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Help!

By Anonymous - 07/05/2012 05:25 - United States - North Bergen

Today, I went to a river near my house. They have several swing ropes that you grab and then jump into the river. As I was about to let go of the rope, my leg got tangled and I was held underwater. My mom watched and laughed for a while before she came to help me. FML

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By lifesuck - 19/09/2010 14:11 - United States

Today, while at a local river, I had been pulled underwater by a very fast and strong current. While fighting for my life, I had let go of my sandals so I could pull myself up. After explaining to my mom what had happened to me, her response was "YOU LOST YOUR SANDALS!?" FML

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By Anonymous - 04/07/2009 22:46 - United States

Today, I went swimming with this guy I like at dammed river. While we were jumping off the dam, I decided to try to impress him by doing a front flip. I didn't jump far enough off, so when I went to flip, my face skidded down the concrete wall. FML

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By Username - 05/06/2019 20:00

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

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By Noname - 27/02/2009 20:28 - United States

Today, during a game of manhunt, my brother and his friends thought it would be funny to tie me to a telelphone pole with my very own multicolored jumprope from when I was younger. They left me there. My mom drove by, stared and then laughed, She kept driving. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/05/2019 12:00

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

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By PaperInfection - 23/11/2009 16:19 - United States

Today, I fell in a hole in my back yard and got stuck. My mother called the fire department. They all stood around laughing and taking pictures before they helped me. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/12/2012 17:19 - Australia - Perth

Today, my friend and I decided to go skinny-dipping in her pool just after we'd finished watching a scary movie. While we were in the pool, I heard something move in the bushes so I freaked out and ran onto the deck, slipping and falling flat on my back. Her dad saw the whole thing. FML

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By water fail - 28/01/2016 11:42 - New Zealand - Auckland

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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By Anonymous - 06/11/2010 11:45 - Australia

Today, my brother flicked a huge bug onto my foot, making me freak out and fall into my outdoors pool. The water was so cold that I started hyperventilating. My brother left to "get help". I finally managed to get out, and found him watching TV. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2009 02:23 - United States

Today, I was at work lifeguarding and saw a kid drowning on the far end of the pool. I decided running would be the quickest way to get to her, but as I ran across the pool deck I slipped and hit my head. The kid's mother jumped in to save her child and then called an ambulance for me. FML

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sierra142 19

Monday 7 May 2012 11:51

If you were underwater how do you know she was laughing?

iNewKid 20

Monday 7 May 2012 11:51

Nice mother! Always there to save you!

Comments

auzz1_pride 9

Monday 7 May 2012 15:12

Funny there was a video of a situation similar to this on Australia's funniest home videos a few weeks ago, figures....

pimpnainteasy 5

Monday 7 May 2012 15:17

That blows man, should've just jumped in like us cliff divers :)

pimpnainteasy 5

Monday 7 May 2012 15:19

Oh and atleast your mom helped mine would've say there and kept laughing

KickItHigh 32

Monday 7 May 2012 15:35

Did anybody else think of Bridge to Terabithia?

ApologyKick 25

Tuesday 8 May 2012 2:01

Good question. Ask the person 3 comments above yours.

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Monday 7 May 2012 15:58

You failed to pick the correct rope. Try again, but choose wisely: you only have 2 lives left.

pattipan 7

Monday 7 May 2012 15:58

Something similar happened to one of my friends when she was a kid; she nearly drowned while her asshole mother sat and watched, probably smirking and thinking of all the money she'd make from the pool when she sued for her kid's 'wrongful death.' She was pissed off when my friend managed to save herself, hollering at her that she 'was never in any danger' and that if my friend said one more word about the episode her mom would 'beat her bad.' That incident scarred her for life not only because she's afraid of water but also and more obviously because she realized when she was still a child that her mother didn't give a rat's ass about her. I didn't even know her when this happened but I shudder to think about how afraid she was while she thought she was drowning and how upset she was to find that her mother saw the whole thing and didn't help. I read this FML and had those same feelings even though at least this time the mother (eventually) helped. How could any parent see their child in danger and not run like the wind to go help them? How could they think it was FUNNY? Horrible, absolutely horrible.

buildajay 4

Monday 7 May 2012 16:10

tehe

buildajay 4

Monday 7 May 2012 16:12

Tehe

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Monday 7 May 2012 16:15

NO. BAD COMMENTER. NO THUMBS FOR YOU.

buildajay 4

Monday 7 May 2012 20:50

But but but

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Tuesday 8 May 2012 16:52

No buts.

Ins0mau 20

Monday 7 May 2012 17:57

A lot of people don't seem to realise that I'd you are upside down underwater, the water goes straight up your nose and you feel like your drowning. So it'd be pretty damn scary being in hat situation and tied at the legs.