The mystery of the washing machine
We do a lot of laundry around here. Back when I was single, I could get by with fairly infrequent loads of laundry. But since our family has grown, and two of us are small and go through lots of stuff each day, it seems like the piles of laundry never cease. Now, I'll admit, I don't do anything too special with the laundry. Sorting means kids stuff vs. grown up clothes. I almost never check pockets, unless Marty calls me from work to say that he may have left some keys in a pocket. And when I'm putting the laundry in the washing machine, I'm only looking for stuff that REALLY shouldn't go in there. Things like the remote (only spotted it once, never actually washed it), or shoes (did actually wash one once, but it turned out okay) or toys that have batteries (one guy did go through the wash and never played another Twinkle Twinkle again).
So, when I took the laundry out of the washing machine last night and spotted this, I was a little frightened:
My God, what is that? Is it dead? Did my dad tuck some gross animal parts in Sophie's bag when she was at their house and I'm just finding it now? I mean, he is known for tucking squirrel tails into the sun visor of visitor's car, leaving the driver to have a heart attack somewhere after they've left his house. Hey, is that a PIG'S EAR? Is it some totally ruined leather patch of some kind? Seriously, what is it?
I pulled it out of the washing machine and FOUGHT the urge to smell it. Like things pulled out of the refrigerator that you can't even remember purchasing, it's hard not to smell it to see what kind of shape it's in.
Then I found more items tangled in a towel.
Good God, what could that be? Whatever it is, it's gross. So I had to take a picture of it.
Any guesses? Add them below. And if you're just too fascinated, much like I was... here's the answer.
So, when I took the laundry out of the washing machine last night and spotted this, I was a little frightened:
My God, what is that? Is it dead? Did my dad tuck some gross animal parts in Sophie's bag when she was at their house and I'm just finding it now? I mean, he is known for tucking squirrel tails into the sun visor of visitor's car, leaving the driver to have a heart attack somewhere after they've left his house. Hey, is that a PIG'S EAR? Is it some totally ruined leather patch of some kind? Seriously, what is it?
I pulled it out of the washing machine and FOUGHT the urge to smell it. Like things pulled out of the refrigerator that you can't even remember purchasing, it's hard not to smell it to see what kind of shape it's in.
Then I found more items tangled in a towel.
Good God, what could that be? Whatever it is, it's gross. So I had to take a picture of it.
Any guesses? Add them below. And if you're just too fascinated, much like I was... here's the answer.
You are so new at this. It's totally a banana. I have found rocks, shells, money, chapstick, crayons, acorns, sticks, and my favorite - chicken bones in our machine. Just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait! And while you are waiting START CHECKING POCKETS!
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First thought was that it was a bat..which would mean that Marty would never do a load of laundry again. Then I thought it was a banana peel...but when the other items showed up, I was stumped. So I clicked on to the answer...and my computer totally went wacky and froze, which makes me hesitate in checking out the real identification. But...here goes.
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Aha...as I suspected. But I was tricked by the close-up. Thought the stem end of the banana looked like a deer hoof...which at our house, could have found its way into the washer.
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Its only a banana, pluck it out and chalk it up as experience, and dont forget about all the fruit fly lara passed through all the clothes.
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Thanks, Ryan. I hadn't thought of that. Now I'll have to go back through my photographic memory and rewash all the clothes that were in that load.
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I had a similar experience this weekend and should have taken a picture. Mine was just 4 $1 bills so not so creepy!
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Surely that's a banana peel. But what I'm really wondering is if you rewashed the load of clothes that got washed with it. Oh yeah, did the banana go through the spin cycle, too, or just its peel? And who keeps peels from fruit in their clothes pockets? You have a very interesting family, Jennie! Loved the butt crack picture and the pigeons - totally agree with you on the not laughing part!
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