Today, I painted an area I had carefully sanded, cleaned, and taped off. I pulled a fan out of the closet to help dry it faster. I turned the fan on, and a million dust particles flew off onto the wet paint. 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, after showering and moisturising, I turned my fan on to max blast. I got covered in clumps of dust, which I had to take another shower to remove. FML
Today, I was painting my mom's house, which so far had taken 12 hours over two days. All of a sudden there was a wind storm. All of the leaves stuck to the wet paint. FML
Today, I finished painting my living room. I had to leave the house in a rush. When I got home, I found smears of paint all around and the carpet crusted with paint that had dried. My cat had rubbed up against the walls and tracked it around. FML
Today, I decided to bring down a very old fan from the attic. I plugged it in, and as soon as I turned it on, tiny spiders were blown all over my room. FML
Today, I found out the hard way that you shouldn't try to open a can of paint with a screwdriver. The lid flew off, and my kitchen floor now looks like an abstract art painting, which I could probably call, "Various blue splodges on wood canvas." FML
Today, someone put a whole packet of glitter on the blades of my ceiling fan. Too bad I only noticed when I turned it on. FML
Today, I was repainting the walls in my room. While painting, I noticed a dark spot on the wall that wouldn't seem to go away no matter how much paint I put on it. A bucket of paint and hours later, I realized that "dark spot" was a shadow. FML
Today, after three weeks of hard work, I finally finished painting my room. Apparently my 6-year-old brother thought I wasn't done and that he should help me out. I now have little red handprints all over my white walls. FML
Today, I spent the afternoon painting my bedroom and was really pleased with how it turned out. When I moved the furniture back, I noticed a large patch behind the wardrobe I'd missed. The paint shop had closed, and I had no idea which shade I'd used. FML
Today, I found out that a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser will erase the paint right off your wall. FML
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Top comments
mike3775 39
NEVER put a fan on wet paint, even if its brand new out of the box. You should always allow the paint to dry naturally
illmatic2 16
Dust yourself off and try again.
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Comments (36)
truehitman2010 0
ydi
krazy_glu3 0
maybe it was in/on the fan. either way.. it sucks
ahole123 0
YDI for being that stupid
xXUND3ADcityXx 0
YDI.. You really didn't notice all the dust on the fan
herpderpherpderp 13
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illmatic2 16
Dust yourself off and try again.
Hanimon 0
omg I would get soooooo mad
JustinThunder 8
That's why you should hire other people for these things.
that_is_Nathy 9
YDI for being incredibly stupid. Really....
alex84957 0
I don't blame you. A lot of people wouldn't have thought of it.
JaydnGage 0
Classic.
mike3775 39
NEVER put a fan on wet paint, even if its brand new out of the box. You should always allow the paint to dry naturally
WOW_BS 0
pun?
SassiestLemon 2
I don't see any pun.
supervacaneous 4
Or leave it on and call it abstract art.
Rosa_La_Hermosa 5
FYL that must have sucked so bad, I know I would have gotten so frustrated.
TheLadWhoLived 0
Because, of course, you would've anticipated dust flying off of the fan blades onto the wet paint.
that_is_Nathy 9
i would. Ever cleaned a fan from the inside? No? See. Found teh point. Plus, I wouldn't try to make it dry faster, I'd right away buy the right paint. Or be patient enough to wait, because wrong drying can **** this thing up in so many ways. I don't think waiting is that horrible, since a whole room last year took about an hour to dry. That's not too much
SassiestLemon 2
o.0
cmyk 19
0.o
randiZ25 0
Unless you have many coats to apply and only a short amount of time. Actually using a fan would be the smarter thing to do, shortens the time thus less time for accidents to happen.. OP YDI~I don't usually YDI unless a married husband gets caught, ect. You can see the dust and mess build up on the bank of a fan..
vbmg152 19
YDI!! Dumb move!!
meeba 2
wow FYL