Today, I learned just how much change a toddler can stuff in to a Nintendo Wii. I also learned that those things are put together with special screws. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, halfway through assembling a toy kitchen for a birthday, I realized the instructions made no sense and half the screws looked identical. I still somehow finished it and felt triumphant until the kid opened the oven door, the whole thing tipped sideways, and I had to spend the rest of the party holding it together with one hand. FML
Today, I found out how hard a lemon is to the nuts when being hurled by an angry girlfriend for losing at Wii Sports. FML
Today, I bought a brand new Wii U. My cat must have thought the wires looked tasty because he chewed through each of them, which will now cost me another $100. FML
Today, I tried to play with my Wii using the TV remote. FML
Today, my four year old got mad that he couldn't find his favorite character on the Wii. So, he decided to smash the Wii remote into my $700 LCD TV, shattering the screen. That was the only TV in the house, and the $80 service plan I bought doesn't cover accidental damage. FML
Today, while babysitting I decided to play with a children's puzzle to pass the time. Fifteen minutes in I gave up. The kid then came over and put it together in less than five. There were only ten pieces. FML
Today, I had my son do some chores around the house. I was fairly proud of him for doing it himself, until he told me he accidentally washed his Nintendo in his sheets, and now it doesn’t work. I can’t afford a new one and he now refuses to do chores because, “I did and look what happened!” FML
Today, I stayed up until 2 a.m. building my daughter's birthday present because I wanted everything to be perfect when she woke up. She opened the little oven door on the toy kitchen, and the whole thing collapsed onto the floor. I found an unopened bag of screws sitting on the table. FML
Today, I gave my 7-year-old a snowglobe. I had spent the last week deconstructing it, putting an action figure of his favorite cartoon character inside, and then putting it back together. Later, I find it smashed into pieces because he wanted to "play with the toy it came with." FML
Today, I finally got a Wii Fit to try and lose some weight. I came home and set it all up, only to be told that I weigh too much to actually use it. FML
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Sargasm 4
Soooo... how MUCH change can a toddler stuff into a Wii?!
pattheaninal 9
In Soviet Russia, Wii screws you!
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Comments (93)
Elissaa_fml 0
why did a toddler have access to coins?.. and a Wii?
rosethorne666 0
So, exactly how much change CAN fit into a Wii?
Leon_S_Kennedy 0
that's what you get for buying a wii
RHOPKINS13 2
@#44: The wii does not use torx screws for your information, they are tri-wing screws. Tri-wing screwdrivers are generally hard to find and usually ordered on the internet. @#52: She has a toddler. The wii is the perfect gaming system for a toddler. First of all, it's the cheapest current system out there, which is good for when the toddler might break it. Second, it also has the most toddler-friendly games. The 360 is full of too many first person shooters and not much else, and the PS3 is way too expensive to be letting a toddler play with. @All You Idiots Who Are Just Saying Open The Wii and Fix It: The wii is probably the most difficult console to work with from the inside. All of the components are very crammed together, and you will almost definitely end up with a few screws left over in the end not knowing where they go back. I know this from experience. Consoles that I have opened: DS, DSi, Xbox, PS2, SNES, N64, and Wii. Your best bet is to take a butter knife, use it to hold the drive slot open so that the coins can fall through, and hold the wii drive slot facing downward and lightly shake. Do not attempt to use the knife to push the coins around - chances are that you will break something trying that. Best of luck.
Leon_S_Kennedy 0
#53 like I said, she deserves it for buying a wii. no respectful gamer would own a wii as a serious system
Watermelon2 0
Why do people like you say she deserves it for crappy reasons like that?
null_fml 11
How DARE you have a name like Leon_S_Kennedy while badmouthing the only system on which RE4 had a good control scheme?
slash1396 0
dear pendantic, **** you i agree with him, the wii is shitty for games. i have a xbox 360 and i still manage to have a life
Watermelon2 0
I have an autistic son an he did the same thing so my husband emailed nintendo and they gave him the address ans told him to send it in and they fixed it for free.
blastvortex 4
YDI for leaving your Wii within reach of the squirt. *snicker*
guy_on_the_couch 0
#56, it's because people are retarded. #54, You are obviously not a gamer. That was pure ignorance. Just don't talk.
StealthStorm67 0
I wouldn't call myself a "gamer", because I play Wii... That stuff is for little kids. And people who are too embarrassed to go to the gym.
oNikkio 0
Way to go Nintendo for creating a $200 piggy bank.
missysman1999 0
been there...use a thin piece of cardboard to make a "ramp" inside of the disc slot. I got the money to slide right out.
kemar7856 0
you cant buy the tri wing screw driver from a radioshack ppl go on ebay and get it for 99cents or buy it from nintendo believe me its a pain opening the wii and ds