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By NoBasement4U - 26/11/2015 20:24 - Canada - Medicine Hat

Today, my dad went to a hardware store to replace the broken shower head in my bathroom. He got the cheapest shower head he could find, and so when I took a shower, the shower head burst out and hit me square in the face. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/05/2012 21:54 - United States - Spring

Today, after having a pretty rough day, I decided a nice, hot shower would be great. Ten minutes in, the shower head apparently couldn't take the water pressure anymore, and it flew off and hit me in the face. FML

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By home owner - 20/08/2010 06:14 - United States

Today, I was taking a shower for the first time in my new apartment. The shower head broke off the wall and slammed onto my head, while spraying water everywhere. I tried to stop the water, but only stopped the cold and got burnt by the hot. FML

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By zoearcu - 17/04/2011 18:32 - United States

Today, my dad decided to wake me up by opening the shades and having the sun shine on my face. When he pulled them up, the metal holder on top broke off and fell on me. FML

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By Ndanick1193 - 17/10/2009 02:38 - United States

Today, I found out that if you let your son install a new shower head, he won't tighten it properly. So when you turn the shower on, it will shoot out at rocket speed, hitting you in the face. Then when you grab the shower handle to prevent yourself falling backwards, you will just rip that out and hit your head again. FML

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By WaychulMonster - 25/10/2022 10:00

Today, while trying to relax because I'm sick and I feel like crap, the shower head attachment fell and hit me on the head. FML

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By sstahpp - 20/08/2015 21:24 - South Africa - Pretoria

Today, while I was taking a long relaxing shower, the shower head decided to fly off and hit me in the face. The dentist couldn't stop laughing. FML

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Panic! In the Bathroom

By MAWZ - 19/07/2011 06:33 - United States

Today, while I was showering, my brother thought it would be funny to burst through the door pretending he was a burglar. Panicked, I went to grab the soap bar as a weapon, slipped, fell, and hit my head on the faucet. FML

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Bad start to the day

By Concussed - 17/01/2010 06:22 - Australia

Today, as I showered, I sneezed, hit my face on the wall, got shampoo in my eyes, slipped on a bar of soap, bashed my head on the wall as I fell, grabbed at the walls to stop me from falling and happened to turn off the cold water, scorching me. FML

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By bobuhbeartoe - 24/08/2009 04:36 - United States

Today, while showering, I finished off the shampoo bottle. I decided to see if I could shoot it into the trash can over the shower curtain. When I heard the successful "thunk", I got so excited I slipped and cracked my head open. FML

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By Niles - 20/03/2012 17:46 - Canada - North Vancouver

Today, I was taking a shower, when my dad decided to turn off the water to the house, run upstairs, and throw a bucket of freezing cold sludge into the shower with me. He wouldn't turn the water back on for 2 hours. FML

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mds9986 24

Friday 27 November 2015 1:15

I feel like he installed it poorly. Even if it's cheap I don't think that is normal to happen.

Tripartita 44

Friday 27 November 2015 1:19

New shower heads can be painfully eager to make friends.

Comments

The_Majestique 18

Friday 27 November 2015 1:09

Damn dude that sucks ;( hope it didn't leave any marks good luck with that!

Ms_ValS 27

Friday 27 November 2015 8:30

Lol I got an ad for a cheap showerhead when I opened FML after reading this. Seeing what happened to you, I'm not gonna get it :P

BatmanPN 20

Friday 27 November 2015 1:09

That was an unfaceful event...

GhostFox 33

Friday 27 November 2015 4:23

You should hang your head in shame, because that pun was just cheap. You need to face that fact, even if it is hard.

deathshead 19

Sunday 29 November 2015 0:53

the pun was cheaper than the shower head

iceking53 8

Friday 27 November 2015 1:09

maybe he has a few screws loose

Naith 14

Friday 27 November 2015 1:12

Tell him not to be such a silly sud.

mds9986 24

Friday 27 November 2015 1:15

I feel like he installed it poorly. Even if it's cheap I don't think that is normal to happen.

MandieL 27

Friday 27 November 2015 1:34

I agree. He probably didn't tighten it properly.

higgysaurus 18

Friday 27 November 2015 3:17

It was clearly tight enough for pressure to build under the shower head though, since OP said it burst out

Lalala579121 27

Friday 27 November 2015 3:32

For all we know he may have left it loose on purpose as a practical joke.

GhostFox 33

Friday 27 November 2015 4:28

It can't have been loose, or it would have simply fallen off, not "burst." It's more likely that the shower head was designed to be used with a lower water pressure, or that the shower head itself has a manufacturing flaw that caused insufficient space for the water to flow through. Maybe even both.

sirrubberduckie 35

Friday 27 November 2015 6:04

27, it absolutely could have been loose. Think about it: it's on tightly enough that it won't fall off by itself, but will after some water pressure builds up. Especially if he crossthreaded it or stripped the threads.