was an empty tampon box. FML
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geetface 0
I'd be pissed too
CaptainJellyBean 0
Think of it this way, at least you didn't miss out on your McDonald's toy and throw an epic fit right in the restaurant. Been there, done that. Would most likely go there again.
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Dhamy 0
Awww! That's so cute and sad!
Gatch_fml 0
There is NOTHING wrong with this I'm 23 and was really excited when my Corn Pops came with an Indiana Jones Light up Spoon.
Kareohlynah 0
Are you sure that it didnt say "By Mail" ?
cripples_09 0
shit i would be pissed too.... 21 or not a rip off is a rip off
tipple 0
This is the most intelligent FML I've ever read. Gently amusing as well. :o) Good luck with the next box of Fruit Loops (you did go out and buy another box, didn't you?)
surt 0
i feel ripped off too... after reading you qq about breakfast! man life must be so hard without that little toy
lkrofct 0
They don't put them in the cereal anymore, they're outside the plastic bag (which is lame). Did you check there?
dirtyhippie 0
lol @ #6 I would be majorly pissed and ring the company hotline or send them an email - maybe both - telling them that my *ahem* kid was really upset that there was no toy, been buying their cereal for years yadda yadda. I got a whole set of Batman figures from Nesquik that way when one was missing :D
rainonmyparade_ 0
Well its nice getting free stuff :D
hannahbananas 0
you don't need to sift and get sticky cereal crumbs on your hands... just shake it a lot and the toy surfaces. i'd be really pissed if there was no toy in my cereal box. i'm 25.