Today, I had a planned 12-hour power cut for maintenance work, which I'd forgot all about. In need of a shower before work, I spent 45 minutes boiling pots of water on the stove to take a lukewarm, 6-inch deep bath, before realizing my water heater runs on natural gas and was working fine. FML
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Today, the water cut out while I was showering, covered in soap and shampoo. I had to rinse with freezing cold drinking water from the fridge. As soon as I'd dried off, the water supply got restored. FML
Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML
Today, my flatmate took his hour plus long shower while we both tried to get ready for work. I had a choice to wet myself or pee in a cooking pot. I chose the pot. FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, I went down to my accommodation office in fiery wrath, demanding that something be done about my three-days-cold shower. Looking dubious, they sent someone back with me. As soon as we got there he looked at me with deep pity and pulled the cord in the corner that activated the hot water. FML
Today, as I was shampooing my hair in the shower, the power went out. Since my house has well water, no power means no water. FML
Today, we had to turn the water off due to a massive leak in the kitchen sink that the plumber was currently fixing. I managed to wait two hours before my uncooperative digestive tract said it couldn't wait any longer and I had to take a mega dump in the bathroom. I couldn't flush the toilet or wash my hands. FML
Today, due to an unforeseen pipe-related incident, I had to shave my legs in my backyard fish pond, while a plumber assessed the damage to my war-zone of a bathroom. FML
Today, I tried to fix a leaking pipe under the sink. I watched a YouTube tutorial and was feeling confident that I could get the job done. Two hours later, half of the kitchen was practically flooded because I forgot to cut the water off, and scrambled to actually find the main valve, then I had to call an emergency plumber, who showed up, laughed, and fixed it in five minutes. FML
Today, the gas company came to connect our stove for free. While here, they broke our hot water heater, shut it off, and issued us a hazard notice. We can fix it, but they won't be able to come back for another two weeks to turn the gas back on. We don't have any hot water until then. FML
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Top comments
DjeePee 25
Always check first. Also, wouldn't it be more efficient to boil one or two pots of water and use a simple washcloth?
lovemesomeanth 2
Thank god for running water and water heaters, imagine having to boil your own bath water every single day.
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Comments (103)
fuzz97 23
As a wise man once said, "Get a brain! Morans"
thiscrazything 1
I wonder if the wise man knows what a "Moran"" is?
fuzz97 23
As another wise man once said, "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word!"
RaggleFrock 13
Moran, a female Irish quidditch player in Harry potter and the goblet of fire.
mcbainos 8
Trying to justify your spelling mistake made whilst being condescending - Fail.
fuzz97 23
Yeah, I figured you wouldn't get what I was trying to do. Moran.
DocBastard 40
Fuzz97 - For the record, I got it. For the rest of you, there's a picture from a few years back of a redneck at a protest holding a sign that says "Get a brain! Morans!"
fuzz97 23
Haha, it seems that the morans are still thumbing me down. I honestly find it hilarious how so many people on this site appear to suffer from grammar pedantry syndrome.
supportcommand 17
Suck it up and take a cold shower. It's not that bad. And you really do feel refreshed after.
PandaYachi 4
Agreed.
lajaynay 15
Sigh. Better late than never I suppose.
coughyochick 7
You lost me after "power cut".
MissMae93 23
Following the power cut, OP boiled water for 45 minutes, bathed in said water then realized his power wasn't cut. What's not to get?
SeedlessMe 13
Well, you were close Mae! But not quite. OP's power was, in fact, cut off. They forgot their hot water runs on gas, not electric. Therefore the water can still get hot.
thecovert 7
At least you could take a nice, hot, relaxing bath after all of that.
TrinityisLife 22
I'm assuming that your stove is a gas stove since you were able to boil water....
thethingy 6
YOLO!
MissMae93 23
29 - No. That's not funny and you're making yourself seem like an immature douche.
whyusofat 17
I wish i could down vote more then once. :(
SqueakyChipmunk 22
YOLO backwards is OLOY: Only Losers Obey YOLO
astralvagan 20
During stressful situations people often let the simplest things slip their minds because they are worried about the big things. The positive here is that you were able to eventually take a shower before work
lucianaamelia 21
Live and learn?
notknown 2
I also have natural gas for hot water but it still uses electricity to power the gas unit so my one wouldn't of worked, not sure how yours work.
thiscrazything 1
Electricity to power the gas?????