Today, I was eating a hamburger on the street when a pigeon came down to take a bite. I ran and got 30 birds or so chasing me. My legs were burning, half of my burger was gone, and an entire office building was laughing at me. FML
I agree, your life sucks (39624) - you totally deserved it (5647)
On 04/22/2009 at 6:40am - misc - by fencernick (man) - United States (New York)
Haha, reminds me of the gulls near the New Orleans Aquarium. They're vicious!
#1 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:09am by AlyshaDeShae
That happened to me once but the birds were after my sushi, not my burger.
And instead of having the entire office building laughing at me, I had the entire park laughing at me.
F Our Lives
#3 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:13am by barlessprison
Seriously, maybe the pigeons were just trying to get you to exercise fatty.
Vegetarian win!
#5 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:14am by ilikerainbows
Fuck your Life... But who will not laugh at such a funny situation huh?... cant blame the office workers
#6 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:15am by KenMcGormick
Hahahaha I would've been laughing with them, only because this is the kind of thing that would happen to me.
#8 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:19am by StreetSinger
The bird had already taken a bite of it and yet you still ran with it? Were you planning on eating it still? YDI if so...
#9 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:22am by deplorableworld
#9 have a good point. Why didn't you just threw the burger and threw some napalm after it?
I hate pigeons and those old mommys who feed them. Because they have wings they aren't better than rats..
Was one hamburger really worth all that hassle? Why not just toss it to them? YDI for being gluttonous. Or stingy, whatever your rationale was.
#16 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:41am by thisismyname
I think I would have run too... birds scare the crap out of me. I might have dropped my burger, but with my pay, I can't really afford to let a burger go to some nasty winged rats. FYL.
#17 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:46am by Fields4mint
If you're around the area a lot, you should have already known if the pigeon population were kamikaze types. In my opinion, YDI. At the same time, FYL. Even if deserved, it's still pretty bad :p
lmao this is hilarious, it puts such a funny image in my head
LOL @ #18
"you should have already known if the pigeon population were kamikaze types. "
#17 you must be in rough shape if you're so poorly paid you'd rather run from a flock of diseased birds then afford a $1 plus tax change double cheeseburger from mcdonalds
#22 - On 04/22/2009 at 11:00am by thisismyname
Why didn't you put it back in the paper/box? Or maybe you had thrown it? Man, that's gross, that'd mean you were eating a hamburger in the street directly with your hands?
Moreover, I agree with #2.
FYL, but YDI too...
#22 maybe it was the 7 dollars double cheeseburger meal from McDonald's. Still, I agree with #2. YDI for being a fat piece of shit.
Office buildings can laugh? I never knew that! But seriously, the ENTIRE office building was laughing at you? I can just see you running, surrounded by birds and directing enough attention away from running, just to look up at the windows of an office building just to see if anyone was watching. Exaggerated FML.
#31 - On 04/22/2009 at 11:29am by lunarlizard88
ffs! just throw away the burger man, you want to eat it anyway with pigeonspittle all over it
#33 - On 04/22/2009 at 11:41am by Lady_Nevermore
seagulls at St Ives in cornwall are effing viscious, one of them stole a sausage roll as it was mere millimetres from going in my mouth the swine!
#36 - On 04/22/2009 at 11:50am by Jake_The_Cake
that happened to me once too
but the birds were seagulls and they were after my chicken fingers and instead of an office building it was an entire beach. But i didn't let them bite any..thats a little fucked up.
#38 - On 04/22/2009 at 12:09pm by voicegoesboom
what?? were u ACTUALLY got chased by dozen birds... HAHAHAHA!!
#39 - On 04/22/2009 at 12:10pm by laugh_boy
People who are saying he should've thrown it away: it's a matter of CONVICTION.
I PAID for the burger, and I'm gonna EAT the burger. And I'll be damned if a couple of frickin' pigeons are gonna tell me otherwise! Give me my burger, or give me death!
In other news... FML. I just adapted a Patrick Henry quotation to fit a story about hamburgers and pigeons. Henry is undoubtedly turning over in his grave.
