Animals: Today, I found a wounded turkey in our backyard. I brought it...

By Anonymous - 13/11/2012 23:17 - United States - Killington

Today, I found a wounded turkey in our backyard. I brought it inside, put it in a cage, and tended to its wounds. I then left. When I got back home, I smelled the wonderful aroma of my mother's cooking. She had prepared a turkey, the one I'd rescued. FML

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By craphanded - 19/07/2011 17:45 - United Kingdom

Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML

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By ArtistBlock - 25/11/2016 05:10

Today, I was in charge of Thanksgiving dinner. I dressed and stuffed the turkey, popped it in the oven and sent a mass text out to my family about how amazing it would be. Everyone arrived, we began making plates of food when I checked the turkey, and realized I never even turned on the oven. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/03/2013 14:40 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I was taking a peaceful stroll in the local park when a curious turkey decided to follow me. Trying to shoo it away, I swung my leg at it, as if to fake kick it. Being the stupid animal it is, it decided to fly into my leg as I swung, causing my foot to connect to its neck. It died. FML

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By Cinderstar95 - 28/12/2016 09:34 - United States - Schererville

Today, my dad and brother found a Christmas present that they'd "forgotten" to give me. Expecting a joke, I apprehensively opened it. But I still wasn't prepared to unwrap the neck of the Christmas turkey. It had been rotting in the living room for 2 days. The smell was indescribable. FML

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Scarfing it down

By Anonymous - 25/03/2024 10:00 - United States

Today, my mom sent me home with some delicious-looking BBQ ribs because I'd missed a cookout due to work. I set them on the counter, intent on putting them in the oven, but had to make a quick run to the bathroom. I came back to find my roommate's cat sitting in the plate, covered in sauce, as he helped himself. FML

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By Ketchup - 22/06/2009 06:06 - United States

Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML

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Panic in the sheets

By Anonymous - 02/09/2018 03:30

Today, I woke up to my disabled mother screaming for me. Fearing the worst, I hopped out of bed only to find that she was yelling because her cat had brought a field mouse inside as a gift. The problem? It was still alive. I had to get it from him and throw it outside. FML

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By That escalated quickly - 24/06/2015 19:45 - United States - Ocean City

Today, while driving to Nashville, I saw a bunch of wild turkeys huddled together on the side of the road. I was excited to point them out to my boyfriend, until I realized that the "wild turkeys" were in fact vultures, and that they were eating a dead deer. FML

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By Mariah Barnes - 24/07/2020 08:01

Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML

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By Birdwatcher - 18/09/2012 16:19 - United States - Woodstock

Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML

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Wednesday 14 November 2012 8:23

What kind of mom would just discover a turkey in a cage in her home and not think to ask anyone about it before slaughtering it for dinner? I don't understand

Kallian_fml 21

Wednesday 14 November 2012 8:26

Redneck mom ftw.

Comments

lindora 35

Wednesday 14 November 2012 18:15

Since I'm Canadian, technically it's too late!

sandinthewaves 5

Wednesday 14 November 2012 18:26

So lucky!

Azellia 15

Wednesday 14 November 2012 18:41

I don't believe you. Nope. Sounds fake.

desertlovebird 11

Wednesday 14 November 2012 19:44

My mom did that to a rabbit when I was a little girl. She said it was chicken stew. I never found the rabbit...

guci101 14

Wednesday 14 November 2012 19:58

0.o

krs7g4 8

Wednesday 14 November 2012 20:13

You city people are just ridiculous. I guess we should just let the animals get so thick that they get sick and spread disease and kill themselves off. Critters are for eating! If you all didn't eat the turkey the coyotes would have gotten it anyway. Turkeys are stupid and would never make a good pet.

charvisioku 22

Wednesday 14 November 2012 22:02

"Critters are for eating!" You've made my day <3 I didn't realise anyone really talked like that xD

Bekll 31

Wednesday 14 November 2012 20:49

Why are so many assuming he would've kept the turkey as a pet? He only caged the turkey to tend to the wounds and to come back later and see if the turkey had healed well enough to be put back in the wild. What's heartbreaking is the mother killed (and cooked) a turkey her son wanted to save/rescue. On another note, his intention was to put the turkey out of its misery and that is what the mother did...