There are a lot of things in this world that feel like they don’t happen that often. That they defy the odds or something. But funny enough, the odds of seeing something that defies the odds are actually probably pretty high.
I mean, what are the odds that this many people have seen/experienced something that seems uncommon ? I dunno, but probably not all that low.
“Less than an hour after paying $100 for an inspection and registration my car caught on fire.”
I feel like your car catching on fire isn’t something that happens every day (and for some people, it’s something that won’t happen ever). But man, after just getting it and everything.
“It is my honor to open the sixth annual poison ivy festival! This year its on my face and I resolved not to mope about it!”
What gets me here is the fact that this is the 6th annual “festival.” As in, this has happened before. Many times.
“These guys at the bar with matching belts.”
I like to think that they just found each other at the bar and bonded over their matching belts. But they probably bought them together and wear them when they see each other or something.
“This old gas mask I found in the house I just bought.”
There are some things you just don’t expect to find in the house you just bought. Like a secret celebrity shrine behind a false wall in the basement. Or a gas mask, I guess.
“I guess the tide came in faster than they thought.”
I can’t tell if this is pure bad luck or just a matter of poor planning. But all I know is, this doesn’t seem like it’d be fun to clean up.
“This USB drive is just an SD card inside a casing.”
So… are all thumb drives just fancy DS cards with a bunch of plastic on top of them? Have we been fooled this whole time? Or is it literally just this one…
“This mysterious lasagna that was on my front doorstep when I got home earlier.”
Either this was meant for someone else, or there’s a serial lasagna maker on the loose.
Apparently, they left a second lasagna at OP’s doorstep. And no, they didn’t eat them.
“I found some candles at work today that matched my nails.”
Okay, both the candles and the nail design are super cool! But, like, what are the odds of finding candles that match your nails exactly like that?
“My clock fell over, still technically told the right time.”
I mean, what are the odds that the clock fell at a time when it would display the same numbers upside down and right side up? It’s probably not that rare, but also not that common.
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“A bird is raising its babies in a cigarette bucket at my workplace.”
Hopefully no one tries to smoke next to this thing for the next little while. But seriously, of all the places to build your nest.
Those poor baby birds!
“Today I learned that a coffee pot can explode.”
That it can. But it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen that often. But I guess if you aren’t paying attention to what you’re making, all sorts of accidents can happen.
“Found my car like this when I took a break at work.”
It looks like OP has just picked up a few dozen (hundred?) hitchhikers. But something’s telling me that car isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until someone can come and remove those bees.
“These shoes found at a thrift store with controller shaped soles.”
I wonder if this was a trend at some point, because I’ve seen shoes like this before. But they didn’t look anything like these ones (apart from the remote design). I wonder if you can just flip shoes over and see if they have soles like these.
“Had some infused oil left last night which I saved hoping to use today. Nope.”
Because of course there’s a spider in there. I mean, technically you can just take the spider out and the oil is still good. But, ew.
“Found these under the hood of my neighbor’s truck today.”
Luckily for those squirrels, the truck didn’t start. Then again, that probably happened because they’ve been chewing wires inside there…
All I can say is that I’d be pretty annoyed if that was my vehicle.
“Boiled over once cause kid was fussy, boils over again cause I was getting chicken out of the oven.”
The trickiest part about boiling anything with milk or cream in it is that it’s going to boil over if you aren’t careful. But, twice ?
“Man catches the same fish a month and a half later.”
I have to say, this is one lucky/unlucky fish. Lucky because it got a new lease on life. Unlucky because it managed to get caught… twice. By the same person.
“I’ll never kick a ball higher in my life.”
Of course you kick a ball higher and further than you’ve ever kicked in your life, and it lands in a tall tree. Because why wouldn’t that happen?
“A backpack fell from a military helicopter and slightly destroyed the roof.”
I guess those helicopter drops don’t always go as planned. But at the same time, that building could’ve been a lot more damaged. Still, not exactly ideal.
“Well, he didn’t.”
A van crashing into a sign? Probably not super uncommon. A van crashing into a sign that just so happens to say, “You can’t miss me”? Seems like the kind of thing that goes against all the odds.
