Everyone has his or her routines - especially when it comes to the home. But when does hanging a picture become a hazard to our health? How could special skills be required to do the laundry? Is leisurely constructing a house of cards subject to Murphy′s Law? And can watching television ever become truly life threatening? The animated short Flatlife illustrates that a good friend far away is one thing, but a good neighbor right next door is something else altogether.