Today, with words of encouragement from my mom, I vacuumed my room. After finishing and admiring my job well done, I went to put the vacuum away. It caught on the plug for my electric razor which was dangling below the dresser and yanked that and everything else that was on top of it off. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I finally finished vacuuming my downstairs. Instead of finding the wall outlet and unplugging the vacuum, I triumphantly tugged the cord from across the room to release the plug from the wall. It flew at me at top speed and hit me in the face. FML
Today, I wanted to clean my house. Of course the vacuum cleaner got stuck behind furniture multiple times. After the fifth time or so, I gave it a good pull. Now my vacuum cleaner is broken and the socket is off the wall. FML
Today, I tried to vacuum to surprise my mom with a clean house. The vacuum started shorting out, sparked, and then burst into flames mid living room. FML
Today, after I had finished vacuuming, I ripped the cord out of the outlet and it hit me in the face cutting both my top and bottom lip. FML
Today, my mom and I heard a thump from inside the coat closet. I opened the door, and something fell on me. My mom, who was behind me, screamed, closed the laundry room door, and ran into the garage, leaving me to face the alleged attacker. It was the vacuum. FML
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
Today, my daughter decided to wake me up by putting the vacuum in my hair and turning it on. FML
Today, I was moving out of my old place. While walking around to make sure I would get my damage deposit back, I stepped on my roommate's lipstick and smeared it all over the white carpet. Then I tripped on the phone cord and ripped the whole thing out of the wall. FML
Today, my laptop plug got stuck in the wall outlet. I stood there for 10 minutes violently trying to yank it out. My boss came in and screamed at me for making noise. I was angry, so I glared at him and yanked on the plug as hard as I could. It dislodged itself noiselessly and I fell over. FML
Today, I remembered my mom got her carpet cleaned and to be careful while she was at work. To be nice, I vacuumed the whole house. Feeling proud of myself, I got a drink and went upstairs. I tripped and spilled red Kool-Aid all over the floor. FML
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Top comments
Hollerz88 1
How old are you to need encouragement and admiration for an act as basic as vacuuming your own room? This FML frightens me a bit.
arandomperson97 19
You needed words of encouragement for a simple task that you should do naturally? Wow.
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Comments (18)
itssnotfunny 24
You didn't mess up your room, you just put everything on display. Like a museum or some shit.
onceuponatime456 16
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
If that is the worst thing to happen to you, you have nothing to whine about. Definitely NOT an FML.
Bingo_Bango 13
My sentiments exactly.. life's gonna hand you some way bigger curve balls than a vacuum cord mate! Consider yourself lucky!
Hollerz88 1
How old are you to need encouragement and admiration for an act as basic as vacuuming your own room? This FML frightens me a bit.
arandomperson97 19
You needed words of encouragement for a simple task that you should do naturally? Wow.
WhatHappenedToIt 22
this poster may have some sensory issues regarding loud noises and vaccums can be loud. my son doesn't like the sound our vaccum makes so he goes in his room.
Core5555 9
Does *anyone* enjoy the sound?
liennahs 5
If he has an electric razor, your theory is most likely false.
WhatHappenedToIt 22
not necessarily. certain noises can be more painful then others.
Cynical_1 26
Were the words of encouragement "Vacuum your damn room or else...!"?
draghkar 18
If you're old enough to shave, figuring out how a vacuum works should not be that difficult.
ChefEPL 9
You need encouragement to vacuum and to admire the results? Do you get a cookie afterwards?
growlyboy 2
You needed encouragement to vacuum????? Wtf is wrong with u
missymaster 16
If you need momma to "encourage" you to clean your room, you're probably too young to be on the Internet.