The cell phone rings...

Grizzly · Aug 31, 2010

I am in a meeting, but I notice that the number is that of one of the boys. I excuse myself and take the call...
 
"Dad?" He sounds distressed, "Can you talk?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"I should have listened when mom told me to..." 
"What? What's happening?"
"Umm, how do I do the laundry? I mean, really, how do I do it?"
"Okay, I'm going to text you a link. Read it. Follow the instructions..."
"When she said seperate colours does that mean shades, like do I have to wash reds with burgundies...?"
"Read. The. Link."
"Okay, but what about the stuff you put in the washer? I am walking down the hill to the convenience store...what should I get?"
"Read. The. Link."
"Okay. Okay... bye Dad maybe I'll call Mom."
"That would be a BAD THING TO DO (tm) Read. The. Link. Bye son."
 
So on our family blog I also posted the instructions. *sigh*

muzicgrl · Sep 1, 2010

Really your children have never done laundry? Wow...

Grizzly · Sep 1, 2010

His brother has. He has as well, he's just freaking out.

altoids · Sep 1, 2010

<img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/lol.gif" title=""> Well, of all the things that first panicked phone call COULD have been about......

Tech Tee · Sep 1, 2010

Don't be so smug MG.

My DD#1 who we just dropped off at college on Sunday has ONLY done the laundry in, maybe, the last 2 weeks, because DW knows she has to know how to do it.
 
it's just how things play out. 
 
I know she will not do it this week, because she's coming home for Labor Day...and she'll bring all her dirty clothes home, but, of course, after that...she's on her own. Until like, Thanksgiving.

muzicgrl · Sep 1, 2010

Can some of yall do my laundry also.
 
I started helping with the laundry at about 6. I dont ever remember not knowing how to do laundry. Now I wish I didnt know how to do it...
 
 
We had a 23 year old foreign student work in our lab in college and not only had she never done laundry she also had never cooked, made her own bed or cleaned a thing. She grew up with maids for all that.

the kenyan · Sep 1, 2010

silence wench! I had never done it either!.......even today i still dump all the crap in together and hope for the best! <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" title="">

OldBaldHippie · Sep 1, 2010

you have to separate colors?

the kenyan · Sep 1, 2010

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so i'm hearing <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad5.gif" title="">

wherestheportojohn · Sep 1, 2010

{{grizzly cub}}
 
{{and his now-pink undies}}

clare · Sep 1, 2010

A girl who lived on my floor in university didn't know how to do laundry, either. Or much of anything else. Her mom would come on weekends and do it for her. And clean her room. And empty her garbage. That sort of thing. One day she decided to make Kraft Dinner. She was reading the instructions on the box...4 litres of water, noodles, cheese, butter, milk...added it all in...then wondered why it was so watery when it was done. We told her she was supposed to drain the water after the noodles boiled, before she added the cheese, butter and milk. Duh.

rlemert · Sep 1, 2010

Laundry wasn't so much of a problem, but I had a roommate that could have stood a few cooking lessons. He once took about 1.5-2 pounds of hamburger, made it into one huge patty about two inches thick in the middle, and fried it in a cast iron skillet on the range at high heat.
 
 The outside was charred. The inside was still cold.
 
 He thought it was the greatest. <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;" title="">

the kenyan · Sep 1, 2010

<div class="quote-container">Quote:
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by clare <a href="/forum/thread/69844/the-cell-phone-rings#post_1940879"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a> A girl who lived on my floor in university didn't know how to do laundry, either. Or much of anything else. Her mom would come on weekends and do it for her. And clean her room. And empty her garbage. That sort of thing. One day she decided to make Kraft Dinner. She was reading the instructions on the box...4 litres of water, noodles, cheese, butter, milk...added it all in...then wondered why it was so watery when it was done. We told her she was supposed to drain the water after the noodles boiled, before she added the cheese, butter and milk. Duh.
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totally something i would do. Me and step by step instructions dont get along too well <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/blush.gif" title="">

Shadow38 · Sep 1, 2010

This reminds me of DS, the Marine. He's done his own laundry since he was about 15 or so. He was home doing "Recruiter Assistance" and had to wear his charlies (green pants, khaki shirt, white t-shirt). Unfortunately, to him, separating colors meant jamming as much into one load as he could. After his white t-shirts for his uniform turned yellow, he decided to at least wash the whites separately. I found this out when I found a new package of white t-shirts (with one missing) sitting on the couch when I came home from work.

Mrtambalynman · Sep 1, 2010

No. Its just an old wives tale - particularly if you wear a lot of polyester and rayon. 

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OldBaldHippie · Sep 1, 2010

is black a color?

Shadow38 · Sep 1, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by OldBaldHippie <a href="/forum/thread/69844/the-cell-phone-rings#post_1941037"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a> is black a color?
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I think it must be. DS separates his colors now. Very easy since he only wears black and white. <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;" title="">

4boysmom · Sep 1, 2010

Son2 does all his own laundry. All he wears is blacks/dark colors so everything gets washed together.

kerfwango · Sep 1, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by OldBaldHippie <a href="/forum/thread/69844/the-cell-phone-rings#post_1941037"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a> is black a color?
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All of em, actually. 

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by Grizzly <a href="/forum/thread/69844/the-cell-phone-rings#post_1940741"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a> Read. The. Link.
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Yeah but what do I do?

RaisingArizonainNH · Sep 1, 2010

Live and learn.
 
 I knew how to do laundry in college, but I really reccomend that IF a student gets issued wool knee socks for their field hockey uniforn that they do NOT try to dry them by baking them in a very hot oven! ( I got them out before all 12 occupied floors of the 18 storie dorm were emptied by the fire alarm.. but the socks were not salvageable ...and the stink remained as evidence for a few days.)

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