Monday, March 13, 2006

Somebody kill me please

I'm drowning. I'm not kidding. I'm like that chick out of The Abyss, hyper-ventilating, eyes wide open and even prepared to kiss the frozen glass helmet housing my previously estranged spouse, in a frantic attempt to distract myself from my pending drown-dom.

Except it's not water. It's washing baby. A fortnight of rain, and check out my laundry...



I must know, does anybody out there actually even USE the 'low' setting on their washing machine? I'll tell you how often I've used it: NEVER. Not even once. The one and only setting I EVER use is 'maxi'. And even then I can't keep up.

I can't even imagine when, why or how anyone on this planet would ever have reason to use the 'low' setting. In fact, I don't think 'low' even works. I think it's a marketing ploy to make us feel all empowered, like we've got all these options, when the truth is the manufacturer knows damn well that nobody will ever use it to check.

Hmmph. I've got it all sussed. Knowledge may be power, but it doesn't fix my nightmare.

Yes, I'm drowning. And there's not even a smidge of oxygen-deprived ecstasy in sight.

*gulp*

2 comments:

amanda said...

I hear you! Before I had a kid, there were whole days when I didn't have a mountain of laundry waiting to be washed or folded. These days, I just can't keep up. The other day I even took off a T-shirt and threw it away so I didn't have to wash it.

Jenny Wynter said...

Oh, I throw away clothes all the time. I feel like such a feral, but I'd just rather forget that mouldy t-shirt ever existed than have to add the 'soak and scrub' to my list of 'things I'm never likely to get done' list.

So we can take comfort in each other's wasteful washing habits.

Cue music: "You'll never walk alone!!!"