From Ben Cracknell
ben.studios@paston.co.uk
I thought that Jan Reid might like to know that she got off lightly
(Letters, 7 March, p 56).
A good friend of mine had to go into hospital for a few days, leaving her
husband to fend for himself. To show he was up to the job, he decided to make
the house shipshape for her return. Visiting her in hospital two days later, he
proudly announced that he had been washing his clothes and had already done 15
washes. She was perplexed, as she thought she had hardly left an item
unwashed.
He explained that he had diligently read the instructions and that the label
on his favourite shirt stated “wash coloureds separately”. I was not told
whether he risked putting pairs of socks in together.
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