Today, I agreed to lend my daughter's inflatable pool to my neighbor for the day. Barely an hour later, I witnessed his son jump off their balcony, missing the pool by inches. He's now in hospital, and my neighbor has sworn to sue me, saying I'm responsible because the pool is mine. 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, while lifeguarding, a kid thought it'd be hilarious to take a crap in the pool. The other kids freaked out and rushed to get out. Several of them slipped on the way out and hurt themselves fairly badly. Two parents are now threatening to sue us, and my boss blames me. FML
Today, I was stretching on the balcony, when I heard my neighbor's daughter scream. She was playing in their kiddie pool and thought I was peeping on her. And now her parents think so too. FML
Today, I went to the pool with my son. One moment I'm sitting down, applying sunscreen to my legs, and the next I look up to see him squatting on the diving board, seconds before dropping a deuce into the pool. As we got kicked out, he screamed that it was my fault. FML
Today, I was at the pool with two boys I babysit. The eldest wouldn't get out of the pool so I pretended to call his dad. He then ran out of the pool, pushed me down, grabbed my phone, chucked it into the pool and then ran back into the pool. FML
Today, I caught my elderly neighbour skinny-dipping in my pool. FML
Today, I taught my kid how to mow the lawn. It's a self-propelling mower so it's easy to handle. My kid thought it would be smart to tie the handle down so that he wouldn't have to push it at all. This resulted in the lawn mower blasting through our fence and sinking into my neighbor's pool. FML
Today, my friend and I decided to go skinny-dipping in her pool just after we'd finished watching a scary movie. While we were in the pool, I heard something move in the bushes so I freaked out and ran onto the deck, slipping and falling flat on my back. Her dad saw the whole thing. FML
Today, I was at a pool party. My friend's little sister pushed me in the pool, so when I got out, I pushed her in. She started screaming, and I started laughing because I thought she was pissed that I'd pushed her in. That wasn't why she was screaming. She can't swim. Her whole family witnessed it. FML
Today, I was at a friend's pool party. He lives on a lake and one of our friends wouldn't get in the water. My best friend and I decided to push him off the dock. Once we had, I turned to see my crush who had watched looked shocked, then said, "You know he can't swim right?" FML
Today, my parents had my little sister's birthday pool party at our house. My mom decided to tell all the guests that the pool was "just for decoration" and nobody would actually be allowed to swim in it. Cue a million screaming tantrums and my parents and even me receiving tons of hate. FML
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xoamy906 25
Your neighbor is an idiot.
ScenicSubterfuge 39
Counter sue him for the distress and trauma that you and your pool suffered from having to watch it.
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Comments (116)
fareith 15
Sounds like its time to move house! Maybe a place with a real pool this time?
courtney680 17
Why move? It's not their fault so how could their neighbors ever win that lawsuit?
Nordrag 26
Stupidity seems infectious. Therefore when a strong strain is found it is often acceptable to move as far away as possible.
br00kr 22
My dads a lawyer I can get some tips for you OP!
\ 28
No good deed goes unpunished. And fortunately, neither do many irresponsible fathers.
SuperPizzaMan_fml 11
Or maybe a place with no pool. Or stupid neighbors. Probably just the latter because pools are awesome.
wiccanangel13 10
Same could be said about irresponsible mothers. Don't make this a gender specific thing.
alexwow1 13
Can they sue he got injured on his area of the house and how dum are children
ElementaryEdGuy 18
Do I have to be the one to point this out? How does the first floor have a balcony?
NoMore_CoolNames 14
34- woah, calm down. Nothing said was that serious.
CallMeMcFeelii 14
You're the only who made the comment out to be gender specific, 34. I don't think anyone else took it like that. I hate how people call foul on any comment just because it says male instead of female, or vice versa.
TheOnlyMizLiv 22
27 - Don't worry, they won't even make it to court.
fareith 15
15 - You think they would want to continue living next to these people? Really?
Horsempeg 25
People sue for anything now. You'd be surprised. I knew a lady who got robbed, and the guy fell out of the window and broke his arm and sued the lady....he won!
br00kr 22
You can sue for anything. He won't lose though because it is the sons stupidity and the neighbor asked for the pool.
br00kr 22
They might but im just trying to say that the guy owning the pool would win lol because the neighbor asked for it.
puffleprincess 7
#135-uh huh, I bet you also know someone who knows someone that named her kids a-a (aDASHa, the '-' isn't silent) and orangejello & lemonjello. You read the story about the robber on the Internet--just like everybody else did, lol.
threer 30
Mrs.Lowery's 7th grade class?
scarlet22ashley 19
135, if it was her property then the guy couldn't have won that case.
xoamy906 25
Your neighbor is an idiot.
