Today, it's Friday the 13th. I've never been superstitious, and I figured it would be a normal day, that is until my hot water heater exploded and rained water into my downstairs neighbour's apartment for two hours before anyone noticed. 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 having a pretty rough day, I decided a nice, hot shower would be great. Ten minutes in, the shower head apparently couldn't take the water pressure anymore, and it flew off and hit me in the face. 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, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, the toilet on the top floor of my house burst, soaked the bathroom, and water dripped down into the kitchen and the basement for hours when nobody was home. Eight blowers and a dehumidifier later, the house is about 90 degrees and I can't leave. FML
Today, my neighbour decided to get high while leaving his bathtub running, resulting in passing out and starting a flood in the hallways. FML
Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML
Today, it's been 5-ish years since I bought my condo. Last year, my washer became unbalanced and flooded my entire place and I had to do a total remodel. Everyone said, “What a freak accident, nothing like this will happen again!” Today the hot water supply line to the sink burst and flooded my condo. What did I do in a past life? FML
Today, I had a planned 12-hour power cut for maintenance work, which I'd forgot all about. In need of a shower before work, I spent 45 minutes boiling pots of water on the stove to take a lukewarm, 6-inch deep bath, before realizing my water heater runs on natural gas and was working fine. FML
Today, after dealing with tons of drama and working a 14 hour shift, I took a shower. When I stepped out, a weak spot in the floor gave way. While falling through the floor I grabbed the toilet tank lid, which fell into the tank and broke it. Now my leg hurts and the bathroom's flooded. FML
Today, I found out that the peaceful rain I'd been listening to all night was really a broken water-main flooding my entire yard. FML
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Top comments
rodgersfan 6
Wow, at least you didn't get killed by a masked guy with a chainsaw.
Minecraftering 5
I don't see why people think Friday the 13th is so bad. It's a Friday, it can't be bad!
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Comments (166)
rodgersfan 6
Wow, at least you didn't get killed by a masked guy with a chainsaw.
datguyuno 5
Masked guy with a machete* You're thinking of Texas chainsaw massacre
rodgersfan 6
My bad :)
ShroomsOnAcid 17
Too bad we'll never get to hear from all the people that did.
FirstTigerHobbes 13
*sigh* Oh how I love Friday the 13th; Calvin too busy stirring in his superstition to realize that when he comes home and opens the door... BAM! He gets the usual pounce :3
ComTlancy 12
Well OP has probably landed herself in hot water over this incident
amypatel21 2
Why are you so obsessed with Calvin and Hobbs that you add him in your comments?
BrickWalls 2
:D! But i Do Believe A Chainsaw Would hurt :P
Horcruxer 0
Right and what would today have anything to do with that heater breaking? Stupid.
tanneriscool 2
It's water heater. Why would you heat hot water?
sheethapins 13
64 Funny, I always thought it would tickle.
GovernorGeneral 8
I feel ya OP. theres this guy that lives in my basement and my basement got flooded. Not once. But 3 times. Felt sorry for the guy. Feel sorry for you too op >.
shift_love 13
Friday the 13th is totally Jason vorhese with a machete or whatever sharp instrument he chooses...leather face uses the chainsaw.
thatssomeBS 9
51: I was at the bar tonight with someone that was celebrating their 21st birthday. OP: Do you know what the word coincidence means?
Liamj774 36
Don't you just hate it when that hapoens
Minecraftering 5
I don't see why people think Friday the 13th is so bad. It's a Friday, it can't be bad!
ICATiger 13
Not when Jason's being a troll
GoWithTheFro 10
Gotta get down on Friday.
Pentium_4 27
At least your 21st birthday isn't friday the 13th like mine
Awsumuzzie 12
I agree with you, 2, and you'd think it'd be a few bad luck moments throughout the day that break op; not a water heater breaking that ruins the neighbor's furniture.
sarbear293 4
No dude, that's ******* awesome.
grahambertus 11
My mother died on Friday the 13th last year. Now I have a suspicion. Luckily nothing has happened for this one.
bitchslapped22 14
Please shut the hell up, 85
DooleyFTW 17
Yeah 85.. Why don't you do what 86 says and stop trolling everybody by using a phrase which people who don't realise there being trolled cant understand that you're using because it annoys people so much.. And 86 have you never heard the expression don't feed the trolls? If everybody did'nt get pissed off and just did'nt acknowledge the usage of the phrase and it wouldl disappear!
