Today, my hair straightener broke. My husband suggested putting electrical tape on it because it was heat proof. I did and started straightening my hair. The supposed heat proof tape melted and got stuck in my hair. 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, getting ready to go out, I turned on my straightener. After 5 minutes, I start straightening one big strand when I realize I'm smelting plastic into my hair. Turns out I'd left it on a plastic box. Of course, plastic never comes out, so I had to cut it out. FML
Today, I was straightening my hair when I heard this crunching, sizzling sound. Taking the flat iron away, I realized that I had just fused a spider to my hair with the heat. FML
Today, I successfully stopped my hair straightener from falling into a bathtub full of water by grabbing hold of the burning hot plates. FML
Today, I used my hair straightener to attempt to straighten my eyelashes and burned my eyelid. I don't know what's sadder, that fact I thought it would be fun, or that I was stupid enough to think I wouldn't hurt myself. FML
Today, I tried to use a fancy new hairstyling tool and ended up getting my hair tangled in it. I had to cut a chunk of my hair off to free myself. FML
Today, while getting my hair done, I was annoyed that the beautician was not paying attention while straightening my hair. After asking her three times to watch what she was doing, I grabbed the iron and said "let me do it, you're going to burn me!". I then burned two layers of skin off my ear. FML
Today, I was reading a magazine while straightening my hair. I got really into this one article until suddenly a huge clump of hair fell on it. I looked up and realized I had burned through the layer of hair I was straightening, leaving me with one layer at ear length and the rest at bra length. FML
Today, my dad set my hair on fire while cooking. He then tried to convince me that it spontaneously combusted. FML
Today, I burned my tongue. With a flat iron. FML
Today, in the bathroom during the ACTs, my hair got stuck in the electric hand dryer. I had to rip my hair out. For future reference, hair + hand dryer = dreadlocks. FML
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allia118 11
I can't decide who the bigger idiot is.
takesanocean 3
Peanut butter that shit.
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Comments (126)
takesanocean 3
Peanut butter that shit.
doondagr8_1 9
Peanut butter actually works?
LollipopDragon 4
You use peanut butter to get gum out, so it wouldn't hurt to try.
AKGirlinSD 20
I'm not even thinking about peanut butter or any other way to get the tape out of OP's hair, I'm stuck on how badly that must smell!
doondagr8_1 9
I actually was being curious
zebraumicornz 6
Do t listen to ur husband
SqueakyChipmunk 22
Dot: Don't tell me what to do, zebraumicornz!
onlychildFTW 34
I'd go back to watching TV until it spread out of the kitchen. Then I would save my tv! Those things can be pricey now.
MrBubblez98 13
44 = failed attempt at a funny comment
rahulcool7 14
8, you don't need to correct people's spelling errors, most people on FML have passed the 3rd grade, you don't need to act like an English teacher.
Yorih 19
88 - the way they spell words would suggest otherwise ;)
rahulcool7 14
89- It is okay if you spell a word wrong on the Internet, I get that you shouldn't do it for important things but this is not a place where people should mind it.
PhishloverA 14
Yeah don't listen to men when they give you advice on female products
TheOneTC 8
Wouldn't really call electrical tape a "female product"
nop200 3
I think he meant hair straightener...
buck33 14
I think 3 was talking about the hair straightener. Edit: 17 beat me to it.
X_Codes 11
@17 - Yeah, although the real issue here was the Electrical Tape, anyway. Also, electrical tape is supposed to have some level of heat tolerance because an electrical current running through a wire generates heat. That said, that level of heat tolerance is nothing compared to the amount of heat applied by a hair straightener.
pil_84 9
Electrical tape is only good to about 90 degrees just like the wire. The perks of being an electrician, knowing some of these useless facts.
xNephilim 19
"Yes, hun, I'm sure a tampon is supposed to go in the back hole!" Yeah, don't listen to guys.
yabbadabbadooyah 12
92- Just wondering, Why would you ask a guy if a tampon goes up your "back hole"
AKGirlinSD 20
34, it isn't a useless fact if everyone reads your comment and now we all know the max heat electrical tape can handle. Thanks :-).
JHPugh 19
Wouldn't call that one useless
wiid_man 7
Not unless to that couple, just a little late
allia118 11
I can't decide who the bigger idiot is.
