Today, I found a wounded turkey in our backyard. I brought it inside, put it in a cage, and tended to its wounds. I then left. When I got back home, I smelled the wonderful aroma of my mother's cooking. She had prepared a turkey, the one I'd rescued. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
You're welcome…
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, I was in charge of Thanksgiving dinner. I dressed and stuffed the turkey, popped it in the oven and sent a mass text out to my family about how amazing it would be. Everyone arrived, we began making plates of food when I checked the turkey, and realized I never even turned on the oven. FML
Today, I was taking a peaceful stroll in the local park when a curious turkey decided to follow me. Trying to shoo it away, I swung my leg at it, as if to fake kick it. Being the stupid animal it is, it decided to fly into my leg as I swung, causing my foot to connect to its neck. It died. FML
Today, my dad and brother found a Christmas present that they'd "forgotten" to give me. Expecting a joke, I apprehensively opened it. But I still wasn't prepared to unwrap the neck of the Christmas turkey. It had been rotting in the living room for 2 days. The smell was indescribable. FML
Scarfing it down
Today, my mom sent me home with some delicious-looking BBQ ribs because I'd missed a cookout due to work. I set them on the counter, intent on putting them in the oven, but had to make a quick run to the bathroom. I came back to find my roommate's cat sitting in the plate, covered in sauce, as he helped himself. FML
Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML
Panic in the sheets
Today, I woke up to my disabled mother screaming for me. Fearing the worst, I hopped out of bed only to find that she was yelling because her cat had brought a field mouse inside as a gift. The problem? It was still alive. I had to get it from him and throw it outside. FML
Look at that
Today, while driving to Nashville, I saw a bunch of wild turkeys huddled together on the side of the road. I was excited to point them out to my boyfriend, until I realized that the "wild turkeys" were in fact vultures, and that they were eating a dead deer. FML
The bird
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Top comments
WCARlover 35
What kind of mom would just discover a turkey in a cage in her home and not think to ask anyone about it before slaughtering it for dinner? I don't understand
Kallian_fml 21
Redneck mom ftw.
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Comments (125)
mlandon98 1
well, in my family there is no room for pet turkies and we know it. that would be the first thing any of us would do as hunters.
bustub2 8
Maybe that turkey was your mother's to begin with, it just escaped your mother's torturous grasp, when you happened upon it.
mbuck87 19
Your mum rules
dashizam 10
I love ham! I grew up near soon turkey coops, and I saw and heard some very disturbing things..... Nope, don't eat turkey.
firemonkey3636 3
Sounds like a win to me
laurenvec 3
It's never too early for thanksgiving!
BGSU2012 3
OMG OP, that's horrible! Kind of like a Thanksgiving horror story. So sorry.
AnxietySlave 9
Definatly a win... Unless you were going to keep it as a pet? Who wouldnt want a pet turkey, huh?
BlowinChronic 18
I wouldn't want a pet turkey.
Archay 13
I agree with 49, that and turkeys are cool looking.
tracisnow32 0
Everyone is calling the mom inconsiderate but op took a nasty bird into HER home! Birds are disgusting! It's gross that she cooked it, but he had no business taking a wild bird in her house. YDI!
Raesin 21
Birds are no more disgusting than a cat or dog, or even people. Look at the shit some of our species live in.