Today, the electrician came because our kitchen light has been flickering. After examining the installation, he screws the lightbulb tighter in the socket. My parents both are PhDs. 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, I finally managed to get my electrician boyfriend to agree to replace our old lights, after a year of asking. Saturday, he couldn't be bothered and Sunday he came down with a mysterious man flu. This is about the 10th time this has happened. FML
Today, I found out how hard it is to actually change light bulbs. I work with electricians. FML
Today, I almost burned the house down while changing a lightbulb. FML
Today, whilst showing my kids how to replace a light bulb safely, I gave myself and electric shock, and dropped the bulb. Twice in a row. In hindsight I should have let my husband do all the DIY-based educating, since I now have a glass shard in my big toe. FML
Today, I tried to hang up a light and, in my clumsiness, got shocked. My dad started screaming at me for yelling out. FML
Today, I finally fixed the flickering light in my office by tapping it with a broom. Turns out, it wasn't actually the light but a family of squirrels having a some sort of disco party in the ceiling. FML
Today, my mom’s boyfriend insists that I can’t break anything by hooking up my new stove wrong, so I should just try until it works. Some trial and error and one electrician’s visit later, I now have a correctly hooked up stove which is now half broken. FML
Today, we finished redecorating my kitchen. My dad has been his usual OCD self about getting it perfect, so when he noticed a shelf was just barely not level, he decided to adjust the screws. It fell off and damaged my floor, so he threw the screwdriver and cracked a wall tile. Thanks dad. FML
Today, I asked my mom why the lamp in the living room wasn’t working. She immediately plugged it in, it worked, and she called me a complete idiot. I haven’t slept in a week. FML
Today, my lamp wouldn’t turn on. I spent a good 10 minutes looking for a replacement bulb before I thought to check if it was plugged in. It wasn’t. FML
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flounder1 0
They're both PhDs or they have PhDs?!
Tozi_fml 0
A PhD doesn't make you an expert in lightbulb matters.
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Comments (122)
Peroxide 3
I must have a dirty mind because the sexual innuendo in this fml is off the charts. Damn you internet, you've taken away my innocence. Damn you to hell!
Attrox 0
I was about to say that as well.
Trace01m 11
like the difference between a pregnant woman and a light bulb. you can unscrew a light bulb.
FMLinCA 12
lol... yeah... which one is it?
a192837465 0
ya your parents have nothing to do with your intelligence. my parents both only have highschool diploma and had not great grades. I however have straight A's and am going to go to college, along with my brother.
hXcsoccerplaya 0
and how does this affect your life in any way? your life is dramactically changed how? our moderators are slackin off. and smart people who have PH.D.'s often usually don't have a lot of common sense. not quite sure how you don't know that by now.
kaleid0scopeEyes 0
...I KNEW there would be someone desperatley trying to say that people with "fancy degrees and schooling" are actually idiots, and the high school dropouts are the "true geniuses" for having "street smarts." Yeah, every average idiot would LIKE to think that people with PhD's aren't really smart, and the janitors and McDonalds workers of the world are secret geniuses, but thats not how it works. Good Will Hunting isn't your life.
ActionManly 11
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR PhD. FOR **** SAKE, if I get 100% at every test at school, does that mean I'll know how to scrub a toilet? INTELLIGENCE and SKILLS are two different things! I am SURE there are people out their with PhDs who DO know how to screw in a lightbulb, but I'm also positive there are people who don't have PhDs who can't. It simply depends on the PERSON, not how hard they studied!
Kukua 5
I THINK you should TALK with EVERY other WORD or so in CAPS, JUST to GET your POINT across!!!
paintballa43 0
OK so your saying your parents both have "Poser Hater Degree's" or PhD's. That has nothing to do with light bulbs.
bananapajama 0
Let's make fun of people much smarter than us! It'll be fun! I love disrespecting people who put years of work into improving the wealth of knowledge of human society.
paintballa43 0
I'm not trying to make fun of peoples hard work I'm just trying to bring some humor to this board.
dethstruk 0
first of all! he obviously lied since he said his parents are phDs and it has nothing to do with anything years of hard work my ass this is just some kid who wanted to be liked
chairmanmeow 0
it tends to be that way with educated people, lack of enginuity if you will ... i know electrical engineers that have no idea how to hook up a stereo ... i've got a great education myself, i'm a mechanichal engineer studying electrical engineering now, i'm dead smart and always top of my class in every subject, but my parents don't have any education to speak of ... so your parents level of education/IQ doesn't always reflect on how you will turn out yourself
Troll_patrol 0
What he didn't say is that both parents got their PhD's from University of Phoenix. FAIL.
flyingburger 0
PhD In what? Art history? That would make perfect sense.
polico_wolf 0
all the dumb people get PhD's
Emperor_Jim 0
I feel you, OP. My dad has a Jurisprudence Doctorate (8-year law degree) and my mom has a Masters in Education and is also a certified realtor. They've both required my help with programming DVR's, setting alarm clocks, using computers and cell phones, and yes, even changing lightbulbs. It's sad how some of the most educated people I know seem the most retarded.