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By Notpunny - 18/04/2016 22:58 - United States - Silver Spring

Today, while making small talk with a veteran, I made the mistake of using the phrase "Cost an arm and a leg". He was a double amputee. FML

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By Faker - 16/10/2012 21:44 - United States

Today, while shopping, an old man came up to me and told me I should be ashamed for walking around fake limping, and that it's horrible to mock people who actually limp from serious injuries. I wasn't faking, I was born without my right leg and I was getting used to my new prosthetic one. FML

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By fuckoffgramps - 24/01/2016 17:10 - United States - New Freedom

Today, I twisted my knee while cutting firewood with my grandpa. The pain was so crippling, I fell over screaming. His response? "Quit your bitching, I had my kneecaps blown off in Vietnam. They had to stitch 'em back on." He's never been to Vietnam, or even out of the country. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/09/2013 13:23 - Canada - Calgary

Today, I told a guy he should be ashamed of himself for parking in a handicapped space. He hit me with his prosthetic leg. FML

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By Foot In Mouth - 05/02/2009 22:56 - United States

Today, my anatomy teacher was putting together a skeleton model for class. He had misplaced the leg bone, so I thoughtfully asked, "What's the matter, lose a leg?" Unfortunately, there's nothing thoughtful about asking that question to a guy with an amputated leg. FML

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By S to the HIT - 08/04/2015 16:08 - United States

Today, at a mind-numbingly boring support session, everyone was talking about their hardships. One guy was talking about losing his leg in a car accident. I was half-asleep and asked without thinking, "Did you ever find it?" I almost shat my pants at the roomful of death glares that followed. FML

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Classic mistake

By Anonymous - 20/06/2021 08:01

Today, as a nursing student, I needed to take a blood sample from someone and the veins on his arms weren't really easy to draw blood from. I asked him, "Can I please look at your legs?" It turns out he was amputated. FML

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Bigmouth strikes again

By Anonymous - 14/12/2022 18:00

Today, I was pretending to be a mom with my friends, and I was joking how I bought them candy and that it cost me an arm and a leg, only to realize that the cashier only had one arm. FML

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By ILuvYouSoldiers - 26/06/2009 07:57 - United States

Today, at the airport, my mom began talking about how useless the war in Iraq was, and how dumb the soldiers that serve there were for enlisting during the war. The soldier at the vending machine near us caught my eye. I mouthed, "Sorry" and he mouthed, slowly, "You fuckin' better be." FML

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Kids say the funniest things

By embarrassedmom - 18/05/2009 01:19 - United States

Today, my 6 year-old daughter saw a man in a wheelchair whose leg had been amputated. She walks up to him and says, "What happened?" He answers kindly that he's a war veteran. She then responds, "Well then you deserve to get your leg blown off. You shouldn't be killing people." FML

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By ohmygosh - 21/07/2011 23:35 - United States

Today, I accidentally asked a one-armed man which arm he wanted me to take blood from. He asked for a different nurse. FML

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j11a01 16

Tuesday 19 April 2016 12:47

Sorry op if guy took offense. I know a few amputees that would actually laugh and agree if you said that to them. People should stop getting offended so easily.

Tarlachia 33

Tuesday 19 April 2016 12:41

I just wonder what it was exactly that cost an arm and a leg? I think that knowing this will determine if your use of that idiom is appropriate or not.

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PoolDeadio 12

Tuesday 19 April 2016 18:13

I call BS

foxpug 24

Tuesday 19 April 2016 18:20

Why? It seems perfectly plausible that someone could make an awkward faux pas during small talk. That's the most common phrase to use when describing something with an exorbitant price attached to it. The US also has a lot of veterans with a variety of amputations. What the OP said is something that probably happens at least once a day in the states. I call no BS.

silentj46290 9

Tuesday 19 April 2016 19:00

how is your brain not smart enough to work faster then your mouth?? I think we agree you deserved whatever kinda look he gave you

WreckeRalph36 18

Tuesday 19 April 2016 22:41

OP I personally would've laughed and so would a few of my friends.

smoothies14 32

Wednesday 20 April 2016 2:53

Really makes you think twice about what it means, huh?

KxHoneyCombxP 24

Wednesday 20 April 2016 5:42

I would have peed myself laughing if I was that guy!

yellowzinnias 20

Thursday 21 April 2016 0:50

Sometimes we say stupid things without thinking. Last year I went to dinner with my uncle, his sister and her husband. Her husband said something about the Splenda I was using in my tea and I said, "Yeah, I know, it'll give me cancer, whatever." I had forgotten we were having dinner to celebrate my aunt's last round of chemo. I kept my mouth shut the rest of the night. I'm sure that guy recognized that you didn't even think about it before you said it.

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