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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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)
GuitarJunkie6258 0
Average People would have done the smart thing, change the ******* bulb....Genius!
dethstruk 0
this doesn't make the tiniest bit of sense
Corvus_fml 0
I know exactly what you're going trough on daily basis. My dad has a PhD in civil engineering, yet he cannot comprehend the simplest household operations (putting the juicer together after it's been washed, or like he always forgets to put washing tablet into the washer). His mind is somewhere else when he's to figure out the remote controls (which controls what appliance) or work the microwave. He didn't even bother to figure out his cell phone, so I have to check his sms several times a day. If there wasn't for my 'bachelors degree in applied arts' mom, he'd probably be dead years ago. He stared at me changing the sim card in his cell like I was performing brain surgery. Light bulbs?! Nightmare! It's not the lack of education or intelligence, it's the lack of interest... He does not care to fix it himself, he will call an electrician, or a plumber for the simplest things, and preserve his precious brain functions to work on revolutionary extra-light support system for the riverside area... I know your grief. :/
beertime36 0
Why is your life ******? At least they managed to get someone to help them with the bulb. Maybe you could've taken things in your own hands and prove them you can do it yourself.
Flutist 3
Um, yeah, my father rides motorcycles. And my mom cooks. I am not good at either one of those. If you didn't figure it out, how is that reflected on the type of degree your parents have. It just means YOU aren't magically inheriting their PhD's. I don't cook or ride a hog (lol). So you aren't magically a genius just because your parents have degrees.
MrWhite2020 0
There's no PhD in common sense :)
Magic_pineapples 0
@Flutist the OP lives with her parents......shes not saying that she inherited the PhD's.....shes saying that her parents called the electrician :) MrWhite2020 is right, you can't do a PhD in common sense :D
tacoman007 2
A lot of people have knowledge but no ability to apply it into real life situations, most of which flaunting high educations and not knowing their ass from a hole in the ground.
slatter 1
all brains and no sense lol
lolcorez 0
So both your parents are pretty huge dicks?