How does a shirt get turned inside out in the washer

[LogDog75]

This happens often with some of my polo-style shirts. I take it off and it's right side out. I put it in the washer and when it's time to put it in the dryer the shirt, including the sleeves, has magically turned itself inside out. How does this happen? I can understand a missing sock now and then in the dryer but how does a shirt turn itself inside out?

[sinkingfeeling]

1. It's called an agitator for a reason.

[LogDog75]

9. But it never gets my shirt angry

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The shirt knows how it should be washed better than you do

Less friction and wear on the outside of the shirt when laundered inside out. Lasts longer. Shirts are proud of themselves, even if their owners abuse them.

[LogDog75]

14. I do that with my jeans

I zip and button them up, turn them inside out before putting them in the washers. The zipper and button can cause more wear and tear on the other clothes.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. There are invisible gremlins, or whatever you want to call them,

living in the washer, and their only job is to turn shirts inside out.

What? That's as good an explanation as any.

[LogDog75]

10. I've always suspected that, thanks for the confirmation

[unblock]

4. Sometimes a shirt gets caught in the wake when it sends a single sock to another dimension

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Ahhh, the sock and hanger problem

Socks disappear, apparently in the dryer. Meanwhile, wire hangers breed and multiply.

My Son The Astronomer once told me with a straight face that socks are the larval form of hangers. My sense to me.

[LudwigPastorius]

5. The rinse cycle has been known to open n-space.

[LogDog75]

11. You didn't see your mistake inthe forumla?

[LudwigPastorius]

12. D'oh!

[Marie Marie]

6. But is it really inside out??

That is the way it is when it is sewn and then we turn it inside out to wear it. Just reverting back to it's original state. Just sayin...

[Harker]

7. With proper lighting and a small camera, one could get evidence. n/t

[LogDog75]

15. That's what they say about getting a picture of Bigfoot

[Harker]

18. Well, yeah...

but I only have a couple of shirts as smart as that.

[doc03]

8. I suspect a portal to an alternative universe. nt

[debm55]

13. Is that why I have all these socks with no mates?

[doc03]

16. The mates for them were stuck in a black hole. nt

[Scrivener7]

19. Ghosts.

[True Dough]

20. So what if

you turn the shirt inside out before tossing it in the washer. Will it emerge right-side-out???