Somehow, someway, today, a diaper found its way into our washing machine. Maybe a ska troll chucked it in there. Maybe an absent minded parent got it mixed up with the laundry. Who knows. Knowing exactly how it got there is irrelevant, for it doesn't change the fact that it was there. Also, before I go any further - no, it was not a dirty #2 diaper.
Anyway, the reason a diaper can hold so much baby pee is because it contains lots and lots of little tiny gel bead type things that expand very much, and almost seem to multiply, when they get wet. I saw many of them first hand this morning as I opened up my washing machine cover to discover all of the clothes covered in these expanded gel beads performing at their best. Clumps of them, as well as random ones, scattered about throughout the entire load of laundry and covering the bottom & sides of the washing drum.
Thankfully I have a husband who is down like a mofo when it comes to teamwork. He vacuumed out the washing machine and laundry room floor while I hosed down our underwear in the backyard to get rid of the gel beads.
Why can't diapers be filled with fabric softener?
2 comments:
I have heard of this happening - that is freakin' awesome!
I discovered this phenomenon when a very pee-filled diaper was chucked at my head by my intending to be funny husband. It was not funny.
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