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LogDog75

(647 posts) Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:38 PM Jan 2025

How does a shirt get turned inside out in the washer [View all]

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?

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How does a shirt get turned inside out in the washer [View all] LogDog75 Jan 2025 OP

It's called an agitator for a reason. sinkingfeeling Jan 2025 #1

But it never gets my shirt angry LogDog75 Jan 2025 #9

The shirt knows how it should be washed better than you do bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #2

I do that with my jeans LogDog75 Jan 2025 #14

There are invisible gremlins, or whatever you want to call them, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2025 #3

I've always suspected that, thanks for the confirmation LogDog75 Jan 2025 #10

Sometimes a shirt gets caught in the wake when it sends a single sock to another dimension unblock Jan 2025 #4

Ahhh, the sock and hanger problem PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2025 #17

The rinse cycle has been known to open n-space. LudwigPastorius Jan 2025 #5

You didn't see your mistake inthe forumla? LogDog75 Jan 2025 #11

D'oh! LudwigPastorius Jan 2025 #12

But is it really inside out?? Marie Marie Jan 2025 #6

With proper lighting and a small camera, one could get evidence. n/t Harker Jan 2025 #7

That's what they say about getting a picture of Bigfoot LogDog75 Jan 2025 #15

Well, yeah... Harker Jan 2025 #18

I suspect a portal to an alternative universe. nt doc03 Jan 2025 #8

Is that why I have all these socks with no mates? debm55 Jan 2025 #13

The mates for them were stuck in a black hole. nt doc03 Jan 2025 #16

Ghosts. Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #19

So what if True Dough Jan 2025 #20