Comments on: When I’m not making cupcakes I am swearing at appliances

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:26:06 +0000

Our washing machine used to playt up like your dryer. We always found making a phone call to Retravision and getting a quote for a new washing machine within earshot of the non-working machine always did the trick! I really do believe now that household appliances are living, breathing things.

By: shelley

shelley — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 05:34:41 +0000

I’m one of those weird people thats loves cleaning but even I hate washing clothes. My washing machine is constantly on the go, Danny is two and wears fifteen billion shirts in a day I try to avoid the dryer whenever possible but living in the north of England we only get about 2 dry days a week ! So like you most of my laudry days are spent shouting at the appliances and wondering how the dryer can get so hot and yet not actually dry the clothes:(

By: mcb

mcb — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:37:20 +0000

Oh, what I wouldn’t give for a washing machine and dryer to swear at… I’m terrified that we still won’t have one when our baby arrives and that we’ll still be traipsing off to the laundry mat. The horror!

By: Surfingfree

Surfingfree — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:11:32 +0000

.. and then once the clothes are washed there is the putting away of the clothes to look forward to! Most of the time our clean clothes stay draped over a sofa until I have a hissy fit and demand everyone grabs their clothes and puts them away. ‘Aint no-one happy when Mum’s unhappy.

By: Tina Free

Tina Free — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:05:52 +0000

Hi yes washing is a boor, and cleaning worse, but I want to tell you about the wonder of a washing line that has been hung with an eye to the art of washing. All the shirts upside down and trosers and skirts hung from the wast band. When the wind blows and the clothes and the wind dance together its lovely. I think that befor feminision it hanging out the washing may have been an moment when women could express creativity. sorry I cant spell. Tina x

By: jena

jena — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:16:09 +0000

We *so* had the same weekend! Ugh — it’s the pits.

Here’s hoping for some good appliance karma soon!

By: linda

linda — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:43:13 +0000

I enjoyed your illustration. Sounds like the kind of weekend I had. Same thing. Machine wouldn’t cooperate!

I have been away for a long time & when I got home to check out my favourites (of which your’s is one) I couldn’t find Penelope anymore. What’s happened?

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:37:39 +0000

That’s sucky and frustrating. But what a fabulous illustration that came out of the experience!

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:43:00 +0000

True story. My friend Liz gave away a dryer because it didn’t dry properly. The recipient said it worked perfectly after removing the years and years of lint that she had never remembered to do.

NOT that you do that, it just reminded me of that funny story.

By: miss fish

miss fish — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:28:02 +0000

I do sympathize!
Myself, I have a funny relationship with laundry. I don’t mind sorting and washing, but when they come out of the dryer in a big tangled heap I kind of give up on it. I lose every trace of motivation in my body. I am one of those unfortunate souls who is likely to live out of two laundry baskets: one filled with clean, the other filled with dirty.