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Forum is looking a bit drap tonight so time to inject some fun into the place!
My washing machine is preparing for launch. Think its planning on taking the kitchen with it this time for its trip to the moon.
Darn lost the chains to tie it down and the controls are broken!
Uh oh!
Oh well thats it gone on it trip to the moon with only a quarter of the kitchen.
It could've closed the door behind it, its awfully cold [lol]
Ha ha got any wayward appliances in your house?
Our xbox will randamly turn itself on.....Think it gets lonely! :lol:
annemarie482
13-Mar-11, 00:19
space exploring washing machine and a randy xbox?!!!!!
saturday night sesh is it?! lol
Our washing machine has a strange and eerie talent. Like most of its kind, if you put 10 socks in for a wash, only 9 will come out. That is an irrefutable law of nature. (A sub-set of that manifestation is that the missing sock will be one of your current favourite pair.)
But - and this is the spooky thing - for each lost sock, a new unused wire coathanger appears in the bedroom wardrobe - over 20 feet away.
How does the washing machine turn the sock into a coathanger, and is this something I could harness to make money? Is the process reversible?
Our washing machine has a strange and eerie talent. Like most of its kind, if you put 10 socks in for a wash, only 9 will come out. That is an irrefutable law of nature. (A sub-set of that manifestation is that the missing sock will be one of your current favourite pair.)
But - and this is the spooky thing - for each lost sock, a new unused wire coathanger appears in the bedroom wardrobe - over 20 feet away.
How does the washing machine turn the sock into a coathanger, and is this something I could harness to make money? Is the process reversible?
Please be assured your washing machine's behaviour is normal. The machine will save one of your favourite socks and return it to you inside your least favourite pillow case. Quite why it does this is still under investigation.
The wire coathangers are in fact car aerials in waiting. In recent history they use to gather in dark cupboards called 'ward robes' waiting to launch themselves at a passing car, usually a Ford Cortina MkIII or IV. However they have been known to form an attachment to Ford Escorts too. They will disperse in time.
Our washing machine has a strange and eerie talent. Like most of its kind, if you put 10 socks in for a wash, only 9 will come out. That is an irrefutable law of nature. (A sub-set of that manifestation is that the missing sock will be one of your current favourite pair.)
But - and this is the spooky thing - for each lost sock, a new unused wire coathanger appears in the bedroom wardrobe - over 20 feet away.
How does the washing machine turn the sock into a coathanger, and is this something I could harness to make money? Is the process reversible?
Yes but you need to modify your washing machine!
Mine likes to eat socks. Hmm a hungry machine! lol.
space exploring washing machine and a randy xbox?!!!!!
saturday night sesh is it?! lol
Ah well partner is working, son is sleeping and i have weird machines in this house lol. Near the end of the cycle the machine shakes so badly you'd think it was taking of!
Don't quite get the xbox lol. Nobody was near it and it just turned on. Hmm a very lonely xbox! lol.
Please be assured your washing machine's behaviour is normal. The machine will save one of your favourite socks and return it to you inside your least favourite pillow case. Quite why it does this is still under investigation.
The wire coathangers are in fact car aerials in waiting. In recent history they use to gather in dark cupboards called 'ward robes' waiting to launch themselves at a passing car, usually a Ford Cortina MkIII or IV. However they have been known to form an attachment to Ford Escorts too. They will disperse in time.
It makes them magical! Makes them tasty for the next time th machine gets them back to eat lol.
Alice in Blunderland
13-Mar-11, 09:29
This thread reminds me of a very funny thread some years ago now.
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?21702-Cheap-socks&highlight=lost+sock
Our washing machine has a strange and eerie talent. Like most of its kind, if you put 10 socks in for a wash, only 9 will come out. That is an irrefutable law of nature. (A sub-set of that manifestation is that the missing sock will be one of your current favourite pair.)
But - and this is the spooky thing - for each lost sock, a new unused wire coathanger appears in the bedroom wardrobe - over 20 feet away.
How does the washing machine turn the sock into a coathanger, and is this something I could harness to make money? Is the process reversible?
This is an interstellar phenomenon known as molecular matter reconstruction. It is widely acknowledged amonst astronomers as the way in which hydrogen gas and a few other elements are transformed into planets, gemstones, people, plants, etc.
The process is under the control of another well-known phenomenon - the gremlin. This creature is employed to continue the process of development and evolution of the universe but, being mischevious, they do enjoy the occasional bit of fun (well, don't we all!) and will undertake such transformations as socks into hangers.
:lol:
In the wee small hours of the night when unable to sleep I head for the living room and the comfort of the tv or a good book. I keep the lights low and the fire lightly crackling in the grate. Lulled into a relaxed and almost soporific state I get the fright of my life as I hear a ghostly sound of voices singing.
We have a stereo thing that seems to turn itself on at random times between midnight and four am. At the moment there is a cd of burns songs in it and the stereo seems to favour A man's a man for a that. This one is just voices no music and flipping ghostly in the circumstances.
