Miscellaneous: Too little, too late

Too little, too late

By ragsy - 14/08/2009 16:54 - United States

Today, I finally went to Home Depot to buy a chainsaw to cut down the tree leaning dangerously over my garage. When I got home, I found the tree had fallen and taken out the roof while I was shopping. FML

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By 1ndustrytx - 04/09/2009 16:46 - United States

Today, I was awakened by the sound of chain-saws. Moments later a tree branch came through my roof. FML

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By shoutoutloud2him - 05/12/2009 08:48 - United States

Today, I was at Home Depot getting a Christmas tree with my family. While picking out a tree, a man thought it would be nice to help cut off the string that held the tree together. The branches hit me in the face and the guy managed to cut my hand. FML

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By Jopes - 10/05/2009 12:44 - United States

Today, I cut down a dead tree in my yard. The top hit the ground and the base seesawed up in the air and came down on my head. I hit the ground like a sack of flour. Fortunately, the wood was rotted and soft. Unfortunately, the chainsaw was still running. 28 stitches in my calf. FML

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By Username - 23/06/2011 04:47 - United States

Today, I got home to find my truck smashed by a fallen old tree. I was going to have the tree removed next week. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/07/2011 23:51 - United States

Today, my husband finally got round to cutting down a tree limb in our front yard after months of me begging him. It fell on me. FML

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By trees - 24/07/2013 16:44 - United States - Waupaca

Today, I watched one of my neighbor's trees fall into the electrical lines outside my house. This was after he took a chainsaw to the tree. He refuses to cover the damages. FML

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By Zinfandel - 07/08/2010 06:04 - United States

Today, I decided to clear up some storm damage. I carefully cut a tree that was threatening to fall on my house. It fell on my neighbor's house instead. He's taking me to court for damages. FML

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By SGreene - 06/05/2017 20:00

Today, a storm dropped a tree across my road. I would have moved it with my tractor, but there was a tree on that too. FML

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DIY

By Anonymous - 11/07/2010 05:15 - United States

Today, to save money, I wanted to fix my own leaky roof instead of hiring someone. When I got on the roof, the ladder fell. As it was falling, it broke three windows and snagged the siding of my house ripping over half of it off. FML

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Misunderstanding

By Anonymous - 11/11/2019 03:00

Today, my boss sent me to remove a tree from a client's home. So I went and cut down the tree, only for my boss to show up an hour later, speechless. I was supposed to remove a sapling that had sprouted through the driveway tarmac, not the 100-year-old prizewinning Japanese cherry tree. FML

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katheriinex0 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:09

guess its back to home depot for you ..

athiest_pope 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:10

is the tree ok??

Comments

karahxxx 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:08

ouch. FYL

iKaite 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:15

If houses could say ouch. Lol at you though. ^^

HahaYDI 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:30

Third (On the list of comments mine looks like it is third)

iKaite 0

Friday 14 August 2009 21:35

Your actually 15th. LolFail

suaveneanderthal 0

Friday 14 August 2009 22:21

thats what procrastination gets you i guess

humorizer 14

Saturday 15 August 2009 14:51

37, your comment is a perfect reply to number 15

SneakyMuffin 0

Friday 14 October 2011 8:12

Lol you're the fail. It's you're, not your!

andrekrivo 20

Sunday 26 May 2013 5:17

82, you're the fail here.

RichYungReverse 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:09

Timberrrrr no seriously FYL

Nomad609 0

Friday 14 August 2009 22:10

I wonder how a tree just randomly falls down.. OP- didnt you notice that its at the brink of breaking off, seriously if the tree was huge then im prety sure it will be sturdy. If its just a thin tree and it fell on your roof then I guess it wouldnt do much damage on your roof. OBVIOUSLY FAKE.

lmmmr 0

Friday 14 August 2009 22:13

Gravity. Are you 12?

timeoffire45 8

Tuesday 22 December 2009 6:02

Actually, I had something like this happen when I was younger, except the tree didn't hit our house: it almost fell on my little brother. Trees can rot on the inside and just one day break loose and fall; it doesn't even take a particularly strong gust of wind if the internal damage is bad enough. Sounds plausible to me, imho, especially if the OP had noticed the tree was leaning and had decided to do something about it at last, but it was just a second too late. OP: FYL. Now that's what I call a healthy dose of irony; unhealthy if you're the roof, obviously. xD