Today, I was moving to the city with all my belongings when the trailer came unhitched, breaking the chains on my dad's homemade trailer. I then watched as the trailer narrowly missed a guardrail, went down a hill and into a river. My dad still won't admit he didn't latch the hitch. 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 dad was helping my fiancé and me move. On the way, someone sideswiped the trailer. When the police came, we found my dad had a suspended license, no insurance, and a broken tail light. No one else could drive a manual, so we were stuck in a parking lot for 3 hours. Thanks, dad. FML
Today, my dad moved my car onto the street so he wouldn't accidentally back into it while moving our boat. My neighbor backed into it instead. FML
Today, I finished a repair on my trailer. About twenty miles down the road, one of the joints gave out and the whole thing broke on the freeway, scattering lumber and splinters everywhere. The traffic cop called me the worst carpenter in the whole state. FML
Today, I helped my dad push our broken-down truck from the driveway onto the tire ramp. Truck didn't make it; neither did my leg. FML
Today, I watched my car roll backwards on the freeway, while attached to the tow truck that I was sitting in. FML
Today, our boat broke down in the middle of a lake at sunset. We called our friend for help, and his truck and trailer got stuck in mud at the boat ramp. We called the sheriff's office to tow his vehicle out of the mud. The tow strap broke. FML
Today, I was headed on vacation with my family. On the way, our trailer tire blew out. Because the trailer was tilted from the flat tire, the door would not open to get the spare. After breaking the window to get the spare and putting it on, the spare blew out. FML
Today, I accidentally crashed my mom's car into my dad's car. FML
Today, I had the lovely experience of witnessing a tow truck cause a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to my broken-down car. FML
Today, for some reason, my amazing dad told me to slide down towards a pole on a car tire while tobogganing down a hill and I hit the tire, consequently getting hurt in the head. I love my dad but something must've gone wrong that day. FML
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Top comments
Decodedman 1
That sucks. Next time, when its your shit on the line, check the line.
ulicksam 0
OP, you're driving. It's your responsibility to check it. You're not living with mommy and daddy anymore. Time to take responsibility for yourself.
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Comments (100)
mk58 31
FYL. that's terrible.
perdix 31
Once the phrase "homemade trailer" appears, you just know that comedy or tragedy (or both) is certainly going to happen. Other things that should not be homemade are fire extinguishers, dental tools and colonoscopy probes.
OCDC 9
I bet Doc has performed at least one colonoscopy using a coke bottle and a piece of string. That was probably where he got his x-ray pic from.
darkmis1 18
Why didn't you check? YDI
rhpsfan9 10
damn, time to go shopping
tkdgold03 5
that sucks! at least now you get to go shopping, hopefully on his charge! (:
perdix 31
I don't think the dad who makes rickety trailers does so because he's rolling in dough and finds it a quaint hobby. With his probable income, I doubt the OP could join the exclusive club of People of Walmart.
tkdgold03 5
welll yah never know! somebody has to help OP get new stuff :/
tkdgold03 5
welll yah never know! somebody has to help OP get new stuff :/
awardZu 0
YDI, you should have checked it before you left, then checked it again a few miles down the road. You are lucky nobody was hurt!
ROFLBERRYPIE 0
Occasionally I'll see a pickup hauling a trailer made out of another pickup bed. That's country.
mintcar 10
FYL, but at least you're fine and didn't get hurt.
effmyleezy 5
my guess is things started to go when when the "homemade trailer" came in to the scenario.
fubar4961 0
YDI for using your homemade trailer and you homemade chains