Today, it was an extremely hot day so I hit up the beach for a swim. Just as I entered the water, the first wave approached me. I tried to jump it and lost my footing, managing to dislocate my hip. I had to be dragged from the water by the lifeguards. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at the beach, I swam pretty far out into the ocean. I ended up getting pummelled by the waves and got a painful cramp in my leg. The whole beach watched me flail and scream, while my friends rolled their eyes as they dragged me out of the water. FML
Today, I was at work as a lifeguard. The temperature was absolutely stifling, but I tried to tough it out. A couple of hours into my shift, I passed out, fell off my stand, and crashed into the water. Or so the medics tell me. FML
Today, I nearly drowned. I was at a wave pool for the first time and stupidly swam out to the deep end. When the waves turned on, I discovered I can't swim in rough water. Despite my yelling, "Help!" and flailing around, the lifeguard paid me no attention. My friend had to save me. FML
Today, we were hanging around the pool with a couple of friends and a crush of mine. Thinking I would be able to impress her with a well-performed dive off the diving board, I went up and attempted my best dive. I slipped as I jumped, hitting my head on the board. I had to be saved by the lifeguard. FML
Today, me and my friend were following this hot lifeguard around a waterpark. In the wave pool, I decided to be cute and "accidentally" bump into him during the waves to start a conversation. As I prepared to do this, a large wave pushed me off my feet and I fell face-first into his butt. FML
Today, at the pool, I tried to impress the hot lifeguard by doing the perfect dive. Afterward, I realized my shorts were floating through the water. FML
Today, while I was at the beach I decided to go into the ocean even though the waves looked rough. While I was in the water, I got caught by the riptide and needed to be saved. The reason I was at the beach? I'm a lifeguard. Now all my co-workers won't stop laughing at me. FML
Today, I went to the pool. When I hit the water the top of my swimsuit came off so I tried to put it on underwater. The lifeguard thought I was drowning and pulled me out in front of everyone. Topless. FML
Today, I went to the beach. While I was swimming, I noticed a few really hot guys passing. Trying to be sexy, I slowly got out of the water, showing off my body. I showed a bit more than I expected when I realized my bikini bottom had fallen off. FML
Today, I was at my lifeguarding exam. Everything was going well until I went to 'save' someone and slipped and bellyflopped into the pool. I broke my toe, and the person I was supposed to save ended up saving me instead. FML
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Top comments
NickD6 14
Water you doing OP? Get some hops!
Steve97 32
On the bright side at least it's not -20 and winter where you are :p
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Comments (46)
Dean__Winchester 16
Look on the bright side, it wasn't a shark. I'd rather have this happen to me than a damn shark
Googolman 29
Just be happy it's not one of those unsupervised beaches.
hamiltonma 22
I hope that the lifeguard was at least attractive for you, OP
aspecialspecial 21
-holds up sign with a 10 on it- 10 points!
ndnpride88 25
At least you got to go swimming. Hope you heal quickly
madisyn123 12
At least you got to get cool by the water.
sydneyn19x 13
Same exact thing happened to my friend a long time ago when we went to the beach! Except it was her knee, not her hip.
Benmantha 31
Was it Pamela? Or at least David?
tlnorman 18
Dislocating a hip joint takes blunt force trauma. My surgeon who did my hip replacement said you'd need to either fall from a considerable height and hit the ground hard or be in a serious car accident. It's very difficult to dislocate a hip joint I doubt a wave would cause enough force to do that. You could sprain the area and inflame it but dislocating it would be very hard, unless your osteoporotic or have had a hip replacement.
tlnorman 18
"To actually dislocate a healthy hip a great deal of force needs to be applied. Motor vehicle accidents are the most common ways that hip dislocations occur. Falls from great heights such as ladders can also generate enough force to dislocate a hip. Older individuals are more likely to have this injury due to decreased bone density." This is a direct quote from Wikipedia about hip dislocations and like I in my above post I doubt water and tripping could cause enough force to dislocate one of the biggest joints in the human body so I'm sorry but I am not fully accepting you dislocated your hip unless you're old or have pre-existing hip issues.
aeryn97 17
don't use Wikipedia as a medical source. that's like googling symptoms. find it in a medical journal if you want it to be credible. I could go edit that entry to say whatever I believe and I have zero medical qualifications.
IamComrade 16
Every wiki edit is reviewed and changed back if not found legitimate. This isn't the year 2000 anymore. You can actually be warned and IP/ISP banned if you continue to make false edits on wikipedia. Schools don't like you using it because it's literally the easiest place to get information from.
tlnorman 18
I've actually dislocated my hip falling off my roof and I've got extensive knowledge VIA doctors so irregardless of whether Wikipedia is good or not it's 100% correct here thanks.
tlnorman 18
No you can't edit Wikipedia with false information, not anymore at least. All posts are moderated and they make sure the information's valid so no you're not correct here and your post on my comment is mute.