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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
SuperDude123 0
PhD = Permeant brain Dammage
jts2 3
Which it looks like you might just have. Permanent brain damage*
iluvpeanutbutter 22
Wouldn't that be a PbD? Permanent head damage would make more sense.
RatIsKing 0
ok, your parents have PhDs. what's your point?
ScaryyMary 14
I can't believe no one has said "That's what she said!" yet. Makes me wonder what's wrong with the world.
ScaryyMary 14
Why hasn't anyone said "That's what she said!" yet???
rxxk 0
FYL because it sucks your parents are so dumb, and YDI because you yourself could have done it.
jmeg_fml 0
Well. You weren't very helpful yourself, OP, now, were you?
TheTruth1428 0
Your life isn't ****** unless you're saying you're just as stupid as your parents. Also, having a PhD doesn't mean you're smart, just intelligent.
hercules268 0
How many people with a PhD does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Apparently more than 2.
sheheartsthings 0
Wouldn't this be more like "**** my PARENTS' life?"
cthulhu1138 1
A PhD just means you're a specialist in a certain academic subject. It does not imply that you possess an iota of sense. You'd also be surprised at how many PhDs know next to nothing about fields other than their own. Getting a PhD involves spending several years in graduate school, where you study a fairly narrow field and later spend your time doing research in a highly specialized aspect of said narrow field. At the end, you know everything about the history of Russia from the coronation of Ivan the Terrible to the execution of Nicolas II, but can't add fractions without resorting to a calculator.