[Becka]

What is the strangest item you've ever found in the washer/dryer?

Mine was dh's cell phone. I missed one of his cargo pants pockets. . .

 

[SmallGame2100]

a 10 dollar bill

 

[test]

Having kids there is ALWAYS something in the washer or dryer. Can't remember anything "weird" right off hand but currently there are 2 coins and some candy wrappers. There have been rocks and pens and much to my dismay...a crayon...washed in hot water (not good.) Then yesterday I was taking stuff out of the washer and I kept smelling each handful of clothes because I thought they smelled like peppermint...I kept thinking that one of the kiddo's must have had a mint in their pocket.

 

[msc]

I've found a crayon remnant (guess where the rest of it all was) in the dryer.

 

[Texas mom]

Dead pill bugs from my child's pocket.

Love letter that I was sure my teen was too smart to leave in her pocket. haha

 

[thoughtgirl]

Over the course of two years i have found My daughters lipgloss, hair clips, and buttons. I have a feeling my washing machine suffers from washing rage.:
A couple of things i have put in came out as if someone had taken a knife to them, and one of my daughters tops came out with dirty marks on it, it was cleaner before it went in.
my 8 year old dryer died a couple of weeks ago so i am seeing how long i can go without one, .
Still i am saving energy, not that my bills show it, its back to bashing the washing on the rocks, where's me wash board and mangle:

 

[Highlander]

a pizza. it was a public laundrymat and someone had put in a cheese pizza and let it cycle.

 

[farmerswife]

My insurance agent told me cell phones were high on their claim list due to them being washed in washing machines.

 

[Brosia]

I recently washed my son's cell phone. I find candy, markers, gum (and always after the fact-ewwww). I can usually make about $10 a week doing laundry between the singles here and there and all the coins. My husband is good for leaving keys and screw bits in his pockets.

 

[countryboy123]

I cleaned the air pump out of my dryer last month and found a 3.5 inch floppy disk and three ink pens.

 

[hank2222]

one of the girls put my cell phone and extra mag in the washing machince without checking the pockets on the jeans the other day

 

[hank2222]

on the way this morning to take the monthly quals for service pistol ..so see it realy is water proof like the maker says..

 

[Becka]

I recently washed my son's cell phone. I find candy, markers, gum (and always after the fact-ewwww). I can usually make about $10 a week doing laundry between the singles here and there and all the coins. My husband is good for leaving keys and screw bits in his pockets.

Wow. I wanna do laundry at your house! I rarely ever find money, just junk. I think gum is the absolute worst, unless you're lucky and it's just melted in the wrapper.

I have also found small pine cones, pebbles, checkers, and dh's flash drive. Fortunately I caught the flash drive before I started the wash. Oh, and a love note in my daughter's pocket when she was in first grade. That was interesting.

 

[sassytexan74]

A can of Skoal

 

[farmerswife]

face paint was not a pretty site when i opened the lid.Lipstick was the same a few years earlier.

 

[Lamb]

With seven kids I found everything imaginable over the years.
Coins, pens, crayons, bugs, a small garter snake (it survived the washer!), weed (yes, that weed), report cards, keys, lighters, soggy cigarettes, homework, whistles, small toys of every type.
One day I hear a strange noise coming from the washer, opened it and rescued my very p.o.'d persian cat.
My cats presence in the washer was explained to me by my logical 5 year old "He was dirty and I was saving him time" apparently thinking it was easier to wash the cat than to let the cat take care of the problem himself.

 

[Brimasmom]

I opened the washer one day to find a disposable diaper. That diaper had sucked up an unimaginable amount of water and had burst all over the clothing throughout that load. I guess you could say that I was pi$$ed off (pun intended) about having to rewash said load several times to remove that diaper gel.