Do you know the difference between good sitcoms and second-rate ones? Due to the fact that there is not always enough money for screenwriters, not-so-original scenarios and jokes are often used in the second kind of shows. As a result, we understand that this or that plot twist is completely unnatural, and of course, this never happens in real life.
We honestly don’t know who writes the scripts for our lives, but it seems that this guy also sometimes uses hackneyed plot moves. We can all agree, each of us has had some moments in our lives when things happened that no one would have believed if told.
There is a recent popular thread in the AskReddit community whose topic starter asked the question: “What’s a funny memory you have that if you told someone, they’d think you’re lying?” The result was almost 33K upvotes and nearly 10.7K different comments, which prove that our life is sometimes very much like a sitcom.
Bored Panda made a list of some of the most amusing, incredible and sometimes bizarre stories from this thread for you. These tales are simply unbelievable, but at the same time, they are completely true. So feel free to scroll to the very end and be sure to write what you liked the most.
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#1 Mutual Benefit Of A Ditcher And A Cop
When I was ditching first period in HS a cop was in front of me at 7/11. The cashier couldn’t break his $50 so I paid for his coffee with my stuff. He thanked me, we jabbed about me being “late”
To school and I noticed the tattoo on his neck and we joked about bad decisions.
Two weeks later I get caught in a speed trap and who sticks his head in my window. And he went, “coffee girl!” And I went “tat neck!” And got let off with a finger shake.
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#2 A Friend Once Called The Wrong Number, Got The Wrong House, And Had The Right Person Pick Up
A friend once called the wrong number, got the wrong house, and had the right person pick up.
So, I was at work, replacing a modem for my boss. I’d removed the modem and connected a telephone to test that it had dial-tone.
Soon after, the phone rang. It didn’t make much sense, because that phone line had only been used for outgoing calls from the computer.
When I picked up, the person on the other line just said ‘Hey man, you want to see a movie later?’. I recognized the voice, too. It was a friend of mine. I was really confused for a second and said something like ‘Josh? How did you get this number?’. He said he called my home phone number.
He must have misdialed my number, and accidentally dialed the number for my bosses modem line, at work.
He called the wrong number, got the wrong house, and the right person picked up, on a phone that had only been connected for 2 minutes in the past 2 years. The odds must be astronomical.
It’s just a weird coincidence that I’ll always remember.
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#3 After Years Of Using The Same Pun, Someone Finally Got It
So I worked for the IRS collecting taxes several years ago. I had seized someone’s car and the IRS sales people were in the process of selling it. IRS procedures around some of this stuff are ancient. One of the procedures are to post a notice of sale in three public locations.
So I go to the library to post a notice of sale. The person on the ground floor says that I’ll have to talk to Steve on the second floor to see if it’s ok for me to post the notice of sale on the bulletin board. I walk up the stairs and see a guy sitting at the desk.
Me: “Are you Steve”
Steve: “Who’s asking? The IRS?” (In a playful manner)
Me: <long pause> “Yes, in fact. My name is XXXXXX…..”
Steve: <just about falls out of his chair> “Jesus Christ! I’ve been using that joke for 20 years! I never thought anyone would ever say yes!”
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#4 I Tackled A Guy I Didn’t Know At University Thinking He Was An Old Friend Of Mine.
Started college. Saw my brother’s best friend on campus, from a distance. Hard to miss: Nate’s 6’6″, skinny, long brown hair. Fitting of our childish friendship, I straight up open-field tackle the guy. From behind. Blindsided.
It’s not Nate. I apologize, and sheepishly run away. Three hours later, a girl friend from high school introduces her new boyfriend to a group of us. It’s the guy I tackled. Danny. Super nice (and forgiving) guy.
We’ve been friends for 15 years.
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#5 I Once Threw A Prefect 3-Pointer Backwards Over My Head
“Me being black does not mean I am good at basketball!” I said before lazily throwing the ball backwards over my head for a 3 pointer
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#6 Me And A Guy Ended Up On Bad Terms And Some Time Ago He Passed Away
I tell everyone this, I dunno if someone would think I’m lying about it though. But it’s just too funny for it to be real, in my opinion.
Roommate walked in and said “did you hear about Steve?”
I said “unless he’s dead, I don’t want to hear about it.”
There was a moment of silence. Followed by
“…Tiffany…. ”
Sure enough. He’s dead.
Edit: My name is Tiffany. And me and the guy ended on bad terms but I did grieve his death and he is still in my thoughts every so often.
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#7 I Had A Pet Hummingbird As A Kid
I had a pet humming bird as a kid. My mom found it injured on a sidewalk and nursed it back to health. It only had one eye and no depth perception so we kept it inside. We’d let it buzz around the room, land on us, and all that jazz. My brother told his teacher about it (in 3rd grade) and the teacher actually called my mom and was like “your son has made up a crazy story and insists its real”. Reality was we had a pet humming bird and that seemed crazy enough people didn’t believe it.
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#8 ATM Spit Out 60 Dollars For A Person Out Of Money
I was the brokest I have ever been living in the middle of nowhere. I was pulling my last 20 dollars out of a gas station ATM. I hit the button and it spit out 60 dollars. I was only charged 20 on my account. It sounds like such a tall tale but I swear it happened.
