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By usafprog - 27/07/2009 20:08 - United States

Today, while spray painting a rocking horse for my kids I left the can outside in the sun. When I picked it up it was hot to the touch and I dropped it. It exploded on impact and now I am more blue than the rocking horse. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/10/2023 07:00 - Canada

Today, I found out the hard way that you shouldn't try to open a can of paint with a screwdriver. The lid flew off, and my kitchen floor now looks like an abstract art painting, which I could probably call, "Various blue splodges on wood canvas." FML

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By muffincakess - 21/01/2010 00:55 - France

Today, I went to buy some spray paint for a project. I've never used a spray can before, so I decided to try it on paper provided. Unfortunately I didn't hold the can the right way and ended up with black, permanent, paint all over my face in the middle of a store. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/09/2013 04:02 - United States

Today, my teenage son tried to huff a can of spray paint. FML

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By fuuu. - 19/03/2012 12:39 - Hong Kong

Today, while painting a wall, I handed a bucket of paint up to my friend who was standing on the top rung of a ladder. She said she felt dizzy, and came crashing down on me, along with the paint on my head. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/10/2012 19:03 - United Kingdom

Today, I had to be treated for chemical burns, because my mother got the bright idea of using paint thinner to clean me up after I'd painted our living room. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/06/2009 07:24 - South Africa

Today, I was painting the garage door. After 3 hours, I finally finished the job. As I was walking back inside, accidentally pressed the button that opens and closes the garage door. Not only did the paint job get messed up as it went up, the paint also dripped onto my parents brand new car. FML

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The shot of a lifetime

By Epic Fail - 10/10/2022 08:30 - United States - Steele

Today, I tried to throw a basketball in my backyard basketball hoop. It bounced off the board, hit me on the head, then hit a spray can, activating it and spraying black paint all over my Golden Retriever, to finally land in my trash can. FML

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By Llaurin - 24/01/2011 14:43 - United Kingdom

Today, my husband has been painting our house all weekend and plans to finish the job after work today. I decided to surprise him by completing the job myself. Painting the last window frame, I dropped the open tin of white paint, right onto our car roof. FML

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Cool moves

By UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHH - 09/11/2022 22:00

Today, I tried to open my water bottle, which is like trying to open a pickle jar, and after several seconds, it exploded all over my desk and clothes. Then, when I was going to get paper towels and a change of clothes, I slipped on the puddle and hit my head on my desk as I came crashing down. FML

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Not respected anymore

By Anonymous - 24/04/2009 09:04 - Australia

Today, as a respected artist, I was running a workshop with a bunch of rowdy college kids. I was in the middle of demonstrating a painting technique when I accidentally washed my paintbrush in my coffee instead of my paint water. They waited until I then drank from it to burst out in hysterics. FML

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brenna805 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 2:04

hahah you can be part of Blue Man Group now!

Iloveyencheck 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 2:05

haha I'm blue dadadedadada

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ChefBoy6382 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 4:11

never heard of anything like that happening before. where do you live? an oven......

emzmcgee 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 8:40

Alabama, l2 read.

fawfulster 11

Tuesday 28 July 2009 4:18

FYL because you couldn't finish painting the horse. YDI because you left the can in the sun. Everyone knows that sprays shouldn't be left on the sun because THAT might be the result.

Fiona_fml 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 4:21

#12 your a moron he's painting a ROCKING horse not a horse. And OP YDI for leaving it out side.

letitbe56 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 4:27

Ahh...today I fall into the category of people who don't know any better along with the OP. It makes perfect sense when I actually think about it that this would happen, but it never would have occurred to me not to leave it in the sun. I think it's really sweet that you were spray-painting a rocking horse for your kids (no D. H. Lawrence references, please...). So it sucks even more that this had to happen when all you were doing was being a wonderful dad. FYL.