Miscellaneous: Today, during dress rehearsal before the show, I came in with...

By seussical65 - 14/04/2009 13:48 - United States

Today, during dress rehearsal before the show, I came in with crutches pretending I broke my leg as a joke. I then threw away the crutches, laughed and then fell down some stairs. I am now in crutches with a broken leg. I was the lead. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/11/2015 15:28 - United States - Jamestown

Today, I was in a play and had a battle scene. I got a little too into it and wound up twisting my ankle. The audience was treated to me screaming like a little girl before face-planting the stage a moment later. FML

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By AllThatJazz - 15/04/2009 20:06 - United States

Today, I was stage-managing a school show. Some kids were goofing off backstage, so I yelled at them that they could hurt themselves. While walking back to my chair, I tripped over my own feet and fell 5 feet off the stage, shattering my cheekbone. FML

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By dancingqueef - 22/06/2016 02:39 - United States - Kingston

Today, my mom told me to break a leg before performing in my dancing school's show. I really did break part of my leg while performing. FML

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By chinchilla4404 - 02/08/2011 14:17 - United States

Today, I broke my leg while trying to show my friend how I broke my other leg. FML

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By Braceyourself - 25/09/2016 05:44 - United States - San Pablo

Today, I went in for an audition. Since my wrist had been in a brace all week, I felt I would be fine without it for one day because I didn't want it to be a distraction. I tripped in the middle of the dance routine and crashed on top of my injured wrist. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/02/2013 01:00 - Netherlands - Zwijndrecht

Today, I was rehearsing for a school play. My drama teacher keeps criticising the part where I fake-trip, saying I make it look terribly fake. During today's rehearsal, I actually tripped for real, and smashed my kneecaps against the floor with a scream. He still said my "acting" sucked. FML

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By oxjessiiox - 11/10/2009 15:42 - United Kingdom

Today, I had to pretend to give birth in a play. I wanted to make it a realistic as possible but ended up crapping myself on stage by accident. FML

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By nancypants1124 - This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I was joking around with my manager about faking an injury to collect Worker's Compensation. Then I actually slipped and sprained my foot, and now my manager thinks I'm lying. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/09/2023 10:00

Today, you know those videos where catering staff accidentally drop the wedding cake in front of the bride, groom, and guests. Well I’m now that idiot. I’m also now in a cast on crutches because the bride kicked me in the leg with her heels so hard she snapped a bone. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/04/2016 19:28 - United States - Carlisle

Today, I performed a piano piece at a school play. Everything went well until I got up and accidentally smashed my shin against one of the piano legs. Before I could bite my tongue, I'd already yelled "Fucking hell!" in front of about 50 second graders. FML

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kristenlee 3

Tuesday 14 April 2009 20:04

Hope you didn't throw those crutches too far...

Trix_Disorder 20

Tuesday 14 April 2009 20:07

Life's ironic like that.

Comments

Anderling 32

Wednesday 15 April 2009 11:31

This, my dear, is what we call karma. Deal with it.

frenzykitty 0

Wednesday 15 April 2009 13:27

I'm calling BS on this one.

steelydan 0

Wednesday 15 April 2009 16:55

if you look down at your cast, thats God's way of telling you that you deserve this

stunlock_ftl 0

Wednesday 15 April 2009 17:33

If you were my actor, I'd kill you. I'm really superstitious and one of them is to not play with crutches or you -will- fall and break your leg on them. I've known so many people to whom this has happened. -_- Sorry it happened to you, though.

labelleza329 0

Wednesday 15 April 2009 21:28

wow, sucks for you, but thats a PERFECT example of karma...

YouDontSeeMe 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 8:18

that's foreshadowing for you.

nodbor 11

Thursday 16 April 2009 10:58

I guess that was your finale.

pat_mac 0

Friday 17 April 2009 21:43

Oh God, I'm so sorry. I sprained my foot really bad just a few weeks before a show I was leading in, so I know what a terrible experience that is. Of course, I did it during dance rehearsal, not during a prank, but the effect is the same. For everyone who said they deserved it, there has to be some humor in theatre and it wasn't really a terrible joke, but it's better to be safe than sorry when messing around before a show.