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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 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 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 attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML
Today, after days of my wife nagging me, I started working on the flat pack furniture she ordered. Every twenty minutes, she interrupted me to demand I stop and help her with something trivial and irrelevant. Now I remember why I postpone projects as long as possible. FML
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 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 was trying to put some new curtains up. I couldn't make sense of the instructions, so I decided to wing it. I spent a frustrating half hour fighting with it, and just seconds after I succeeded, the curtain rod gave way and slammed straight onto my head. FML
Today, I bought a flatpack, easy to assemble cot-bed for my baby. I spent 5 hours building it, but when it was done, I realised I couldn't reach into it because I'm 5ft and my arms can't reach and lift the baby. I'd have to throw him in. I'm suffering from back spasms as a result, and I now need to disassemble and return it. FML
Today, my wife texted me, saying an expensive piece of furniture had been delivered. I specifically said, "Wait until I get home and we'll put it together." An hour later, she opened it and broke it beyond repair while trying to assemble it herself. FML
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aaahhhfire21 0
So....y did u end up in your underpants?
bingababe 16
I get the feeling this happens to you a lot.
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Comments (184)
Zephyr_fay 0
Caution. Clothes off?? You weren't trying to grease the pieces together were you. That can cause unnecessary splinters :-O
IbizaNightclub 3
You're an idiot.
FMtechL 0
Been there.. ****** IKEA..
Mypjsareblue 4
Omg that's to funny I just shit a brick
ShawnaMariie 5
Sounds like something my boyfried would do
skitop 1
How the hell did you end up in your underwear? Did the furniture steal your wallet as well? And what kind of moron can't figure out a shitty prefab ikea furniture? YDI for being irredeemably retarded, and YDI again for not video taping your little death match with dignity.
lokman_fml 7
You don't even need to read the instructions, they're pictures. Definitely not simple enough these days to do it without the instructions... The underpants I don't understand.
N9ne_ZxxZxxZ_ 3
God should strip you of your man title for not being able to assemble some of the most basic furniture ever made
owlfeatures 8
I tried putting up a wardrobe from Ikea on tuesday... As we were putting it against the wall, the "wood" gave way and all the screws came out of the holes leaving the wardrobe ruined and unusable... I feel your pain... :(
ticklezzzxD 5
I'm typically a calm person, except for last week when I tried screwing together a desk lamp I got from Ikea! The screws were too short and kept falling out and the lamp kept falling over! I screamed and beat the damn thing till I shoved it all under a table and made myself forget about it xD! so op you're not alone!