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From time to time, everyone has days when nothing goes right. Some mornings, you just wake up with a throbbing headache. Or maybe your car won’t start, making you late for work. Or perhaps you accidentally ripped out your eyelashes an hour before your wedding. It’s easy to feel like nothing is going your way and the whole world is against you.

Luckily, there’s one powerful antidote that can instantly increase your mood and help you forget your everyday troubles. It’s the comforting feeling of knowing that someone out there is having an even more dreadful day than you are.

Just take a look at this list compiled by Bored Panda and realize how much worse things can get. Scroll down to check out the pics and feel free to share your own funny accidents in the comments below! And if you need an extra dose of others’ mishaps, be sure to read through our previous posts here, here, and here.

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Hi, I'm Calling To Start A Claim -My Car Is Flooded. Oh, I Don't Have Flood Coverage? In That Case, It's On Fire

Hi, I'm Calling To Start A Claim -My Car Is Flooded. Oh, I Don't Have Flood Coverage? In That Case, It's On Fire

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When It's Your Stop And The Doors Open To This

When It's Your Stop And The Doors Open To This

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you grab hold of the rings and swing hard enough, maybe you can catapult onto the top of the snow to get out.

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Awful

Awful

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope the thief got spider in his car door handle like the picture in this article

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eve
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Full car of spiders, which are crawling up on to him, when i enters the car.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Back in the 50's to 70's when I was growing up in a rather poor, hardworking rural farming neighborhood. The local community cub ALWAYS stepped up in times of death, be it sudden & tragic or a long lived, beloved elder or new folks just moved in. These ladies would show up almost immediately,food in hand, plan, with simple humanitarian guidance, daily meals for few or groups (arranging with bereaved, when & what helped them the best),offering to completely supply catering after services are held & serve & clean, whole of anything needed. These gentlewomen, with their families & friends, would be sure to plan to have a least a pair, at bereaved families otherwise empty & vulnerable homes, during services. They took total care. And of course would step back politely, if turned down, rare that, indeed. In greatest honor of the great ladies (& their families behind them) of the Spicer Birthday Club, mid Willamette Valley, Oregon. Established(officially by Robert's Rules of Order)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lasagna is a beautiful thing and as we say here in LA BELLA NAPOLI , “ è una cosa seria”, lasagna from the heart is truly a gift made with love . This is very sad that this happened.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow hard to upvote stories like this as true to the thread as it maybe. Some people are s,hitheads but there are good among us

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope the lasagna thief chocked on the lasagna. He didn't deserve it

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Sabrina Muller
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Until this point in my 60+ years of life, I have only said this to my daughter, people suck. What the hell?

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Petra Biedermann
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear Thief. I hope you enjoy the lasagna. I forgot it in the fridge, it is for sure more than 10 days old, hope you don't get digestive issues! If you do....you deserve it!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tbf, pandas, the thief may have been hungry, maybe even had a family to feed, and they couldn't have known the story behind it. At any rate, it's unlikely the person involved went hungry. I don't think people go around stealing food to resell, so maybe their need was greater.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The really bad part? The thief won't even feel a twinge. Workplace lunch thieves are incapable of shame or guilt at making others go hungry.

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Deb Dedon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People who steal generally don't care about those they steal from. That means you must get even.

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Todd Hollfelder
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure... is it the lasagna that killed the other person's mother?

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Doreen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awww, I hope the Lasagna thief was exceptionally hungry...

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Jane W.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to think that someone stole food because they were very hungry and unable to provide enough for themselves. Some way to forgive them....

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just wanna know how could they knew there gonna have a thief and stole the gift?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people just don't deserve to live on this planet.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never understood folks that take food that isn't theirs

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Brian Bennett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the only appropriate words for you is douche canoe hemorrhoid!

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Susun Wilson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sorry the ladies of my old neighborhood couldn't have laid eyes on your thief& so sad for the cruelness & your loss

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Susun Wilson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SpicerBirthday Club . Officially established appropriately 1912.

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Pia kjærgaard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m so 😡🤮👊😭…. So many feelings…. I really feel for U. People these days have sadly VERY little Respect & Moral!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...let's say..the thief can't read/understand English..🤔

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Leah Dickerson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hopefully whoever took it truly needed it or they can go straight to hell..

