FML : Today, my hair straightener broke. My husband suggested putting electrical tape on it because it was heat proof. I did and started straightening my hair....

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Today, my hair straightener broke. My husband suggested putting electrical tape on it because it was heat proof. I did and started straightening my hair. The supposed heat proof tape melted and got stuck in my hair. FML

I agree, your life sucks

You deserved it

By Anonymous / Saturday 3 November 2012 13:50 / United States

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By allia118 | 11

#5111331 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:44

I can't decide who the bigger idiot is.

By takesanocean | 3

#5111299 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:40

Peanut butter that shit.

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By takesanocean | 3

#5111299 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:40

Peanut butter that shit.

doondagr8_1 | 9

#5111479 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:34

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LollipopDragon | 4

#5111855 - Saturday 3 November 2012 09:48

You use peanut butter to get gum out, so it wouldn't hurt to try.

AKGirlinSD | 20

#5113623 - Sunday 4 November 2012 09:26

I'm not even thinking about peanut butter or any other way to get the tape out of OP's hair, I'm stuck on how badly that must smell!

doondagr8_1 | 9

#5115074 - Sunday 4 November 2012 07:11

I actually was being curious

By zebraumicornz | 6

#5111317 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:42

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SqueakyChipmunk | 20

#5111637 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:29

Dot: Don't tell me what to do, zebraumicornz!

onlychildFTW | 33

#5111651 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:31

Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment

MrBubblez98 | 13

#5112225 - Sunday 4 November 2012 12:59

44 = failed attempt at a funny comment

rahulcool7 | 14

#5112401 - Sunday 4 November 2012 01:39

8, you don't need to correct people's spelling errors, most people on FML have passed the 3rd grade, you don't need to act like an English teacher.

Yorih | 19

#5112406 - Sunday 4 November 2012 01:40

88 - the way they spell words would suggest otherwise ;)

rahulcool7 | 14

#5112416 - Sunday 4 November 2012 01:47

89- It is okay if you spell a word wrong on the Internet, I get that you shouldn't do it for important things but this is not a place where people should mind it.

By PhishloverA | 14

#5111329 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:44

Yeah don't listen to men when they give you advice on female products

TheOneTC | 8

#5111413 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:07

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nop200 | 3

#5111450 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:19

I think he meant hair straightener...

buck33 | 14

#5111453 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:20

I think 3 was talking about the hair straightener. Edit: 17 beat me to it.

X_Codes | 11

#5111462 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:23

@17 - Yeah, although the real issue here was the Electrical Tape, anyway. Also, electrical tape is supposed to have some level of heat tolerance because an electrical current running through a wire generates heat. That said, that level of heat tolerance is nothing compared to the amount of heat applied by a hair straightener.

pil_84 | 9

#5111576 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:12

Electrical tape is only good to about 90 degrees just like the wire. The perks of being an electrician, knowing some of these useless facts.

xNephilim | 18

#5112527 - Sunday 4 November 2012 02:24

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yabbadabbadooyah | 12

#5113460 - Sunday 4 November 2012 07:48

92- Just wondering, Why would you ask a guy if a tampon goes up your "back hole"

AKGirlinSD | 20

#5113625 - Sunday 4 November 2012 09:28

34, it isn't a useless fact if everyone reads your comment and now we all know the max heat electrical tape can handle. Thanks :-).

JHPugh | 19

#6368748 - Sunday 2 August 2015 05:44

Wouldn't call that one useless

wiid_man | 7

#6390989 - Monday 24 August 2015 07:00

Not unless to that couple, just a little late

By allia118 | 11

#5111331 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:44

I can't decide who the bigger idiot is.

SCBeauty1983 | 0

#5111506 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:42

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onlychildFTW | 33

#5111634 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:29

I bet they'll be breeding 27. I have a feeling they'll forget to put the condom on. Haha.

bonsaiboy26 | 1

#5111815 - Saturday 3 November 2012 09:33

Kinda harsh there 27 but hey I agree

TourettesGuyFTW | 25

#5111819 - Saturday 3 November 2012 09:37

Who's the more foolish; the fool or the fool who follows him? (Obi-Wan Kenobi, 1977)

DollyDope | 17

#5111879 - Saturday 3 November 2012 10:06

Or find a way to put it on incorrectly! :P

CrazyManNo9 | 29

#5111978 - Saturday 3 November 2012 10:54

No condom? Hmmm, maybe they will try electrical tape....

gc327072 | 29

#5112096 - Saturday 3 November 2012 11:59

71/ Yikes! Peeling that off... the mere thought of that might just prevent boners for the next couple of days....

sukiboo | 3

#5112729 - Sunday 4 November 2012 03:37

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ZombieVampirez | 24

#6275895 - Tuesday 28 April 2015 10:26

I say OP. Woman should know their own products they use daily.

