Today, in the middle of a localised drought, and an accompanying hosepipe ban, my mother has decided that she still needs to water her lawn. To balance out the water usage, she's placed a complete ban on the use of our shower until the weather lets up. 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, my mom revoked my shower privileges for a week, all because I'm “using too much water.” I'm the kind of person who will smell like garbage after one skipped shower. FML
Today, I had to water my entire garden. After an exhausting hour of watering hundreds of plants, I turned off the hose and started to feel good about the grueling job. That is, until it started pouring rain. FML
Today, I went downstairs to complain to my landlady that there was no water when I was trying to wash my hair. To which she replied, "No, of course there is water, it's just all going into my swimming pool." FML
Today, my mother told me to take a quick shower. When I got out, she told me I took too long, and now I have to pay the utilities bill. My shower was two minutes long. FML
Today, I had to have a discussion with my 54-year-old mother about showering. She thinks it's perfectly OK to shower only once a week. FML
Today, my neighbour's boiler broke and flooded his home. To solve the problem, the water company shut off the neighbourhood's water supply while they fixed his boiler. I am now unable to shower, and I smell like a zoo animal. FML
Today, my water got cut off. The previous homeowners owed the water company over $300, and the company doesn't believe that I'm not them. The supervisor told me this will keep happening until I pay up. I need a shower. 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 asked by my live-in landlord not to put too much water in the kettle because it made the utility bills too high. This is the same woman who takes daily baths. FML
Today, I confronted my 18-year-old daughter about her excessively lengthy showers. She said she didn't see the big deal, considering the water "comes free with the house." No dear, it doesn't. FML
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SkoomaKi 28
Protest by pissing on her grass, if she asks why just say you're "emptying the water cannon".
littlecuntcats 6
Your mom sounds like an idiot.
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Comments (90)
DrBlack 9
Anyone not from the UK who thinks this is ridiculous... your right, in fact it's even more ridiculous than you think. The area I live was flooded in places one month and warned for drought weeks later. Our government prefers to argue over thinks like injunctions and all the other 'popular' crap rather than concentrate on supporting us... but thats every country right?
shaddol3lade 7
That's how it is over in the Midwest US. During the spring, it's normally rather dry. But during the fall, there is usually a small lake near my house. Irony.
doodlecloud 27
Flooding does not mean we have enough water - it just means that the little water we do have is in the wrong place and any of that that's on a road or in a town will eventually run back down the drains meaning we can't use it anyway. The government's dealing with the water shortage is far from perfect but the water ban is not the problem - it's pretty much the only decent move they've made, it's just a shame that people don't actually abide by it.
DrBlack 9
I was kinda drunk when I wrote this so ignore spelling mistakes. I'm a grammar nazi so no-one else probably even noticed it...
False_Stupidity 42
What a strange personnel move out
BubbleGrunge 18
OP, is your sister the one who shaved her legs in the fish pond in your back yard?
Briiyahh 7
Sorry about that things get better though!! :)
missalkali 8
have you considered punctuation? it might make your comment look less like you're trying to say that you're sorry that things get better and more like you're trying to say that you're sorry about the situation, but don't worry because things get better.
KrayKrayGurl117 7
Baby wipes can only help so much, but theyre worth a shot... Sorry :/
fuzzle003 8
eww, personal hygiene trumps plants any day... that's gonna be one smelly household
barrack234 2
If u water ur grass too much, it might cause the salinity level to rise because the water table will rise... Although its a long way away, if she keeps that up for long enough, the town may become saline... Js :)
MangaManiacNat 13
Tell her to use a watering can and equally if she waters her grass while its this warm and sunny then she will scorch the grass.
thenightshroud77 9
she needs help. 90% of american water is wasted on the LAWN!!! well, instead of showering, why don't you go run around in the sprinkler :)