A knotty problem
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338437)
Rockingham, Australia
October 18, 2024 11:14pm CST
I washed our mattress protector this morning along with a couple of other things, including a coloured tea-towel. The protector has loops that slip over the end of the mattress.
As you can see in the photo, the loops managed to get completely entangled with the tea-towel. This happens quite often with anything that has ties or loops.
While I’m having a bit of a rant, how come garden hoses insist on getting caught up on anything possible – or even impossible? Enquiring minds want to know, as The Horse would say.
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@abhi_bangal (5187)
• Ahmednagar, India
20 Oct
@JudyEv I'm curious to know that this kind of entanglement doesn't happen in front-loading machines? It sounds so from what you are saying.
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@JudyEv (338437)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
@abhi_bangal No, this is a front-loader but they tangle just as badly as an agitator model.
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@snowy22315 (179495)
• United States
19 Oct
Ugh, I hate it when clothing gets tangled up like that!
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@snowy22315 (179495)
• United States
20 Oct
@JudyEv Of course if you ever need to escape from the second floor...you would have a rope to get to the ground..
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@JudyEv (338437)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
@snowy22315 Good point. Now I just need a second floor. 
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@RebeccasFarm (89743)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Oct
Oh gosh what a blinking nuisance Judy.
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@JudyEv (338437)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
It came apart much more easily than I thought it would.
@Juliaacv (50963)
• Canada
19 Oct
@JudyEv Remember shoelaces?
I feel like they are a thing of the past.
I remember getting a knot in a shoelace, and my Dad sitting me down to show me that it only takes a little while to patiently remove the knot before it becomes more than one and the shoelace was too short to tie up.
Patience needs to be taught and exercised from a young age.
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@abhi_bangal (5187)
• Ahmednagar, India
20 Oct
You pointed out that right. When there're ties and loops, such things are bound to happen. It happens with us too. But it's irritating when you are running late and this happens. You need to free them and only then can you put them on the clothes line.
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@JudyEv (338437)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
What annoys me even more is when the hose either gets a kink in it so no water flows through or it catches on something and I have to retrace my steps to free it. It seems to go out of its way to catch on pots or drainpipes or anything else it can find.
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@abhi_bangal (5187)
• Ahmednagar, India
21 Oct
@JudyEv Everyone of us experiences different problems when operating electrical devices. You have this, we have that... And the story goes on
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@wolfgirl569 (105022)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Oct
I hate when the laundry does that.
Hoses I think just want us to do extra walking.
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@moffittjc (121487)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Oct
That happens to me from time to time. Maybe there are little gremlins who sneak into the washing machine and knot up all the laundry! haha
And another thing that drives me crazy: how do electrical cords always seem to get tangled up when you go to use them? Or a string of Christmas lights? Or even worse, how do my shoelaces always ended up in a knot?
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@JudyEv (338437)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
When we go away taking photos, the electrical cords for chargers, cameras, etc always end up in knots.
@allknowing (134992)
• India
20 Oct
Moral of the story. Either do not get anything that has loops or wash it alone (lol) And as for the water hose we have arrangements to ensure that does not happen.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16748)
• China
19 Oct
As is often the case when you use the drum washing machine.
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@RasmaSandra (79236)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Oct
Looks like you created an unexpected work of art. I hope you can untangle it.
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@Shiva49 (26634)
• Singapore
19 Oct
I take it as a challenge to untangle such, and it gives me a sense of achievement after a successful effort
Regarding garden hoses getting caught up, it can be another of the oft-quoted laws like Murphy's law "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".
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@LindaOHio (176200)
• United States
19 Oct
I hate when that happens. It happens when my bras get out of the lingerie bags and twist themselves around my clothes. So annoying. Have a good weekend.
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