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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
caleigh7 6
You're both idiots
ravenrandom 0
your husband has no idea what he is talking about
gregkingsley 4
U might be a redneck if.............
sugarshane007 20
That's not a redneck thing, it's a backwoods thing. Rednecks aren't that dumb either ,and if they used anything, I would have been duck tape.
CharresBarkrey 16
49 - They were making a Jeff Foxworthy reference, don't get all offended.
shoopd 19
Seems rednecks ARE dumb enough to call it duck tape instead of duct tape though.
TheDrifter 24
No, the problem is some children are clueless enough to not know the army originally named it duck tape for it's water resistant qualities. It's use on duct work came almost a decade later.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
There is also that pesky issue of Duck brand Duct Tape. It is no different than those people who call all tissues Kleenex.
geeksaresexy 18
What people usually refer to as Duct/Duck tape is not used on ducts at all (by anyone who knows what they are doing anyway) as it has a very low tolerance to heat and fails very quickly. Actual tape for ducts is a totally different product. As has already been said, it was originally called duck tape which makes more sense since it was made from cotton duck and cannot be used on ducts..
naughtylez82 4
Wow just wow
redmane 21
Or you could have gone to the store and got a $20 replacement flat iron for the time being. Next time, buy a flat iron that doesn't have heat plates that will break in two. Don't use too much tension and don't put the heat up too high when you flat iron. Ionic and ceramic are the best materials. Adhesive and heat don't exactly mix well.
SoultheWolf 19
I can't believe how stupid you both are... You should really know better, seeing how hot those hair straightener have to get in order to literally IRON your hair flat. YDI
AsianInvasion97 2
Wash it out if that doesn't work peanut butter if not time for a hair cut.
bethrocksya 9
Your hair must be blonde! YDI OP! haha :D
Mioko_fml 6
I don't understand why you must straight your hair. You can't just leave it alone for a day or half and just go out and buy a new one? You should be proud of the hair you were born in. Then again, I wouldn't know. I never had to straight or curl my hair to begin with, I like it the way it is.
iwadasn 33
"I can't relate to your situation at all, but let me tell you what to do anyway."
sugarshane007 20
It's all about a persons personal preference. If you don't understand, don't try and offer suggestions.
wildsweetchild 19
Most of the heat proof things have a temperature limit. As you now know, hair straighteners temperature gets pretty high and more than enough to melt the tape. I'd say you both are door knobs for thinking it will work. Lesson learned the hard way. Hope you were able to get it out of your hair without a hair cut.