At the weekend our washing machine suddenly started spewing out a lot of water out of the drawer and the bottom and any other cranny it could find. We mopped it up with towels and tried to get the water to drain out by putting it on a rinse and spin again, but it only spewed out more. Cue Ben, the notoriously logical and manly problem solver, who immediately put on his thinking cap talking about a blockage somewhere in the machine, etc... Last night he got out his tool box (I have a husband with a tool box, cool!) and started pulling bits of the machine apart, until he found the thing that was blocking the machine. Or rather, things:
1. Two eaten up washable breast pads (I was wondering why I can only find two of the 12 that I own. Perhaps they have all died a similar death)
2. One earring (not mine, must belong to the landlord)
3. 1x £1 coin
4. 1x 5p
5. One fairly large ball... Ben then informed me that this was part of the machine, so he'd better put that one back
6. One bit of plastic that said 'Abercrombie and Fitch' on it (again, must belong to the landlord- we are not that cool!)
7. One hairband.
How, HOW, did all those things manage to get stuck in the machine?!! It's a miracle the poor machine was washing anything at all.
Hooray for a wonderful husband!! :)
did the machine work after all that?
ReplyDeleteYes! I did three loads today :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't know geologists knew how to fix things. If I visited Scotland, can I stay at your place for a night or two?
ReplyDeleteHa, thanks Dan! And yes, of course you can stay! When were you thinking?
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