Today, I spent an hour painstakingly disassembling my antique mirror after discovering a stack of papers behind the back board. I finally got hold of one corner, and pulled out… a newspaper from 2007 and instructions for an IKEA bed. FML
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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML
Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, I spent hours assembling a bookshelf I'd bought online. Once it was finally done, I realized I’d put the back panel on backwards, so now there’s a "Made in China" label facing the room. FML
Today, I started building a basic bookshelf from a flat-pack kit without looking at the instructions, because "How hard could it be?" I finished just as the last screw went in, then noticed the back panel was facing outwards and every shelf was upside down. Taking it apart took longer than putting it together. FML
Today, I was feeling pretty proud of myself for building an Ikea shelf/dresser combo completely by myself. When going to put the last drawer together, I dropped one of the boards. The corner landed perfectly in the middle of my phone screen, shattering it. It's going to cost $230 to fix it. FML
Today, I spent what seemed like an hour tearing apart my living room looking for the TV remote, only to find it in the fridge next to the milk. It turns out that last night I decided to put my cereal away in the entertainment center. FML
Today, I asked my landlady if she could fix the air conditioner that's been broken since I moved in. Instead, she came round and took away my bathroom mirror, along with all the toilet paper. FML
Today, I decided to be productive and clean behind my couch. I found dust, old receipts, and one sock I thought was stolen by the universe. When I stood up proudly, I smashed my head on the shelf above. I knocked down three picture frames. All shattered. FML
Today, I was cleaning my apartment because I'm moving. I was being really thorough so I could get as much of the damage deposit back as possible. I noticed I still had one of those 3M plastic hooks on the wall, and when I went to carefully take it off, a large chunk of the wall came with it. FML
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Enslaved 38
Were you expecting it to be a treasure map?
NeatNit 33
Plot twist: you acquired it in 2003!
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kewpiesuicide 29
My theory is that they stuffed it with useless paper to keep it from rubbing. That would be practical. IKEA instructions are basically newspapers themselves
taintedtruffle 42
if that was me unless I was missing some important documents or something I'd have left their lil paper butts right there
fuckthatcooldude 6
The "mirror" could maybe be a bed.
claubea11 14
Treasure hunt time :)
norisorroz 28
So much for the 'antique' attribute of the mirror....
worldclassrager 41
Well you now have a place for a time capsule...
nitrog100 21
It sucks that you wasted hours doing that, but the papers were probably just stuffed back there because the mirror is a little loose.
ManicGypsy 22
Ok. This is what you do. Replace the newspapers and the Ikea instructions. Then also place inside it a newspaper for today's date, some instructions to put together something else (whatever you have on hand, really), and a coded message. You then put it all back together, and take the mirror to the nearest Goodwill donation or antique dealer. Leave it for someone else to discover further down the line. :)
more4me 27
you mean ... instructions for an ANTIQUE IKEA bed ! ;)
Noheartbeat 19
I would have read that newspaper so good. It's always cool to remember what's happened in the past.