15 Stories That Happened in Real Life But Could Become a Great Comedy

When reading user stories online, you can sometimes wonder, “Why do authors and screenwriters rack their brains coming up with plots for comedies?” Sometimes it’s enough to go outside or visit a family dinner with the future mother-in-law, and there it is, a new movie script is ready.

• I’m sitting in a cafe and see a guy looking at me. The waiter comes up to me and holds out a folded napkin, saying it’s a message from the young man at the next table. I look for a pen to write my reply, unfold the napkin, and it says, “You have a dill on your cheek!” That’s how we met. © Not everyone will understand / VK
• I went to a doctor to examine the bump on my forehead. I asked him, “Tell me, am I stupid?” He looks up in surprise and replies, “Well, no, the head injury is minor. What happened to you?” I say, “I was trying to butt my cat, crawling on the floor on all fours, and hit the wall.” © Caramel / VK
• Went to a friend’s birthday party, accidentally went to the wrong house because they were also having a birthday party, and got confronted by the actual birthday boy, after telling him I was looking for my friend Ryan’s birthday party, he informed me his name was also Ryan. I checked my Facebook event info and realized it was a few doors down. Two Ryans, same street, both having their 21st birthdays. Pure coincidence, Had a good laugh and stayed for an hour, then went to my actual friend’s birthday. © novicemma2 / Reddit
• We overslept for 20 minutes this morning. We jumped up. I quickly dressed my daughter, and my husband ran to warm the car. Then he came back, grabbed the child, and off they went. I sleepily wander into the bedroom and find my husband’s phone that he forgot on the bedside table. Guess what I did first? That’s right, I dialed his number to tell him that he forgot his phone. © Kawaigoth / Pikabu

• One time I wanted to color on the wall, so I created a small masterpiece in the hallway and ingeniously signed it with my brother’s name. I would’ve gotten away with it, had my brother not been 17 years old and I 7. © ******fer / Reddit
• I’m in a game store. A couple walks in and starts looking at games. The girl says, “Do you need more games?” The guy looks at her, nods toward the shopping bags she’s carrying, and says, “Do you need more shoes?” The girl points to a game and says, “This one looks good!” © ctruemane / Reddit
• I worked as a teacher’s assistant for a year and I have a weird last name, so I got the kids to call me Mr. A if they couldn’t pronounce it, but some kids still tried to say their interpretation of my name. One of the kids said, “Mr. A, I’m gonna start calling you Mr. Avocado. Because I can’t remember your last name, and I don’t like avocado.” © scottydoeskno / Reddit

• I was chatting with a friend, she was telling me how she removed hair from her upper lip, and my husband was hanging around. My friend suddenly turns to him and asks if he wants me to get the hair from my upper lip removed too. And my husband nonchalantly replies, “To have a hussar for a wife is honorable!” and continues doing what he was doing. © Overheard / Ideer
• My colleague was told to email the organization we rent our office to and to tell them that we were closing for the Christmas holidays and would be back next year. Instead, she emailed them we were closing for good. They sent us a heartfelt goodbye after being with them for 20 years, and they ended our contract. I was CC’d in all emails after my boss found out. © ImCrazyForLatinas / Reddit
• I’m on a bus. Suddenly I see that a guy across the aisle behaves weirdly. He turns to me and sniffs the air! I watch in horror, and he asks, “What’s that smell coming from your bag?” Me, “Buns.” The guy offers to be friends, but then his girlfriend starts pulling him back with the words, “You already have someone to be friends with, you jerk!” © Caramel / VK
• I came home very tired, fell on my bed, and passed out. I woke up from the call of nature and felt that there was something very heavy on my shoulder. And it’s so dark that I can’t see anything. I’m still more asleep than awake, so I try to throw this weight off my shoulder and twist with my whole body. And then something hits me in the face. I try to catch the offender with my hands and I get a second blow. Somehow I grabbed this “weight” with my hand. It turned out that it was my left arm, it had gone numb to the point of complete insensitivity. That’s how I fought with my arm at night. © IzopZedoren / Pikabu

• Asked my husband to make some pasta. He goes to the kitchen. I hear him pouring water and pasta. I shout, “Honey, you should throw pasta in boiling water!” He drains the water off the pasta. Pause. He shouts back happily, “Let’s imagine that I’ve washed it beforehand!” © Overheard / Ideer
• My bosses didn’t tell me that I would be given an award at the next company-wide event we had. I wanted to skip since I had a lot of work, but they wouldn’t let me. So, I wore my shirt that said: “100% underpaid.” The thing is that the award was big enough that it was the CEO and SVP who presented it to the awardee and there was a whole photoshoot with the executives after. The CEO and execs did laugh when they saw my shirt... Sadly, I lost a copy of my photo. © Ayane_Redfield / Reddit
• I went to my dad’s office to print out my term paper. There was a printer on the desk by the window, I sent the document to print and went to drink some tea. A few minutes later, my father came running into the office kitchen, wide-eyed, and led me by the hand to the printer. I was frightened, thinking I had printed something obscene, but it turned out that the printer had started chewing on the curtain and was slowly but surely making its way to the edge of the desk. © Caramel / VK
• Yesterday my boyfriend’s mother gave me an envelope after family dinner. It said, “Open it when you’re alone.” I opened it, and there was a ring and a note, “Anastasia, will you become my daughter-in-law? I want my son to marry you. Among all my son’s indecent (crossed out here) girlfriends, you are the best option.” © Not everyone will understand / VK

And here you can find some proof that real life can be funnier than a comedy.