Today, I learned that it doesn't matter how good you've screwed a satellite dish onto the side of your house, it won't stop the wind the ripping it off and taking half the wall with it. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was taking my architecture project to school. I'd spent days preparing my little model house. I stepped outside with it in my hand, and right at that moment a gust of wind ripped it away. It's currently lying in my neighbour's garden, smashed to pieces. FML
Today, after spending $850 on having our siding, roof and windows powerwashed, a 5-minute storm blew the siding clear off the house. FML
Today, to save money, I wanted to fix my own leaky roof instead of hiring someone. When I got on the roof, the ladder fell. As it was falling, it broke three windows and snagged the siding of my house ripping over half of it off. FML
Today, at work, it was so windy that it started taking the door off its hinges. The door now won't close all the way. I can't leave until someone comes to fix it. FML
Today, I found out how painful it is when your ceiling fan falls on you. FML
Today, I purchased a brand new television. Not long after the professional who hung it on my wall left, it came crashing down on my hardwood floor. I'm now left with a busted TV, a tear in my living room wall, and a severely drained bank account. FML
Today, I was woken up by my TV falling down. Good news: It still works. Bad news: I don't know how it happened, so I'm worried it could happen again at any time and potentially break for real. FML
Today, as I came home from school, I saw a little rock in the road. I kicked it, intending to send it sailing into the bushes in front of my house. It went wide and sailed straight into a window instead. FML
Today, I added "a road sign" to my ever-growing list of "Things which have hit my car as a result of the wind." FML
Today, I lifted up my blinds, only for them to detach from the wall, hit me on the head, knock a pile of paper over, spill a can of Pepsi, leave plaster all over the floor and a gaping hole in the wall above my window. FML
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g_ayvel 11
Yeah I don't think the satellite dish is the worst of your problems right now
Buttsexpirate 9
Even the wind was like "I've warned you countless times to get cable but you just didn't listen. Oh it's on now" haha.
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Comments (89)
Pelreskovich 11
Nothing a tarp, duct tape and a few nails can't fix!
clm123455 14
I don't think i'm going to hire you to work on my house. Lol!(:
DocBastard 40
That wasn't wind, it was the Big Bad Wolf! I TOLD you not to use straw to build your house, but did you listen, little pig? Nooooooo!
jdizzle013 4
That's just another reason to roll with digital cable!
starwind3438 9
How it happened was is the dish is concave and the wind must have been blowing just in the right direction that the dish caught it and took it down.
perdix 31
Wait until you get the repair bill -- that's when you'll really know what it means to get screwed to the wall :D
OfficeNinja 5
If you do not know how to install something properly, hire someone who does. The dish I merely "screwed into the wall" survived both hurricane Katrina and Wilma in 2005 - in south Florida. I was in the eye of Katrina. How strong were your winds?
sweetdreams20 0
At least you can watch gone with the wind
stormchaser24 24
Must have a weak house. We had 80 mph winds here one day. The dish is still here along with the house.
Mayshod 3
Lag bolts + framing = solid. Idiot + bad carpentry = hole in the house. Call a professional or a handy neighbor or ****, at least look up how to do it right on the internet. But check MULTIPLE sites.
smump 0
Screw the wall into the ground then. :)