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By hackling fellow - 10/03/2011 13:17

Today, I was painting my mom's house, which so far had taken 12 hours over two days. All of a sudden there was a wind storm. All of the leaves stuck to the wet paint. FML

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By Carmen - 26/02/2011 13:57 - United States

Today, I painted an area I had carefully sanded, cleaned, and taped off. I pulled a fan out of the closet to help dry it faster. I turned the fan on, and a million dust particles flew off onto the wet paint. FML

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By Spelit - 13/08/2010 19:45 - United States

Today, I finished painting my living room. I had to leave the house in a rush. When I got home, I found smears of paint all around and the carpet crusted with paint that had dried. My cat had rubbed up against the walls and tracked it around. FML

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By anonymous - 03/07/2011 04:47 - Canada

Today, it took me 5 hours to paint my deck, only to have it ruined by the neighbor's cat running all over the undry paint. FML

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By caryl101698 - 09/06/2016 01:40 - United States - Medford

Today, after spending $850 on having our siding, roof and windows powerwashed, a 5-minute storm blew the siding clear off the house. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/06/2009 07:24 - South Africa

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

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By Mandy - 09/05/2009 06:19 - United States

Today, I finished a drawing that I spent over 14 hours working on for my mom for Mother's Day. I took it outside to seal it with fixative. I took of the clear lid, shook the can, then sprayed red spray paint all over my art. FML

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By NotSoAnon - 13/08/2011 15:31 - United States

Today, I was painting my room. I told my mom not to open the door because I was on a ladder just behind it, with a paint can perched atop. She barged in to ask me what I'd said. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/10/2012 19:03 - United Kingdom

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

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By Llaurin - 24/01/2011 14:43 - United Kingdom

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

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By fuuu. - 19/03/2012 12:39 - Hong Kong

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

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InitiateMeDharma 3

Thursday 10 March 2011 18:28

You could just leave it and go for the really, really, rustic look. "What?! Your house doesn't have leaves glued on by paint? Pffft."

stephanieloveswa 0

Thursday 10 March 2011 18:27

Funny cause it didn't happen to me

Comments

ReginalUT 0

Thursday 10 March 2011 18:47

Okay this is a true FML! Your life sucks OP. You have my sympathy man.

rarr 0

Thursday 10 March 2011 18:52

You won't be leaving anytime soon...

sweet_candy_ 17

Thursday 10 March 2011 19:06

Well now we know people should check the weather before they paint :)

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Thursday 10 March 2011 19:23

Wind storms can kick up so suddenly that they don't even get reported on the weather before they start. They arrive suddenly and usually pass fairly quickly.

T3P33_fml 0

Thursday 10 March 2011 19:09

Omagad, the Russian are invading us! It's okay, my house got camouflage.

contralucem 0

Thursday 10 March 2011 19:20

god has a sense of humor... and pizzazz

saleha97 4

Thursday 10 March 2011 19:28

Really, you can NEVER, *EVER* paint a house.. ever. Frustrating.

AvengedSevenfold_fml_fml 12

Thursday 10 March 2011 19:34

If you were a ninja like me, you would've been able to catch each leaf before they even got near the house :D

Blazingcrono 6

Thursday 10 March 2011 20:15

If you were a true ninja, you'd catch the leaves for him :P

AvengedSevenfold_fml_fml 12

Thursday 10 March 2011 22:31

Maybe I caused the wind storm... >:D

slimjim8094 12

Thursday 10 March 2011 19:47

That sucks but it's not a disaster. You can pull them off and patch up as needed... after only 12 hours you're still on the primer anyway. And use a tarp next time.