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#9 I Saw A Cat Who Only Crossed The Street At A Green Light
I once pulled up at a red light where a cat was sat by the side of the road. When the green man came on, the cat got up and crossed the road!
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#10 Possibly The Best Throw And Best Catch Of Our Lives.
I once showed up to a mates house with a bacon and egg roll from maccas. He jokingly asked “did you get me one?” I did, and without saying a word I pulled it out of the bag and threw it to him, the wrapping dropped off in mid air, he caught the burger one handed, we both looked at each other in amazement, and bit straight in.
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#11 I Was Born In A Helicopter On Christmas
Not that I remember it personally, but I was born in a helicopter on Christmas. When I was a kid I used to say I was twins with Jesus because we came from above on the same day.
I don’t mention it unless someone asks because I know it sounds insane.
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#12 Nobody In My Town Believed I Had A Model Girlfriend From Vancouver
Well not so unbelievable as we’ve been married 5 years now but when I first met my wife I was in Vancouver for a student program for the summer. She was a model and crazy beautiful, I was some dirty farm kid from Saskatchewan who couldn’t flirt to save his life and had never kissed a girl or taken one on a date. So when I came back to my hometown, the way I told people about my girlfriend was: “yeah I have a girlfriend but she’s a model in Vancouver and no one here has ever met her yet. Maybe one day!” Took more than 2 years for anyone to believe me
Edit: WOW this blew up, I won a scholarship to a improv camp (yes I was also a theatre kid) and she was in my group for the week, just to be clear her name is Fiona and I sang “All Star” by smash mouth to win her over. If you have any other questions please send me a message because I love bragging about her!
Edit 2: yes in my case shrek literally is love.
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#13 An Eagle Came For My Face As A Child
An eagle came for my face as a child. I was about 8. I ducked and it ended up grabbing my hair and taking some with it. I ran inside crying and told my mom. She didn’t believe me so I never told anyone else. I’m 22.
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#14 I’ve Met Someone With My Same First And Last Name In A Restaurant
I once checked in at a restaurant and gave the hostess my name to hold my slot, she then asked for my last name since the person below shared my first name. When I told her my last name, she looked at my like I was lying. The person below had my first and last name. She laughed and introduced us, and we took a pic. I’ve never met someone with my same first and last name since.
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#15 A Cautionary Story Of Speeding And A Police Checkpoint In Indiana
I was driving a friend home to Indianapoilis from Holy Cross in South Bend. We got pulled over for speeding and the cop asked me “Son do you know how fast you were going?” to which I replied with a straight face and no sarcasm “Well my cruise control was set at 88 so I’m guessing somewhere in the vicinity of 88?” I’ve never seen such a confused look on a person’s face. He proceeds to ask if I can step out of my vehicle and into his so he can talk to me while he writes me a ticket. I comply and as he’s writing me up he’s explaining to me how he had to do his Sherrif training in Indianapolis. He said thatt the one thing that amazed him was how fast locals drive esp on I465 and he understands why I’m conditioned to do so. Soon as he’s done with the ticket he turns to me and says “So here’s the deal, you’re the first motorist to ever admit to me you knew you were speeding so I’m gonna cut you a break. If you can make it back to Indy without getting another ticket I won’t turn this one in, but if you do you’re getting 2′” I slowed down for the rest of the drive.
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#16 Once At University, We Talked For 20 Minutes With Oliver Sachs, But I Did Not Recognize Him By Sight
In college I was walking to class and a thunderstorm hit, but I had just gotten a girlfriend and I was in the best mood of my life so I was just getting soaked and smiling from ear to ear.
A guy walked by with an umbrella, I smiled at him and said hi. He took down his umbrella and got soaked with me and we proceeded to talk about how moments like these are what makes life magical, if only we let ourselves experience them. 20 minute conversation later, the storm stopped and we went our separate ways.
My new girlfriend, a cognitive science major, saw me and ran over to me. She said, “why didn’t you call me??? You know Oliver Sacks is one of my heroes!”
Me: “that was Oliver Sacks?”
Apparently he was a speaker that night for a neuroscience conference. He also has prosopagnosia (face blindness) so it’s possible that he thought we knew each other when I said hi.
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#17 I Saw Ravens Flying Overhead, When One Of Them Suddenly Took A Nosedive… Right Into An Open Trashcan
I was in elementary school, during recess, just kinda daydreaming and looking at some ravens flying overhead, when one of them suddenly took a nosedive… right into an open trashcan.
So of course i rush over there to check it out, but the raven was just gone out of nowhere. I was not the only pne who saw it though, another kid came rushing over as well, and thats how i met my best friend for the next 4 years
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#18 I Tripped And Fell At The Same Corner Outside Subway 3 Different Times Years Apart And The Same Guy Tried To Catch Me Every Single Time
i tripped and fell at the same corner outside subway 3 different times years apart and the same guy tried to catch me every single time.
EDIT: okay i keep getting loads of soulmate/marriage comments so to clarify i was SEVEN the first time this happened. this was a grown man lmao.
