Today, I joked with a pregnant girl in a state juvenile correctional facility where I work that eating a lot of candy would damage the unborn baby's teeth. Without batting an eye, she responded that she would simply "eat some toothpaste after the candy." FML
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polluxdc 10
OP here. Yeah, I was joking, they aren't always the most sophisticated of jokes, but it gives one a sense of where the kid may or may not be coming from. The kid, unfortunately, was not joking, and I had to explain a few things to her. Thanx for the comments. For those of you who said stop joking around and do your job...it'd be a mighty dreary place if there was no humor (lame as it may or may not be). It IS a portion of our job. This post was mostly meant as a, "f" all our lives if this is what the future holds.
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zachman523 5
Clever girl
FrietvanPiet 16
I bet your mom ate a lot of toothpaste
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zachman523 5
Clever girl
Kamon97 23
Should've told her mouthwash works better >.>
slooby_fml 25
And here I thought Orange is the New Black exaggerated the stupidity
MrsDruidess 23
well she is locked up and pregnant so she can't be too smart.
logic368 8
Let us pray that the child does not abhor the taste of peppermint.
UberNova 18
Let us pray she learns how to properly take care of a child.
Lavelle1313 11
Let us pray that she learns how to properly take care of herself.
Damian95 16
Let us pray that she properly learns how to take care of her teeth.
jojimugo 20
Let's pray that she has any teeth
BradTheBrony 19
Let us pray that she exists.
EternalRest 5
^ Somebody always has to screw up a good thread.
Mauskau 36
Wouldn't eating toothpaste harm the baby in itself? FTbaby'sL
FrietvanPiet 16
I bet your mom ate a lot of toothpaste
OctoDope 15
47 that made my day and I bet #3 didnt even get it
October3461 12
There is such a thing as a stupid question and you miss won the award for it.
emilycardona7 18
Mother of God. .
Zestus 19
assuredly not.
kurodansei 16
Mary? (in some circles)
emilycardona7 18
I meant that as, "Holy shit, that's clever."
JMichael 26
More like holy shit it's stupid.
emilycardona7 18
WELL DAMN **** YOU ALL TOO
botanistjessica 24
It's terrifying that you're already smoking at the ripe age of 13
emilycardona7 18
im actually twelve. and it's not cigarettes or weed, it is a hookah pen.
chevygirl23 17
I hope she wasn't being serious
coried91 28
I have a horrible feeling she was. A lot of the kids getting knocked up these days are extremely uh, dumb.
adamo_erebus 26
OP was joking, so I guess the pregnant girl was joking too? I'd hope she was joking.
truth_teller23 11
Op said "without batting an eye" sounds pretty serious to me.
jannatanelle 5
or she's quick to think of a sarcastic answer?
rossdavids 16
Well if she was caught to be put into a correctional facility, you know she isn't going to be the smartest
bubblyhayley 16
she could be visiting
MrVorshack 2
YES! That's the most logical answer.
sexysaltshaker 11
Eating toothpaste. Now that's a fresh idea.
jerryj 27
Tell her that eating toothpaste would also damage the unborn baby's teeth. She'll probably propose another solution and you can see how far the chain goes!
ChenEighty 20
Or they can do their job and help, instead of playing a game with a child's life...?
hickdog 6
Wow...I think it might be called..ummm. oh yeah, humor, that's what it is! Do you think any part of the FML was serious?
Alexis2742 31
Yes.
DanielleinDC 34
Let's hope she's giving the kid up for adoption. But a pregnant gal in juvie--you know she isn't going to be the brightest bulb in the chandelier.
bubblyhayley 16
so judgemental! you dont know enough about her tojudge that she wont be a good mum
igive 29
Hate to be cynical, but she probably won't. She considered eating toothpaste!
amayasoma 19
18 - The woman said she would eat toothpaste. How is that a sign of a good mother?
bubblyhayley 16
its obviously a joke... I hope!
doodlecloud 27
If it had been a joke then it wouldn't be an FML...besides, no-one said she doesn't have the potential to still become an adequate mum. They just said she's not going to be the smartest a mum could be...
bethers_ 22
18, she's in juvie. Do you really expect her to be a good mother, toothpaste or not? She may have been involved in drug or theft related activities. I don't think her comment was a joke. She was admitting that she does not care what happens to the child. Babies don't need those kinds of people in their life. 10's got it right with the adoption route.
truth_teller23 11
Although it seems she's not very smart, it's unfair to stereotype all kids in juvie as stupid. Some of them are actually incredibly smart.
mrlopez 13
She probably is if you think of it in another way. It's just a way to rebut OP's uncanny comment on her harmless candy-eating enjoyment
strawberrywine22 30
Jesus, why are you people so judgemental? Being in Juvie doesn't mean they're bad. I got sent there for defending myself when my mother was beating me!
malheartsnutmeg 20
Sounds like a joke/smartass reply to the OPs joke if you ask me. Why is an FML?