My better half Joan is off doing some crafts and I thought I'd surprise her and do the laundry.
Now the machine is flowing over with suds and some beeping alarm is going off like mad. I've turn the power off but have not idea what to do. Guess I'll start by cleaning the soap off the floor.
blaze said
11:37 AM Jul 2, 2011
oh dear you do need help, maybe empty out by hand and start again, maybe less detergent. cheers blaze
sandsmere said
12:00 PM Jul 2, 2011
Knock the top off a stubbie , sit down , and think about it .
Cheers , Brian .
gordon_adl said
12:03 PM Jul 2, 2011
That's just too funny! I've got the mess cleaned up but have no idea what to do with the machine now.
sandsmere wrote:
Knock the top off a stubbie , sit down , and think about it .
Cheers , Brian .
_wombat_ said
12:07 PM Jul 2, 2011
Tip it upside down to empty, then go nextdoor and ask the 22 year old for help
gordon_adl said
12:14 PM Jul 2, 2011
This is all fantastic advice. It's 12:00 somewhere. Reckon I'll just open a bottle of red. Too wet to do anything outside.
_wombat_ said
12:24 PM Jul 2, 2011
Sounds like it's toooo wet inside your laundry
Onedodger said
03:29 PM Jul 2, 2011
Wait to SWMBO gets home and gives you instructions then she will have something to CROW about for years to come.
And if you wait long enough you will here the machine say...... EXTERMINATE...EXTERMINATE ... then its zap.
Blessings Dodg.
Sheba said
04:41 PM Jul 2, 2011
How much detergent did you use Gordon ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
jeannette said
04:52 PM Jul 2, 2011
good man, at least you tried... Have that stubbie
Gerty Dancer said
05:20 PM Jul 2, 2011
I'd go the red if I were you, and leave this difficult and technical detail like laundry to somebody who knows what She is doing....
gordon_adl said
05:28 PM Jul 2, 2011
LOL Gerty. That's just what I did. Nothing like a nice shiraz buzz on a cold wet saturday arvo.
Sheba, just one scoop full. But apparenty we don't actually fill this oversized scoop. One is only meant to fill it 1\4. I was going to ask why don't we just use a smaller scoop...but then I thought better of it and just poured her a glass of red too. I've learned to pick my battles long ago.
Gerty Dancer said
05:31 PM Jul 2, 2011
You'll go far, Gordon!!! Well done!
robell said
09:36 PM Jul 2, 2011
Me, i would have grabed a bottle of rum, shut the door and bolted into the bush and not come out until the smoke cleared. Good try though mate.
Cruising Granny said
10:50 PM Jul 2, 2011
When in doubt, read the instructions. Grasp bottle firmly in hand. Use other hand to remove cork or stopper or cap. Put cap in bin, grasp glass with spare hand, pour wine into glass. Take large "sip", then return to laundry to read those instructions again. Return to bottle to replenish empty wine glass. After second glass of wine, instructions on washing machine and detergent pack will make no sense at all, and all efforts to do the laundry should be abandoned until help arrives. Pour "help" a glass a wine and watch procedure closely for future reference. If necessary, take notes. (Maybe not). Now, move away from the laundry. Back! Back! Keep going! Now turn and walk away with bottle in one hand, glass in the other, with a clean conscience, knowing you made the effort and did your best.
Dougie said
05:51 AM Jul 3, 2011
I can see the stage show now by the way you described it CG.
howdrink said
08:58 AM Jul 3, 2011
Hi mate i'm band from using our washing matchine in the van the first time i used it i pressed all sorts of buttons 1 1/2 hours later it was still washing and yes i put white's in with colours so there was all sorts of different colour clothes that eventualy came out at the end, ha ha no more washing matchine for me
_wombat_ said
09:01 AM Jul 3, 2011
howdrink, but you did that on purpose
Cruising Granny said
01:36 PM Jul 3, 2011
I'm inclined to agree. Blokes have a tendency to sabotage their own efforts in an attempt to get them banned from such duties. When the "other half" is absent for any length of time, how do you cope then?
