The Mystery of the Shirt Stripe. By Sir Arthur Conan Horse

@TheHorse (221900)
Walnut Creek, California
October 3, 2018 12:48pm CST
I noticed recently that some of my t-shirts, after I wear them, have a diagonal stripe across the chest when I put them in the laundry. For several weeks, I wondered what caused said stripes. Finally, I sat in my reading chair in the corner, took a small sniff of cocaine, lit my pipe, and thought about everything I'd been doing over the past few weeks, and when the stripes were especially dark. The solution came to me like a lightning bolt. My friend, Dr. Watson, who was reading in another chair across the room, later told me he saw the twinkle in my eye and even the slightest trace of a smile at the very moment that my epiphany occurred. Can you solve the mystery of the shirt stripe?
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14 responses
PLETHOS
@Plethos (13581)
• United States
3 Oct 18
you use a purse... i mean man bag ... i mean a messenger type of bag.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Oct 18
I carry a day pack only when I teach (college). It is slung over my right shoulder. The lines didn't match up. But you're on the right track.
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vanny
@vandana7 (100948)
• India
5 Oct 18
@Plethos Purrfect....Pony is beautiful...
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PLETHOS
@Plethos (13581)
• United States
3 Oct 18
@TheHorse - a sash from a beauty contest?
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (42059)
• United States
3 Oct 18
I'm totally clueless. Well, you know what I mean. BTW, I see you've recently moved to Kazakhstan. Interesting. Hmmmm.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Oct 18
I moved there so I could have tea with both Borat and @Maluse. You're the first person to notice.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
@MALUSE I hereby cancel our tea date.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472409)
• Switzerland
4 Oct 18
@TheHorse WRONG, I asked you yesterday when you moved to and also @Morleyhunt asked, but you did not reply to us. You surely do not always check your notifications.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
3 Oct 18
This guy could give us a clue... Or could it be the track of a safety device, I wonder?
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vanny
@vandana7 (100948)
• India
4 Oct 18
@pgntwo Wow pgn..you are a genius!!! I don't like seat belts...so kinda..I avoid them...sheepish look...I usually drive only on outskirts so there is no danger, and I am not given to press the accelerator and have fun...I am more enjoy song breeze and fresh air type of person.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
4 Oct 18
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
A safety device. Can you elaborate?
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DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
3 Oct 18
I have no idea. Perhaps you wiped your nose on your shirt!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Oct 18
I have hay fever, but I do not generate THAT much...snot.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Oct 18
@DianneN I do drive a lot. That's a hint.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
3 Oct 18
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (344106)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 18
You drape it over the line at the point where the mark is - no, that's not right 'cause the stripes diagonal. I give up.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
Think: "The Horse drives a lot."
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
@JudyEv It's from where my seat belt contacts my body when I drive in hot weather.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (344106)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 18
@TheHorse Oh, of course. That should have been so easy!
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
4 Oct 18
@TheHorse Did you keep it right side up and not turn it inside out when you washed it and that is why that happened|?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
When I soak or wash it, the stripe goes away.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
4 Oct 18
@TheHorse So was I wrong or right that it was not inside out?
BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (48141)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Oct 18
Dirty guitar strap.
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vanny
@vandana7 (100948)
• India
4 Oct 18
I believe you. I have seen his dirty bed sheets, I have no reason to believe his guitar strap is not dirty.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
That entered my mind as well. But most of the pressure from my guitar strap is on my back.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
19 Nov 18
your bandalero full of ammo leaves a crease?
Anna
@LadyDuck (472409)
• Switzerland
4 Oct 18
You bring something on your back that has black straps and the straps stain your t-shirts.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472409)
• Switzerland
5 Oct 18
@TheHorse I was sure that was something like this, because it happened that my seat belt stained one of my white dresses after we left the car at the garage for revision. I cleaned the seat belt and it never happened again.
The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Oct 18
It's my seat belt!
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (110078)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Oct 18
Wiping your hand across your chest.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Oct 18
That was one of my initial hypotheses. I ultimately rejected it.
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rakski
@rakski (129035)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
no idea.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
I will send you a pipe and a comfy chair.
Angie
@andriaperry (117691)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Oct 18
The seat belt needs cleaned, or the book bag?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Nov 18
It's the seat belt.
Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
3 Oct 18
Hm I'm not sure, is it something inside of the drawer?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
No, it's inside my car.
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
4 Oct 18
@TheHorse Oh.... seatbelt?
Gogata Ionut
@Kasjnak (4489)
• Romania
3 Oct 18
The clues are all there! The stripe, it's position, the way it looks, the fact that it's present before putting them in the laundry. And of course, reading your comment about driving a lot . So, the solution is simple: you drive a lot and this makes you happy, that's why you put your right hand across your chest to calm your heart beating. Hence the stripe. Or it could be the seat belt... No, I'll go for the hand solution!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (221900)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Oct 18
Heh. Methinks there is not a vacuum between your ears and that your head will not implode.
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Gogata Ionut
@Kasjnak (4489)
• Romania
4 Oct 18
@TheHorse apparently there still are two brain cells somewhere... One of them is getting a sun tan, the other one is protesting against harsh work conditions .