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By scorpionsurviver - 08/07/2012 09:47 - United States

Today, I was brushing my teeth when I looked up. There was a huge scorpion dangling on the air vent above my head. I was trapped in the bathroom for over an hour trying to build the courage to run out. FML

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Today, while taking a shower, a spider fell from the ceiling onto my foot. I took down my shower head to wash it down the drain, and in the process, got soap in my eye and rammed my head into the wall. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/10/2011 06:55 - United States

Today, I was washing my hands in the bathroom when I looked up and saw a spider on my cheek. Panicking, I slapped myself in the face as hard as I could to kill it. Turns out the spider was on the mirror. FML

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Brannie 4

Sunday 8 July 2012 16:24

It's not like if it was gonna yell "get over here!" and spear you back to him if you tried to make a run for it.

MURIKKA 11

Sunday 8 July 2012 16:20

At least you weren't taking a shit.... That would've REALLY sucked

Comments

aduren1 5

Sunday 8 July 2012 21:22

So...I'm guessing this means you made it?

musikid 1

Sunday 8 July 2012 21:27

This is a stupid story... It doesn't make any sense. Who gets "trapped in a bathroom" because they couldn't run AWAY from the thing scaring them???

Leslier_fml 4

Sunday 8 July 2012 21:53

What the hell where you guys just staring at eachother for an hour waiting for a move?

cloudygirl5 16

Sunday 8 July 2012 22:31

Omg a scorpion!!!! I've would have been sooooooooo scared too!

dead_insects 18

Sunday 8 July 2012 23:35

I am beyond terrified of scorpions! I know admitting this makes me seem ridiculous, but I would've peed a little!! @_@

monkeyhead641 6

Sunday 8 July 2012 23:37

If you had left it wouldn't have started shooting you or anything. You should have booked it and shut the door.

MsNight 1

Sunday 8 July 2012 23:48

To those wondering, the air vent would not have been above OP directly, but blocking the path of escape, meaning that to run out would have meant going directly beneath it and risk it falling onto their head. FYL OP. The thought of that gives me shivers!!

doodlecloud 26

Monday 9 July 2012 0:08

Actually, I'm pretty sure it does in fact say that it was above her head. And whilst we can assume it was blocking her path somehow, you can't know that for certain. Plus I'm sure many people's instincts would be to run into a different room, regardless of where the scorpion really was - for most it's an instant reaction to a threat or fear, not a logical one.

MsNight 1

Monday 9 July 2012 0:48

I can empathize with this reaction... Were I OP, if it was dangling with a risk of falling, I'd be tempted to wait for it to fall to be more sure of my path of escape, or to be in a better position to hit it with something. So in that sense I understand OP's actions.

doodlecloud 26

Monday 9 July 2012 0:03

Huh, that's interesting...I thought humans evolved to have an instant 'fight or flight' reaction to threats but I guess some of us missed that and ended up with the deer-in-headlights 'stare at it till it attacks you' reaction...