Comments on: What Have We Learned Here Today? http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Magpie http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5787 Magpie Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:42:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5787 my mother once washed an orange crayon. no one has ever forgotten it, and that had to have happened, oh, 35 years ago? my mother once washed an orange crayon. no one has ever forgotten it, and that had to have happened, oh, 35 years ago?

]]> By: Candy http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5788 Candy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5788 I have washed more crayons than I care to mention. There is no cure. Throw the stuff away.<br /><br />And I have been looking for my insurance card for ten days now, and finally found it in a pocket. A random pocket. In clothes I seldom wear. I think it crawled there in an effort to escape. I have washed more crayons than I care to mention. There is no cure. Throw the stuff away.

And I have been looking for my insurance card for ten days now, and finally found it in a pocket. A random pocket. In clothes I seldom wear. I think it crawled there in an effort to escape.

]]> By: Victoria http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5789 Victoria Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5789 Oh dear! That's completely something I'd do. And I might also cry if it had been my favourite crayon!<br /><br />Great story. : ) Oh dear! That’s completely something I’d do. And I might also cry if it had been my favourite crayon!

Great story. : )

]]> By: Melissa http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5790 Melissa Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:53:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5790 Can we get that on a T-shirt? Or a hoodie with pockets?<br /><br />Also--every time this happens I'm reminded of the little blue men on Twilight Zone responsible for moving time. It's not me, it's the little blue men. Can we get that on a T-shirt? Or a hoodie with pockets?

Also–every time this happens I’m reminded of the little blue men on Twilight Zone responsible for moving time. It’s not me, it’s the little blue men.

]]> By: dawn224 http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5791 dawn224 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5791 hee. Like when we went all the way cross country thinking we only had one baby shoe... and the other was in the coat pocket the entire time :) hee. Like when we went all the way cross country thinking we only had one baby shoe… and the other was in the coat pocket the entire time :)

]]> By: Miss Grace http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5792 Miss Grace Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5792 I chapsticked a load of laundry last week. I chapsticked a load of laundry last week.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5793 Lisa Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:42:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5793 Pre-treat with Zout then soak in hot water with white vinegar, tide and a cup of oxy-clean for a bit then wash on hot. This took green and red crayon out of everything except one pair of nylon wind pants. Though, even a magic eraser with ajax couldn't un-stain the dryer. Pre-treat with Zout then soak in hot water with white vinegar, tide and a cup of oxy-clean for a bit then wash on hot. This took green and red crayon out of everything except one pair of nylon wind pants. Though, even a magic eraser with ajax couldn’t un-stain the dryer.

]]> By: Willow http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5794 Willow Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:29:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5794 Worse than crayon: Blue Ballpoint Pen!! I usually check pockets twice, especially my pen hoarding fiance's pockets. But somehow I lapsed and washed and dried an entire load of laundry with a blue ballpoint pen.<br /><br />Good news? The load was mostly dark colors. Except for my underwear...but who cares, right?<br /><br />Bad news? Ballpoint ben does not come off the dryer drum with ease. After a google search I decided to try aerosol hair spray, since it was something I had on hand (for costume purposes). I proceeded to stick my head INTO the dryer, spraying each spot individually and, while choking on the hair spray, wiping as fast as I could and as hard as I could repeatedly. It worked, mostly. There are still faded blue smears on the drum, but it got most of it off and eliminated the danger of the next load being similarly tainted by the ink.<br /><br />The kicker? I did it a second time not a month later! ACK! Worse than crayon: Blue Ballpoint Pen!! I usually check pockets twice, especially my pen hoarding fiance’s pockets. But somehow I lapsed and washed and dried an entire load of laundry with a blue ballpoint pen.

Good news? The load was mostly dark colors. Except for my underwear…but who cares, right?

Bad news? Ballpoint ben does not come off the dryer drum with ease. After a google search I decided to try aerosol hair spray, since it was something I had on hand (for costume purposes). I proceeded to stick my head INTO the dryer, spraying each spot individually and, while choking on the hair spray, wiping as fast as I could and as hard as I could repeatedly. It worked, mostly. There are still faded blue smears on the drum, but it got most of it off and eliminated the danger of the next load being similarly tainted by the ink.

The kicker? I did it a second time not a month later! ACK!

]]> By: Kristine the HistoryDiva http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5795 Kristine the HistoryDiva Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:07:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5795 Delurking to say that I completely agree with you on the pockets thing. I left a chap stick in my pocket as a kid and ruined an entire load of my mom's work clothes... no allowance for the rest of the year for that one.<br /><br />Btw, ms. karen…thanks for the laugh! Delurking to say that I completely agree with you on the pockets thing. I left a chap stick in my pocket as a kid and ruined an entire load of my mom’s work clothes… no allowance for the rest of the year for that one.

Btw, ms. karen…thanks for the laugh!

]]> By: Ms. Karen http://www.fussy.org/2008/02/what-have-we-learned-here-today.html#comment-5796 Ms. Karen Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.fussy.org/wordpress/?p=377#comment-5796 Caterpillars. <br /><br />One year I washed a pocket full of caterpillers.<br /><br />Oh. My. Fucking. Brains. Caterpillars.

One year I washed a pocket full of caterpillers.

Oh. My. Fucking. Brains.

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