Lip Laundry

Tell me how this is my fault:

Husband leaves an ENTIRE tin of Smith’s Minted Rosebud Salve (yes, I am aware that it is the BOMB diggity for winter lips..Especially in the Arctic Circle of New England) in his pants pocket.

He does not remove the tin before throwing the said pants down the laundry shoot.

Pants are washed and then (cringe) dried, therefore, unlocking the oily goodness of the salve ALL OVER AN ENTIRE LOAD OF LAUNDRY.  Darks, to be exact.

When I discovered the situation, I was, not mincing words, pissed.  I opened the clanging dryer to discover the top to the salve and just about threw it across the room.  I knew what had happened and I didn’t even want to see the casualties.  I pulled piece after piece of oily stained clothing out of the dryer all while cursing my husband for not taking the salve out of his pocket.  I mean, really.  How can you forget that an ENTIRE tin is in your pocket...These things are not small!

Anyways, Chris comes home and says (exactly): “Why didn’t you check the pockets?”

Whhhhhhhaaaaaat?

I am being blamed because I didn’t frisk the load of laundry?

Let me break it down.  I have exactly 35 (I timed it today) seconds to run downstairs, fight with the overflowing bin of dirty laundry, sort it (kinda), and throw a batch into the washing machine while throwing another batch into the dryer FROM the washer.  And I have to be sure NOT to throw ANY of my tops into the dryer or I will be saving them for my daughter’s Barbie dolls.  35 seconds.  You try it.  35 seconds is the magic time.  I can sneak away without limbs falling off the children or toys being thrown through my front window.  In 35 seconds they don’t notice I am gone.  36 seconds and all bets are off.  I may be walking into a small fire or may have to rescue someone from the toilet.  Or the dog may be suspended from the kitchen chandelier and the cat in the freezer.  Who knows what THEY are capable of….unattended for 36 seconds.

My solution? My husband is doing his own laundry.  He can frisk his own pants and take responsibility for his lip (minted rosebud) balm.  

Comments

[krysten]

i think there is a rad degreaser out there...K2r, i believe?? my mom had it back in the day and it was amaaaazing. i like your solution though!! :)

[Flutterby]

Ohhhhh.... LOL. My hub also does his own laundry. The only thing the rest of us get pissed at him for over the laundry now is the fact that he NEVER cleans the lint out of the dryer screen. My rule is... it's your laundry, it's YOUR FREAKING LINT so CLEAN IT OUT! He says "I clean it out when I put my things in the dryer." Well, no he doesn't because none of us EVER leave it in there. The kids (who also do their own laundry) and I have been standing there at the dryer when we find the lint screen full and yelling for *whoever left lint in the screen better come clean it out NOWWWWWWWWW!!!* Pisses him off but... if he'd just clean it out when his laundry is done... sheeesh. And he is ALWAYS leaving chapstick in his pockets. And there is something that will get most if not all of greasy stains out... in a yellow bottle. Cannot for the life of me recall the name but there is a whole line of the product, in little one ounce bottles that clean different things. Usually they are in a special little rack in the laundry section of the store.