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  1. Aja says:

    I get all firsty looking at this picture.

  2. BurgerKing says:

    first

  3. snagglepuss says:

    flirt!

  4. tom says:

    I wonder if thats in Sydney

  5. KENSOR says:

    did someone say.. OWNED???

  6. lol1 says:

    frist fail?

    • JasonK says:

      woot noot noob boob bood good dood dud dad mad mam scam scum dum bum bam ham ram rap pap pop flop flip faip fail. Not all are words -neither yours.

  7. KENSOR says:

    LETS START A RHYME!!!
    the dog was in a bog
    havin a peacfulsnog

    (COPY N PASTE N ADD )

  8. SomeGeek says:

    Last!

  9. Sgt.Pepper says:

    Do I have to be a member to submit pics?

  10. DRoseDARs says:

    Yes. $19.95 a month payable directly to me.

  11. Aja says:

    Pan to the right and you will probably see that table-boat guy.

  12. Meresa says:

    Oh, the irony!

  13. Phaet says:

    Maybe it’s a imaginary drought?? Just like global warming.

  14. laerador says:

    Probably the result of global warming.

  15. Ninth says:

    Photoshop’d

  16. Mookie says:

    It’s opposite day again.

  17. Ralphy Most says:

    LOL, aint it the truth! Good one!

    RT
    http://www.privacy-tools.net.tc

  18. Robacide says:

    This FAIL works better with the score from Inconvenient Truth playing in the background.

    Is that a gator?

  19. Judy says:

    I would have sworn this was in Bucharest, Romania….

  20. alftuba says:

    I can’t believe I’m the first to mention this (considering the amount of nerds that post on this site), but…

    This is NOT a fail.

    Flash floods are a major threat during severe drought conditions. When the ground is extremely dry, it takes a little bit before it will start to soak up the water. Thus, a single decent rainstorm after a month or more of drought can lead to exactly this kind of situation.

    If you don’t believe me, try this: Take an old very, very, dry sponge – one that really shrunk down and crispy. It’s probably dried into a sort of slightly curved bowl shape (they usually do). In the center of that bowl shape drop about a tablespoon of water all at once. You’ll notice the water will just pool there for a split-second or more (or simply pour off the side) before the sponge starts soaking it up. Now imagine the same thing on a much much larger scale and you’ve got yourself a flash flood.

    And it’s dangerous too. Depending on the circumstances (how dry the ground, the volume of rain, the shape of the terrain) the situation pictured could have occurred in less than an hour. Now imagine if there was a road under there. That’s why generally more people are killed or injured as a result of flash floods than any other storm conditions.

    • Gone2thedogs says:

      Hydrology explanation WIN!!!

      • Lunchbox says:

        Pertinent information fail. In attempting to over-explain hydrology and flash-flooding, alftuba has neglected to actually LOOK at the picture. This is, clearly, not in an area prone to either drought or flash-flooding. The grass on the edges of the water is most often found in wetlands and similar higher water-table areas.

    • You've Got Fail says:

      Yup. Flash floods are common in the “dry” desert. The land is flat and hard. When the rains come, the water can’t soak into the ground, so it starts spreading out in sheets. Any depression fills with water very quickly. If you are in a dry canyon when these flash floods come barreling across the flat desert, when the water finds the canyon and all starts pouring down into it you can drown before you realize what’s happening.

      • Lunchbox says:

        Very good, you can rehash a wikipedia page. Would you like a prize for your mediocre efforts?

        • You've Got Fail says:

          I didn’t even look up the wikipedia page.. As for you…originality recognition fail!

        • heh says:

          seriously? I learned that from a book I read back in elementary school that was a work of fiction and involved an orphan in Mexico almost getting washed away by these flash floods. Fail

    • coyote says:

      If it doesn’t rain in a month it’s a severe drought? What rain forest do you live in?

      This is a sign that someone failed (notice the root word fail?) to remove when it no longer applied.

      Your Mr. Science technique needs work too. If you are going to try to talk down to me, at least be correct.

  21. Vicky says:

    lol! gutted

  22. forge says:

    As any South Floridian will tell you, how much water is lying around on the ground doesn’t make an iota of difference whether there’s enough water to drink or water your lawn with.

  23. AAAAAAA says:

    now i nest next to access24h *locks door and hides*

  24. audball says:

    Well, the good news is, the drought’s over.

  25. Fara says:

    I know this looks like a massive fail, but we’ve been on level 5 water restrictions here because of nearly 7 years of drought. Finally, just in the last 6 months, we’ve been getting decent rain, and with recent cyclones and some flash flooding and crazy storms, we’re slowly getting back to normal.

    I hate to rain on your fail parade, but well, I could point you to a dozen signs like that still just in my town and yet we’ve been cut off twice with floodwaters in the past few weeks. The signs and water restrictions will disappear when our dams are back to being practically full. Now you kids, get off my (flooded) lawn!

    • I’ve been in similar situations. Happens all over Queensland, Australia, where I live. Just because its raining in the area where the restrictions apply, it doesn’t mean that it is raining in the catchment area.

      Last year we were on level 5 (or maybe even six) restrictions and my cousin, who lives about an hour’s drive away had his house washed away in a flash flood.

    • flawedmatrix says:

      Wow, that is a dramatic change in weather.

  26. rentmoldova says:

    Photoshop BEST

  27. TJ says:

    How ironic is it that I’ve drank two bottles of water in the past 30 minutes…

  28. Paperfail says:

    Really this isnt a fail. This is a win in my book

  29. Danny says:

    How is that a fail. I live in South Florida and those signs were posted months ago. It looks like it just fell in a canal.

  30. ddd says:

    FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!11!1!1!!!1 W00T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111!11!!11!!

  31. Realpony says:

    Drought my ass T_T

  32. Bet thats where the guv’nor of the Pilot pub gets his beer from

  33. mikja says:

    omg that’s so hilarious! It’s too good, almost like someone stuck one of those signs in an area where there was already a few feet water, making the situation look genuinely ironic to cover up how contrived it actually was! LOL!!

  34. Tim says:

    Warning- Severe fail in effect. Mandatory laugh restrictions are in effect.


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