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

maybe i should give back the lasagna 🤔 but it looks really tasty... 🤤

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Gaya Knust
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should've added a ps. with something like "the friend who made this has covid". Just to make the thief truly regret it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People who steal like this have no conscience. I would only let it slide if it was a homeless person who was starving.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If someone steals a lasange, they must be very desperate. Terrible loosing your mum, I know. But get a life.

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No one is immune to experiencing misfortune. It’s bizarre how some minor unlucky accidents can ruin our whole day. Whether it’s the little things that go wrong the second you step out of bed or some inconsiderate remarks that send you into a downward spiral, sometimes we go from blissfully happy to plain miserable in mere seconds. 

It’s easy to start feeling irritated and full of self-pity. When you find out that such random things can become an immediate day-breaker, you might start feeling grumpy and even bring the people that surround you down, too. It turns out, bad stuff tends to stick because we are more likely to dwell on the things that went wrong.

We keep letting pessimistic thoughts in because of the negativity bias—our tendency to give more significance to the negative experiences than positive or neutral ones. Rick Hanson, Ph.D., a psychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, explained that humans evolved to be fearful.

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Oh No

Oh No

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!no no no no !!!!!!!!sssshhhhhhiiiiiiiiii*****!!!

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#5

Guess What Kind Of Animal Nonchalantly Pushed My Mug From The Table

Guess What Kind Of Animal Nonchalantly Pushed My Mug From The Table

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I Won’t Name Names But Looks Like Someone Ate Their Mom’s Lipstick

I Won’t Name Names But Looks Like Someone Ate Their Mom’s Lipstick

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“The nervous system has been evolving for 600 million years, from ancient jellyfish to modern humans. Our ancestors had to make a critical decision many times a day: approach a reward or avoid a hazard,” he wrote.

People needed to find food, have children, and cooperate with others to help them have children of their own. Also, they had to hide from predators in order to survive and avoid potential dangers. 

While both of them are important, there’s a key difference. If you miss out on food one day, you’ll have a shot to find more the next. But if you fail to avoid a hazard—there are no more chances for you to pass your genes to the next generation. That’s why we generally react “more intensely to negative stimuli than to equally strong positive ones.”

#7

The Coffee Maker That Saved My Life A Week Ago

The Coffee Maker That Saved My Life A Week Ago

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Almost Died This Morning On The Highway. Bounced From The Left Lane Up In The Air And Impaled My Windshield

Almost Died This Morning On The Highway. Bounced From The Left Lane Up In The Air And Impaled My Windshield

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I'm Not A Big Fan Of Ballet. But My Wife Said It Would Be An Unforgettable Experience. It Was

I'm Not A Big Fan Of Ballet. But My Wife Said It Would Be An Unforgettable Experience. It Was

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“The alarm bell of your brain—the amygdala (you’ve got two of these little almond-shaped regions, one on either side of your head)—uses many of its neurons to look for bad news: it’s primed to go negative in most people,” Hanson continued.

“Once it sounds the alarm, negative events and experiences get quickly stored in memory—in contrast to positive events and experiences, which are not prioritized in the same way.”

#10

I Accidentally Ripped Out My Eyelashes An Hour Before I Got Married

I Accidentally Ripped Out My Eyelashes An Hour Before I Got Married

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Can You All Confirm For My Wife I'm Not Dumb And It Could Have Happened To Anyone?

Can You All Confirm For My Wife I'm Not Dumb And It Could Have Happened To Anyone?

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Someone Flying Out Of DFW Is Going To Have A Rough Time In A Few Hours

Someone Flying Out Of DFW Is Going To Have A Rough Time In A Few Hours

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While this is great for passing on our genes, it makes it hard to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. Understanding our tendency to focus on the negativities should help us to recognize that things are usually not as bad as we think. Of course, it’s important to share and discuss the problems we face in our everyday lives. But it’s also necessary to balance it out with the good stuff and remember to share a laugh or two.

