The worst thing you’ve ever put in the washing machine…?

[QueenOfWeeds]

Make me feel better please!

DH away with work, and I have a day off whilst DD is in nursery so I’ve had a super productive day. Vacuumed/mopped the floors, cleaned the kitchen, done a few loads of laundry… just taken the last one out and I’ve managed to wash a (clean) disposable nappy. So now my nice clean floor is covered in the fake snow absorbent powder stuff, and the clothes are all having a second wash.

No great harm done (I hope!), but my goodness it’s irritating.

DP's wallet

Oh no!!! The fluff will be everywhere.... I've washed a £20 note before 😳

Bright lipstick. Ruined clothes.

A biro in one of my daughter's school shirts, in a whites wash Amazingly no leaks though!

Airpods!
Though after sitting sellotaped to one of those disposable dehumidifier thingies for a week they were fine.

My brand new AirPods- seeing them (in their case that I'd left in my hoodies pocket ) through the door spinning around wasn't the greatest moment

My phone....

try a dirty nappy. Very dirty 😳

Blanket that was, unbeknownst to me, absolutely covered in cat hair. It covered all the other clothes for ages after. Nightmare.

Oh these are making me feel much better - thanks everyone!

@shellyleppard can confirm the fluff is everywhere. I’ve been like an advert for our cordless vacuum today 🙈.

My phone. Couldn't find it anyway so was delighted when I opened the washer door to find it nestled amongst the clean clothes. Very briefly delighted.

Kids crayons. Ruined all the clothes

KitKat

USB key

My brand new engagement ring! 😬🫠

I sat and watched it get stuck at the edge of the drum and then prayed it was okay until the door would unlock and I could get it out. Thankfully it was fine and I never mentioned it to my now husband!

@QueenOfWeeds you could be the next poster girl for their advertising campaign!! 😍

I put DH’s passport in the washing machine once. I’d picked up some of his clothes to wash and didn’t know it was in his jeans pocket.

Oh that sounds like a perfectly fair punishment for leaving his passport in his pocket, even if it was accidental.

My car key. Twice. One of the battery operated ones - luckily I managed to dry it out both times and no issues.

My toddler had a poo accident in her pyjamas. I thought I'd flushed it all away before putting them in the machine. I hadn't. I then tumble dried the load of washing. Believe me, you don't ever want to do that! The smell was horrific and I then found the offending tumble dried turd. I had to re-wash everything about 5 times with laundry cleanser before I was sure the smell was gone. It was awful.

DHs iPod. He left it in a pocket. It still worked once it had dried out.

Remote control for tv in bedroom. Changed the bed sheets and didn’t realise the control was lurking amongst the sheets I’d taken off. It made such a bloody racket while the washing cycle was on. Really thought it would break the drum of the machine. It actually still worked after too. Won’t do it again though.

I washed a Uniqlo winter coat in the machine. They aren’t washable and the filling all formed little hard balls. Totally wrecked.

@Chorizosausage 😱😱😱😱😱

A special football ticket that my ex dp (who was vile) left in a shirt pocket. I realised when ironing it that the pocket felt rather stiff…
he was most pissed off
I had to call the FA (not sure what game it was it was decades ago) and surprisingly they issued a spare.

I have washed nappies before and I think the worst one was when I washed a dog blanket at 60 and it should have been 30. It disintegrated and blocked all the pipes. Killed the washer.
My worst experience in the early 90s exhusband ran a club and brought the takings home. There was over £3000 this night as it was the height of the season.
I had a twin tub washer and the kids were early risers (4.30 am in summer) so I was happily washing away and pegging clothes out at 5.30am when I noticed some £20s on the kitchen floor.
Then I looked in the washer and they were swirling round in the hot water. Then I looked in the garden and there were £20s all over the place.
I'd washed the trousers with all the takings still in the pockets no idea if they were all accounted for it was like a scene from a bank robber movie.