…apart from clothes, that is…
1. USB Drive: Came out sparkling clean. Still working perfectly.
2. Son’s Watch: Fell to pieces. Watch repairer fixed it. Looks brand new. Still ticking away.
3. Umpteen Currency Notes: They look a little bleached, but shopkeepers accept them anyway.
4. Chocolate Eclairs: Came out intact. On opening the wrapper, the éclair looked OK too. But why take a chance? Straight to the dustbin.
5. Paper: Grade Two Disaster. Goes to pieces. Sticks to the clothes. Difficult to get off.
6. Coins: Grade One Disaster. Machine Stopper. Got stuck somewhere and brought the machine to a standstill. Serviceman’s comment: Why do you waste Rs 350 service charge on a one-rupee coin? Point taken. Coin looks somewhat like another coin that I had kept over a railway track and let a train run over it.
Moral of the story: Check your pockets thoroughly before you put your clothes in the machine.
© Sunil Rajguru