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By TheSublime - 21/10/2009 13:54 - United Kingdom

Today, I was helping a friend redecorate. She had put up some shelving, that we presumed was stable. It broke, and all the expensive vases and collectables fell to the floor. On instinct, I leapt forward to catch the closest thing. It was not the expensive vase. It was a cactus. FML

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By Ouchhh - 25/05/2010 06:54 - United States

Today, I leaned back and bumped into one of my mom's plants in the window. The good thing was that I caught it before it fell and shattered. The bad thing was that my mom likes to keep cactii in the window. I can still feel thorns I haven't managed to pluck out yet. FML

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Slasher

By Anonymous - 09/09/2013 17:44 - United States - Sylvania

Today, my mom bumped into a table with a glass vase on it. Seeing that the vase was about to fall, I lunged to catch it. Before I got there, the vase fell and shattered, resulting in me diving into the broken shards. FML

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By Username - 15/07/2011 19:51 - United States

Today, the plant on my windowsill fell and landed in my face while I was napping. It's a cactus. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/02/2012 16:52 - United States

Today, I rescued a cactus from a lethal fall. It thanked me with a handful of spines. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/08/2014 17:51 - United States

Today, I was hiking down a steep hill, and I slipped. I instinctively grabbed the nearest object to me: a very prickly cactus. FML

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Blind rage

By prickly - 11/10/2009 16:48 - United States

Today, my wife got the flu. While she was sleeping, I went out to buy her some soup and other things. When I was walking back through the door, she woke up, thought I was a burglar, and threw the closest thing to her at me. What was it? A cactus. FML

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By romea244 - 14/08/2011 08:17 - United States

Today, I was working on my new house and I was taking out a large cactus. While picking up the pieces to throw away, I noticed a spider on my forearm. Without thinking, I swiped at the spider with a piece of the cactus. I missed the spider, not my forearm. FML

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Pincushion

By Anonymous - 28/04/2020 23:00

Today, I accidentally broke a vase. When I was clearing it up, I used my bare hand to sweep up the shards without thinking. I'm still fishing pieces of broken glass out of my hand. FML

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By ether10 - 04/06/2009 06:27 - United States

Today, my dad asked me to move a potted plant from one side of the yard to the other. It looked like a very heavy pot, so I heaved it up with all my might. Turns out it was one of those heavy-looking ones that are actually light plastic. I fell over backwards and dumped dirt into my mouth. FML

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By thanksdad - 16/03/2014 19:28 - Ireland - Dublin

Today, I found out what it feels like to be slapped in the face with a potted cactus. FML

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Maxine17 8

Wednesday 21 October 2009 20:56

I have a cactus, but it's pathetic.It hasn't grown EVER and it's spines don't hurt. I'm sure if it had been MY cactus, you would have been fine :)

iKaite 0

Wednesday 21 October 2009 20:12

OUCHY. :)

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nc89 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 2:02

hahaha

miamiFTW_ 0

Saturday 31 July 2010 8:49

mercy is my longlost soulmate :)

TAHDOGG 0

Tuesday 5 October 2010 16:53

<rude, immature comment here>

Amin95 5

Sunday 18 December 2011 14:01

that must've hurt

worldclassrager 39

Thursday 10 July 2014 8:10

You definitely had a hit with sharp objects...hope you're not too scratched up

shardynfahey 19

Wednesday 1 October 2014 17:41

OUCH

_Schnitzel_ 4

Thursday 23 October 2014 3:09

Instinctively? What instincts would that be from? RADA rada

Mcstud1y 30

Sunday 5 July 2015 9:08

To that cactus you mean the world

daidax_238 26

Thursday 23 June 2016 7:47

Well I think YDI for putting expensive things on a shelf you we're 100% sure was stable. If it were me, I would have put them on a desk or something that you knew was 100% stable. This is just me but I don't really like to but delicate, expensive things up high on shelves. Too much risk.