Mad
John Little
13-Mar-11, 11:29
Ground Control to Major Socks
Ground Control to Major Socks
Take your Persil Tabs and wash your quilts and flocks
Ground Control to Major Socks
Commencing countdown, eco-cycle on
Check conditioner and may God's love be with you
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five,
Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control to Major Socks
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the washtub if you dare
"This is Major Socks to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a tumble-drier waaay
And the sheets look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is Brobat blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very dry
And my Electrolux knows which way to go
Tell the vacuum-cleaner I love her very much she knows"
Ground Control to Major Socks
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Socks?
Can you hear me, Major Socks?
Can you hear me, Major Socks?
Can you....
"Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the washing line
Planet Earth is Calgon-white
And there's nothing I can do- yet
Next time I’ll use a launderette.
Our washing machine has a strange and eerie talent. Like most of its kind, if you put 10 socks in for a wash, only 9 will come out.
I put 9 socks in and 10 came out.
Barrow in Furness you come from, is it? Portgower, more like!
My dad once stripped a washing machine down, purely to try to find what was happening to his socks. This was a bit of a problem because he wasn't a very mechanical man but he was furious a out his missing socks. It took ages to put the thing back together. My mum was furious.
My dad once stripped a washing machine down, purely to try to find what was happening to his socks. This was a bit of a problem because he wasn't a very mechanical man but he was furious a out his missing socks. It took ages to put the thing back together. My mum was furious.
Did he find the crumbs? ;):lol:
Mine decided last night to have a pool party. It was the only thing happy about it :lol:
ShelleyCowie
14-Mar-11, 12:14
My washing machine does the same! One night me and hubby were just sitting watching a movie, washing machine was on and all of a sudden we heard really loud banging coming from the kitchen. ran through to see my washing machine had bounced about 2ft out of its place! Bad washing machine!!! It seemed to continue until i realised it was on an un-even surface, moved, sorted :)
And yes, my xbox turns on too. Even weirder.....when i turn my PC on...my xbox turns on! They arent connected!!
Also its been known for my pc to turn on. Its a desktop, so without pushing the massive button on the front then it wont go on. Me and hubby sitting on the couch one day, hear a random "roar" (my pc makes a beast of a noise) and it had booted itself up! Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaky lol
oldmarine
14-Mar-11, 14:28
Our washing machine has a strange and eerie talent. Like most of its kind, if you put 10 socks in for a wash, only 9 will come out. That is an irrefutable law of nature. (A sub-set of that manifestation is that the missing sock will be one of your current favourite pair.)
But - and this is the spooky thing - for each lost sock, a new unused wire coathanger appears in the bedroom wardrobe - over 20 feet away.
How does the washing machine turn the sock into a coathanger, and is this something I could harness to make money? Is the process reversible?
I believe my washing machine eats socks. I have about 3 socks without matching ones to make 3 pairs.
I notice, old marine, that a) you've been around a while and b) you used to respond to a call of "Semper Fi". I suggest that therefore you should have no problem with errant socks. Just wear a mis-matching pair and just dare ANYONE to tell you that you're wearing the wrong socks!
(Not that a marine would dream of turning out improperly dressed but you get my drift!)
George Brims
14-Mar-11, 17:46
Many years ago when my sister bought her first flat in Edinburgh, my brother and I struggled up endless flights of stairs with her new washing machine (top flat of course). Then we started to read the installation instructions. Apparently the first thing to do was to replace the large concrete counterweight. The counterweight that was about 1/3 the total weight of the machine, that we hadn't taken out before manhandling the thing up the stairs. 8^(
And yes, my xbox turns on too. Even weirder.....when i turn my PC on...my xbox turns on! They arent connected!!
Its all down to the Xbox files. "Doo Dee Daaa Doh" :eek:
oldmarine
15-Mar-11, 05:11
I notice, old marine, that a) you've been around a while and b) you used to respond to a call of "Semper Fi". I suggest that therefore you should have no problem with errant socks. Just wear a mis-matching pair and just dare ANYONE to tell you that you're wearing the wrong socks!
(Not that a marine would dream of turning out improperly dressed but you get my drift!)
I got a good laugh out of this one. Yes, I've been around for a long spell. Too long to take issue with things like this one. When I was much younger I might have foolishly taken offence. lol!
Better Out Than In
18-Mar-11, 11:52
I have to confess its all my fault. You see I have the ability to manipulate things just with the power of my thoughts. Turning on eletronic devices is easy. The vibrating washing machine is a bit harder; what I have to do is make some of the socks vanish. As for the coat hangers: well they are already there in your wardrobe - its just that you can't see them until I alter your reallity.
Just wear a mis-matching pair and just dare ANYONE to tell you that you're wearing the wrong socks!
)
If anyone says you're wearing odd socks, just tell them you're not, and to prove it, you have another pair just like them at home!
Seriously though (!) the way to avoid odd sockery, bearing in mind the voracious appetite of the washing machine, is to buy however many pairs of IDENTICAL socks at the same time, and chuck out the old stock. You got it - no more odd socks!
Just a low sobbing from the washing machine.........
oldmarine
19-Mar-11, 18:09
If anyone says you're wearing odd socks, just tell them you're not, and to prove it, you have another pair just like them at home!
This one looks like one of the better responses for this subject. lol!!!
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