I own a front loader and do a great job keeping up on the wash, but sometimes just throw everything in and don't check (my husband's pockets usually) all the time. I've washed his iPod twice (it's fine), his cell phone bluetooth ear piece. Then there was a Matchbox firetruck ladder stuck in my toddler's jeans that got stuck in the mechanism and stopped the pump from draining the washer.
2007-07-12 12:47:10 · 23 answers · asked by Siobhan W. 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Ok...this was not in a pocket...
I too own a front loader (Don't you just love 'em!). My cat crawled in to in once with the dirty clothes when she was about 4 months old. Imagine my surprise when she came almost flying out when I opened it after the load was done. Luckily, I had the spin cycle on the slowest mode because it was a load of clothes that would have needed the creases ironed out of them that are caused by the high speed. Let's just say she stays away from the washer now! Yes, she is doing fine 3 years later!
2007-07-12 14:16:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
My daughter's angora wool sweater (an expensive Christmas present from her dad) wasn't in a pocket, but it got tossed into the laundry by accident, and shrank to the size of a hand puppet.
Same daughter, a few years later, came home from college just long enough to leave a tube of lipstick in something that was white. I didn't catch it after the wash, and tossed it into the dryer, where it permanently decorated everything in the load.
2007-07-12 13:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mattie D 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Tie between Carmex and a Tootsie Roll. The Carmex leaked and made everything disgusting and oily, and the Tootsie Roll wreaked havoc on a really nice pair of pants. Gum is terrible too. Never put anything technological through, though.. I've been lucky.
2007-07-12 12:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by Jeannie 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A pocket full of kleenex. I was picking it off clothes and out of the holes in the washer for a very long time.
2007-07-13 02:10:21 · answer #4 · answered by faireday 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A watch, which didn't work so well after that, had a tendency to get steamed up. And I think a $ 5 bill. A piece of gum. Tissue.
2007-07-12 16:51:09 · answer #5 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We went to a friend's party once and she ended up hiding a few bottles of liquor in the washer to avoid doing anymore shots. Her roomate is a teacher and the next day had a bunch of teacher friends over for lunch and did a load of laundry before they came over and didn't check the washer first. Well, you can just imagine the booze smell from that. I wasn't there to smell it, but I had to laugh.
2007-07-12 13:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by joda 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A mouse! I guess it was hiding in the clothes when I threw them in. The really gross part is that when the wash was done and I was taking the clothes out, I thought the mouse was a large piece of lint and I grabbed it with my bare hands. It was dead of course, and slimey! Nasty. Now I always shake my clothes out before they go in the wash.
2007-07-12 14:39:26 · answer #7 · answered by alandi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, the absolute worse thing I ever washed in my washer was a $40.00 bag of pot, And it was a kind of interesting atmosphere when the owner found out what happened. This is where ( Oh weeell !!) fits .
2007-07-12 12:52:54 · answer #8 · answered by fuzzykitty 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Obviously checking pockets is important. Husbands are like kids when it comes to leaving things and not putting them where they belong. But my worst enemy has only been tissues. Nothing is worse to me than a washer full of shredded tissues.
2007-07-12 13:26:08 · answer #9 · answered by dawnb 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mascara. Haha it was awful, but I didn't know it was in the pocket until after I put it in the dryer! So when I took the clothes out, there was (and still is) this awful thick black streak around the bin of the dryer!
2007-07-12 12:50:45 · answer #10 · answered by Alyssa 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