Today, at a campfire, I whipped out my guitar to serenade this girl I like with a Nick Drake song. When I was done, she said it was nice, but that my singing voice sounded a bit like the Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show. A couple of people nearby burst out laughing in agreement. 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 sang a romantic song I wrote for my girlfriend. She laughed at my soprano. FML
Today, I tried singing in front of my friend. She said, "That's a hilarious voice! You should use that voice when telling jokes!" FML
Today, I was trying to impress a girl I like by showing off my guitar skills at a party. I'd hyped it up all night. When I finally started playing, I’d forgotten most of the chords and lyrics to the song, and ended up just strumming "Wonderwall" while humming off-key. She left halfway through the "performance." FML
Today, after spending months learning how to play the guitar and memorizing the music to my girlfriend's all-time favorite song, I performed it for her. Her response? "Well, you kind of ruined that song for me now." FML
Today, I was auditioning for a talent show. I asked my girlfriend if I could sing to her before I went. She said sure. Thirty seconds in, she got up and mumbled, "You're only going to embarrass yourself." FML
Today, my roommate eavesdropped on me singing. When I realized he was there, he said I was "fucking incredible" and asked me to do another song. There's just one issue: I only sing well when I'm alone. The result was predictably bad. If it was possible to literally die of embarrassment, I wouldn't be writing this. FML
Today, we were at a friend’s birthday party and it was time to sing Happy Birthday. My crush was there. Wanting to impress him, I started out-singing everyone with runs and riffs. Someone said, “It’s just Happy Birthday, it’s not that serious, wannabe American Idol.” Everyone, including him, laughed. FML
Today, after practicing a song for my girlfriend on guitar all day, I called her over to my house to show it to her. After a long speech about how "this is for you," I played for about 3 seconds before I broke a string, which slapped her in her face. FML
Today, I had my earbuds in while walking to work. I was so into a particular song that I didn't notice I was singing out loud despite people being around. A random jogger gave me a thumbs-up and said, "Shit voice, wrong lyrics." FML
Today, I was alone in the kitchen doing the dishes, and I started singing along to my favorite song when it came on my playlist. However, unbeknownst to me, my neighbors were having a barbecue next door, and they cheered and applauded when I'd finished. I’m never singing again. FML
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Top comments
MystickTomato 0
haha well maybe your humorous singing will win her over
dreamering 16
At least you didn't sound like Rebecca Black.
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Comments (106)
daydreamer244 13
singing lessons?
Igor_g5 0
Maybe you ought to make sure you can sing well before you make a public appearance.
RyanA7X77 0
Better then sounding like Justin Beiber.
Jemm_fml 29
I cun oonly imegeene-a hoo yuoo suoonded! Bork Bork Bork!
JurassicHole 5
You should take it as a compliment, not only are you a guitarist/singer, but a gourmet Swedish chef to boot!:D
Star_nolife 2
Were u at the WSJ 2011 in sweden or am i off!
Carlie_McCartney 1
I would love you :) the Swedish chef is one of Jim Henson's best puppets :D
infectedsense 15
YDI for being the kind of lame-ass who serenades girls when other people are around. Sounds cheesy as hell!
theFickleFinger 24
Thank you. This ticked a lot of checked a lot of the doosh-bag boxes for me. Serenading around a campfire and singing Nick Drake?
fail_gurl21 7
thank u for making my day! lol
rfn2 7
At least you tried