Soggy pencils on a Monday morning. Conspiracy?

Come Monday morning I go to get them and they are gone!
So I approach Mrs. SLF and ask what happened and I'm told she washed them, which is a good thing of course, but she never checks the pockets.
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I don't know how long you're married, but I'm guessing this has happened every week since that "happy" day.....so, when are you going to learn - take the stuff out on a Friday and then you won't have soggy pencils on a Monday.
Plus, if the clothes are smoldering by Friday....surely they actually need to be washed by Wednesday at the latest....or even better, invest in a 2nd pair????

Generally "men" claim to be the more technical than women (very sweeping statement but I did say generally), they are often happy to spend hours working out the lastest MP4 player, take an engine apart, program the DVD player, rebuild the computer and yet claim to be baffled by a simple washing machine?
 
Bronte said:
Men seem to have a mental problem with the washing machine buttons.
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We don't have a problem with the buttons, its which ones to push. My brother in law put a big jumper into a boil wash...anyway it wouldn't even fit his action man when it finished

so-crates said:
Something tells me that the first time Mrs S.L.F. did you the wonderful favour of washing your gently smoulderings she probably had to visit the doctor for a tetanus shot!
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And she's never been the same since!

Caveat said:
I'm surprised at the amount of men who seemingly don't use a washing machine. I admit, Mrs C does most of the washing but it wouldn't be at all unusual for me to 'put on a load'.

What's wrong with all these guys?
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My wife can't understand why I think its okay to put a black shirt in with a white shirt thus I'm not allowed to go near the machine

sam h said:
I don't know how long you're married.
Plus, if the clothes are smoldering by Friday....surely they actually need to be washed by Wednesday at the latest....or even better, invest in a 2nd pair????
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Married almost ten years.....Mrs. SLF thinks its longer.

I have about 4 pairs but I only wear 1 pair as it can hold the most stuff.

Regarding pencils there is nowhere else to put them if I take them out come Monday morning I end up having to buy another one. Having a choice between a soggy pencil or none I pick having a soggy pencil.
 
Confusion about how to properly operate a washing (or any other) machine/appliance can easily be resolved by reading the flippin' manual.
 
ClubMan said:
Confusion about how to properly operate a washing (or any other) machine/appliance can easily be resolved by reading the flippin' manual.
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Nope. The manual just explains which type of clothes goes into which wash...it doesn't help a man to identify which type of garment he has in his hand when he wants to select a cycle!

No man will ever have the patience to sift through a bundle of clothes and sort them into proper washloads. It's a bit like shopping for clothes. Men will buy the first thing they see if it fits, women will visit twenty shops, sifting through various outfits, before returning to the first shop to buy the first thing they saw!
 
Welfarite said:
No man will ever have the patience to sift through a bundle of clothes and sort them into proper washloads.
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Outrageous sexist comment and I'll not stand here in my pumps and take it - I have sorted through all kinds of clothes (including the wife's smalls!) to do the washing and, even though I don't do most of the washing I read the f... manual and figured it out - it's not rocket science
 
I didn't honestly think it was necessary to read the manual to figure out how to do the washing. Sounds like there's a large number of mammy's boys here who never had to do chores around the house growing up.
 
Seagull said:
I didn't honestly think it was necessary to read the manual to figure out how to do the washing. Sounds like there's a large number of mammy's boys here who never had to do chores around the house growing up.
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Also, it's somewhat ironic, given that many men often take pride in "not needing to read the manual" when it comes to flatpack or setting up a home cinema system or something ... they usually manage these things ok

But the complexities of the multifunction motorised domestic washing module is just too much...
 
S.L.F said:
We don't have a problem with the buttons, its which ones to push. My brother in law put a big jumper into a boil wash...anyway it wouldn't even fit his action man when it finished
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So lesson learnt? Rule No. 1: Don't wash wool jumpers in a boil wash ... they shrink. You can try it yourself if you don't believe your brother!



S.L.F said:
And she's never been the same since!
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See she learned, so you can too!



S.L.F said:
My wife can't understand why I think its okay to put a black shirt in with a white shirt thus I'm not allowed to go near the machine
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Hmmm - just throwing the thought out there but have you ever considered she might, just possibly, know something you don't? Rule 2: Listen to the expert...



S.L.F said:
Married almost ten years.....Mrs. SLF thinks its longer.
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Not a fast learner then, are you!

S.L.F said:
Regarding pencils there is nowhere else to put them if I take them out come Monday morning I end up having to buy another one. Having a choice between a soggy pencil or none I pick having a soggy pencil.
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Just a suggestion you could get a jar (washing out any jam that is sticking to the bottom first) and put it on top of your bedside table or other similarly convenient spot. EMPTY your pockets into it (if they don't fit, just get a larger container ... strange I know but increasing the volumetric capacity of a container actually means you can get more stuff into it!!!!). And to really impress your wife, put your gently smoulderings into the laundry basket and say thanks when they come back all clean and presentable Then taking the contents of the container you filled on Friday, repopulate your capacious pockets.

No hassle, and no soggy pencils ....
 
Exactly - on both points. Stupid sexist comment and anybody who can read (a manual, clothes tags, washing powder box) should have no problem using a washing machine. Sex/gender is irrelevant.

Seagull said:
I didn't honestly think it was necessary to read the manual to figure out how to do the washing.
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An earlier poster expressed confusion about the plethora of wash cycles and buttons on some appliances. My suggestion was that such confusion could be resolved simply by reading the manual. Hardly rocket science as mentioned above.
Sounds like there's a large number of mammy's boys here who never had to do chores around the house growing up.
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Agreed on all counts
 
This story doesn't help the "washingmachinephobic's" out there....but heard of a guy who over flowed the bath all over the dirty washing. So he puts them into the dryer (dripping wet!!) 'cos he didn't think you could put wet clothes into the washing machine!!
 
my husband did a load of washing again (feeling sorry for his 9 months pregnant wife) and what did i discover in the pocket when removing said load? His driving licence. Full this time. His reaction was that they should make them from plastic.
 
If you mean that he destroyed his driving license twice in this way then perhaps the problem is less a general one of men having problems washing/washing machines and more one of you being married to an idiot?
 
lets hope the baby gets my smarts then!

Looks like the licence might have been rescued this time. The radiator seems to have worked wonders.
 
Read the manual??

Engineer's maxim: "If all else fails......read the manual"

.......Now......if I knew where the washing machine was...
 
Rules when using Washing Machine

1. ALWAYS check pockets. I have a note on the washing machine door to remind all amateurs ie. sons and husband.

2. SORT Clothes - Darks or anything darker than sky blue - 40 degrees - if in any doubt at all place a Colour Catcher in the machine with the wash. Great invention - a tissue type thing that will absorb any straying dye.

3. WHITES - In at 60 degrees.

4. Wools - always at wool cycle - or 30 degrees with a maximum 600rpm spin.

I rarely go wrong with these guidelines ................ except for the time I washed my son's passport one week before a trip
 
Ophelia, I will be printing off your post and taping it on the wall over my machine... at last, a quickguide to accident-free washing!
 
OK, so for those who have got their heads around Rules 1 to 4; here are a few more for the more experienced washing-machine user:

5. Don't assume all wool is machine washable -CHECK the label!

6. Always wash jeans separatly, no point in bunging them in with other colours (even with the trusty Colour Catcher) - they always run a bit.

7. Don't overpack the washine machine - it will last for years longer if you only fill it so theres a bit of space left inside.
 
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