Today, I woke up on the coldest morning of the year to discover that the gas fireplace has run out of propane, and there is no water because the pipes are frozen. While trying to locate the frozen pipe, I forgot to let the dog out, and she peed on the carpet. FML
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Today, my apartment building shut off our water for a short period of time because the pipes were being worked on. It was also the morning my dog had diarrhea on my cream carpet. Not only did I have to clean it up without water, I couldn't wash my hands afterward. FML
Today, I've been without hot water for three days thanks to a frozen water line. I finally managed to thaw the frozen area, only to have the chunk of ice dislodge, slam into a bend in the pipe, and burst the line. FML
Today, I woke up and realized I didn't start a fire last night. I live in Alaska and our winter nights can reach -30 below zero. My fish are dead, my plasma television won't turn on, and the cat has frostbite. FML
Today, I found out that shutting off the heat in the rental property my parents owned was a bad idea. The water froze and the pipes burst, causing the whole kitchen ceiling to fall down. The water ruined the wood floors and the appliances. I turned off the heat to save money. FML
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 ran into the living room when I heard the smoke alarm going off. Turns out, my friend thought it was a good idea to melt a plastic cup on my floor heater. He also thought the best way to put it out was to urinate on it. My house smells like burnt pee. FML
Today, my boiler packed up on me just as the weather has turned cold, with no money to have it fixed. Hello to a week of freezing cold showers. FML
Today, my upstairs neighbor's pipe burst because they forgot to close their porch door and, well, Wisconsin winter. My apartment is flooded and I'm spending my little money on a hotel. I think I'm homeless. FML
Today, I got a call from the Sheriff's dept. saying that water was coming out my front door. I ran home to find a waterfall cascading over my covered parking. It turns out my puppy had chewed through the hose that connects the toilet to the water. My entire condo had an inch of standing water. FML
Today, I found my dogs freezing outside. My neighbor was supposed to watch them while I was away, and on my way home I called to let her know she should let them have a quick walk. She thought I'd be home soon enough that she wouldn't have to let them back in. It was minus 10°C out. FML
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Zimonada 8
He has no water, idiot.
boatkicker 4
In places where natural gas isn't a common thing many people call propane fireplaces gas fireplaces. Even in places where its not a bitch to get a gas line put in, people will refer to a propane fireplace as a gas fireplace on occasion.
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Comments (76)
elizzie_g 0
'tiz life :) lol
daniisme 0
this no fml. that happens all the time. at least it wasn't cat pee
hdizz21 0
yeah i know how that goes my pipes froze today too, just got to deal with it even though it sucks
hailster17 5
I call BS. I highly doubt that having a fireplace shut off for a few hours caused your house to get cold enough to freeze water pipes, especially since the OP lives in South Carolina.
alissanicole 0
their pipes didnt freeze because their house was cold..they froze because it was one of the coldest days this year..and just because they live in south carolina that doesn't mean its not cold, my cousin lives there and told me the low temp for tonight is 20 degrees..that may not be cold to people who live up north but thats cold enough for things to freeze
Seventytimeseven 0
And being in South Carolina means that the house is not insulated for the cold and that it is imperative the pipes remain above freezing temperature by actual heat such as the fireplace, it doesn't exactly take forever for water to freeze. The pipes may well have frozen even with the heater if it is really cold, trust me it happened at my parent's house when I was in highschool. Really lame night involving water, space heaters and blow dryers blugh. I'm sorry OP pipes freezing sucks always. The dog thing sucks too but that's your fault for either ignoring it too long or training your dog horribly.
ScaryyMary 14
The funniest part about this for me is that I live in California, and I've been wearing shorts and t-shirts because it's around 70 degrees here. :D
darry107 0
atleast you'll have hot water lol
RuralNinja 0
YDI, freezing pipes are easily preventable. Just be glad they didn't rupture and flood your house.
hobsonbrendan 0
I'm pretty sure propane is a gas... but what would I know? I live in sunny FLORIDA! haha. 52 degrees today.
jamjenni2774 0
Always B prepared!!
Ninjaface 0
Well at least you know where the warmest spot in the house is!
The_Great_Zucchi 15
-8C froze your pipes after a few hours without heating? Do you live in a paper house? Does your home not have a door?