Today, I came home from out of state. I found out someone online had told my husband that the "fumes" from hot showers can be lethal. As a precaution, he removed the draft-blocking bathroom door to make sure it's "properly ventilated." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my husband left our bedroom to go turn the thermostat down in the hall. I let out the smelliest fart, so bad that I had to blame it on our baby. He laughed and said, "I leave for one second and come back and it smells like a sewer in here." FML
Today, my girlfriend offered to wash the bathroom while I was at work. I came back home to find her feeling unwell with a bad headache. She had mixed drain cleaner with bleach because she thought it would make the bathroom cleaner. Now my entire house is a mini gas chamber. FML
Today, I was talking to a cute guy at my house party and had to fart. Luckily, it was silent. Unluckily, he smelled it, thought my house had a gas leak, and ran to the basement to check the pipes and ensure our safety. FML
Today, I learned it's not safe to take a bath if my aunt is staying over, because apparently she was never taught the "Knock before you enter" rule if the bathroom door is closed. FML
Today, I popped into the shower hoping to come out all warm and clean. Something was very wrong with the pipes, and I came out smelling like sewage instead. FML
Today, while sitting on the couch with my husband, I farted quietly. Not a big deal, except it's hot out and our fan was blowing in his face, and it stunk. FML
Today, my partner took a shower while in the middle of cooking something. My eyes are still burning from the smoke. FML
Today, my dad was stupid enough to think that the kitchen sink is a good place to clean a gas tank. Now, the whole house smells of gas fumes and I'm about to pass out. FML
Today, the smoke alarm went off while I was in the shower. Fearing a house fire, I jumped out and ran out, wearing just a tiny towel that barely covered my modesty, only to realize that water was coming through the ceiling and on to the smoke alarm, via a leak in the shower tray. FML
Today, after taking a shower, I realised that my landlord was peeking in the whole time through broken ventilator. Once he tried to get into my room, using his keys. I couldn't tell the landlord's wife, as I didn't have any proof so I left the house, even though my rent was long due. FML
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IdfkMyUsernamexC 5
No privacy is the best policy.
21jason 9
Hmmm my brother is in the shower.. Im gunna go block off any ventilation you know just to test this
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Comments (114)
MonsterCommenter 4
Yeah....i hate the fumes after i take a shit to....
MonsterCommenter 4
For all the people who thumb me down, I would like to point something out. In my excitement to be first, I had to come up with something that wasnt one word, unrelated to the FML, and not the word FIRST!!! So, I came up with this. I mean, c'mon, look at number two, his two word comment obviously states that he thought he was going to be first. So before you freak out saying the fumes were from the shower, I would like to point out that I knew that. I was just excited, so I posted something that could produce a cheap laugh. I mean, how sad would it be if number two's comment was actaully first. A two word first comment would be lame. So, think about that before you thumb me down.
max_wilder 9
That blows
MonsterCommenter 4
Someone thought he was going to be first with that skimpy ass two word comment.
rahavan 15
#2 So does your comment
Oh_Hayy_Its_Lex 10
So does your pun.
RaggleFrock 13
#44 That's cold, dude.
max_wilder 9
Thanks for the constructive criticism
Quidikic 9
Why the dislikes? They did nothing wrong, and the puns made sense.
MrSassypants 34
51 it has recieved "dislikes" because it wasn't funny, didn't make a point, and or was stupid. Just like if someone says "lol" as a comment. It's not wrong (depending on the situation) and it makes sense because the commenter thought it was funny. It still get's thumbs down.
bacon1043 3
1, your profile picture freaks me out
IdfkMyUsernamexC 5
No privacy is the best policy.
melchibr_fml 0
It's just as much privacy as a public locker room. Unfortunately I'm banned from showering in public, because of too many complaints that people were startled when they saw me because at first they mistaken me for a horse.
StoryOfTheYear 15
^^^ Confucius says if man walk through metal detector at airport sideways he is going to Bangkok.
YtotsDI 0
26 SARA JESSICA PARKER?!?! IS THAT YOU?? :o
blueberry1223 0
A lesson to be learned: Never believe what you hear online
StoryOfTheYear 15
Does that mean I should believe you, or not?
Phyre24 17
Touché my friend, touché
mudkipsan 19
Well the thing is, this is kind of a real thing. Not quite deadly, but not good for you at all. People who hate long posts should probably go ahead and skip the rest of this. Most shower curtains are made of a type of vinyl - specifically polyvinyl chloride. This material is soaking with a group of chemicals called phthalates. That's what the new-plastic-smell is. Phthalates tend to be really horrible for our endocrine system, but they typically get released very slowly over time. This process, like most, is a little more severe when the vinyl is heated up - for instance during a hot shower. When combined with a room full of vapor and no ventilation, the phthalates get suspended in the air, where they are inhaled in a quantity that is far from healthy. So, it's not going to kill you. At least not soon. But instead of forgoing the door, OP's husband could have just switched for a cloth curtain.
Phyre24 17
Damn!^
yummy_richkid 3
This is why you purchase a linen shower curtain. I bought my current one from Restoration Hardware.
silentbutfunny 0
This is why i dont listen to people on the internet, if it sounds beliveable, i belive them... Yes yes, im gullible, but to counter-act that i become ignorant...
buck33 14
31 - Either you have a Phd. in the field of shower curtains, or you saw modern marvels, I assume.
Wederoney 16
31, I see what you did there.
bnutts 4
They be trollin. They hatin. xD
RufusCade 7
If not the phthalates, the Legionellosis could very well be lethal. But I don't think that improved ventilation is the answer. Just keep the temperature on the hot water above 45 degrees C (113 F's) and you should be safe. With such an ignorant world... God! Take me away!!!!!
Boobles89 9
Not only that, but there's chlorine in the water which when heated to 41 degrees Celsius turns to Chloroform, which can actually knock you out. Having a hot shower in an unventilated room is actually quite bad for you so it turns out your husband ISN'T a retard, he's just trying to do the best he can for you and has obviously not explained properly his motivations. So instead of removing the door you could convince him to either install a ceiling fan or get a KDF shower filter which will remove the chlorine.
MyPetNinja 14
Now you can't make drawings in the mirror when it fogs up! And although your husband is very gullible, he is just trying to protect you from the "harmful fumes".
ohSNAPyall 27
He sends a bowlful of harmful fumes throughout the house a couple times a day. Thank goodness there's no door to trap it.
TheSithAssassin 15
Lol steam is deadly.
rocker_chick105 31
You guys may want to tone it down in the shower, all the steam can get to a person
Torva_fml 16
So true, steam can really **** you up. I know from experience. Sauna+nap=hooooollyyyyyy fuuuucccckkkk. (accidental nap btw)
21jason 9
Hmmm my brother is in the shower.. Im gunna go block off any ventilation you know just to test this
Elizabeth198 1
Then later your FML post will be " just killed my brother in the shower"
21jason 9
No later my FML post would be that it didn't work
hawaiianluv 6
Sounds like a keeper! (;
IAmNotAnAnimal 9
That wasn't funny.
hurtandabused 7
Totally. He makes sure his love won't be unhealthy. He wants to be wid her as long as possible
cosmosis 12
Theres always one fucktard that comes out and says it!
Swiftly 0
Actually, he sounds like a dumb ass, not a keeper
TheEpicMilkMan 13
i should send a email just to **** with his head if he's that gullible x)