…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