There’s virtually no household that hasn’t experienced laundry gone wrong. In a classic scenario, a family member puts your beloved cashmere jumper from a fancy Parisian boutique you could never afford on your own on a spin of death and it shrinks just like your dreams of putting it on ever again. You try to stretch the fabric until it tears away and this is a farewell you knew was comin’.
In reality, laundry fails are so common, I am wondering how come they’re still not included in the Olympic games… right next to the wine glass breaking race.
Bored Panda has compiled a list full of hand-selected (you bet!) laundry fails that is basically a low-key guide on how not to murder your clothes in what seems like a hundred different ways.
#1 Just Some Regular Rubber Gloves Washing Accidentally Opened The Gate Of Hell
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#2 It’s A French Sweater Anyway
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#3 The Many Stages In My Sweater’s Life
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#4 They Look Dry Enough
#5 I Shrunk My GF’s Favourite Sweater, But Her Loss Is Oak’s Gain
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#6 Turns Out Washing Machines Do Eat Socks, But There Were More Surprising Things That We Found
Today, my husband got tired of fooling with one of the washing machines that was just not working properly and decided to take it apart, starting with the bottom panel. To his shock, this is what he found… Socks, underwear, a credit card… and that is just what was in the bottom of the machine. When he removed the water pump that removes the water from the machine, he found about $7.00 in change.
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#7 Sorry For Your Loss Meredith, We Kind Of Shrunk Your Favorite Sweater, But Ella Loves Her New Sweater
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#8 You Did Not Do Well
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#9 These Six Socks Were Washed Together, One Shrunk
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#10 My Pillow Said “Washing Machine And Dryer Safe.” I Open Up My Dryer To This
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#11 Washed My Favourite Jumper
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#12 Accidentally Washed My Wallet And This Dog Appeared
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#13 Laundry Time
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#14 I Washed The “Antistress” Pillow
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#15 So My Washing Machine Took A Little Walk
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#16 Accidentally Shrunk My Sweater While Doing Laundry
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#17 So, I Came Back To Check On My Laundry
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#18 Accidentally Put My Wool Hat In The Washing Machine. Label Said Hand Wash Cold
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#19 I Accidentally Put My Leather Gloves In The Washing Machine
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#20 Today Is A Pink Day
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#21 Apparently Sometimes “Dry Clean Only” Really Does Mean Dry Clean Only
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#22 I Feel Guilty For Murdering This Turtleneck
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#23 “I Got A New Sweater Today Because Mom Sucks At Doing Laundry”
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#24 You Would Think They Would Make These Things Waterproof
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#25 Mom Lesson Of The Day: Check The Pockets Before Doing The Laundry
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#26 You Think You’ve Raised Them To Be Rational Human Beings, And Then You Come Around The Corner And You See This
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#27 Did The First Load Of Laundry Of The Decade. 2 Rolls Of Toilet Paper Fell Off The Top Of The Fridge And Into The Washing Machine Without Me Noticing
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#28 Accidentally Chucked My 2-Year-Old’s Lovely Hand-Knitted Dress In The Wash And It Came Out Felted, Newborn Size
After hearing me exclaim “Noooo!”, my 4-year-old son came running into the laundry to find out what had happened. He was quick to console me by reminding me that I will soon have a newborn to put it on. What a sweetie.
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#29 My Husband Washed His Jeans Today… With A Few Red Car Rags
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#30 Nothing Like Pulling Out A Warm Pillow Out Of The Dryer Right Before Bedtime
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#31 And This Is Why You Let Your Wife Do Your Laundry And You Do Not Wash 100% Wool Sweaters In Hot Water. I Promise I Could Fit This Yesterday
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#32 I Washed Christophers Work Id And Made Him A Cyclops
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#33 I Accidentally Washed And Dried My $10 Bill And It Shrunk To A Quarter Of Its Normal Size
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#34 When You Accidentally Put Your Gloves In The Wash
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#35 Laundry Fail. One Of Sena’s Favorite Sweaters Is Hers No More
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#36 My Friend’s Laundry Machine Did This
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#37 I Did Laundry. She Lost Her iPhone
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#38 Honey, I Shrunk My Sweater
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#39 Because When Life Gives You Over Sudsy Laundry Problems And Your Kid Is Home On Chanukah Break You Just Have To Make The Best Of It
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#40 I Seem To Have Accidentally Shrunk Ed’s New Outfit In The Wash
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#41 When You’re Having Monday Problems On A Tuesday. Now How In The Heck Am I Supposed To Clean This?
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#42 Really? Seriously This Is Inside Of My Washing Machine. How A Bag Of TJ’s Pretzels Got Into My Hamper I Will Never Know
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#43 When You Remember That Wool Shrinks In The Dryer
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#44 Farewell, Then, Beloved Jumper. In A Moment Of Distraction, You Were Bundled Into The Wash With Everything Else And Met Your Demise
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#45 Don’t Know How I Managed To Do This Today But Somehow I Did A Load Of Laundry With An Entire Box Of Kleenex In It
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#46 AirPods Were In The Pocket Of My Jacket
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#47 Yay, Pull-Ups In The Washing Machine
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#48 It Won’t Give Back My Laundry
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#49 Washing Machine Shook The Detergent Off
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#50 My Wool Sweater Shrunk In The Wash
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