Anonymous
United States
Today, I woke up to find a tick stuck to my eyelashes. The only way I know of to get it off is with fire. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Sarah220
United States
Ticked off
Today, I woke up to a pain on my eyelid. I stumbled into the bathroom to find a huge tick attached to the edge of my eyelid. My dad used tweezers to pull it off, only the head stuck. I had to go to the doctor and sit there for 15 minutes so she could pull the rest out. FML
Anonymous
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
United States
New, from Goop
Today, after a nap, I went to scratch my eye and felt what I presumed to be a clump of mascara on my eyelash. I didn't wear mascara today. It was a tick. FML
Luna
Carmel, United States
Today, I found a tick half-buried in my nipple. FML
Anonymous
This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff
United States
Where did you come from?
Today, I was about to get in the shower, when I felt an odd itch in my navel. I saw what I thought was bellybutton lint, so I pulled on it, and quickly realized what I had between my fingers was a still-squirming, headless tick. FML
crayons128
United States
Today, I was at a fire roasting marshmallows. When mine caught on fire, I pulled it back so I could blow out the flames. It flew off the stick, and, still flaming, landed on my face. FML
theapplesleader
Washington, United States
Yucky!
Today, I picked my dog up and nibbled her ear. On the tip of her ear was a large tick, which burst, sending blood into my mouth. FML
Anonymous
Leer, Germany
A visitor
Today, I had a walk-in: a tiny tick, crawling through my bathroom window, looking down at me in the shower, wondering whether I might be tasty. The window was closed, by the way. FML
santasadiekins
United States
Today, I was camping out under the stars on my trampoline. I was just about asleep when I felt a tickle on my arm. Figuring it was an ant, I brushed it off. The rest of the red ants crawling up my arm didn't like that. FML
animal lover...
Today, I woke up to my cat slowly dragging her paw across my face. I opened my eyes to see a bloody mouse dangling an inch from my face. It was still twitching. FML
Firepants
Canada
Today, I woke up with a burning sensation on my butt. Remembering that yesterday I was bit by a fire ant, I decided to reinspect the bite. I found ten more which itch and burn. My parents' new nickname for me is "Firebutt". FML
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Richisme 0
fire wins all the time
MusicXisXii 0
Fire is how you kill them. You can get them off with tweezers. Just make sure you don't leave ANY part of the tick inside of your skin or on your eyelash or whatever.
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lopezzz 0
I wish FML would illustrate this one. Sorry OP. :/
kybabyy 4
Eyelashes? You mean eyelid? Because ticks can't bite into eyelashes as far as I'm aware.
peeachykeen 0
do you not clean your bed or eye lashes, that's gross
Ymb2001 0
The only way you know to get it off is with fire? Go see a doctor for god's sake!
llerraf2 1
dude you need good tweezers and you jyst put them over a flame then grab it. it will come out easy and u will be able to hold it instead of it rampant in ur floor or whatever.
marvin_fml 0
I actually would like an answer to the question. I've never seen a tick in my life, and no-one I've ever know has ever had a tick. A couple of people I know have owned dogs that had ticks, but they definitely didn't burrow under the skin, is the OP talking about a different species of tick?
xbabykgurlyx 0
fyi rubbing it could break the body away from the head and if it has already burrowed its head, your at a major risk for diseases and infections...And same if you just "grab it with tweezers and pull it out." Best bet is to put vasaline where he has burrowed his head and wait a minute for it to back out, then pull it. Ive worked in a doctors office for years in New England where ticks are VERY common, this is what we do, this is what we tell the patients to do. Dont listen to anything other than that...
taltamir 6
I think the person who wrote this meant to say "stuck to my eyelid"... not eyelash. And fire isn't the only way to get it off... Just go see a doctor instead of burning your eye, or removing it improperly (if you tear it, and a piece remains embedded in you, it will become infected...)
LilaBear 2
Tweezers, idiot. Who uses fire to get ticks off? If you use tweezers though make sure you get the whole tick out, if you leave the head in there it can keep poisoning you and get infected.
Chazzasaurus 5
fire is for leeches. you can just Pull the ticks off