#41 - On 04/22/2009 at 12:27pm by bad_karma89
Pigeons can be dicks, as can Sea Gulls; I remember as a little kid vacationing somewhere on a beach watching some woman with a paper grocery bag get attacked by birds w her food. I felt sorry for her. I think part of the reason taht happens is because people feel the need to feed these birds when these brids are perfectly capable of finding food on their own.
#42 - On 04/22/2009 at 12:32pm by TryToBeKind
#22, some people actually eat at other places than McDonalds. There are also places that have burgers that cost more than $1. For example, there is a place in my podunk little town that makes an awesome burger out of angus and it cost about $5 for just the burger.
Birds are relentless and will chase for a long time. I am not sure why this person did not just drop the burger, but maybe they just did not think about it.
You are embarrassed over this? WAT. Seriously, that would have been awesome for anyone watching a guy get chased by a flock of pissed-off pigeons. You are more likely a local celebrity than laughing stock.
Think of it this way. If it hadn't been for you, that day at the office would have been just another monotonous day for them! xD
#47 - On 04/22/2009 at 12:48pm by themangostar
birds have diseases. so whether or not you kept the burger (which i dont think would be worth all this nonsense) i would have still tried to get away from those things.
#48 - On 04/22/2009 at 12:48pm by angelsnarrows
Just nature's way of telling you that you should cut back on the burgers.
#50 - On 04/22/2009 at 1:03pm by thelonelylurker
Drop the burger. You weren't gonna eat it anyway after the pigeon started eating it. It's what they wanted, so let it go and people won't laugh at you and your legs won't burn
#51 - On 04/22/2009 at 1:27pm by Hullaballoo
hahaha! #2 i was thinking the exact same thing (like seriously, the same words) :P
#53 - On 04/22/2009 at 1:47pm by hannahleigh
Sad. Face :(
Everyone else, remember: logic doesn't often come into play when the fight-or-flight response is active. It's either get out or say and punch ever pigeon in the face--there isn't a drop the burger option; OP probably didn't even think of that and really, were the pigeons attacking him for keeping the burger away from them or attacking the burger for being delicious? I'm gonna go with the former and assume that if he had dropped it, he still would have had at least a few birds attacking him for a while afterwards.
just because their legs were burning doesnt mean they're fat. i'm 5'3, 115 and when i run hard, my legs burn. it's being out of shape, not fat.
#55 - On 04/22/2009 at 1:52pm by juicejuice1
THAT, my friend, is a true FML. No shitty, "Oh, here's one tiny incident that put a dent in my day." Yours is a true, one event that just highlights and summarizes your fucked up life. FYL man, and thanks for making my day haha!
YDI for not dropping the hamburger once a pigeon touched it. o.O seriously, I'd consider it inedible if a pigeon so much as flapped its wings near my food.
#57 - On 04/22/2009 at 2:18pm by airandfingers
It's a sign! Eat less burgers...you should have given that one up too
#59 - On 04/22/2009 at 2:21pm by nobodyno
Nope, in Alabama too. During a break at Mobile Mardi Gras (the only ORIGINAL one), I went to a peanut shop for some cashews. Damn pigeons tried to fly off with the ENTIRE BAG.
#112 - On 08/16/2009 at 6:30pm by xf0rg0tt3nx
Nope, in Alabama too. During a break of parades at the Mobile Mardi Gras (the only ORIGINAL one), I went to get some honey-roasted cashews from this peanut shop. When I went to a park bench to enjoy my peanuts, the damned pigeons attempted to grab the bag and fly off with it. One nearly succeeded.
#113 - On 08/16/2009 at 6:34pm by xf0rg0tt3nx
Those pigeons must have been hungry! That's funny though. It would have been worse if all that happened and then one crapped on you.
#62 - On 04/22/2009 at 3:04pm by erikawesome
You ran... from a PIGEON? Christ. Just smack that fucker away and go on and enjoy your treat. If it doesn't shoo, go inside. I assume this took place in a somewhat urban area (wtf pigeons just chill out in the open field) so there were probs plenty of places in which to escape. Learn to assort your authority as top of the food chain, man. =P
#64 - On 04/22/2009 at 3:13pm by prettyxdemented
i created an FML account just so i could comment, but OMG the exact same thing happened to my sis, except she was eating chicken wings and the people laughing were passers by and people in their cars on a busy street! bwahahahahaha
#66 - On 04/22/2009 at 3:24pm by whoaa_nellie
YDI for majorly overreacting
birds don't eat things that are in your hands or mouth, and as somebody up there said, just put it back in the bag or move your hand away...?
