I can't believe it's still Monday
Category: Kitchen Sink...
Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 01:28 PM [GMT-6]

I just took a break to take a load of laundry out of the dryer, having previously turned the knob to "touchup" and punched the start button. My Levis always need a little more fire to dry out completely.

Imagine my surprise to find that the load of laundry was still in the washer, nicely cleaned and still quite damp.

At least the dryer was warmed up as I [finally] completed the transfer between the machines.

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Ahem. I'm not going to say anything. ;-)

Posted by: Gwynne at August 22, 2006 02:06 PM

Oh, surely you're not suggesting...

Posted by: Eric at August 22, 2006 02:23 PM

No, no, it didn't even cross my mind...

Posted by: Gwynne at August 22, 2006 02:50 PM

Well, I didn't think so, but it never hurts to check.

Posted by: Eric at August 22, 2006 02:54 PM

for some reason i've recently fallen into this trend of leaving the washer lid open. i have no idea how it continually happens, but i'll come to move the load into the dryer only to discover the washer lid open and my clothes sitting a tub full of water, unable to drain because of the open lid.

Posted by: kyle at August 22, 2006 03:05 PM

Kyle, Gwynne's gonna hate the fact that you brought that up (her fundamental premise being that guys are genetically unable to properly perform functions of the laundryatic calling), because I've caught my wife doing that exact same thing several times recently.

Now, she claims that she's just waiting for the water level to rise before putting in the detergent (as that is supposedly better for the clothes), but I can't figure out why the clothes need to soak for an hour or more before the detergent is added, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: Eric at August 22, 2006 03:10 PM

Were you having a blonde moment Eric hehe? I have them regularly! :)

Posted by: Rachel at August 22, 2006 03:13 PM

Rachel, it's the only kind of moment I know how to have. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at August 22, 2006 03:15 PM

Has your hypothetical friend done laundry yet? I can't help wondering what washed out of the jeans.

Posted by: Deborah at August 22, 2006 05:11 PM

I -- I mean, my friend -- took Miss Manners's advice and shook out the hypothetical jeans in the garage before consigning them to the laundry. The brutalized remains of The Insect That Laughs At Nuclear Devastation fell to the theoretical concrete.

Or so I was told.

Posted by: Eric at August 22, 2006 05:30 PM

U R CREEPING ME OUT!

Posted by: Jim at August 22, 2006 08:56 PM

(oh and BTW, I was going to make an acronym out of that insect remark above but decided maybe not)

Posted by: Jim at August 22, 2006 08:57 PM

Heh. Your mind works in mysterious ways, amigo.

Posted by: Eric at August 22, 2006 08:58 PM

...when it works.

Posted by: Jim at August 22, 2006 09:36 PM

I had a wiseacre comment to make, but after reading those above I realize I can't follow this crowd.

Posted by: Foo at August 23, 2006 10:32 AM

And I thought Jim was a nice guy, pointing out Eric's journalism faux pas like that...tsk, tsk. But hilarious nonetheless. 8-}

Oh, and Kyle? Leaving the lid up is definitely a male tendency, making "laundryatic" functions difficult for men. This just helps prove my point. ELB clearly did so intentionally and justifiably. ;-)

Posted by: Gwynne at August 23, 2006 12:51 PM
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