One of the biggest laundry irks is finding stuff in pockets. I hate that. I really, really do. Seriously, how hard is it to turn out your pockets before placing clothes in the dirty laundry? And while I’m venting, how hard is it to turn clothes right side out???
Ok, I better leave that for another rant.
Anyway, as y’all may remember, I organized my laundry room a few months ago, and one of the things I placed on the washer was a jar. A big jar for found coins. Wouldn’t you know it, but right after I did that the kids started to turn out their pockets. GAH!! But since I do Hubby’s laundry, he tends to forget, and that’s when I score.
This time, I found $50!!!
Which means I get to put it towards a new cooking pot. Or a couple of drinks at Starbucks™.
Yes, I’m putting it towards the cooking pot. I can make my own coffee 😉
April 16th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
I recently found $30, of course it came from my own jeans…. 😉 still a nice find though!
April 16th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Yep, and it’s YOURS!! 🙂
April 16th, 2013 at 3:14 PM
Oh! And you are my 8,000th comment, FOH!!
WHOOP!!!
April 16th, 2013 at 3:17 PM
May I be struck dead if I ever leave $50 in my pants pocket and my wife ends up confiscating it. I’d have to call that the dumbass tax.
Comment 8,0001! (not counting yours)
April 16th, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Hubby calls it my tip. I’m not sure if I should be offended 😉
April 16th, 2013 at 7:45 PM
$50 is a heck of a tip! Be complimented!!! I never get tips like that….at best, its a “ya done yet?”
April 16th, 2013 at 7:46 PM
….may have to edit/delete that comment….
::puts on Kevlar helmet::
April 16th, 2013 at 7:51 PM
I await the Earth-shattering KABOOM!! 😀
April 16th, 2013 at 5:32 PM
Great find!
I find cigarettes and lighters after they’ve been washed since I can never remember to check pockets… 🙂
April 16th, 2013 at 5:40 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
So does my sister 😀
April 16th, 2013 at 8:23 PM
$50 is a pretty good haul.
By having their pants inside out your family has done half the money laundering job for you… Now you just push the pocket through the hole and ka-ching! The booty just shakes down the pant leg into the collection bin of your choice. So why grouse about it, Oh Great Zombie Killer? Sheesh.
Oh yes, I do know I will catch hell for that sometime soon.
Seriously, if you leave those clothes inside out they will get clean or not (soon it will be rectified by the end user) and/or the end user will either wear said clothes inside out or not (transparent to you, effected by the end user).
April 16th, 2013 at 9:43 PM
I would make you catch hell, but you live too far away from me.
I don’t mind washing them inside out. But I do have to fold them right side out…
April 17th, 2013 at 8:33 AM
Here are two solutions to your inside out problem: 1) just go ahead and fold them inside out. When the wearer complains, explain to him/her/them that that is how they put them in the laundry, that’s the way they get them back, or 2) make the rest of the family fold their own clothes. The offspring will have to learn to do that for themselves sooner or later, as I am sure you won’t be doing their laundry for them for ever, ’cause eventually they’ll leave home.
April 17th, 2013 at 8:36 AM
Like I said, I only do my laundry and Hubby’s, and I turn all my clothing right side out. Deduce from that what you will 😉
April 16th, 2013 at 11:14 PM
But you do not have to… Tell them GIGO a few times, “garbage in, garbage out”, and they will adjust accordingly. People might feel too lazy to pull their hand out of the door before it slams, but once or twice of living with the results will cause them to adjust their behavior.
April 17th, 2013 at 6:41 AM
I only do the laundry for two people, plus the linens.
*I* turn my stuff right side out…
April 17th, 2013 at 7:30 AM
I always make sure to empty my pockets, but the mrs is always finding things SHE(and the boy) left in their clothes. Change tends to collect in my pocket, and once or twice a week it gets dumped into a jar. It’s my emergency stash, also known as :If she doesn’t know I have it, she can’t spend it” fund. 😀
April 17th, 2013 at 7:49 AM
I have four quart jars, two storage zip bags, and three cookie tins full of change.
Sigh….
April 17th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
I always find my own money AFTER if goes through the wash. Yes, I am one of THOSE people that never check my pockets or turn them right-side out.
April 17th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Is it still winning if it’s your own money? I say yes 😀
April 17th, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Previous pocket/laundry inventory: $2.74 (I use debit cards, mostly), cigar cutter, 2 .45acp cartridges. Not too bad.
April 17th, 2013 at 1:21 PM
The cartridges alone make it a win 😉
April 18th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
T-shirts with humorous printing on them last longer if you wash them inside out!
April 19th, 2013 at 5:26 PM
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April 25th, 2013 at 3:08 PM
re: inside out clothes…. ARGH! Bob doesn’t really do any washing…. one time he did, he decided to leave all his clothes inside out away in the drawers?! Why?,….
April 25th, 2013 at 3:57 PM
Because he could 😉
April 25th, 2013 at 3:58 PM
hurrumph x