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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2011, 11:10 AM Dec 2011

Happy "Dealing With Badly Translated Assembly Instructions" Day. [View all]

Good luck, everyone.

My kids are old enough now that if something needs to be assembled, they can just do it themselves. But I've had my share of 3 a.m. - "Fuck it, close enough" nights.

NOTE: The leftover part that looks like a random spare actually IS the most important part you forgot to put in.

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Happy "Dealing With Badly Translated Assembly Instructions" Day. [View all] HopeHoops Dec 2011 OP

Um, yeah, I can relate. Denninmi Dec 2011 #1

We have one similar. The problem is the high-tension lines near our house - you can't find "north". HopeHoops Dec 2011 #2

I think everything our kids got for Xmas this year involved hours of assembly and/or batteries AllyCat Jan 2012 #3

Ours are old enough to do their OWN damn assembly now. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4

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