By ubetrwatchBN | 5

#5111335 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:45

You two are perfect for each other.

onlychildFTW | 33

#5111541 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:54

Yes they are. Both not the brightest bulbs in the box. And electrical tape is heat proof, a little. A straighter gets a lot hotter then wires do. So the husband was kind of right in a way.

spazz666 | 18

#5111882 - Saturday 3 November 2012 10:10

Electrical tape is not heat proof, it is heat RESISTANT. It cannot withstand 400 degree temperatures such as a straightener can put out. Although, I don't know why she was attempting to use a broken straightener in the first place.

MistaBass | 16

#5113705 - Sunday 4 November 2012 10:35

67- She thought she fixed it.

By morgiepuff | 14

#5111338 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:45

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sugarshane007 | 20

#5111663 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:35

I'm a man, and I would have never told my wife to do that. Some men know what they're talking about. You just have to take the time to find out if the guy is knowledgeable or full of crap. It's foolish to make general assumptions about people that you don't know.

KiddNYC1O | 20

#5111835 - Saturday 3 November 2012 09:41

Funny thing is she's only 14 giving op advice about men.... Har Har Har Har! =]

morgiepuff | 14

#5112128 - Sunday 4 November 2012 12:22

It was part of a joke. Note that I said "most", not "all". Just because I'm 14 doesn't mean I have no experience with men. 14 year olds still have brothers, fathers, uncles, and male cousins/friends/other influences!

KiddNYC1O | 20

#5112426 - Sunday 4 November 2012 01:50

I didn't mean to be a dick, hence the "=]". Sorry about the 'hars', I was hyper. But you cant blame me, your comment just didn't look right at first in relation to your age.

laden_swallow09 | 34

#5114048 - Sunday 4 November 2012 01:22

79- Even when you say "most" you're still making a very broad statement about an species' entire gender. I'm no electrician, but I know that electrical tape will melt given extreme temperatures, and I know enough to not give advice on how to fix something if I haven't at least LOOKED at it. When I don't know something, I say so. No, the problem with the guy isn't that he's a man; he's a moron (or a dick for knowingly leading her on). OP is another moron for blindly accepting anything he says. ALWAYS cross your references!

By anythingmustbe | 18

#5111351 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:48

I am going to be straight with you, your husbands an idiot. To put the record straight electrical tape is not heat proof.

jesustitts | 20

#5111426 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:10

Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment

thewiseguy13 | 0

#5111438 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:15

Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment

nop200 | 3

#5111458 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:22

Nope, it really is.

SqueakyChipmunk | 20

#5111704 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:47

14 and 16: Shut the hell up. Those corrections were not needed.

By Demonfish | 14

#5111359 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:48

Electrical insulation and thermal insulation are slightly different :P

By Wheredidgrungego | 12

#5111374 - Saturday 3 November 2012 06:52

Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment

SNICKERZforKYLE | 4

#5111435 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:12

None of these are funny

Wheredidgrungego | 12

#5111618 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:25

Swing and a miss I guess.

SqueakyChipmunk | 20

#5111670 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:37

*sad trumpet sound*

mikeymayhem_87 | 15

#5111833 - Saturday 3 November 2012 09:40

You get an A for effort at least *shrug*

apc0243 | 7

#5112043 - Saturday 3 November 2012 11:35

Epic puns.

laden_swallow09 | 34

#5114056 - Sunday 4 November 2012 01:24

Eh, I liked 'em.

feelsfeelsfeels | 8

#5116918 - Monday 5 November 2012 08:53

Just stop.

By matt98_fml | 13

#5111398 - Saturday 3 November 2012 07:03

Electric tape is meant for electrical wires thus the name being electric tape. Even I wouldn't think it was heat proof. And I'm 14!

sugarshane007 | 20

#5111668 - Saturday 3 November 2012 08:37

It is heat proof, just not for the amounts of heat that OP's straightener puts off.

matt98_fml | 13

#5111907 - Saturday 3 November 2012 10:21

It's not heat proof. Think about it this way. You have a rubber duck. Rubber is shockproof but melts at a high temperature. So it's like putting something rubber on the hair straightener expecting it not to heat up and melt off. hopefully my example makes sense.