What is the silliest thing you have accidentally run through the washing machine

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   Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years ago

   What is the silliest thing you have accidentally run through the washing machine?
   
   I recently washed a thick paperback book - didn't hurt the laundry, but some pages joined in a kind of paper mache. It was a good book, too.

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   Cristaleposted 11 years ago

   The main things for me are receipts, lighters, money, a full men's wallet, and some change. My husband does not check his pockets...

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Oh, no! Any of those things could cause damage and receipts and the wallet would be pretty important to lose.  My sympathies to you!

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   innerspinposted 11 years ago

   Well, the mobile phone recovered after a few days. The rollerball pen made a mess of the washing. And hubby's hearing aid had to be replaced. I've finally learned to check everyone else's pockets when things go in the wash.

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I washed a handful of coins once, but never a hearing aid or cell phone - those are big losses!

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      innerspinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Patty, I think you already won this by washing a book. Money laundering is so yesterday.

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Money laundering ..LOL

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   moonlakeposted 11 years ago

   Our son use to collect snakes and put them in his pockets. He was about 8. I told him hundreds of times not to put them in his pant pocket but I guess when he would find a snake and have no where to put it he kept it safe in his pocket but then he would forget about one. I had stopped checking pockets because of the snakes so one time threw a load of jeans in not knowing the snake was in his pocket. It did not survive.

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Poor little snake. That's a wonderful story, though!

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      cat on a soapboxposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      This story is hard to beat!    Poor guy:(

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      bethperryposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Poor little snake! But I hope he didn't feel too bad about it; I imagine that's happened with many a boy

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   William F. Torpeyposted 11 years ago

   My hand. It happened in 1941 when I was helping my brother, Don, who was helping my mother while she was at work. I was only 5 or 6 and as I was putting some clothes through the wringer I held on too long. My brother finally got my hand free, but it was flat as a pancake. My screams attracted the lady upstairs who had me put my hand in Epsom salts. No permanent damage. (This isn't exactly what you were looking for, I'm sure, but the wringer is/was part of the washing machine.)

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Your hand! I'd completely forgotten about wringer washers and my mother's first washer was that type. I never thought of a hand going through; I'm so glad your hand was not ruined! Daily life was surely exciting before the Internet - maybe more so.

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   johnr54posted 11 years ago

   Well it wasn't me but my teenage daughter.  A stick of lip gloss.  Ruined the whole load of her dad's clothes!  I made her use her own money to replace some of them.  Didn't happen again.

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That was expensive lip gloss, wasn't it? Thanks for the good lesson.

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   multiculturalsoulposted 11 years ago

   A mini Snickers candy bar, the kind kids get around Halloween. It survived and remained wrapped, probably because it was a gentle cycle, cold water load.
   
   Naturally, I asked the nearest child, "How did this get in here?"
   His response: "Oh, THERE it is. I was looking for that." He picked it up, unwrapped, and ate it.
   "But how did it get in the washing machine?" I asked.
   "It was in the washing machine? Cool."
   
   I will never understand my children.

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I never thought of Halloween candy going through the wash!

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   bethperryposted 11 years ago

   Hm..years ago when I was just away from home and doing laundry myself I washed several bills of money. I found them before getting them into the dryer. Fortunately not a one was harmed, just saturated. So I dried them out flat and they were good to go.
   Since then I've always checked pockets before washing. But I will say kids have a tendency to lose or stuff crayons in hems and behind collars, which I've regrettably washed. And unlike cash, crayons absolutely ruin everything else in the laundry!

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Crayons can be nasty. A friend experienced melted crayons all over his car seats one summer day.

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