EDIT2: this man is not a stalker, him and my mum would recognise eachother because she was with me each time, yes he fell trying to catch me but it was funny so its okay, and no this was not the underground train type of subway i mean the sandwich shop, he did not work there and no he isn’t homeless.
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#19 Saw A Chicken Walking Along A Road, Cross To The Other Side, And Keep Walking Same Direction
Saw a chicken walking along a road, cross to the other side, and keep walking same direction.
Just like the joke
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#20 My Sister Being Bullied By A Parrot Calling Her Names
My sister being bullied by a parrot calling her names
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#21 I Suddenly Saw My Husband On A TV Show, Although I Did Not Know That He Was Filming There
Before my husband and I were married, but had been dating for a long while, I was watching Portlandia and BAM there’s my husband on screen. Dumbfounded I called him and he casually said “oh yeah I forgot about that”.
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#22 Got Stuck In A Bank For The Night
Got stuck in a bank for the night. When the bank is closed, you can still get to the ATM thanks to a security door. Once inside the door decided to stop working. No phone, no emergency button. Just waited here for hours till someone in the street saw me trough the glass and called someone
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#23 A Harmless Pun Turned Out To Be A Sad Truth
Was contract programming, dropping into the office every Friday. The assistant QA dude was there to take my work; “Who died and left you in charge?” — “Jeff died two days ago.” 😮
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#24 I Once Threw A Ball For My Dog And It Landed On His Head, Rolled Perfectly Down His Spine And Off His Tail.
I once threw a ball for my dog and it landed on his head, rolled perfectly down his spine and off his tail.
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#25 An Attempt To Tease On The Basketball Court Turned Against The Joker
I was playing basketball in the park with my mom. Neither of us were very athletic, we were just having fun. There was some kid hanging around us and we weren’t trying to be rude so we let him. After a few minutes of some of the worst questions I’ve ever heard, he asked me if I could throw the ball at the basket backwards. I said sure. See, had he asked if I could make it backwards I woulda said no, but he only asked if I could throw it backwards, which I could. My mom knew what I was doing, hell I picked up so much from her growing up it was probably her idea before I said anything. I took a half hearted peak at the basket, turned around, no warm up, just let that ball fly. I turned back around to watch the obvious miss. I started to say, “See, I threw it at the basket,” but all I gout outta my mouth was, “See-“
And then the ball went in. Swish. Nothing but net. Backboard? That thing never even hit the rim. I don’t have the Will to keep a straight face if I looked at the kid. I looked my mom and said “just like that.” She was almost as surprised as I was
That kid told me he didn’t think I could do it again. Mamma beat me to it this time and said, “ I think it’s your turn”
He left us alone soon after
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#26 We Met Mitch Hedberg In The Middle Of The Night After His Stand-Up And Got An Autograph
I went to see Mitch Hedberg do stand up. We stayed around awhile hoping to see him leaving. He never materialized though, so my husband and I walked towards our car. As we were walking we heard a woman yell from an ally “Hey! Mitch Hedberg is back here signing autographs!” We walked around the corner behind a scary old building. It was like 1am and pretty dark. There was Mitch Hedberg and no other fans. Just him and his wife, who had been the one to yell about autographs. He was very high and super lovey. He hugged my husband and me and told us what his fans mean to him. HE took pictures of US for his scrapbook page online. He was also hilarious. We were just there behind a building at 1am with Mitch Hedberg and his wife laughing and hugging deep into the wee hours… When I tell people this they go silent and I’m not sure why. I figure they don’t believe it.
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#27 A Simple Wish For A Cyclist Turned Into An Accident
I was walking on a hiking/biking trail when a woman rode past me on her bicycle. I yelled out, “keep the pedal to the metal.” Not two seconds later I hear an awful metallic noise and turn to see the poor woman’s pedal mechanism had fallen apart. She told me, “you shouldn’t have said that!” I apologized profusely and asked if she needed any help. Naturally she didn’t…not from me anyway.
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#28 I Got Stung By A Platypus
I got stung by a platypus.
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#29 I Once Had Two 8-Ball Breaks In A Row
I was playing 8-ball at a bar one night (I’m not very good just play for fun). I’m on a slight winning streak. My next opponent racks them, and I break. 8 ball goes in on the break so it’s an automatic win! Dude refuses to leave the table, continues to put quarters in and racks again. I’m like dude u lost .. there’s like 8 people in line to play next. He’s drunk and being stubborn and won’t leave. So I break again.. and the 8 ball drops again.. dude walks away without saying a word
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#30 Back In Middle School I Caught A Mozzarella Stick Thrown By Somebody
Back in middle school I was walking back to class after lunch when someone chucked something down the hallway as hard as they could. My natural instinct was to jump up and catch it. It was a perfect catch and not a single person saw. It was a mozzarella stick.
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#31 Some Nutcase Called The Cops And Tried To Make Them Arrest Some Kid Cus They Didn’t Want To Help Him Catch His Dog
I’m a police dispatcher. You won’t believe this, but one time some nutcase called and tried to make us arrest some kid cus they didn’t want to help him catch his dog or something
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