Pigeons aren't exactly birds of prey, and if you think they are, you definitely deserve it
But I still feel bad for you
#67 - On 04/22/2009 at 3:28pm by Charlesdenfreude
wow stop eating so much burgers fatty! and if a pigeon already took a bite, why the hell would you wanna still eat it anyway that's just gross...
#68 - On 04/22/2009 at 4:00pm by tominator
Dude I've had a similar experience with hungry squirrels and a granola bar, haha.
#71 - On 04/22/2009 at 4:42pm by nuga
Happy Earth Day to you, not everyone gets that kind of experience with nature
#72 - On 04/22/2009 at 5:19pm by soscrewed12
#5, vegetarian don't win shit, and this has nothing to do with your self-richeous choice to not eat meat. no one care
and for some reason, this story sounds like bs. pigeons cant fly and eat at the same time
#69 - ridiculous. Those birds are too dumb to realize that they are full, they eat, crap, and eat again in five minutes - I do not think that all of us should donate our food we buy on earned money to pigeons.
And as in for you, then get a good laugh out of the situation :) It may happen to anyone after all and I your coworkers don't think less of you because of this or anything!
#77 - On 04/22/2009 at 6:07pm by Mr_Positive
this is the best and one of the very few fmls on this entire web site!
i just keep picturing it! and every time i do i crack up!
#80 - On 04/22/2009 at 6:49pm by mylifeisfuckeddd
yeah ... don't eat around birds.
I learned this the hard way once... eating a bagel around seagulls. They kept swooping my head to scare me into giving the bagel up.
#81 - On 04/22/2009 at 6:56pm by were_giraffe
I hate birds! First the eat your food and next they poop on you!!
#83 - On 04/22/2009 at 7:21pm by hottiegurl
Um, people? Just so you know, they probably would have gone after ANY food a person had whether they were eating it or not.
#86 - On 04/22/2009 at 8:57pm by TryToBeKind
FYL, that sucks.
To those of you saying YDI, consider three things. 1) Maybe he didn't have time to get another burger (lunch break), 2) just because his legs were burning doesn't mean he's fat. Some people just don't run well. 3) perhaps he knew the people in the office building were laughing at him because he works there.
Idk, I'm probably overthinking this ^_^
#88 - On 04/22/2009 at 9:34pm by faerieconfuzed
people who are saying that he deserved bc he ate a burger so he must be fat are rude. But that suck. and also really funny
#89 - On 04/22/2009 at 10:02pm by california512
omg hahhaahahaha thank you so much for making my day :D
that made me LOL so hard omg my tummy hurts lmao
hahaha ewww i hate pigeons!!! they are evil/scary/ugly!!! hahaha
#94 - On 04/23/2009 at 3:43am by lin_zee
i once got chased by geese... they are like 3 feet tall... and im 5 ft so they could reach my tummy easy...... so its no fun getting pecked at by birds i feel for ya...>_> i learn never eay around giant birds... or killer pigeons..............
This isn't a FML. This is more of an FYL to everybody reading. I would laugh so hard about this, and tell this story to everybody I know and be proud, not put it on FML
they were just pigeons you must really be a wuss just grab the little shit smash it and all the other would have left you alone and to all you animal rights people they're just rats with wings i am all for saving animals but pests don't fall into that category in my book
Next time dont be a fatty and eat healthy.
A smart person would have just thrown the damn thing.
Nice one
this why i feed chicken and eggs to them sometimes. those fuggers chased me to poo on my once. Had to hide from them for 15 mins before they left me alone. I didn't even have food.
Hahaha
You guys who are saying that he's fat or whatever FAIL and are RUDE.
You don't know that the OP haven't had a burger in forever and finally decided for one. Yet you call him fat. And just cuz his legs are burning doesn't mean he's fat. I run track and my legs tend to burn from time to time.
But good job, OP. this had me laughing every few minutes! =] =D
#107 - On 04/30/2009 at 11:19pm by boricua_4life407
