Today, in class, I asked my teacher for a "rubber". I didn't realise that in America "rubber" doesn't mean "eraser", it means condom. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a guy sitting next to me in class asked me for a pen. I accidentally handed him a tampon instead. FML
Today, when I went to pay for my groceries, I accidentally handed the cashier a condom instead of my $20. FML
Today, a girl in my class turned around and said, "Wow, you've got your photo on a rubber! That's amazing!" The rubber was designed to look like a £10 note, and the picture was of the Queen of England. FML
Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
Today, I was spacing out in French class and randomly got an erection. My professor called on me to stand up at the front of the room and say, "I am wearing a belt," in French. Not everyone was observing just my belt. FML
Today, I was in English class when I had to use the bathroom. As I was signing out, the teacher said, "Don't forget the hall pass!" It was a plunger. I had to walk across the school with a plunger. FML
Today, in class, I reached into my bag to pull out a tampon, which I hid under my sleeve so I could make a quick escape to the restroom. My teacher yelled at me, because she thought I'd taken out my phone. I then had to prove myself by showing the tampon to the whole class. FML
Today, my 2-year-old told me he found a new finger puppet. It was a used condom. FML
Today, my psycho abstinence-only sex ed teacher claimed condoms give 50% protection at most against pregnancy. I couldn't help but correct her. She apologized for her "mistake", saying, "It's just that we're not ALL sluts, Kara." Now everyone thinks I'm a raging whore. FML
Today, I had to pick up my son from school because he was constantly talking about his "Giant pen." In mid-July, I got him a giant-sized pen (writing utensil) and he liked it very much. Apparently, one of the teachers had their mind in the gutter and thought he was talking about… you know what. FML
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Gherto 0
Oh yeah, I used to confused by this from time to time back when I lived in the U.K.
Tygastyle 0
yes, the Beatles are totally still relevant to teenagers! they'll be around forever i think....i'll at least introduce my kids and yeah a rubber can be considered an eraser....it erases the chances of getting pregnant...?!
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Comments (165)
godfries 1
Don't worry, I do this all the time!!
njbhgjnhnfk 0
I call an 'eraser' a rubber. That's what everyone here calls 'em.
JFox 8
Eldrakan fails to understand the concept of a cultural phenomenon.
adam2 0
#32 I know, and I call condoms "rubbers' becuase that's what everyone here calls them. I was just making a point that neither of those are proper English. In Germany the word "Gummi" can mean a condom, an eraser, a stick of gum, and other stuff.
rustyxpenguin 0
ill be 18 in july... i still love the beatles!
Michaelsgirl04 9
congratulations?
soggywoffles 0
LOL nice one
MackenzieB 0
Haha my french teacher told us that when she went to teach english to middle school age french kids one asked her for a rubber and she was mortified. She then had to explain what a rubber was to a bunch of kids who continued to say it the rest of the year. xD
anthem_fml 0
ahah, aw, same thing happened here to a girl from india who asked a group of girls for a rubber for her hair (like a rubber band or hairtie). they just laughed at her.
tincan 0
Good that when I first made that mistake, I was only grade 6. When I asked I also made the gesture of erasing something, so the girl just corrected me that it's an eraser. =D (Good that kids back then don't have dirty minds like kids nowadays do...)
Synthetic42 0
LOL. I hate writing with pencil, 'cause it's like assuming you're gonna mess up. I like the feel of a pen better, and if I **** up, I get to be badass and scribble over it, as if I was hurriedly writing a ransom note.
yummcookie 0
They may have been drawing :P