Today, I was washing my hair in the shower when the water went ice cold. It's 20 degrees outside and we have soft water which takes a longer time to wash away soap. 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, 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, I decided to lighten my hair. I applied the dye and waited 20 minutes. When I went to wash the dye out, the water wouldn't turn on. After my head started to burn, I called the landlord in a panic. Turns out there was a water main break and the entire city block doesn't have water. FML
Today, I was taking a shower, when my dad decided to turn off the water to the house, run upstairs, and throw a bucket of freezing cold sludge into the shower with me. He wouldn't turn the water back on for 2 hours. FML
Today, I was taking a shower for the first time in my new apartment. The shower head broke off the wall and slammed onto my head, while spraying water everywhere. I tried to stop the water, but only stopped the cold and got burnt by the hot. FML
Today, as I showered, I sneezed, hit my face on the wall, got shampoo in my eyes, slipped on a bar of soap, bashed my head on the wall as I fell, grabbed at the walls to stop me from falling and happened to turn off the cold water, scorching me. FML
Today, while taking a shower, I thought that the bathroom was extra steamy because of all the hot water. It wasn't until two-three minutes later when I put some shampoo in my hair that I realized I had forgotten to take my glasses off. FML
Today, I woke up at 3:00 am feeling freezing cold and soaking wet. It turns out that my dad had opened my window when I was sleeping, and rain water had been pouring in on me all night. My hair, face, pillow, blankets, alarm clock, and homework were all soaked as well. FML
Today, my home health aide doused me with what she considered to be Holy Water. It was bottled water. Turns out she was having a meltdown. It's a freezing day in New York City. FML
Today, I got a surprise when a drop of icy cold water hit the back of my neck. I wondered how this could be, as my dad had put in foam insulation on the pipes overhead in my room. It turns out there's one tiny spot that he couldn't insulate due to it being weirdly shaped and hard to reach, which is sweating now. FML
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hoopstar15 0
that's when u should step out if the shower and rinse ur hair in the sink
saaaammmmm 0
Kids and their hot water and reverse osmosis filters. You don't know how lucky you have it. Back when I was a kid we bathed in rocks, wiped our rears with broken glass and walked to school (uphill both ways) barefoot through a briar patch.
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hoopstar15 0
that's when u should step out if the shower and rinse ur hair in the sink
Sirin_fml 47
I think the OP was more concerned about certain other parts of his body...
tisiphone_fml 0
Hate it when that happens, but yeah, use the sink and a washcloth.
infiniti_G 0
BAWWWWW COLD WATER OMG BAWWWW suck it up son
manstie 1
second that.
highbie 0
fail for using f instead of degrees celcius
feefee123 0
that would suck soooo bad
zeon_x 0
Technically since it is still liquid it's not "ice cold", but just liquid cold. (If that makes any sense)
zippit09 0
Technically water can "as cold as ice" without actually being frozen. So in that sense, ice cold is fine.
fudrick 0
Running water can be colder than the freezing point of water.
soccerrocks 0
ooooor cold liquid
sadistmonkey 19
do you know what a "metaphor" is?
PottentialFML 0
More like a hyperbole. Hopefully didn't butcher the spelling too bad :S
tesla_jaxx 0
only if the ambient pressure is greater than the standard pressure of one bar, at which the standard freezing point of water is 32F. Supercooled (being below the freezing point at standard pressure) water is possible, but the slightest change in it, ie, bumping it, moving it, will cause the water to immediately and instantaneously crystallize and "crash out."
Bashar_fml 0
STFU ALL OF U CORRECTING PEOPLE'S SPELLING AND GRAMMATICAL SHIT. SO ******* stupid noooo one in the ******* world cares, aslong as u get what the person is trying to say.
Bashar_fml 0
hi how are u today?
oliboi 0
u notice all u ppl r nerds with no lives
Cristaderzi 0
Same here! Ours ll last 12 minutes then just turn ice cold! Our electric bills are higher cause I have to dry towels to not be so cold after showering!!!
tdawgheath 0
@5, or you could suck it up and stop wasting your parents money.
jkamme54 2
he obviously doesn't live with his parents dummy! He's 33 i'm pretty sure he has his own crib!
aureve 0
Huh. Odd. Alabama doesn't really get that cold. I lived there all my life and it never really got under 30. That does suck though.
1337Steph 0
What are you talking about? I live in the northern part of Alabama and 2 weeks ago it was 11-19 degrees that whole week.
betseyville 6
I'm in the metro area and it was 15 degrees all last week. It gets under 30 a lot during the winter...
aureve 0
It couldn't have changed that much. I've only been gone a few months. xDD Maybe where I lived (Montevallo) was a freak of nature because to be honest it was never cold, and when it was cold people would complain when in reality it was around like... 40 degrees outside. And if it DID get under 30 it would be way higher in temperature pretty much the next day. Now I live in New Hampshire and it gets in the negatives... THATS what I consider cold now.
Gibby_fml 0
wow. suck it up. I live in canada. it gets to -40 through most of january and feburary. 20 fahrenheit is tshirt weather.
aureve 0
Exxxxxxactly.
cerulean_rules 2
Agreed Gibby. We don't break out the winter coats until -10 degrees.
bittercup 0
Hard water makes it hard to wash out soap.
alliemay 0
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I KNOW soft water is better for lathering and most people would rather have soft water in their houses, and I believe soft water in general is better for washing.
CyclonePsycho 1
Soft water is the most epic thing in nature. We just got a better water purifier not too long ago and washing things has never been easier. 'Sides, I like to lather things up and let them become super bubbly. OP, have blessed to have soft water. So incredibly blessed.
tesla_jaxx 0
stupid divalent ions killing my micelles...
great_lawl 0
Oh yeah, your life is SO ******. anyone remember when stories actually included things to be really upset about, or laugh really hard at? And now, ones get posted about having to spend a little more time washing yourself...
repyourcliche 0
aw give it a rest, will you? honestly, this is almost as annoying as all the "omfg first?!!!!!"s.
Tkim32 0
Indeed.
hoopstar15 0
Notice how I was one of the people who didn't freak out cuz I was the first comment
kmgentil 0
I love you tooooooooo
shmikey 0
20 degrees? I assume you mean Fahrenheit, cause where I come from, 20*C counts as hot
Idontgivedamn 0
Well considering it says United States (Alabama), it'd be safe to assume its Fahrenheit, and they said it was ice cold.
Gibby_fml 0
ya, but alot of americans dont have balls, so 20*C is 'ice cold' to them. even though 20*F is as cold as ice, thats still tshirt weather.
WTFsGoingOn 0
In Nebraska it isn't cold until the temperatures fall below 0 and you throw in a nice cold wind blowing at about 30mph or more.
DarkScythe951 4
Hey Gibby I'm American and 20F is not "ice cold" so go **** yourself. Plus if we're being technical 20F is ice cold.
shoguu 0
so... how is an FML? you had to rinse off in a cold shower. it happens. a lot. if something like this is the low point in your life, you shouldn't even be on this site.