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By Anonymous - 20/01/2015 20:24 - United States - Baton Rouge

Today, I spent a half hour trying to help my cat down after he got stuck in the tree on my lawn. I finally gave up and called a local tree care company to help. When I returned outside, I found my cat casually walking about by the door. The guy who showed up to help was not happy. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/07/2009 06:58 - Canada

Today, my husband rescued our daughter's cat from a tree. She spent the next hour clapping and telling me how much of a hero he was. Last night at 2am I was awoken by meowing and had to rescue the same cat from the same tree, in the dark, and halfway down he shit on me. No one called me a hero. FML

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It's alive!

By notmyrealname123 - 25/08/2014 00:08 - Canada - Kitchener

Today, I found my cat downstairs with a squirrel dangling from his mouth. When I saw this, I yelled at my cat to put it down. He did. Turns out the squirrel was still alive and run. I had to spend the next three hours chasing it out of my house. FML

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Christmas Chaos

By shaggyberaddy - 05/01/2018 05:00

Today, I spent 15 minutes trying to get my cat out of our seven-foot Christmas tree. Once he was done, he tore about the house and broke the nativity scene, beheading baby Jesus and a wise man in the process. The tree is fucked. FML

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By screw the cat - 24/07/2012 05:10 - United States - South Jordan

Today, I was at my girlfriend's house when we noticed her cat was missing. We saw it on the roof and so I thought I would try to look good by offering to go on the roof to retrieve it. The cat had climbed down when I got up there, and I have a fear of heights. Her mom had to help me down. FML

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Misunderstanding

By Anonymous - 11/11/2019 03:00

Today, my boss sent me to remove a tree from a client's home. So I went and cut down the tree, only for my boss to show up an hour later, speechless. I was supposed to remove a sapling that had sprouted through the driveway tarmac, not the 100-year-old prizewinning Japanese cherry tree. FML

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Too little, too late

By ragsy - 14/08/2009 16:54 - United States

Today, I finally went to Home Depot to buy a chainsaw to cut down the tree leaning dangerously over my garage. When I got home, I found the tree had fallen and taken out the roof while I was shopping. FML

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By Rebeccs - 14/08/2022 20:00 - Canada

Today, my cat escaped through my front door. It was dark out, so I had no idea where I was going. I finally caught up to him in my neighbour’s lawn and I gave him heck for scaring me. It took me a minute to realize I was actually talking to a bush in their flowerbed. FML

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Help!

By spasticock - 19/08/2012 18:09 - Portugal - Barreiro

Today, I climbed the tree in my backyard so I could cut off some stray branches. I ended up getting stuck, and instead of immediately getting help, my wife started laughing and recording me. The video is now circulating on Facebook, and my new nickname is "Hawkeye." FML

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By Anonymous - 18/07/2013 14:38 - United States - Seattle

Today, I called a tree removal company to have my diseased elm removed. When I got home from work, I was surprised to find it still there. Not as surprised as my neighbor was to discover that his tree was missing, nor as surprised as his children when they saw there was no more tree-house. FML

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By Backinzi - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, my 17 pound cat fell from a counter. It wouldn't have been a big deal if he didn't try to use my leg as a tree to cling onto on the way down. FML

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Wednesday 21 January 2015 5:59

At least a tip to the guy would be in order.

gerrags 16

Wednesday 21 January 2015 5:59

If the cat got up there it will get itself down... YDI

Comments

jademitch 20

Wednesday 21 January 2015 11:53

If the cat got up there, it will probably get down again

Sheepalicious 20

Wednesday 21 January 2015 12:00

A certain cat needs to be an indoor cat. All of mine are. I love mine but they are dumb as bricks.

weveallbeenthere 30

Wednesday 21 January 2015 12:52

YDI. cats are smart enough to get up and down any tree.

exuberant_orange 17

Wednesday 21 January 2015 14:33

The trick is to tell your cat NOT to come down, because they won't listen and come down anyway.

fireguy1971 4

Wednesday 21 January 2015 15:09

Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree? If they get up there they will get down.

pigsfly24 6

Wednesday 21 January 2015 15:24

Cats climb trees, they'll come down when they want.

kalbrek009 20

Wednesday 21 January 2015 17:48

Most cats that get up in trees can get back down without help...just wondering why you'd call a "tree care" person though...they deal with trees & not generally cats, so I can see why he wasn't happy...also not quite sure why the company would even send someone in the first place....is this a service I've not heard of (getting people's cats down from trees)?

cr500guy 11

Wednesday 21 January 2015 18:23

tree guy has a problem

mrmcleod 29

Wednesday 21 January 2015 18:43

Why do people always assume a cat, that has climbed up to a location, is stuck? I don't get it. A cat will come down when it's good and ready. Cats do whatever the **** they want.

halcyondaze 11

Wednesday 21 January 2015 19:29

This has actually happened to me before as well! My best advice is to let the cat stay up there, bring out a can of food, and soon than later it will come out of the tree quicker than you expected. Hope the kitty is ok!