20 people who came up with hilariously “creative” solutions to their problems

Very often, DIY actually means DIW, Do It Wrong. At least your home improvement catastrophe was no way near as bad as these blunders.

If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing it right, right? But what if you’re tired, lazy and dumb?

You could hire someone who knows what they’re doing. Or you could half-ass it. The 20 dimwits below all opted for the latter approach, with terrible results.

1. It’s been wrapped all around seven times. That’ll do, right?

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At least use duct tape!

2. It’s not like anyone needs these to get about

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The owner of this home will be marginally cooler, at least until the wind blows the crutches away, and the AC gets torn out of the window.

3. All you have to do is get out of your car and light each one individually

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How much is a new car light?

4. What the fork?

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And you can forkget about going to the mechanic.

5. Ex-straw-dinary invention

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Because lifting up a glass is just too much effort.

6. Terrible on so many levels

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Reinventing toilet seats is like reinventing the wheel.

7. How he became single

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Yes, it’s meant to be a bouquet.

8. Is a horn really that necessary?

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Yeah, there are bad drivers everywhere, but you can get by without a horn!

9. This broken clock is right more than twice a day

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Imagine wanting to keep that clock so badly that you do this.

10. The old, “Iron Man did it,” excuse

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Just take him to small claims court after you’ve fixed it.

11. Why use a bridge when you can make one of these?

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You’ll make your way to that tricycle power ranger in no time!

12. When you’re out of candles

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The birthday boy or girl must have felt very appreciated.

13. It’s not like red wine stains

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And glass definitely doesn’t shatter.

14. He’s not wrong

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When the budget cuts lead to mortal danger.

15. Laptops are just iPods that got fat

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Why don’t they make pockets that fit laptops?

16. Hope it isn’t fragile

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Why go to all this effort, just to make it more vulnerable?

17. How to break your laptop with next to no effort

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On the plus side, he’ll soon get to see if they made anything newer than Windows XP.

18. All it needs to do is reflect

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This is the definition of “that’ll do.”

19. The painter got bored

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Just don’t look at the doors and it’s fine, duh.

20. It’s like they were never broken

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He got the same on the other side, too!

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