Today, I decided to light a candle in my room. Since fire intrigues me, I put an old brochure into it. Paper burns fast, and now my carpet has a big, black burn mark. 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 lit a used tissue on fire in my room. Eventually, the fire became kinda of large (it was a big tissue) and when I blew it out, it fell on the carpet. Now I have a burn stain on it. FML
Today, I burned my nose. How? I tried sniffing a lit candle. FML
Today, I found a box of birthday candles sitting on the coffee table. Bored, I lit one, and after a minute I threw it away and sat back down on the couch. I started looking at the box and noticed that it said "Magic Re-Lighting Candles" at the exact moment that my trash can burst into flames. FML
Today, my apartment smelled like something was burning, so I checked the oven, toaster, outlets, and even the hallway. After an hour, I discovered the smell was coming from the candle I had forgotten I'd lit in the bathroom. I had spent an hour investigating a fire that wasn't happening. FML
Today, I sliced a deep gash into my thumb while carving up bagels. After putting a plaster on, I returned to my room to relax, where I lit a candle. The flame from my new lighter shot up, and set fire to the plaster on my thumb. Now I have a cut AND several burns. FML
Today, I wanted to impress my girlfriend with a cool fire breathing trick I learned online, and ended up burning half her room. FML
Today, while moving my wax burner away from the window, I spilled hot wax all over my hands, the wall, and in my electric fireplace. FML
Today, at a candlelit dinner, I accidentally set my dad's leg on fire. FML
Today, as a means of getting over my abusive ex, I decided to write his name on a piece of paper and light it on fire. As I lit the paper up, I noticed the marker ink had bled through it. The paper is gone, but his name is forever engraved on my desk. FML
Today, I was having trouble blowing out the last of the several candles on my bedside table. Exasperated, I blew as hard as I could, which sent hot wax from the other candles shooting into the air, all over my face and into my eyes. FML
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boycrazy30007 12
I get being a pyro, but there is no excuse for being an idiot
ILoveEggnog 7
I really hate to say this, but you definitely deserved it.
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Comments (207)
caviar_fml 2
....and that's how houses burn down
PurpleChica9 0
Maybe next time you shouldn't toss paper into fire...
Babyseal420 7
Does Smokey the Bear really need to pay you a visit?
Mister_Triangle 21
"only common sense and/or child-locks can prevent you from starting forest fires"
twogingers1fire 7
I love your picture!! Haha good ol' Tobias...
Babyseal420 7
180 "Tobias, you blow hard."
cheeseboy77 0
you got burned! oh wait that was your carpet. (bad pun intended)
nublets 12
..i went down down down, into a burnin' ring of fire..
EnEl_Infierno 15
Dam i haven't heard that song in forever, is that Garth Brooks or Jonny Cash? I can't remember, either way that song is badass.
epyk_pryncess 8
Johnny Cash. But it's actually "I fell in to a burning ring of fire. I went down down down but the flames got higher." ...pretty sure. Just saying, no hate.
thatssomeBS 9
64-I agree that it's a great song, but had to thumb you down for being an idiot and not knowing who sang it. Anyways, that song is MONEY!
EnEl_Infierno 15
Well thatsomebs 68, well excuse me for not remembering a song from like I don't remember how many decades ago at 3am.
LukaInTheSky 3
Dude. Google. Seriously.
abbyhoneywaffles 11
Really? REALLY?
XxNINJA_28xX 8
Yes really
shoopd 19
Nooooooooope. Just Chuck Testa.
abbyhoneywaffles 11
REALLLLLLLY?????????
XxNINJA_28xX 8
I believe I said yes
NAU_future 7
I love fire and playing with lighters as much as the next pyro, but you have to have some common sense. Next time play with fire on the counter 6 inches away from your sink, trust me it works better and as far as I know I counter top will not light up from a single brochure.
briancrawmer 1
Not an FML, who mods these, ******* monkeys??
plasticspoon 0
I remember when that happened to me lol
feralpup 7
Lucky your carpet is all that burnt. Having a candle is all well and dandy, but not respecting the destructive power of fire has bad consequences. What if your house burnt down from your curiosity. Explain that to whoever you live with. I don't think they'd be impressed.
LexyRae 0
Really how dumb honestly what gave you the right mind to put paper over a candle that was burning