14 November 2016
Washday Blues
Paul flooded the bathroom this morning so I put the soggy towels and bathmat into the washing machine on a quick wash. When the cycle was finished everything was still sopping wet, it hadn’t spun properly. I added some more items to the load and switched it back on for a full wash cycle. Then I remembered I hadn’t added any washing powder. Stop and start again. Check everything was tumbling and washing nicely, aaagh how did my white pants get in there?
An hour later I unloaded the washing machine to find everything covered in white bits. Yes, I’d left a tissue in my jumper pocket. And my white pants are now grey.
Just been outside to get everything in before the rain comes. I was feeling very smug because all the washing was dry. Then I noticed the bird poo. Bloody magpies.
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Good to see that Sods Law is still working......
ReplyDeleteSome days just go that way.
DeleteWhat could go wrong went wrong. Oh wait you didnt get colour runs or shrinkage. Next time better luck :)
ReplyDeleteHaven't checked for shrinkage yet!
DeleteWas there representation from the flat below?
ReplyDeleteI've got three lots drying in the sous-sol. The extra delay means I can still iron the previos loads....
Luckily we are on the ground floor and there's a good floor drain in the bathroom.
DeleteHate the tissue problem, it happens here regularly in Winter with all the dark clothes. Pity about the magpie but I do love their song. Hope they are no attacking you ???
ReplyDeleteThey are certainly musical. I also love the expressive caw-caw of the crows here. No swooping attacks yet.
DeleteOh dear. May I ask - did you take Domestic Science/Home Economics at school? You might be able to enrol on a helpful evening class. It's never too late.
ReplyDeleteI chose to do Latin instead of Domestic Science. It seemed far more romantic at the time.
DeleteYou can't iron shirts with Latin declensions madame.
Deletehahahahahahaha this sounds like many of my days !
ReplyDeleteSomedays it just does not seem to get better but then there is one bright spot that makes everything better.
cheers, parsnip
I blame it on the moon.
DeleteA nightmare to end all nightmares.
ReplyDeleteWell not exactly. Just mildly exasperating.
DeleteMy oldest once did some washing whilst we were away, and couldn't get the round door to open once it was finished. He ended-up using a crow-bar. By mistake he'd set it on a non-spin programme, and the machine had refused to open because it was full of water. He paid for a new door.
ReplyDeleteUnfamiliar machines are always difficult to fathom. I don't think I would have resorted to a crow-bar though.
DeleteI understand this predicament completely coming from a life lived completely with top loading washing machines. Working those dreaded front loaders on my overseas holidays is the one true downside of the trip ( especially when the instructions are written in French or German !!)
DeleteI also understand this. I broke the handle off one of mine. I understand the crow bar resort.
DeleteSome days it's best to stay in bed!
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
Definitely. But Buddy needs his walks!
DeleteIf everything remains heavy with water then just choose the spin cycle. Why go through the full wash programme again? I never have the tissue problem because we use handkerchiefs. I did Latin.
ReplyDeleteThere was method in my madness, I just added another load of dirty washing to the bathmat and towel. Amo amas amat and all that.
DeleteI would never have done that. I would have cleared the water-laden problem before starting anything else. Fucto Fuctas fuctat.
DeleteI liked this chatty ' rachel" type blog today
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you. Blogs are strange things, my silly 'nothing of consequence' writing gets more attention than the carefully written prose. Possibly because I let my guard down and reveal a bit of the real me. (I hope you are feeling better.)
DeleteI have been trying to teach her for ages John.
DeleteI'm a slow learner.
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