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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Comments (152)
rityz 0
aww u so do not deserve it! i wld be pissed too lol its good to have an inner child :D
kfnnnp 0
Oh snap! The little toy is the best bit!
MonkeySpeaks 4
I don't think its bad your upset about it. I think its more a desire for nostalgia... when toys in cereal were standard. I've gotten Cracker Jacks before just because of the toy! And I'm mid-late 20s :D and I know my guy (30s) still looks back in a "those were the days" kind of thing. Er, now that I think about it I feel old...
Melodyfire 0
the little toy is the best part!!!! id be pissed too!!!!
Kandyland 12
It's all good. I do the same thing, but I have a 2 year old. He's my cover for getting excited about cereal box toys. :P
Victoria_fml 0
Be happy to even get Fruit Loops... Here in France we don't get them anymore. So sad.
tWitt3rBuG 0
Awe man i hate when that happens!
OMIGODNOWAI 0
are you sure you checked properly? dump that stuff out man. :< a prize is a prize.
Sinnocent 0
Sadly, I think I know what you're talking about! If it was the Fruit Loops with the "star trek communicator" then it's UNDER the bag of cereal in the bottom of the box itself. I searched for it too. ha!
frootloop25 0
Ha, I'd be pissed off too. I mean a free prize is a free prize. If it says its in the box, THEN IT SHOULD BE IN THE BOX. Those liars. This is how they scam little children...and of course, everyone in general!