Today, I took an IQ test and ended up scoring above average. Feeling good about myself, I decided to bake some cookies. After 30 minutes of them not doing anything in the oven, I realized I forgot to turn the oven on. 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, I baked a cake for when my mum came home. I did everything I needed to do and put it in the oven, set the timer and went to do some things around the house. When my mum came home, she asked why there was a uncooked cake mix sitting in the oven. I forgot to turn the oven on. FML
Today, I was baking cookies. I stared at them for 15 minutes and finally asked my dad, "Why are these taking so long?" He looked up at the oven and replied, "It might help if you turn the oven on." FML
Today, I went to interview with potential new roommates at a cooperative living house. I decided to bake cookies for everyone, and while touring the house, I forgot about the cookies and set off a small oven fire. All this after professing how responsible I am. FML
Today, I woke up after putting my child to bed. Drowsy, I stumbled down to the kitchen to make a mug cookie. I read a recipe on my phone, and put a knob of butter in a cup to melt in the microwave. I put my phone in the microwave and turned it on for 30 seconds, and didn't realize what I'd done until I smelt burning plastic. FML
Today, I baked a cake. After feeding it to my entire family, I opened the stove, planning to temporarily store the cake inside. I then noticed a mouse, burnt to a crisp. FML
Today, I was making some scrambled eggs. I had the eggs in a pan, stirring for about ten minutes, before I realised that the eggs were cooking very slow. I tried to figure out what was wrong for another few minutes before my grandma pointed out to me that the oven wasn't turned on. FML
Today, I’m learning to cook and invited friends over to prove I’m improving. I timed everything perfectly… or so I thought. I realized I’d never actually turned the oven on. We stood around a beautifully plated tray of room-temperature lasagna while I said, “It just needs… a bit more time.” Two hours later, we ordered pizza. FML
Today, I was trying out a new pizza recipe that I saw online. I made the dough, spread the sauce, and added my toppings. As I was about to put it in the oven, I realized I'd forgotten to preheat it. No big deal, or so I thought. I then knocked the entire fucking uncooked pizza face-first onto the kitchen floor. The dog ate better than I did tonight. FML
Today, after 30 minutes of pre-heating the oven to make a special meatloaf for my husband's birthday, I remembered that I had hidden the cake in there. FML
Today, to be nice, I baked cookies for my step-mom as a birthday present. I burnt my hand while putting them in the oven, but I'd hoped it would be worth it. When she got home, I gave one for her to try. She took a bite, spit it out, and threw it on the floor, asking if it was a joke or if I was really trying to poison her. FML
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m4nduh 7
Everyone makes dumb mistakes. Unfortunately, it was your turn.
Fluffydemise 18
Clearly you are of such supreme intelligence that the little things, such as turning the oven on, do not trouble you nor disturb your state of elevated thought. It's ok, your probably a genius.
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Comments (140)
perdix 31
Your brain recognizes that rewarding your marginal achievement with a batch of fattening cookies will make you feel worse in the long run. Now that you know that you have an above-average brain, you might want to listen to it!
trollburger_fml 4
Indeed, those gym memberships are darn expensive.
Sammitheshit 10
stormchaser24 24
I done that before too. It is a mistake. We are so use to doing simple things we forget.
JanisEvans 10
I believe you meant 'turn on the oven'.
CheeseHater 23
Both works. And in this case, OP's version sounds better.
charvisioku 22
You can't be serious, mate. OP's wording was fine.
TechFire 25
I think I'm going to thumb-down this comment. Did I get the wording right?
Pigeon89 34
I don't know... my oven requires a 15 min lap dance
xRezSynn 15
Forgetting is normal...
doglover100 29
At least you know how to turn it on. The online tests lie.
muhnuqqa15 9
Good IQ = no common sense
perdix 31
#73, that's a logical fallacy that is easily revealed. There are plenty of high IQ people with good common sense. Sure, there are some people with high IQ's that don't have much common sense, so your statement should have been: Good IQ does not necessarily imply a high degree of common sense.
honeybadgerDG2S 2
The average person wouldn't have figured that out.
Talooka 10
well, that's better than burning them :/
killatrev 4
Haha I know how you feel, you can do really good but you can make yourself look bad after words.