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)
capita16 0
Dumbass
rebanne 5
You're so stupid! Probably a bleached blonde.
SqueakyChipmunk 22
Please refrain from breeding anytime soon.
DuRpY 5
"With our powers combined..."
miz_kamakazi 11
Depending on what's broken, you can use some JB weld. It won't melt, trust me.
ophel1a 7
no, but it COULD burst into flame. -_- almost as bad an idea as the electrical tape.
Obvious8 3
Electrical tape isn't heat proof, not in the slightest. It just doesn't carry an electrical current. You'd be better off finding a sort of silicone tape, that will probably be more heat resistant. I think there is a brand called "Emergency Tape" or something like that.
sugarshane007 20
Well, YDI OP. clearly electrical wires never get that hot. You both need to have your heads checked to see if there is anything up there. I kind of hope this may have required a reasonable hair cut, because the story at Thanksgiving would be well worth the laughs.
neurodoc 1
What an idiot. Everyone knows that duct tape works best.
carminecris89 13
I don't know why you would even consider that. Places like Walmart and Target have cheap ones that work great. Next time if something like that breaks, replace it.
KM96 24
You needed to straighten your hair that badly?
AndOtherDrugs 5
I've used electrical tape to fix a straightener and had it work perfectly fine. No melting or anything.