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
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Today, I spent the whole day doing a 500 piece puzzle. The last piece didn't fit. FML
Today, I have in my living room a Rubik’s cube I’ve been trying to solve for over a year. I just got home and it was sat on the floor solved. Apparently my wife gave it to her nephew to play with and he solved it in about four minutes, then got bored. He’s 8 and I’m 33. 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, it took me a full ten minutes to finish on the toilet. I was babysitting at the time, and it took the kids those ten minutes to destroy the kitchen and shave the cat. FML
Today, I spent hours putting together a beautifully intricate jigsaw to give to my grandmother, who likes to frame them and hang them on her wall. Just as I was about to finish it, I discovered my dog chewing the last piece. FML
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 bought a massive new puzzle to take my mind off of things. Hours later, I realized there was a missing piece. Frustrated, I looked everywhere for it, only to discover it was stuck to the bottom of my shoe, and I'd been walking around with it all day. FML
Today, at work, I had to help a teenager who was stuck in a toy car for kids, and no, it was not in one piece when she finally got out. FML
Today, I completed a jigsaw puzzle. Almost. You see, there's a problem: One of the pieces is an exact duplicate of another, and the actual missing piece is… gone. So there's one empty space and one piece that doesn't fit. Words cannot describe how irrationally angry this makes me. 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
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aussie_gemini 5
you were the kid always trying to put the square shapes in the circle holes weren't you?
resshead 0
Somebody never had a good education.
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KiddNYC1O 20
See, I was just about to give you the benefit of the doubt and say "Oh, don't worry, the kid probably had plenty of practice..." but when you said there're only 10 pieces... you totally deserved it.
kaleighiscool 0
Saaaaaad.
Gloritank 8
U mean edumacation dont cha? :]=
mexicotoucher 7
I can actually see this as a game show on Fox.
_OfficialCakesss_fml_fml 0
Thatss sadd.!
_OfficialCakesss_fml_fml 0
that's really sad!
christian123qaz 0
cool story bro
EliseAqua 0
YDI for being dumb enough to not be able to complete a ten-piece puzzle. However, that kid has probably done that puzzle 50+ times and has memorized the positions of the pieces, so it is not surprising that the kid could complete it.
BustaCapInYoAss 5
That really is sad. Stay in school kids.
xbriix 0
she spelt then right. op used it as a time reference.