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)
bkmjet 0
Apparently they're psychologists
redshortsx 0
stop being a smart ass. you didn't figure that out. and it's not like when you go to school to get your PhD they teach you how to screw a light bulb.
rlet 1
if they are have PhD that means they have the money to pay someone to take care of the stuff around the house and they focus on their jobs... and this has a good side too because we had a really bad economy so we need jobs I bet u the electrician was happy they call him...
teaset 0
Haven't you figured that out by now being their daughter and all? It's not that they're dumb or anything, you just pay the help to do that for you, no need to touch a hot bulb or do any such house related chores ever.
miis59 0
miis59 0
@14: you make me angry. you obviously knew what 11 was trying to get at by using "4rm" look around you people are abbreviating words all the time. take out whatever is up your ass and don't worry about how people choose to abbreviate words
MooTaters 0
Isn't that more of an f their life not f your life!? Unless your parents forced you to pay for it I don't think it's an FML for you.
monbon6788 0
I guess common sense isn't all that common
onnielief 4
How hard is it to screw in a lightbulb? I think this FML is bullshit, nonsense, twattle, balderdash, a fake! Anyone can screw in a lightbulb! Even Einstein could!
blastvortex 4
Merely possessing a PhD shouldn't insinuate that you never make mistakes or do anything stupid. Talk about a non sequitor....