Health: Today, while trying to take my Christmas tree down, I learned...

By Anonymous - 27/12/2012 22:54 - Australia

Today, while trying to take my Christmas tree down, I learned that at some point during the last few weeks, it became home to a colony of green ants. I'm now covered in bites and terrified to go anywhere near it. FML

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By Chuffy - 01/12/2012 06:01 - United States - Loveland

Today, I followed my neighbor's advice and sprayed Sprite on my Christmas tree because it will "make it live longer." I just came downstairs to find my Christmas tree covered in ants. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/12/2010 20:49 - United States

Today, my family and I went Christmas tree shopping. My husband and I were walking around when I saw the perfect tree. Excited, we immediately bought it. When we got home and set it up, I realized it came with a present: termites. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/10/2019 14:00

Today, after losing a battle with ants in my apartment, I just pulled one off that was biting me in the vagina. FML

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By Worsttreeever - 05/12/2009 05:15 - United States

Today, we brought our Christmas tree inside to decorate. We decorated it, then went out to dinner as a family. Returning 2 hours later, we came back to find our living room to be occupied. Not with people. The tree had been filled with baby spiders, and they were all over the living room. FML

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By ant_hater - 28/08/2011 18:18 - United States

Today, a colony of ants announced that they'd moved into my bedroom closet as I went to get dressed for work. FML

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By willkftw - 14/04/2019 16:00

Today, despite putting all the food in the fridge, taking all the rubbish outside, cleaning the house top to bottom and setting up bait, we're still dealing with a bloody huge ant problem. I've now got a rash all over from being bitten while I sleep. FML

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By Blood on my hands - 07/08/2013 05:40 - United States

Today, I sprayed down some ants in my house. In the sea of ant corpses was a single living ant seemingly cradling a dead one in its arms. I'm convinced I just became the villain in an epic tragedy. Now I have to live with my ant problem because I can't bear to tear another family apart. FML

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By Man vs. Spider - 28/02/2010 17:05 - United States

Today, my house was the only house left that still had its Christmas lights up, so I decided to take them down. Almost done, my fingers brushed over a spiderweb. Startled, I jumped off the ladder and broke my shoulder. Oh, and the spider still managed to stay on my hand, giving me a panic attack. FML

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By ewicsmelly - 29/12/2010 02:13 - United States

Today, I kept finding ants crawling all over my face. After a while, I realized that they were all coming from my beard. I have had a population of ants living in my beard. FML

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Nature finds a way

By Anonymous - 13/04/2023 18:00 - United Kingdom - Brighton

Today, I decided to take a nap in the park. I found a nice shady spot and closed my eyes. When I woke up, I realized I had fallen asleep on an ant hill. My entire body was riddled with ants. FML

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Angelrose2004 17

Friday 28 December 2012 3:08

That's what happens when you listen to your neighbor and spray your tree with sprite.

clancey6 4

Friday 28 December 2012 3:02

You know what that means.. CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ALLLL YEAR ROUND!!

Comments

RubenTheGreek 8

Friday 28 December 2012 3:30

didnt know green ants existed, useful to know

mandadarling 10

Friday 28 December 2012 3:30

Looks like you got a visit from Anty Claus.

Daz3 5

Friday 28 December 2012 3:31

That's Australia for ya!

emilybailey 8

Friday 28 December 2012 3:31

Fake tree for the win!

80skid 15

Friday 28 December 2012 3:38

Smother that thing with bug spray and try again later.

Enslaved 36

Friday 28 December 2012 3:41

I guess it's good that you discovered the colony of ants early on but I always thought it was tradition to keep your decorations up until January 7th to celebrate the New Year! (:

Miki101 18

Friday 28 December 2012 5:50

It's not about the New Year. In Christian religions they believe that the Magi didn't get to Jesus in the manger until January 6th, thus creating the 12 Days of Christmas. It's tradition to put the tree up on December 24th and take it down on January 7th in order to celebrate all of it.

crazytwinsmom 25

Friday 28 December 2012 7:40

Our city trash pickup won't take the tree after the second trash day after Christmas. And it can't have anything on it, like icicles, or they leave it.

happylawyer 16

Friday 28 December 2012 8:21

Unless you live in Puerto Rico where the Christmas trees are up from the weekend after Thanksgiving until mid January (8 days after the 6th)...little more than 50 days of Christmas.

crazytwinsmom 25

Friday 28 December 2012 16:59

Nice! I once kept one up until March, but didn't turn on the lights after early January because of the dryness.

bugmenotmofo 34

Friday 28 December 2012 3:46

Well... are flamethrowers legal in your area?

Ozuru 11

Friday 28 December 2012 4:38

Considering flame throwers can throw flames, I doubt they're allowed in any non third world country.

Grimmerie 31

Friday 28 December 2012 11:29

Homemade flamethrowers are apparently perfectly legal in the US.

bugmenotmofo 34

Saturday 29 December 2012 3:35

28, flamethrowers are legal in US - as farming equipment, depending on state.

tybird 6

Friday 28 December 2012 4:00

Burn that sh@t to the ground

capslockisgood 19

Friday 28 December 2012 7:22

And OPs house along with it!

vocaloidtiger 12

Friday 28 December 2012 9:31

You know you don't have to censor anything on FML... Right?

BubbleGrunge 18

Friday 28 December 2012 4:15

I hear Australia has massively large spiders. Now the ants are green? I really want to visit there some day, any other critters to be forewarned about? Personally, I wouldn't mind being attacked by little blonde bug named Daniel Johns....