SCBeauty1983 0
Agreed! Geez, two morons... Hope they don't breed!
onlychildFTW 34
I bet they'll be breeding 27. I have a feeling they'll forget to put the condom on. Haha.
bonsaiboy26 1
Kinda harsh there 27 but hey I agree
TourettesGuyFTW 26
Who's the more foolish; the fool or the fool who follows him? (Obi-Wan Kenobi, 1977)
DollyDope 17
Or find a way to put it on incorrectly! :P
CrazyManNo9 29
No condom? Hmmm, maybe they will try electrical tape....
gc327072 31
71/ Yikes! Peeling that off... the mere thought of that might just prevent boners for the next couple of days....
sukiboo 3
I could be a total beyotch here and say "well us lower form of humanity can never be as perfect as you." But that makes me no better,!which I am not trying to be better ( or worse!) than anyone. I actually do truly feel that some people really should not be allowed to have responsibility as important as another humans life in their hands. But as an educated woman who was clueless on things like this myself , until being forced to learn, I can totally understand OP not realizing this is possible. Electrical tape is used to tape wires that get 'Hot'. To what temp it begins to liquefy I don't have a clue, but based on that and general relatable concept of it. I may not have questioned my husband
ZombieVampirez 24
I say OP. Woman should know their own products they use daily.
ubetrwatchBN 5
You two are perfect for each other.
onlychildFTW 34
Yes they are. Both not the brightest bulbs in the box. And electrical tape is heat proof, a little. A straighter gets a lot hotter then wires do. So the husband was kind of right in a way.
spazz666 18
Electrical tape is not heat proof, it is heat RESISTANT. It cannot withstand 400 degree temperatures such as a straightener can put out. Although, I don't know why she was attempting to use a broken straightener in the first place.
MistaBass 16
67- She thought she fixed it.
morgiepuff 14
You need peanut butter and ice cubes, pronto! Don't listen to husbands... most men don't know what they're talking about. Just get a new hair straightener next time!
sugarshane007 20
I'm a man, and I would have never told my wife to do that. Some men know what they're talking about. You just have to take the time to find out if the guy is knowledgeable or full of crap. It's foolish to make general assumptions about people that you don't know.
KiddNYC1O 22
Funny thing is she's only 14 giving op advice about men.... Har Har Har Har! =]
morgiepuff 14
It was part of a joke. Note that I said "most", not "all". Just because I'm 14 doesn't mean I have no experience with men. 14 year olds still have brothers, fathers, uncles, and male cousins/friends/other influences!
KiddNYC1O 22
I didn't mean to be a dick, hence the "=]". Sorry about the 'hars', I was hyper. But you cant blame me, your comment just didn't look right at first in relation to your age.
laden_swallow09 35
79- Even when you say "most" you're still making a very broad statement about an species' entire gender. I'm no electrician, but I know that electrical tape will melt given extreme temperatures, and I know enough to not give advice on how to fix something if I haven't at least LOOKED at it. When I don't know something, I say so. No, the problem with the guy isn't that he's a man; he's a moron (or a dick for knowingly leading her on). OP is another moron for blindly accepting anything he says. ALWAYS cross your references!
anythingmustbe 18
I am going to be straight with you, your husbands an idiot. To put the record straight electrical tape is not heat proof.
jesustitts 20
Husband's*
thewiseguy13 0
I am going to be straight with you "heatproof" is not a term at all.
nop200 3
Nope, it really is.
SqueakyChipmunk 22
14 and 16: Shut the hell up. Those corrections were not needed.
Demonfish 14
Electrical insulation and thermal insulation are slightly different :P
Wheredidgrungego 12
Sounds like a sticky situation. But definitely a jolt in an otherwise lukewarm day.
SNICKERZforKYLE 4
None of these are funny
Wheredidgrungego 12
Swing and a miss I guess.
SqueakyChipmunk 22
*sad trumpet sound*
mikeymayhem_87 15
You get an A for effort at least *shrug*
apc0243 7
Epic puns.
laden_swallow09 35
Eh, I liked 'em.
feelsfeelsfeels 8
Just stop.
matt98_fml 13
Electric tape is meant for electrical wires thus the name being electric tape. Even I wouldn't think it was heat proof. And I'm 14!
sugarshane007 20
It is heat proof, just not for the amounts of heat that OP's straightener puts off.
matt98_fml 13
It's not heat proof. Think about it this way. You have a rubber duck. Rubber is shockproof but melts at a high temperature. So it's like putting something rubber on the hair straightener expecting it not to heat up and melt off. hopefully my example makes sense.
miyaviichan 27
68, for what it's worth, I liked your example.
Krajjan 9
68- You give teens a good name on the Internet. I meet more stereotypes than exceptions. Good show.
TaffyMichele 9
Heat proof is not the same as heat resistant. Learn the difference between "___proof and ___resistant. It could save your life one day.
laden_swallow09 35
68, 103- THANK YOU!!! Geez, you'd think more people would know that, already.