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I Passed Out In The Parking Lot Of The Emergency Room, And They Sent An Ambulance To Take Me 15 Feet

I Passed Out In The Parking Lot Of The Emergency Room, And They Sent An Ambulance To Take Me 15 Feet

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#14

Wife And I Saved For Years To Build Our Dream Cabin In The Woods. Less That Two Years Later An Abandoned House Across The Road Decided To Open Up A Tobacco Store

Wife And I Saved For Years To Build Our Dream Cabin In The Woods. Less That Two Years Later An Abandoned House Across The Road Decided To Open Up A Tobacco Store

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Bought These Binoculars Specifically To Go To The Grand Canyon Today

Bought These Binoculars Specifically To Go To The Grand Canyon Today

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Psychological resilience could be the key to dealing with negativity. “Although there has been a debate whether resilience, mental and emotional, is innate or something that can be developed, for me, it’s an innate condition that all humans have but needs to be developed and modeled well for it to come to the surface,” Vasia Toxavidi, a counselor and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), told Bored Panda in a previous interview

“All humans are wired for survival, so resilience must be an innate trait for everyone for this to happen, but if it’s never developed, then it may not come out as a trait for someone.”

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Received This Today. Kinda Resembles My Mental State

Received This Today. Kinda Resembles My Mental State

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#17

This Is My View From The Bathroom Floor, Looking At The Hole In The Ceiling I Just Fell Through

This Is My View From The Bathroom Floor, Looking At The Hole In The Ceiling I Just Fell Through

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#18

When You Find Out The Hard Way That The Italian Restaurant’s Hand Sanitizer Looks Exactly Like Olive Oil

When You Find Out The Hard Way That The Italian Restaurant’s Hand Sanitizer Looks Exactly Like Olive Oil

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would they even do that? Even the container screams "OLIVE OIL"

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She added: “Resilience is the skill of adaptation, which for me is another innate skill of humans compared to other animals. Humans can adapt to situations easier. Having counseling or psychotherapy is an example of how resilience can be developed and learned and become a new way of living.”

Humor can be a helpful resilience strategy. Studies have shown that it can “decrease levels of stress hormones such as cortisol and increase the activation of the pleasure hormone, dopamine.” Plus, “just smiling without even finding anything funny can make the brain believe that you are happy.” So it seems that laughing can help us reconsider problems that we would otherwise interpret as “overwhelming and damaging.” 

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This Week Started With A Break Up, Then I Had To Get My Car Towed, Now I Spilled Spaghetti In My Shoe

This Week Started With A Break Up, Then I Had To Get My Car Towed, Now I Spilled Spaghetti In My Shoe

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better throw some spaghetti in the other shoe too, or you'll be walking funny.

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The Ice Cream Cake I Ordered For Valentine’s Day Said “I Love You” But Some Of The Letters Fell Off During Transit

The Ice Cream Cake I Ordered For Valentine’s Day Said “I Love You” But Some Of The Letters Fell Off During Transit

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Dropped My Cologne In My Sink

Dropped My Cologne In My Sink

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“Another important key to resilience is to be part of a community and have external support from family, friends and others. As humans, we’re social animals so without having a strong sense of belonging, we cannot thrive or be resilient,” Vasia Toxavidi concluded.

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A Machine Came Thru My Local John Deere For Repairs From The Tornado In Kentucky

A Machine Came Thru My Local John Deere For Repairs From The Tornado In Kentucky

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#24

That’s Definitely What An Alpha Male Would Do

That’s Definitely What An Alpha Male Would Do

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Can You Guess Which Month A Pipe Burst Under My House?

Can You Guess Which Month A Pipe Burst Under My House?

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I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom

I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom

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My Mom Washed My Favorite Sweater… Is This The Lewk?

My Mom Washed My Favorite Sweater… Is This The Lewk?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You still let your mum do your washing?? Maybe she's trying to tell you something.

