Today, I woke up thinking my house was on fire because I could hear crackling flames downstairs. I panicked and tripped out of bed. It was the fireplace channel I left on last night so I could wake up to a Christmas ambiance. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had to call 911. Why? My fireplace caught on fire. FML
Today, I woke up to the fire department at my house. Why? My brother called 911 thinking there was a fire after turning the heat on for the first time all winter. 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, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shat myself. FML
Today, I woke up at 4 a.m. to the smell of something burning. My husband and I checked the house, and I was convinced there was possibly an electric fire. Went back to bed, then when I woke again I remembered I'd straightened my hair the day before and that’s what the burnt smell was. FML
Today, I was making dinner when the smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and stood there waving a towel at it like an idiot. Then I realized that the alarm was coming from the apartment next door. FML
Today, I woke up to the smell of cooking bacon. As I walked down my stairs towards my kitchen, I realised that the smell wasn't coming from bacon, but from my kitchen being on fire. FML
Today, I was stepping out of the shower while home alone. I heard voices coming from the living room. I grabbed a bat to defend myself and ran into the living room. I slipped on my tile floor and smashed my TV with the bat. No one was in my house, but I'd left the radio on. FML
Today, I was sleeping in my apartment when I woke up to the smell of smoke. Alarmed, I ran out to the kitchen to find my roommates trying to put out a fire on the stove. As soon as they saw me, they ran for it, informing me that it was my problem now. They used my good frying pan. FML
Today, I made Christmas dinner. I live in a block of flats, and I was cooking for two hours. The smoke alarm went off after 10 minutes, but it's so high up that I couldn't reach it to turn it off, so I had to fan it off every five minutes, then five minutes later it would go off again, and so on. The neighbors complained. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
PantyGAMES 10
Waking up to ambiance? Seems more like you were shooting for ambulance.
shayshayshazam 14
That's so dumb it's almost impressive. Merry Christmas though!
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (76)
shayshayshazam 14
That's so dumb it's almost impressive. Merry Christmas though!
Marvin_Kay 10
Is it dumb that he/she wanted to feel the christmas spirit?
HeyArnold91 8
She could've left cookies and milk on the table and called it a day
trevishere 7
Why was the TV so loud?
PantyGAMES 10
Waking up to ambiance? Seems more like you were shooting for ambulance.
oj101 33
Ambulance? A fire engine would be more useful...
CanWeMicrowaveIt 11
DAMMIT 23, You had one job, ONE JOB.
oj101 33
Hey, why not both?
kerrwoof 13
I don't think they were shooting for an ambulance seeing as how it was on television..
datoismyname 22
47- sarcasm. Sarcasm everywhere.
xXxXxMasonxXxXx 7
At least you could still enjoy the fireplace
COOL__Coal 12
It is called rich people problems.
RedSnuwolf 4
Jeez dude you need to 'cool down'. Hahaha... I'll leave now.
HowieDoIt 21
That comment might have backfired, but don't get too upset. Just take a chill pill and relax, don't water down your emotions, let it all out! Otherwise you can get burnt out on these comments and your fml morale will be forever extinguished.
CanWeMicrowaveIt 11
So many puns it burns
Pleonasm 36
Let's get right to the hearth of the matter: your punning career will be toast if you put "I'll leave now" etc. for added effect all the time.
sisco2901 20
Never ever do that! The christmas three might have caught from the fire on the telly!
howdeedoo 22
So you're saying that images of fire have the ability to catch other things on fire? Awesome
PantyGAMES 10
Is it a MAGICAL tv that he bought from Diagon Alley? I want one! :D
sisco2901 20
Aw god, seems like people can't tell sarcasm these days...
stinewd 9
#17 - Seems like you can't either.
Pleonasm 36
It wasn't very good, that's all.
oj101 33
With TVs being HD and 3D nowadays, you never know.
savage93 11
Unless its a 3-D T.V. Shit 29 beat me to it.
Pleonasm 36
If 3D TVs made things real, then I would have a whole load bodacious ladies on my lap and a few cheetahs running around, hunting Andy Murray for sport. Damn 3D TVs never deliver.
Canucksftw24 6
30: You saying "shit 29 beat me to it" wasn't an edit which means that you read his comment and then made your own... My point being is that we didn't need your comment
Pleonasm 36
He did edit it, I saw the before and after of the comment. At first, it only had the top line. You do know that it doesn't automatically tell you when someone has editted a comment, right? It is written by the commenters themselves for clarity. So, he wrote the comment, then saw he had been beaten to it and changed it to add the last part. Idiot.
CharresBarkrey 16
35 - Hahahaha it doesn't put "Edit" when you edit the comment, it's just most people put that in their edited comments.
ChazzyWazzy1998 10
Am I the only person that noticed 5 wrote christmas three instead of Christmas tree?
GothickNihilist 15
There's a fireplace channel? I have never heard of such a thing.
CharresBarkrey 16
It's really nice and calming, especially if you live in an area that doesn't get cold enough for an actual fireplace fire.
oj101 33
#6- The fireplace channel is number 206 on Canadian TV. It's called the Yule Log and runs during the Yuletide period (Scandinavian tradition) 24th Dec to Jan 3rd. #15 - You're right - I live in Australia where I have ducted heating or A/C and I played a Yule log video through YouTube on my smart TV.
Sir_ND_Pity 35
Stop, drop and roll, OP!
whinthy 18
What a nice way to start Christmas .
howdeedoo 22
Hey, at least your house wasn't actually on fire
LaLince 40
How high was the volume of the fireplace channel? The TV was downstairs!
oj101 33
I live in a 6500 sq ft house, and it's mostly open plan (only bedrooms and bathrooms closed off) and sound can easily penetrate. I can hear TV upstairs on the other side of my house when I'm downstairs. Plus, OP is most likely to be a young person living in their own apartment - just the feel I get from OP and most FML'ers are 16-25 years old.