Today, I lost power. That didn't stop my house alarm from running on battery, loudly informing me in a British accent, "AC power disconnected. BEEP. AC power disconnected. BEEP." It's been going on for 5 hours and the battery takes a special screwdriver to remove. One we don't have. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML
Today, the power went out. Thankfully, it was early in the morning so I should've been able to sleep through it. Then I realized I have an impossible time sleeping during power outages. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, I'm staying in a hotel. The power went out while I was having a shower. So I waited for it to come back on, until an announcement came over the fire alarm, "Due to generating failure, the power will be off for the rest of the night. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and have a good night." FML
Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML
Today, I kept hearing a weird buzzing sound in my apartment. I turned off everything, unplugged appliances, and was on the verge of calling maintenance. Turns out, it was my electric toothbrush vibrating in my suitcase… for three hours. FML
Today, on vacation with family, the power goes off in the middle of the night. I wake up as the A/C starts dripping on my head. No air, wet pillow, can't sleep, but I decide to tough it out until morning rather than wake everyone. In the morning, I discovered my sister had hit the breaker because she couldn't find the light switch. FML
Today, the power went out at work. As everyone left the building to go home, the owner came in to inform me that, since the phones were on a battery back up, I would be staying to man them. The phones rang 2 times in the 4 hours I sat in the dark by myself. Both times were telemarketers. FML
Today, my smoke alarm started chirping at 3 a.m. I replaced the battery, reset it, and got back into bed. Five minutes later, it chirped again. I searched for the source before realizing it was my roommate's alarm clock. FML
Today, my neighbors left for their nine month excursion, and armed their security system. One of the features is a loud series of three beeps every three seconds, 24 hours a day. I can hear it, clear as a bell, throughout my entire house. FML
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MrBoredGuy 1
Go buy the right screwdriver? Wouldn't take anyone else 5 hours to figure that out
baconstrips 12
Just smash the thing to bits
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Comments (214)
StoryOfTheYear 15
Crikey mate! Oh... Wait...
StoryOfTheYear 15
I think we have a genius on our hands.
Keyman1212 14
I quick 'trip' down a flight of stairs may in fact, solve all of your problems, kinda like it solved OJ's.
fthislyfe 22
British accent is HOT!
Ruler3000 17
Could be worse... It could be saying "Sum Ting Wong! *beep Sum Ting Wong! *beep*"
MetallicaRules19 4
Baseball bats work too
FarSide 23
That's better than having a ghetto alarm that says " yo fool, we comin' to empty yo crib" every 1 minute.
7mood75 7
omelet du fromage.....
VoiceMail 12
You're confusing an Australian accent with an American trying to imitate an Australian accent.
Iskaria 0
There is no such thing as a British accent.
jellitonoctopus 19
94- are you being serious right now?
FORCE_A_NATURE 3
'Course they're being serious - there's a scouse accent, a southern accent, a geordie accent, a cockney accent, a scottish accent, etc, etc, etc. "British accent" makes no sense at all.
DinosaursAreCool_fml 8
Turn the volume down? On mine I can, try it on yours.
mffp 9
Don't even focus on Scouse, Geordie, Cockney, etc. There's English. Scottish. Welsh. Irish.
fthislyfe 22
They might have slight differences, but to an American speaking person, they all sound the same! So they call them all "British accent"
leadman1989 16
No you're in fact not awesome you're making us look bad. I speak "American" and I have no trouble telling them apart. That's like saying someone with a heavy southern accent and someone with a heavy jersey accent sound the same. THEY DON'T!
rockon_fml 3
Dexter's Lab. great episode.
tjv3 10
I would buy the freaking screw driver or snip the battery leads
StoryOfTheYear 15
127 and 129 are indeed correct. Going by the same concept that there is not a "British accent" and only sub-accents, we can also say there is no "American accent" and we would just say instead that I have a Minnesotan accent. All in all, other than wanting to take the time to write these paragraphs pointing out the mistakes in your theory, I honestly don't give a shit about the matter. :)
AnthonyN 5
true
superfluousfrog 6
There are many different british accents. There are also many different types of bird. If I point at a duck and call it a bird, am I wrong?
92910bg 4
?
shelbyyyy11 0
or maybe you're just racist?
Georgieeporgiee 9
British is dah' best!!
chupacabra141 9
It's like saying all Americans have an American accent.
katiedoll6 7
94. Ur joking yes
Lowhunter 15
Headphones loud music= solution for many things.
StoryOfTheYear 15
Also will allow you to get robbed because you have such a powerful subwoofer and/or pair of headphones you can't hear the tv getting dragged down the stairs. Just saying.
ScaughtieHolden 11
25, there's no subwoofer in headphones, and op said the power's out.
ImFrackinBored 13
Its called a hammer OP :3
tnigz 3
Or sloution hammer
baconstrips 12
Just smash the thing to bits
minisquid 9
"I'm sorry guvna, but I can't let you do that."
facilitator 0
Is there no limt to the problems Ican solve just by hitting things?
astoryofroses 9
op is a roadrunner
prince122 0
BEEP
bizarre_ftw 22
Be careful! She could have PTSD.... Oh. Crap. She just killed the cat >.<
MrBoredGuy 1
Go buy the right screwdriver? Wouldn't take anyone else 5 hours to figure that out
julz1115 0
My thoughts exactly! Or...since your phone is obviously working call the security system company..? They probably have some kind of manual over ride.
NEEPLES 7
If the power is out maybe he can't open the garage to get his car.
DigitalFusion 4
Yes, because it is impossible to open a garage door without power. Moron. There is absolutely no way to disengage the clutch and manually open it.... Oh wait, you could do exactly that.
SanaSazi 32
lol
picklezz123 5
Just run to the store and get a screwdriver
spazzy910 0
If it's a special screwdriver maybe it's not at the store… Just guessing
atlanta_lex 0
**** that
bizznatch98 0
Damm your sexy girl
bricking_shits 4
insightful.
CanadianNarwhal 13
Agreed with #5
iLakers 0
Well at least it's British!
mrahhhhh 21
Imagine if the alarm's only accent was Gilbert Gottfried? *shudders violently*
Feklfekl2222 32
But which British accent is it.........
EnEl_Infierno 15
#46 fu*k that I would taken a shot gun to that shit after 2 mins, or if was fran from the show nanny.
3yellowzebras 19
I'm guessing the accent would be English, Queens English?
jsaxon1996 0
Fran is awesome!! :( I love her voice, honestly...
Sulphuric_Glue 16
#101 There are still many English accents. It pisses me off so much when ignorant Americans just say "British" accent. It especially pisses me off when people refer to the whole UK as "England".
Senior29 8
smash it then
bizarre_ftw 22
Everytime I see one of your comments I feel compelled to look at your picture!! It's insane!!!! (in a good way!) I just felt the world would colapse in a heap of flaming rubble if I didn't say that ^_^
ShyAnn29 15
64, you saved my life!! Thank you for that comment!!
PL0WW 20
Man thinks he's hench!