Miscellaneous: Today, it's Friday the 13th. I've never been superstitious, and...

By Anonymous - 13/01/2012 18:58 - Canada

Today, it's Friday the 13th. I've never been superstitious, and I figured it would be a normal day, that is until my hot water heater exploded and rained water into my downstairs neighbour's apartment for two hours before anyone noticed. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/05/2012 21:54 - United States - Spring

Today, after having a pretty rough day, I decided a nice, hot shower would be great. Ten minutes in, the shower head apparently couldn't take the water pressure anymore, and it flew off and hit me in the face. FML

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By home owner - 20/08/2010 06:14 - United States

Today, I was taking a shower for the first time in my new apartment. The shower head broke off the wall and slammed onto my head, while spraying water everywhere. I tried to stop the water, but only stopped the cold and got burnt by the hot. FML

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By nixwolfwood - 19/12/2016 21:14

Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML

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By wet - 23/04/2011 18:33 - United States

Today, the toilet on the top floor of my house burst, soaked the bathroom, and water dripped down into the kitchen and the basement for hours when nobody was home. Eight blowers and a dehumidifier later, the house is about 90 degrees and I can't leave. FML

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Splish splash, I was taking a bath

By Anonymous - 15/04/2021 13:59 - Canada

Today, my neighbour decided to get high while leaving his bathtub running, resulting in passing out and starting a flood in the hallways. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/03/2023 06:00 - Canada - Montréal

Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML

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By Powerless - 30/08/2012 06:05 - Australia

Today, I had a planned 12-hour power cut for maintenance work, which I'd forgot all about. In need of a shower before work, I spent 45 minutes boiling pots of water on the stove to take a lukewarm, 6-inch deep bath, before realizing my water heater runs on natural gas and was working fine. FML

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By TheKingDavis - 14/02/2011 07:11 - United States

Today, after dealing with tons of drama and working a 14 hour shift, I took a shower. When I stepped out, a weak spot in the floor gave way. While falling through the floor I grabbed the toilet tank lid, which fell into the tank and broke it. Now my leg hurts and the bathroom's flooded. FML

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By elle - 23/05/2011 10:17

Today, I found out that the peaceful rain I'd been listening to all night was really a broken water-main flooding my entire yard. FML

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Good times, bad times

By st3phani3b - 26/11/2018 09:30 - United States - Fort Wayne

Today, I'm stuck at home waiting on a plumber to come fix the flooding in my basement. The flooding happens when any sink, shower, or toilet in the house is used. Today is also the day that I started my period. Without water. FML

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rodgersfan 6

Saturday 14 January 2012 0:03

Wow, at least you didn't get killed by a masked guy with a chainsaw.

Minecraftering 5

Saturday 14 January 2012 0:03

I don't see why people think Friday the 13th is so bad. It's a Friday, it can't be bad!

Comments

xhalfblackmanx 0

Saturday 14 January 2012 0:57

Wow y did u not tell them dumb ass

DocBastard 38

Saturday 14 January 2012 1:14

Why did who not tell what to whom? I see who the real dumbass here is.

DocBastard 38

Saturday 14 January 2012 2:14

My comment above was intended for another comment that got deleted. My apologies.

ArielTheMermaid 17

Saturday 14 January 2012 1:37

Surely your downstairs neighbor noticed?

Ashystar 1

Saturday 14 January 2012 3:25

unless they werent home?

music_woman1 11

Saturday 14 January 2012 1:44

Unfortunate coincidence

Yari4life 3

Saturday 14 January 2012 1:47

This exact same situation happened to me 3 weeks ago, except I was the downstairs neighbor, weird....

annejayy 7

Saturday 14 January 2012 1:47

At least it wasn't your apartment.(:

sabb1228 0

Saturday 14 January 2012 1:52

KABOOM!! Lol I had to say it

Timmeeh 17

Saturday 14 January 2012 2:02

Interestingly, road traffic accidents actually go measurably up on Friday 13th. It's believed to be a form of the placebo effect; people expect bad luck on Friday 13th, somehow it translates into a surprisingly substantial percentage more accidents. Not really relevant to your heater exploding, that's just bad luck. It is interesting, though.

GoW_Chick 14

Saturday 14 January 2012 2:34

That is interesting, It's the same thing with full moons, people seem to drive worse, or it could just be more noticeable, because the thought is in the back of our heads.

austin1616 2

Saturday 14 January 2012 2:15

Rebecca black has gotten this friday the 13th shit on us!

joshdenty 7

Saturday 14 January 2012 2:37

Why would you need to heat hot water?

THE_A_TEEN 27

Saturday 14 January 2012 2:52

*Face-angry-mama-grizzly-bear

mizsunshine 3

Saturday 14 January 2012 3:15

Exactly!!!

sensoon15 7

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