Prepoceros

An hour or so ago I started a load of laundry, in which was one of my favorite pairs of pants. When I went to move the wet clothes to the dryer, however, that quirky little turdmuffin of a washing machine decided it didn’t want to let go of my pants just yet. So now they’re stuck. In the washing machine. And I can’t get them out.

I can sort of understand the machine’s position, as they are a quality specimen of pantsness, but what would a washing machine do with a pair of pants? It has no legs! It could wash them, of course, but it’s done that already. Perhaps it’s protesting the piles of poo that appear in front of it every night.

It’s difficult to explain exactly how the pants are stuck. I didn’t think it was possible myself until a few minutes ago. Apparently the piece that sticks up in the middle is separate from the drum (the better to agitate, I suppose), and somehow about half the fabric of my pants had become lodged *beneath* the sticky-uppy part. So of course I pulled, and I pulled, and a little of it came free, so I pulled some more until I heard the material start to rip. Now the legs are mostly free, but the butt part is still jammed down in the guts of the machine. I have no idea what it could be caught on, nor is there any obvious way to lift the sticky-uppy thing to find out.

For lack of a better idea, I closed the lid and set the machine to “soak and spin.” Will my pants spin themselves free? Since they spun themselves tangled, it hardly seems possible, but it’s worth a shot, no? I’ll keep you posted.

Tags: miscellany

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