THE_A_TEEN 28
@#89 Commas ************, do you use it?
saddgurl 0
#76 not yet...
THE_A_TEEN 28
@#89 Commas ************, do you use it?
sheethapins 13
2 You're not Rebecca Black are you?
Troll_spray 6
Dear #89, *slap* Stfu...... Sincerly, troll spray P.s It's spelled didn't not did'nt.
ClassyCommando 13
Oh no you di'nt! *snaps fingers in "S" shape, while moving head in a circle, horizontally*
nerdfighteria 7
#89: It's funny because you're telling 86 to not feed the troll when that's exactly what you're doing. Also, the whole point of good trolling is to not make it obvious. People aren't supposed to know they're being trolled until later when they think about it and someone was just messing with them. 85's comment was, firstly, extremely obvious (so I'm not really sure what you're talking about), and secondly, not an attempt at trolling. It was just an overused joke.
nerdfighteria 7
*realized someone was messing with them. Whoops!
amypatel21 2
You think you got it bad....I had to go the hospital to get surgery on fri. the 13th. It sucked.
amypatel21 2
You tell him 86!!
Minecraftering 5
I don't see why people think Friday the 13th is so bad. It's a Friday, it can't be bad!
datguyuno 5
... It's Friday Friday gotta get down on friday
ShroomsOnAcid 17
NO.
dontfmlplzzz 6
Hell yeah
rodgersfan 6
It's high day high day smack a bitch down on high day.....
rodgersfan 6
^ whoever gets that reference gets a cookie :)
FirstTigerHobbes 13
32- Wheres my god damn cookie?!
rodgersfan 6
Good sir, I'm going to have to ask you to calm down and answer the reference :)
RaggleFrock 13
Rucka Rucka Ali.
FirstTigerHobbes 13
Rucka Rucka Ali *extends paw for said cookie*
Wicked361 8
17 we are born on the same day!!!! Except you're like 5 years older than me
rodgersfan 6
Cookie :)
flockz 20
i got 99 cookies cuz a bitch ate one.
butterz69 0
Were my cookie
rodgersfan 6
87, You get no cookie! Hobbes gets a cookie because he's cool!
crazyperson3 0
I have always been superstitious and I have yet to have something bad happen to me (knock on wood)
fancyclown 9
Hence the username?
crazyperson3 0
Nah the username is my Xbox live tag
ladyLALAA 29
Still your username, just sayin'.
SecretMe00 5
5-- idk why people pick certain ones to pick on. Just ignore them. My bf has a gamer tag that he made years ago, it's extremely silly!! I'm glad nothing bad has ever happened to you!
ladyLALAA 29
My username us just as bad and I don't know how to change it haha
xiaoxaio 5
i havent been superstitious until i was walking to school on friday the 13 and randomly snapped a vertabrae in my neck for no reason
linnybear831 4
I hate Friday the 13th..:(
Ghouly_fml 7
Whyz?
iDaniel525 8
It's so much better than breaking your mothers back.
CalCommando 6
If that happened, you would be in HOT WATER, haha. I have no life.
obviousboy 8
Being superstitious is super stupid. Shit happens.
Lenho 26
Hell yeah. That's the whole purpose of this site :D
perdix 31
I think it's your neighbor that should be superstitious.
Glitterhinoceros 14
If this would have happened on Saturday the 14th, nobody would have cared, but since it's Friday the 13th, everyone just has to make a big deal about it :c
Schizomaniac 24
I see what you're saying, but I think a water heater exploding is a pretty big deal on any day. :p
FIRESTARTER97 3
Exactly
killak41 9
I agree with 15, had this happened any other day nobody would have cared.
ChaosAngel17 14
So you wouldn't care if your water heater exploded?