Miscellaneous: Today, my son lost his pet rat, Charlie. Whilst vacuuming under...

By ohgosh - 12/10/2009 05:27 - Canada

Today, my son lost his pet rat, Charlie. Whilst vacuuming under my couch, the vacuum suddenly shut off. Something was stuck in it, so I took it apart. Something was inside, so I leaned in closer to get a better look. Bad news? I need a new vacuum. Good news? I found Charlie. FML

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By chi_chia - 24/03/2011 15:03 - United States

Today, while vacuuming my car, I discovered a hole in the floor under one of the seats. Unable to figure out where it came from, I took it to a professional, who informed me that a family of rats has been making my car their home for the last several months. How lovely. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/12/2012 15:30 - United States

Today, I came home to find a mouse in the garage. Frantic, I killed it. My 7-year-old son came home from soccer, and started crying because he couldn't find the class pet, Mr. Whiskers. I killed my son's class pet. FML

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By omgjessp - 19/07/2009 03:12 - United States

Today, my cat came through my window, holding a dead rat in her mouth and dropped it in my pile of clothes. I then asked my dad if he could get the dead rat out of my room. After looking for an hour, he couldn't find it. Guess the rat wasn't dead after all. FML

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By Mike55 - 05/10/2023 21:30

Today, I set out to clean the house while my wife was at work. Starting with the vacuum cleaner, it suddenly started making a strange noise and emitting a burning smell. Panicking, I unplugged it and noticed one of our toddler's socks had been sucked into it, causing it to overheat. I managed to extract the sock, but now our expensive vacuum cleaner is toast. FML

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By maggotsinmycarpet - 12/07/2010 20:56 - United States

Today, I was cleaning my room when I found a nice surprise from my cat. While I was on vacation, she killed a mouse. By the time I found it, there were maggots crawling in my carpet. FML

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By tannarox - 28/01/2012 15:46 - United States

Today, our rodent problem was taken care of. I discovered this when my cat projectile-vomited a soggy, death-scented wad of dark fur and tiny organs onto the couch. FML

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By upset - 25/10/2016 00:08

Today I opened the door for my cat and he brought in a rat with him. Now the rat is hiding in my house. FML

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By Noname - 27/01/2009 19:42 - Ireland

Today, I found the family's pet hamster under my mattress, he's been missing for six months. FML

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By ghoul - 08/03/2011 11:32

Today, I found a dead squirrel under my son's bed. Apparently, he has been keeping it there as a "pet" for the past week. FML

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By umyuck - 03/05/2015 16:55 - United States - Norfolk

Today, I noticed my shower drain wasn't draining well. I cleaned it out, thinking it was just a rat's nest of hair. Wrong. It was an actual dead rat. FML

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_Noon_ 0

Monday 12 October 2009 12:12

Uh-oh. How are you gonna tell your son? If he's really young, you can just repleace Charlie with Charlie the 2nd, without him ever knowing. Otherwise, you have to tell him and he'll probably hate you for years and yeaaars. FYL. Or better yet; FCL.

ChronicFAIL 0

Monday 12 October 2009 12:15

Tell your son, "Uhmm...he was like that when I found him." Works every time :)

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WowYouFailAtLife 0

Monday 12 October 2009 16:05

Majorly deserved. you KNEW the rat was running around the house somewhere.... jeesh. Next time check carefully before you vaccum in dark places, if you know theres a rodent running around...

Syn_fml 0

Monday 12 October 2009 16:19

This is fake, this was a commercial I saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqjZYRocr58

paprikacha 9

Monday 12 October 2009 16:26

Why does everyone assume the OP knew the rat was missing? Doesn't it make more sense that she'd be helping to look for the rat instead of cleaning? Or that the rat hadn't been missing for some time now? Every FML starts off with 'today'.

dspadres 0

Monday 12 October 2009 16:48

That's what Charlie gets for biting kids' fingers. You're actually an awesome mother for letting a rat into your house. Mine freaks out if she sees one on TV.

skyeyez9 24

Monday 12 October 2009 16:59

I have a pet mouse named Max. He is probably small enough to get sucked into a vacuum, but I can't imagine a larger animal like a rat could.

triplethreat13 0

Monday 12 October 2009 17:22

I wonder how a rat could possibly get sucked up a vacuum cleaner...? There are power vacuums that easily suck up large objects if used carelessly, but they're not the kind that you would use for house cleaning.

FlaminYawn 0

Monday 12 October 2009 18:21

Irb081, I'm from America where nobody ever uses "whilst". Just because it's Shakespearean doesn't mean it should be used. We don't use "art thou" either. This is just one of the many differences in language between your country and mine. We say theater, favor, color, center, number, and toothbrush.

Amkii 0

Monday 12 October 2009 18:27

FlaminYawn, I'm from America and I say 'whilst' seriously. I also say 'art thou,' but usually only when I'm being silly.

DameGreyWulf 0

Tuesday 13 October 2009 6:10

Dost mine eyes deceive me? Actually I'm just like you 37 haha. I love using words like "whilst" and "spelt" and "smelt" I GUESS I'M TOO LITERATE TO BE AMERICAN...

melons 44

Saturday 9 April 2011 11:28

Er, in the UK we also say number and toothbrush. What the hell do you think we say in place of those words?!

Ladypartslegit 0

Monday 12 October 2009 18:27

cry babies it's just a rat. and what she's suppoused to stop her whilelife because a rat got loose. isn't like she set out to kill it. it's the bunny in the oven all over again!

ayashe 2

Monday 12 October 2009 18:39

So vacuuming is her life? I think she could have held off vacuuming a little while longer to help her *son* find his *PET*. It's good news that you found Charlie by digging his lifeless body out of a vacuum cleaner? And the bad news is you need a new vacuum? Wow. YDI, not just for that, but you knew the rat was lost. You should have helped look for it instead of just going off to vacuum. Those two things didn't make any kind of connection in your head? You are either incredibly inconsiderate (a big possibility based on the end of your FML) or incredibly stupid. Probably both.

farhil 14

Monday 12 October 2009 23:14

let's use logic here, and no, I'm not being mean to the guy I'm commenting to, I'm just using his point in my reply. This lady seems like my mom, with an ocd-like disorder. She is probably the kind of drama queen prep that considers anything furry to be a 'rat' such as a small rodent such as a hamster. if so, she didn't care about the 'rat' then had the sudden compulsion to vacuum, because that is all important right? who cares about the sad son with a missing "rat". anyways, my point is even more supported by the fact that she said the broken vacuum was bad news, and pulling the mangled body of a rodent out of the vacuum was good.