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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Rosalind_fml 0
Pretty sure there was a label on the can that told you to keep it out of direct heat or sunlight. YDI. Be glad you weren't seriously injured.
bishoprsv2 0
cue blue jokes
Aerostella 0
It's secretly a conspiracy by the Happy Happyists!
fuck_YOUR_lives 0
impossible. if anything, the paint would go more horizontal, not vertical like if would have to cover a human. it wouldn't explode because new cans are fail safe and tested for shit like this. on the bottom there is a notch (just like propane tanks, shaving cream cans, etc) that would expell the substance when heated so it doesn't explode. that's why when you go to a house fire, you hear a lot of ******* whistling and not many explosions.
bpack 0
Still there are thise rare cases where it doesnt work and explodes. Even machines make mistakes some times
emzmcgee 0
Nothing in this world is fail safe, shit can ALWAYS go wrong
fuck_YOUR_lives 0
negative
Mr_Tuff_Guy 0
You spray painted it blue? Wtf? YDI
FuzzyWalnuts 0
FYL but you are a complete dumbass for letting a spray can lay out in the sun long enough to explode.
extradorkyloser 4
i gathered that haha, i was just agreeing with your sympathy
lcsun69 0
Even though that DOES kinda suck, you have to admit, it's really funny. And at least it happened while doing something nice for your kids :)
Cristaderzi 0
Yep That suck. Id be upset over my camera being broke and embaressed that I am now a smurf LOL
thecrazed7 0
YDI for having kids.