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By Dx - 06/03/2011 07:18 - United States

Today, I was babysitting for my usual. After putting the baby to sleep I put some popcorn in the microwave and went to the bathroom. When I came out the whole kitchen was filled with smoke. One of the neighbors saw and called 911. I'm out of a job. FML

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Today, I received a phone call at work about an emergency, and that I had to come home immediately. I arrived to find that no one had been hurt and the house hadn't burned down. The "emergency" was my mom had ran out of milk and cigarettes. FML

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Today, while I was at work, my wife discovered you cannot put out a grease fire with water. I came home to a frantic spouse, a fire department bill, and a newly destroyed kitchen. FML

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By fireman - 06/10/2010 09:31 - United States

Today, I went over to this girl's house that I really like. I was planning on cooking her dinner. In the process, the grease in the pan got too hot and caught fire. We ended up having to call the fire department. FML

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LadyLane 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 16:44

If you can't make popcorn, you probably shouldn't baby sit.

christa953 12

Sunday 6 March 2011 16:38

you're out of a job, they're out of a microwave.

Comments

iSitt 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 17:04

microwaves have different strengths and the popcorn time varies, especially for those 100 calorie bags. fyl, live and learn.

DjeePee 24

Sunday 6 March 2011 17:07

I lol'd at the 'she should have stayed in the kitchen' part ^.^

dandawg69 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 17:10

How long were you in the bathroom? A better question is, what you were trying to do in the bathroom that took that long?… Main lining starburst?

dandawg69 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 17:11

What were you doing in the bathroom so long?… Main lining starburst?

braunwynn 5

Sunday 6 March 2011 17:32

since when is putting a child to sleep and THEN making popcorn a good idea? i can just imagine the popping sound scaring the child, and oooh the screaming!

MuchDance90s 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 18:07

I dont think most children would be scared

kingtz 6

Sunday 6 March 2011 18:43

Any kid who is so wimpy that he is scared of popcorn popping needs to get his ass kicked.

Bobissmall 13

Sunday 6 March 2011 18:45

Lol i doubt it. Anyway you don't know how old the child is.

PhillyFox 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 20:02

Maybe because the baby isn't sleeping in the kitchen?

ohSNAPyall 26

Sunday 6 March 2011 21:57

... close the door and use a baby monitor.

spearhead 5

Monday 7 March 2011 6:31

I'm sorry that the sounds of popcorn popping scared you as a kid and still does but not everyone has the sensitivity of a goldfish

stevenmx86 7

Sunday 6 March 2011 17:38

YDI

sammigirl148 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 17:56

wow who the he'll messes up popcorn probably 1 of the easiest snacks to make dumb ass

smileeee_fml 0

Monday 7 March 2011 12:49

agreeed ! hahaha

kikibisweet 0

Sunday 6 March 2011 18:04

It clearly says on ALL bags that you should STAY and WATCH to LISTEN for when the popping slows. It doesnt matter if you use the popcorn button or not. YDi100x