Today, while spray painting a rocking horse for my kids I left the can outside in the sun. When I picked it up it was hot to the touch and I dropped it. It exploded on impact and now I am more blue than the rocking horse. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out the hard way that you shouldn't try to open a can of paint with a screwdriver. The lid flew off, and my kitchen floor now looks like an abstract art painting, which I could probably call, "Various blue splodges on wood canvas." FML
Today, I went to buy some spray paint for a project. I've never used a spray can before, so I decided to try it on paper provided. Unfortunately I didn't hold the can the right way and ended up with black, permanent, paint all over my face in the middle of a store. FML
Today, my teenage son tried to huff a can of spray paint. FML
Today, while painting a wall, I handed a bucket of paint up to my friend who was standing on the top rung of a ladder. She said she felt dizzy, and came crashing down on me, along with the paint on my head. FML
Today, I had to be treated for chemical burns, because my mother got the bright idea of using paint thinner to clean me up after I'd painted our living room. FML
Today, I was craving a cold Coke, so I grabbed one from the freezer where I had put it to chill quickly. As soon as I opened it, the can exploded all over me and the kitchen. I spent the next hour cleaning sticky residue off the floor, surrounding furniture, and even the ceiling. FML
Today, I was painting the garage door. After 3 hours, I finally finished the job. As I was walking back inside, accidentally pressed the button that opens and closes the garage door. Not only did the paint job get messed up as it went up, the paint also dripped onto my parents' brand new car. FML
Today, I tried to throw a basketball in my backyard basketball hoop. It bounced off the board, hit me on the head, then hit a spray can, activating it and spraying black paint all over my Golden Retriever, to finally land in my trash can. FML
Today, my husband has been painting our house all weekend and plans to finish the job after work today. I decided to surprise him by completing the job myself. Painting the last window frame, I dropped the open tin of white paint, right onto our car roof. FML
Today, I tried to open my water bottle, which is like trying to open a pickle jar, and after several seconds, it exploded all over my desk and clothes. Then, when I was going to get paper towels and a change of clothes, I slipped on the puddle and hit my head on my desk as I came crashing down. FML
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brenna805 0
hahah you can be part of Blue Man Group now!
Iloveyencheck 0
haha I'm blue dadadedadada
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Da_Gov 0
pics or it didn't happen.
DieterDerBlau 0
Sounds like BS to me... exploding spraycans tend to have a lot of SHRAPNEL included in their burst... How did this guy managed to get covered in spray paint without having multiple lacerations and worse?!?!?!
SpitFyre 0
That's exactly what I thought. Honestly, I don't see how you could get away without some pretty nice injuries if you dropped the can right at your feet.
Vertoule 7
He said there was a large hole in the can... It could have been dented (which is why stores aren't supposed to sell dented cans) and failed right at the dent. Still YDI for leaving it in the sun... It says not to on the warning labels.
lo1337a 1
No, he doesn't say there's a hole in the can.
Mausler 0
if there was a hole in the can there could not possibly have been an explosion, as the hole would not allow pressure to build up from the heat -_-
Vertoule 7
@82: OP: "And no, there was no "shapnel", just a large hole in the can." Read all the comments before spouting off, please. @85: See above quote. That implies the hole existed after the "explosion" and not before. Ages ago when I was a teen, my friends and I found old spray paint cans. We threw a dented spray paint can in a fire and it did just that. Not the smartest thing, but 14 year old firebugs and bonfires aren't exactly the things you leave unsupervised ;D
Omega656 0
I bet it wasn't nearly as bad as it sounds. He probely just got some paint on him, not ALL over him. Either way you don't leave pressured cans in direct sunlight YDI.
jisaac09 25
Im a 19 year old boy that dont have anything better to do than to throw C02 bottles in fires and to shoot spray cans, they really dont blow up as good as ud think.... and ive dropped them from impressive heights, id say that maybe the ankles of his pants are blue....
SiLveRStaRLIGHT 0
Awesome. o_o LOL # 3 beat me to the punch! I'm blue da-ba-dee-da-ba-die~!
mash2 0
hahahahaha I totally just pictured this. Like *bam!* *splatter*......*blink blink*
InsanePlagued 0
Hahaha you got the right idea on that one. i saw the same thing. :P
CL41RE 0
fyl
zap_fml 0
Hah, if you're short you're going to be mistaken for a smurf.
MKflyy 0
I loveee smurfs. (: So many inside jokes.
_chrissy_ 0
D'oh. Aerosol can in the sun? At least you weren't injured...other than your pride, I mean. :) FYL.
wow_tehe 0
I'm sure you're kids will be more entertained with you than the horse. :)
chiapet 0
blue balls much?
the_commentator 0
Lmao, only if he was spray painting it while naked. .. ew.
nightswimmer 0
hurray!
shimmeristic 0
YDI for having kids.