Miscellaneous: Today, I spent an hour painstakingly disassembling my antique...

By TukTuk - 27/10/2014 21:18 - Germany - Weinböhla

Today, I spent an hour painstakingly disassembling my antique mirror after discovering a stack of papers behind the back board. I finally got hold of one corner, and pulled out - a newspaper from 2007 and instructions for an IKEA bed. FML

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By danny - 03/10/2024 20:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/04/2012 07:18 - United States - Salinas

Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML

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Damn you, Ikea!

By xXrememberthisXx - 16/10/2023 06:30

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

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How to dismantle flat pack furniture

By Anonymous - 08/01/2025 12:00 - United States

Today, I spent hours assembling a bookshelf I'd bought online. Once it was finally done, I realized I’d put the back panel on backwards, so now there’s a "Made in China" label facing the room. FML

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Bob the Builder

By brunnells22 - 23/06/2020 23:00

Today, I was feeling pretty proud of myself for building an Ikea shelf/dresser combo completely by myself. When going to put the last drawer together, I dropped one of the boards. The corner landed perfectly in the middle of my phone screen, shattering it. It's going to cost $230 to fix it. FML

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More brain worms please

By Kilye - 18/07/2024 09:00 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I spent what seemed like an hour tearing apart my living room looking for the TV remote, only to find it in the fridge next to the milk. It turns out that last night I decided to put my cereal away in the entertainment center. FML

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By meh - 26/05/2015 05:09 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I asked my landlady if she could fix the air conditioner that's been broken since I moved in. Instead, she came round and took away my bathroom mirror, along with all the toilet paper. FML

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Counterproductive?

By Anonymous - 03/12/2025 12:00

Today, I decided to be productive and clean behind my couch. I found dust, old receipts, and one sock I thought was stolen by the universe. When I stood up proudly, I smashed my head on the shelf above. I knocked down three picture frames. All shattered. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/05/2009 07:13 - United States

Today, I was cleaning my apartment because I'm moving. I was being really thorough so I could get as much of the damage deposit back as possible. I noticed I still had one of those 3M plastic hooks on the wall, and when I went to carefully take it off, a large chunk of the wall came with it. FML

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Are you OK?

By Anonymous - 10/10/2025 22:00

Today, I was leaving a café. I pushed confidently on the glass door… which didn’t move. I pulled. Nothing. I pushed again, harder. Still nothing. A barista finally yelled, “Other side!” as I realized I’d been wrestling with a decorative wall mirror. FML

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Enslaved 36

Tuesday 28 October 2014 6:45

Were you expecting it to be a treasure map?

NeatNit 32

Tuesday 28 October 2014 6:45

Plot twist: you acquired it in 2003!

Comments

kewpiesuicide 29

Tuesday 28 October 2014 12:58

My theory is that they stuffed it with useless paper to keep it from rubbing. That would be practical. IKEA instructions are basically newspapers themselves

taintedtruffle 42

Tuesday 28 October 2014 13:01

if that was me unless I was missing some important documents or something I'd have left their lil paper butts right there

fuckthatcooldude 6

Tuesday 28 October 2014 13:09

The "mirror" could maybe be a bed.

claubea11 14

Tuesday 28 October 2014 13:30

Treasure hunt time :)

norisorroz 28

Tuesday 28 October 2014 14:18

So much for the 'antique' attribute of the mirror....

worldclassrager 39

Tuesday 28 October 2014 14:48

Well you now have a place for a time capsule...

nitrog100 21

Tuesday 28 October 2014 16:41

It sucks that you wasted hours doing that, but the papers were probably just stuffed back there because the mirror is a little loose.

ManicGypsy 22

Tuesday 28 October 2014 18:48

Ok. This is what you do. Replace the newspapers and the Ikea instructions. Then also place inside it a newspaper for today's date, some instructions to put together something else (whatever you have on hand, really), and a coded message. You then put it all back together, and take the mirror to the nearest Goodwill donation or antique dealer. Leave it for someone else to discover further down the line. :)