_Oblivion_
United States
Today, I fractured my finger setting up a rat trap. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Trapped
Australia
Jerry wins again
Today, I failed a basic intelligence test when the mouse trap I was setting up snapped on my thumb. Later, when I checked the trap I saw that the mouse had managed to lick all the bait off the trap without being caught, I have a sore thumb and was outsmarted by a rodent. FML
mike
United States
Spooky
Today, I set up a mouse trap to kill the rodent plaguing my kitchen. While lying in bed, I heard an unmistakable snap, and ran to see what I'd caught. The mouse trap was missing. I now have a large, angry, and possibly dying animal running around my house. FML
AquaKelly
Newark, United States
Today, I set a trap to catch a mouse that ran across my foot. Not only did the trap shut on my finger twice, but I watched the mouse run over the trap without it snapping shut. I guess I have a new roommate. FML
Anonymous
Boise, United States
What? How? Why?
Today, I smashed my finger with a hammer. A finger on the hand holding the hammer. FML
Keegan O
Ouch
Today, I was cleaning out the crawlspace and set a mousetrap off with my testicles. FML
Anonymous
Carly Rae Jepsen
Today, I was setting up a rat trap at the kitchen table and had just gotten it set when my phone rang. I foolishly leaned over to grab my phone, brushed against the trap, and it snapped closed on my nipple. I wasn’t wearing a bra so that thing grabbed my nipple hard and didn’t let go. FML
Maju
Netherlands
Dumb, but relatable
Today, I hit my toe against a table. Out of frustration, I kicked the table and broke my little toe. FML
xxmollyxx
Sweden
Today, I dropped my remote behind the bed and went to reach for it. Instead of the remote, I grabbed hold of a rat carcass that must have got in when builders were working in my bathroom several weeks ago. FML
Anonymous
Today, at 9 o’clock in the morning while I was working, I made the mistake of being comfortable with a machine that literally bends and breaks steel bars. I lost my entire middle finger and the top third of my pinky and ring fingers. FML
thwack
United States
Today, during a workplace safety exercise at work, I managed to cut off the tip of my thumb. FML
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mspoutylips 8
Oh the irony.
StoryOfTheYear 15
19- Give 1 a break. He's a purple ostrich with an identity crisis. He's got far more important things on his mind than proper grammar.
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the5auru5 0
you should bait it before you set it.....problem solved
FlyingWhisps 5
I betchu that rat was watching the whole time, silently. He's probably back at his pad LMFAOing over your misfortune.
StoryOfTheYear 15
Well, there already are 6 people who clearly were not as perceptive as you. Probably will be a few more even with your comment right below it.
NotSureFry 5
Not sure if working or not, better test it
Isoldael 27
You found out first hand (pun not intended) how "humane" these traps are. If you're gonna kill rats, at least make sure they don't suffer for hours until you find them :)
DelphiCat 17
#68 has a point! That said, a trap is still better than poison... i can vouch first hand for the stupidity of using poison on rodents; 1. you can never be sure just what you are going to kill, and some species e.g. dormice are 'at risk' and in the UK at least are protected by law. 2. having watched a mouse convulse around my kitchen floor (we did not poison the mice, the flat below us did) i can safely vouch for it being a slow and painful way to die - which leads to the next point, as i felt i should put it out of its misery but wasn't sure how, so left the kitchen to get my flatmate, and when i came back the mouse was gone 3. You have no control whatsoever over where the little rodent corpses end up. In this case it was under my flatmates towel in the hall, although i imagine there were some in the walls too. (imagine the stench if a rat died somewhere you couldn't get to!)
Isoldael 27
Agreed. Not to mention the fact that, besides the stench, the corpse might end up somewhere where it's eaten by other animals (maybe even pets). So yes... poison is a terrible way to kill your rats :(.
DelphiCat 17
do you get catch and release traps for rats? just curiosity, with them being so big and all...
artsyfox 3
Oh Rats!
sfkk 0
Don't mess with rats
macnasty 1
I've had my fingers snapped setting a few traps.
stormchaser24 24
Use the T-Rex trap. Easier to set up and almost impossible to crush your fingers.
docscientist 10
Now I imagined op getting catapulted trying set a "T-Rex trap."
bylliam 0
C'mon man