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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Toner Explosions Are Bad

Terrorists have resorted to embarrassing their victims with magenta-toner grenades.Accidents happen. That's a pretty lame statement, but it's true. However, accidents aren't the only thing that happen. Pretty much everything happens. In my case, it was an accident that happened to happen.

My accident involved a big toner cartridge. Not black toner. No. My accident involved coloured toner. And it was the worst colour possible: bright magenta.

The entire right leg of my pantaloons and my right shoe got poofed with magenta toner. The floor also received much of the toner. The diameter of the magenta toner-stain was 16 inches on the shortest axis and 21 inches across the longest, making for a gosh darn big circle of pink.

I tried to shake the toner off, but, despite being a powder, it was surprisingly sticky. Not sticky sticky, but it just.... well.... stuck to my pants. The result of my shaking efforts was dismal.

The mesmerizing tumbling of clothes.... cluck cluck cluck! I. am. a. chicken.Back at home, Suz and I decided this would be a very good test for our new front-load washer. We had already done one or two loads, but they were mostly towels. Our washer was a jeans virgin; we had not done a load of regular clothes yet.

For the test outcome, we expected clean jeans. Any hint of pink, and the test would be deemed a failure. A successful result would indicate that our washing machine was doing a nice job.

With the dial set to Normal we started a load of darks, which included my magenta-stained pants. We used the bonus pack of Tide "he" (high efficiency) liquid detergent that came with the washer. It was in a little packet. Isn't the word packet so cute? The high efficiency detergent is supposed to be less sudsy and is the recommended detergent for front-load machines. Unfortunately, we already had two big bottles of liquid Sunlight - and we've been using it, even though it's not he. It has very low sudsness, so I can't see the harm in using it.

Anyway, after 13 minutes of reverse-tumbling wash action and 3 rinses, my jeans came out looking spanking fresh, with no sign of the nasty magenta toner. Conclusion: The test was a success. Two thumbs up for Frigidaire front-load washers. Two thumbs down for magenta toner explosions.

8 Comments:

Blogger Jod{i} said...

LOL...Laughing with ya...so glad that you defined "The KEYS"...LOL

6:41:00 PM

 
Blogger Vengelyne said...

Hmm... how can we be sure that the bulge there is your keys? We'd need some proof. ;-)

6:38:00 AM

 
Blogger Ellie Creek Ellis said...

i love that color, my front load washer and the fact that you had to point out your keys, lol.

9:18:00 AM

 
Blogger Martini said...

When Suz saw that I had indicated where my keys were, she predicted an onslaught of key/wang comments.

As for the proof... um, I only have one leg? :0

12:23:00 PM

 
Blogger Louisiana said...

i think it's hillarious that you pointed out the keys..lol..

that was quite the mess on your jeans, glad that your new purchase did his job well...

i hope your shoes were saved as well..

1:15:00 PM

 
Blogger Monogram Queen said...

And to think you might have started a new fashion craze... well the 80's are trying to make a comeback! :) Glad your new washer performed to spec!

1:58:00 PM

 
Blogger Rainypete said...

My keys are bigger..........and less magenta.

2:27:00 PM

 
Blogger Martini said...

Oh yeah? At least I don't use my keys to drive my grandma. I mean, her car, that is.

4:42:00 PM

 

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