Laugh-out-loud funny examples from frugal’s dark side in today’s New York Times, including:

• A poor Minneapolis woman whose attempted DIY toilet fix cost her a ceiling, a car bumper, and some garage shelves and gardening supplies;
• Another woman who bleached her hair so badly that it broke off; and
• Several wicked cases of food poisoning.

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