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By Anonymous - 05/05/2009 05:43 - United States

Today, I thought it would be a good idea to Super Glue a couple of quarters to the sidewalk downtown and watch people try to pick them up. Unfortunately, street patrol was watching me glue everything the whole time. I was fined with public vandalism and defacing US currency. FML

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By fml - 25/04/2009 01:55 - United States

Today, I was walking through town when I saw a plastic bag on the ground. Trying to be a good citizen, I picked it up, intending on throwing it in the trash. When I looked up, there wasn't a trash can for another hundred feet. So I put it back down. Now I've got a $200 fine to pay for littering. FML

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Today, in a desperate attempt to get my business "out there", I dropped a few of my cards on a station floor. I got a call, even a quote. A $500 fine from the transit for public littering. FML

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By aianmoo16 - 01/05/2016 21:52 - United States - Chicago

Today, I was at a mini arcade and accidentally put a hundred dollar bill through the quarter machine. FML

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Today, I got a speeding ticket. I wrote a check, and on the way to deposit my fine, I got another one. I put both fines in a box down town, and I turned around to see a cop putting a parking ticket under my wind-shield wiper. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - United States - Lafayette

Today, I was walking when I saw a quarter. I bent down to pick it up. Barely a foot ahead there was another, so I crawled over to get it. This continued for about six feet when I realized a kid was laying them out in a trail. I'd collected 7 fake quarters and the kid had it on video. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/06/2019 20:00

Today, I was walking on the street when a woman in front of me dropped a couple of dollars. I picked them up and chased her to return it all. She insisted that it wasn't hers. I tried to tell her it was, but she wouldn't accept it. A cop saw me and arrested me for solicitation. FML

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By Arabian_Soap - 31/05/2021 16:01 - Australia - Mermaid Beach

Today, I was walking through a rich part of the city and saw 2 dollars on the ground. I didn't pick it so people wouldn't think I was poor. FML

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By iblamethetories - 11/10/2012 17:49 - United Kingdom - Colchester

Today, I had to pay my bus fare in very small change. After carefully counting out coins under the withering glares of a bus-load of people, I quickly slid them into the machine, and somehow ended up jamming it. FML

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By quarterback - 23/01/2011 05:43 - United States

Today, while at the vending machine, I put in my $20 instead of my $1. I got my change back in quarters. FML

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By ethawesome1125 - 03/11/2014 00:11 - United States - Round Rock

Today, I found a $20 bill on the ground, so I decided to pick it up. It was actually attached to a string and was meant to be a prank by some kids. They failed miserably, so I took the money. They ran up to me and punched me in the balls for taking their cash. FML

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tick_tock 0

Tuesday 5 May 2009 16:06

Haha, that's hilarious. But yes, you deserved it I'm afraid.

KEVINPASH 0

Tuesday 5 May 2009 16:20

Street Patrol? you must live in the hood.

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annieannie 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 1:24

Ahahahaha! That is the best idea...... Too bad you got caught cus that would have been hilarious! Anyways, I SO know what I'm doing tomorrow.. Haha!

Susaluda 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 1:31

Idiot. YDI.

redroses5 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 1:41

#76.. go kill yourself.

zoesterhp 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 1:42

it's a crime to deface u.s. currency?

gonzi_fml 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 1:47

that was so stupid XD YDI

starvingxartist 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 1:51

there's no law against defacing currency, or even destroying currency. the law is against any kind of duplication of currency. so either the cop was a moron or this is fake. the law against defacing currency is a common misconception, in one of my chemistry classes we filed holes in pennies and dissolved them in HCl. it is not illegal.

Sa_pyro 0

Thursday 14 January 2010 22:19

As others have said, it is illegal to deface, alter, mutilate, etc. with the intention spending it. This is the reason that penny squishers are fine, and why you were able to desolve them with HCL.

Icalasari 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 1:52

Huh. We have penny crushers here in Alberta that people crush AMERICAN pennies in to make collectable tokens Heck, I guess I should be charged several times XD

california512 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 2:19

hahaha this is so funny. I wish I could have seen it

kk3211 0

Wednesday 6 May 2009 2:31

#89, I am not sure about DEFACING currency, I am fairly sure that it is a crime to DESTROY currency without authorization (meaning that plenty is actually destroyed by the government, somehow, I am not sure specifically where or how this happens). But if you burn or throw out money, technically, that's a crime.