_wombat_ said
02:23 PM Jul 3, 2011
Hey CG, Shhhhh don't tell everbody
gordon_adl said
02:44 PM Jul 3, 2011
We both tend to have some jobs that just one does. I do all the shopping and 90% the cooking. But the laundry and ironing...for some reason i just don't touch it.
gubby said
05:52 PM Jul 3, 2011
gordon_adl wrote:
We both tend to have some jobs that just one does. I do all the shopping and 90% the cooking. But the laundry and ironing...for some reason i just don't touch it.
Yeah my wife and I share as well, She does the cooking, I do the eating... She tidies up, I mess things up... Perfect combination I think..
petengail said
03:02 PM Jul 4, 2011
What the hell are you doing "womens work" for anyhow..... lol
highwayrunner12 said
03:13 PM Jul 6, 2011
Iam with you my man do what i would leave it and go bush good luck
GrumpyOne said
05:20 PM Jul 6, 2011
Hey Guys n Gals,
I must be letting the male side down then cause i always did the domestic engineering while she went to work.....ha ha ha
I am now single and do not own an IRon or IRoning Board, the only "I" thing I own is an IPhone.....
As for the washing its easy peasy....when ya do the dishes just do the clothes at the same time in the same machine just bung it in the hole at the front bung in some detergent and press start........ (wonders why the plates are all broken and the cups are all cracked.....ah thats what paper n plastic is for )....
I've got a nice clever manproof front loader, and if i get super lazy I just take it down the laundromatt and get them to do it for me..... he he he
Now the machine is flowing over with suds and some beeping alarm is going off like mad. I've turn the power off but have not idea what to do. Guess I'll start by cleaning the soap off the floor.
cheers
blaze
Knock the top off a stubbie , sit down , and think about it .
Cheers , Brian .
Tip it upside down to empty, then go nextdoor and ask the 22 year old for help
Sounds like it's toooo wet inside your laundry
And if you wait long enough you will here the machine say...... EXTERMINATE...EXTERMINATE ... then its zap.
Blessings Dodg.
How much detergent did you use Gordon ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
good man, at least you tried... Have that stubbie
I'd go the red if I were you, and leave this difficult and technical detail like laundry to somebody who knows what She is doing....
Sheba, just one scoop full. But apparenty we don't actually fill this oversized scoop. One is only meant to fill it 1\4. I was going to ask why don't we just use a smaller scoop...but then I thought better of it and just poured her a glass of red too. I've learned to pick my battles long ago.
Good try though mate.
Grasp bottle firmly in hand. Use other hand to remove cork or stopper or cap. Put cap in bin, grasp glass with spare hand, pour wine into glass. Take large "sip", then return to laundry to read those instructions again.
Return to bottle to replenish empty wine glass.
After second glass of wine, instructions on washing machine and detergent pack will make no sense at all, and all efforts to do the laundry should be abandoned until help arrives.
Pour "help" a glass a wine and watch procedure closely for future reference. If necessary, take notes. (Maybe not).
Now, move away from the laundry. Back! Back! Keep going! Now turn and walk away with bottle in one hand, glass in the other, with a clean conscience, knowing you made the effort and did your best.
Hi mate i'm band from using our washing matchine in the van the first time i used it i pressed all sorts of buttons 1 1/2 hours later it was still washing and yes i put white's in with colours so there was all sorts of different colour clothes that eventualy came out at the end, ha ha no more washing matchine for me
howdrink, but you did that on purpose
When the "other half" is absent for any length of time, how do you cope then?
Hey CG, Shhhhh don't tell everbody
Yeah my wife and I share as well, She does the cooking, I do the eating... She tidies up, I mess things up... Perfect combination I think..
Iam with you my man do what i would leave it and go bush good luck
Hey Guys n Gals,
I must be letting the male side down then cause i always did the domestic engineering while she went to work.....ha ha ha
I am now single and do not own an IRon or IRoning Board, the only "I" thing I own is an IPhone.....
As for the washing its easy peasy....when ya do the dishes just do the clothes at the same time in the same machine just bung it in the hole at the front bung in some detergent and press start........ (wonders why the plates are all broken and the cups are all cracked.....ah thats what paper n plastic is for
)....
I've got a nice clever manproof front loader, and if i get super lazy I just take it down the laundromatt and get them to do it for me..... he he he
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