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It’s Been So Cold, I Snapped My Welcome Mat

It’s Been So Cold, I Snapped My Welcome Mat

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Guy Parks On The Stripes Thinking He Can Avoid The Freezing Rain Only To Be Under A Leaky Pipe

Guy Parks On The Stripes Thinking He Can Avoid The Freezing Rain Only To Be Under A Leaky Pipe

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Ordered A “Rose Apothecary” Sweater From Etsy For My Fiancé. This Came Instead. We’re Both Double Vaxxed And Healthcare Workers

Ordered A “Rose Apothecary” Sweater From Etsy For My Fiancé. This Came Instead. We’re Both Double Vaxxed And Healthcare Workers

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Lost Both Legs In April, Yesterday I Flipped My Wheelchair Off A Sidewalk For The First Time

Lost Both Legs In April, Yesterday I Flipped My Wheelchair Off A Sidewalk For The First Time

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#33

I Was Billed Over $2M For A Week In The Hospital

I Was Billed Over $2M For A Week In The Hospital

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is this even possible? How can the American Healthcare system justify itself?

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Came Home After A Long Shift, Went To Get Some Food, A Mouse Was In It

Came Home After A Long Shift, Went To Get Some Food, A Mouse Was In It

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A Student In My Class Tried Using 4 Devices To Cheat On A Quiz, But Somehow Managed To Get The Wrong Answer On All Of Them

A Student In My Class Tried Using 4 Devices To Cheat On A Quiz, But Somehow Managed To Get The Wrong Answer On All Of Them

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When The Stylist Says "I'm Having A Tough Time With Your Hair Line"

When The Stylist Says "I'm Having A Tough Time With Your Hair Line"

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Since Christmas I Been Wearing These Noticing How The Right Ear Sounds Lower Than The Left One But Just Brushing It Off

Since Christmas I Been Wearing These Noticing How The Right Ear Sounds Lower Than The Left One But Just Brushing It Off

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My Girlfriend Found A Band-Aid In Her Food... Well, In Her Mouth Really

My Girlfriend Found A Band-Aid In Her Food... Well, In Her Mouth Really

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Friend's Dad Made Some Cayenne Rolls From Scratch Tonight. He Thought He Was Using Cinnamon. The Rolls Had No Cinnamon

Friend's Dad Made Some Cayenne Rolls From Scratch Tonight. He Thought He Was Using Cinnamon. The Rolls Had No Cinnamon

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The View From My Apartment When I Moved In vs. Now

The View From My Apartment When I Moved In vs. Now

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably someone in a different building said the same of your apartment....

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#41

My Shopping Bag Broke At The Top Of The Stairs And The Lettuce Made A Run For It

My Shopping Bag Broke At The Top Of The Stairs And The Lettuce Made A Run For It

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#42

Joke's On You, Most Pics In That Card Are Yours

Joke's On You, Most Pics In That Card Are Yours

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#43

FedEx In Alabama Strikes Again. This Time In Jemison, All 20 Packages Were Found In The Woods

FedEx In Alabama Strikes Again. This Time In Jemison, All 20 Packages Were Found In The Woods

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I Had To Take In One Of Parents’ Dogs For A Couple Of Days. My Wife Only Put One Of The Cats Away Before I Got Home With The Dog. I Had To Put Away The Second Cat. It Went… Well

I Had To Take In One Of Parents’ Dogs For A Couple Of Days. My Wife Only Put One Of The Cats Away Before I Got Home With The Dog. I Had To Put Away The Second Cat. It Went… Well

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His wife did all that to him to make him put the cat away? I hope he went for a shot.

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#45

Not My Teeth But Someone’s Not Eating Solids Today

Not My Teeth But Someone’s Not Eating Solids Today

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It Seems I’m The Only One Who Commuted Into The Office Today. Maybe There’s A Memo Out There I Didn’t Receive

It Seems I’m The Only One Who Commuted Into The Office Today. Maybe There’s A Memo Out There I Didn’t Receive

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#47

I Told My Husband Cutting His Own Hair Is A Bad Idea, This Happened

I Told My Husband Cutting His Own Hair Is A Bad Idea, This Happened

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#48

$80 Christmas Gift Applied Directly To My Driveway

$80 Christmas Gift Applied Directly To My Driveway

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#49

I'm Visually Impaired. I Couldn't Tell The Difference Between A Wireless Charger And A Mug Heater

I'm Visually Impaired. I Couldn't Tell The Difference Between A Wireless Charger And A Mug Heater

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the brighter side at least your mug is fully charged where it is...

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Today I Screwed Up

Today I Screwed Up

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can you not realise the box is going to be to big for the car... A miscalculation of a few centimeters/inches, ok. But it's taller than the car !

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