Today, I had a planned 12-hour power cut for maintenance work, which I'd forgot all about. In need of a shower before work, I spent 45 minutes boiling pots of water on the stove to take a lukewarm, 6-inch deep bath, before realizing my water heater runs on natural gas and was working fine. 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, the water cut out while I was showering, covered in soap and shampoo. I had to rinse with freezing cold drinking water from the fridge. As soon as I'd dried off, the water supply got restored. FML
Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML
Today, my flatmate took his hour plus long shower while we both tried to get ready for work. I had a choice to wet myself or pee in a cooking pot. I chose the pot. FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, I went down to my accommodation office in fiery wrath, demanding that something be done about my three-days-cold shower. Looking dubious, they sent someone back with me. As soon as we got there he looked at me with deep pity and pulled the cord in the corner that activated the hot water. FML
Today, as I was shampooing my hair in the shower, the power went out. Since my house has well water, no power means no water. FML
Today, we had to turn the water off due to a massive leak in the kitchen sink that the plumber was currently fixing. I managed to wait two hours before my uncooperative digestive tract said it couldn't wait any longer and I had to take a mega dump in the bathroom. I couldn't flush the toilet or wash my hands. FML
Today, due to an unforeseen pipe-related incident, I had to shave my legs in my backyard fish pond, while a plumber assessed the damage to my war-zone of a bathroom. FML
Today, I tried to fix a leaking pipe under the sink. I watched a YouTube tutorial and was feeling confident that I could get the job done. Two hours later, half of the kitchen was practically flooded because I forgot to cut the water off, and scrambled to actually find the main valve, then I had to call an emergency plumber, who showed up, laughed, and fixed it in five minutes. FML
Today, the gas company came to connect our stove for free. While here, they broke our hot water heater, shut it off, and issued us a hazard notice. We can fix it, but they won't be able to come back for another two weeks to turn the gas back on. We don't have any hot water until then. FML
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Top comments
DjeePee 25
Always check first. Also, wouldn't it be more efficient to boil one or two pots of water and use a simple washcloth?
lovemesomeanth 2
Thank god for running water and water heaters, imagine having to boil your own bath water every single day.
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Comments (103)
nachiketin 11
Well, a lesson learned to think before you act :)
DooleyFTW 17
I have no idea what this FML is about because I had to stop reading after "an 12 hour"
KK3137 31
Dooley, that's not even what it says.. It says "a planned 12-hour".. Nowhere does it say "an 12 hour"..
DooleyFTW 17
I posted that comment before the FML was edited. It originally said an 12 hour planned power cut.
Zaros_fml 24
27 - It says "an 12 hour planned power cut." Was it so hard to double-check?
Goldenchest 14
How exactly does a 6 inch bath work..?
ddeboer4 9
If you're boiling water on your stove, doesn't that mean your power is still on?
nachiketin 11
41- He could have a gas stove.
sirpantselot 22
Or he could just nut up and have a cold shower.
Roevera 14
Technically he could have acted (by checking the water temperature) before he thought (before assuming it wouldn't work). So act before you think?
kyat288 9
Well that sucks the big one :/
XxskyelovexX 13
that sounds like something I would do fyl i'm sorry
LadyA13 1
I think it sounds like something an idiot would do.
XxskyelovexX 13
I never said I wasn't an idiot
Faatz 4
You're the reason i'm losing faith in humanity.
Syneriam 7
So you're losing faith in humanity because he forgot he had a water heater? Things like this happen to the best of us, and I'm pretty sure it includes you as well.
senbonzakura90 3
Your comment is the reason I'm losing faith in humanity
Becker22 1
Amen. Simple commen sense people.
DjeePee 25
Always check first. Also, wouldn't it be more efficient to boil one or two pots of water and use a simple washcloth?
rhysfucker 24
Ho bath.
onlychildFTW 34
I know our water heater is natural gas but it won't start up because it requires electricity for the spark. But there is a 40 GAL tank with hot water in it.
kyat288 9
I honestly have no clue what to say about ur stupidity...
trqskq 14
That's not very fair coming from a person who put "ur" instead of "your"...
DocBastard 40
Here's an idea - if you don't know what to say, DON'T ******* SAY ANYTHING.
trqskq 14
Do as the Doc tells you.
poofpeytey 3
Hey, at least you're clean
lovemesomeanth 2
Thank god for running water and water heaters, imagine having to boil your own bath water every single day.
supportcommand 17
Yes. Because god gave us water heaters and running water. Thumb down.
lajaynay 15
That's not the point #8 was making.
fuzz97 23
And the Ultradouche award goes to... 13!
supportcommand 17
Sorry. Just tired of people thanking god for man made inanimate objects. God is just some made up thing by the churches to make people go and give them money. Been happening for thousands of years. Sorry to break it to you but when you die your not going to heaven to sit on your own private cloud sipping tea with all your dead relatives. You'll be put in hole in the ground where maggots and worms will eat you and that's all that will happen. Commence downward thumbs.
TheSnakeDoctor20 17
55- You're a ******* dumbass, he's not thanking god. It's a damn expression.
iamabamf 17
55-First of all, yes, it is just an expression. So you have never said thank god about anything? I find that hard to believe. Also, I don't understand where all of that came from. If you believe that god and heaven don't exist, you're certainly entitled to think that. But don't try to ruin it for all the people that believe they do exist.
supportcommand 17
Oh I get now. Kinda like your profile that says suck my dick. Coming from a girl. Just as stupid as thanking god for water heaters.
TheSnakeDoctor20 17
67- You still missed the point dumbass. Go back to your home under your ******* rock.
daminantion 14
Support command, how about taking that tractor and shoving it where the sun don't shine. Thank god for inbreds, without you the world wouldn't have a place for real humans to shit on.
sophielotus 2
I wonder how many people would actually make the effort... O.O *shudder*
Habu987 9
Well, you wouldn't need to actually boil it. Just heat it up, unless you like lukewarm water for your bathing. Heck, I've taken plenty of camp showers with unheated water. Unless it's frigid water, it's nothing to get upset about.
momogal 22
Had to do that for about 2 weeks while waiting for a part on my housmate's water heater. It sucked terribly.
Elegance 7
Check the rest of your appliances to make sure they don't run on jet fuel.
xgetxbentx 13
I mean, I can see why that would not occur to you, but ydi for not asking someone. I mean, that's be one of my first questions. Then also ydi for not showering right before they cut the power off and then picking up a thing of dry shampoo to use in the morning. It's only like $3 at drugstores.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
Well, what if OP lives alone?
MissMae93 23
20 - Power can get cut by the city, landlord, power company etc. etc... OP had many options of people he could of asked prior to assuming he'd be affected.
kofeinisti 6
OP said he/she forgot. STFU.