Nordrag 26
Stupid people. Stupid people everywhere.
xoamy906 25
As Sheldon says, stupid people make me sad.
Pwn17 25
Someone this stupid shouldn't even have a kid...
someteenager 13
It's not necessarily his fault. The kid could just be dumb or a risk taker. But he is a dumb ass for threatening to sue. FYL OP
\ 28
Hopelessly stupid people should be sterilized.
SwaggCapone 11
You should be required to take a iq test before breeding
Smoldering 15
Stupid stunts like that normally would take care of most stupid people, but nature can't keep up. Why you say? Well because stupid people breed like rabbits.
persianninja 23
If you have seen the movie idiocracy then you know why stupid people should not breed
EvanEvanEvan 3
maybe you are the one make people sad
puffleprincess 7
#94 I think our modern medicine ruined that. It used to be people avoided doing extremely stupid shit, cuz they knew they could die from a broken bone, an infection, etc. Now, a quick trip to the ER, some antibiotics & you're all better and ready to get back to breeding!
Maxcrss 7
I'd really like to see that neighbor try to sue OP. It'd be like me loaning a chainsaw to a person, and a week later they go on a killing spree and then blame me for the killings because it was my chainsaw. As Spock says, "Highly illogical."
RoboCunnilingus 23
The pool is yours. By the dumb kid is hers. You seem to be at an impasse.
TourettesGuyFTW 26
Clearly OP is in the wrong. It's his pool. It must have moved out the way at the last second. Good pool.
waffle3z 6
She should have sued had the neighbor's son landed and popped her precious inflatable pool. It seems to be causing a lot of conflict so far.
DyslexicPanda 12
Or just counter-sue and say they stole it
cobaltjedi 13
On the neighbor's property, the win goes to OP
compaq163 8
I'm sorry for you, OP. I hope you will not pay for the stupidness of the neighbor's kid
CallMeWindSock 24
Sorry to point this out, but I think the proper word is "stupidity".
compaq163 8
Sorry if my first language isn't english !
kozzard 17
technically both can work
ScenicSubterfuge 39
Counter sue him for the distress and trauma that you and your pool suffered from having to watch it.
someteenager 13
Can I just say, your pic is awesome! Stupid dog! You made me look bad!
hashshim 23
58: You know, there's a Private message service on here.
Archay 13
Not on the phone
MidnaLink 35
Actually there is a PM function on phone app.
DropTheDaggerxx 31
@77, that's true for the iPhone app. But if someone doesn't have an iPhone/Android and is just using the mobile site, they wouldn't be able to use the PM service.
Bano360 25
My Android app has had a pm function for years. I'm not sure how using the mobile browser site would be different.
JtPv 14
Have fun winning that! In all seriousness, that sucks OP.
thatguynamedsky 32
i would have just responded with saying ill sue him for stealing my pool xD
love2killu 21
Very idiotic xD watch him try to sue you!
Smoldering 15
The neighbor has no grounds, they asked permission to use OP's pool there for making the liability shift over to the neighbor. Furthermore the idiotic kid had the choice to jump off the balcony. He was not pushed by Op. lastly this all happened in the neighbor's yard not Op's. Don't worry Op they will just be made fools in court.
daringtoride 27
Honestly, OP, if your neighbor took that to court, I doubt she would win (if she isn't laughed out of the courtroom first.) Then again, stupider and crazier cases have been won lately...on that note, your neighbor's kid is an idiot - no doubt got that gene from his father.
Dinderdon 20
Or from his mother... You know, the moron who thinks she can sue someone else for her moron son.
chipmunkofddoom 13
or the moron you speak of is, in fact, the father. unless... well you know... op meant HER son and not HIS son as is clearly typed.
daringtoride 27
I used she, before I read the FML more carefully and saw OP said 'his son,' though I suppose it could still go both ways considering OP didn't specify whether the last reference to the neighbor was the mother or father :P So I just used both!
10showgirl 16
Tell him that if he does that, you'll swear that he pushed his son off the balcony.
CoolRainbowdash 15
Exactly why did he jump from the first story balcony?
RoseBlack123 37
Because he's an idiot
my_name_is_earl 9
Clearly the 2nd or 3rd story, depending how dangerous you're feeling is the way to do it :P