By Anonymous - 12/09/2013 05:18 - United States

Today, I taught my kid how to mow the lawn. It's a self-propelling mower so it's easy to handle. My kid thought it would be smart to tie the handle down so that he wouldn't have to push it at all. This resulted in the lawn mower blasting through our fence and sinking into my neighbor's pool. FML
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WhiteCrimson 23

Points for innovative thinking! F on thinking it through first!!!

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You_Screwed_Up 7

At least he was trying to be creative in his laziness!

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kenoswild 14

He probably watched too many robot vacuum commercials and thought it'd do the same. Silly kid.

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not_a_robot 15

In hindsight, it was still a terrible idea.

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Clay_Pidgeon 11

I don't know how old your kid. But If he's over the age of 12, he's a retart

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gc327072 30

Well being a retart is better than being a retard.

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Clay_Pidgeon 11

I thumbed down my own comment for that mistake.

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WhiteCrimson 23

Points for innovative thinking! F on thinking it through first!!!

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mattjamt 16

He's going to be a great engineer when he grows up

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DyslexicPanda 12

Actually, that'd be a very, very bad engineer.

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WhiteCrimson 23

You never know man, the kid might just turn out to be the next Albert or Steve? He still has time to develop. Everything was built of flaws in the beginning

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allie2590 31

Well, here's to hoping his next bright ideas don't end up in the neighbour's pool.

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mattjamt 16

34 - It truly is a shame that you don't understand the concept of sarcasm. You have my condolences.

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laden_swallow09 34

Your scathing deriding, 66, is unfounded. I'm sure had 34 been listening as opposed to reading the joke, he would've picked up on the sarcastic same tone you so affectionately adopt as 12 used.

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You_Screwed_Up 7

At least he was trying to be creative in his laziness!

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FMLkoala 28

What's your favourite idea!? Mine is being creative!

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ikilledaman 9

Now let's all agree, to never be creative again.

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fertilegod 3

I. guess he needs more chores to battle that kind of laziness and to help him understand how to handle these jobs without making a mess and of course to work off the damages.

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carina_47 16

He'll be an engineer one of these days ... hopefully XD

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LegolasPrincess 10

He'll be a terrible engineer if he keeps that up, he'll never keep a job to save his life.

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gooddealjoe 7

#5 Hopefully? How would you like to ride in a plane if he built one?

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10nachoman10 24

I don't really think you taught him all too well, maybe make it clearer in future. Bad luck OP!

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hcollins1 18

I'm severely allergic to grass and only mowed it once in the 22 years I've been alive and I'm sure I can do a better job than that kid.

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isallwaysme 27

at least you'll have a damn funny story in a few years when he grows up

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Norvi 26

OP can use it as embarrassment blackmail for years to come!

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rt156 16

Sounds like something you would see in a movie,atleast your son doesnt mind working despite having screwed up in the end.

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R3TROxLOV3 32

I feel like if he didnt mind working, he would have pushed it himself. Him tying it down stemmed from pure laziness, not any kind of attempt at innovation or hard work.

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CharresBarkrey 15

Work smarter, not harder.

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rt156 16

So i guess he agreed just to get op off his back

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ja2006 9

He's experimenting with laziness. It's a trial and error process.

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Horsempeg 25

There is a video over the internet where someone does this. The lawnmower goes around in a circle simply by tying a rope to a steak, and tying another rope to the clutch!

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