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To: epicure who wrote (5943)	1/8/1998 2:20:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Respond to of 71178

I think it'll probably flood your laundry room. Taht's what they usually do when they get pissed off.

To: epicure who wrote (5943)	1/8/1998 2:38:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

If your washing machine is like our last one, it will suddenly stop with a sighing noise and then spread all its soapy water all over the floor like an incontinent cow.

To: epicure who wrote (5943)	1/8/1998 2:42:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Could you wash my pants? They're on the hook in there. The stain might have set tho, so you might want to treat it first. Thanks.

To: epicure who wrote (5943)	1/8/1998 3:39:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Everyone has done his or her, their, its bit, which just goes to show that when we put our minds to it we can stomp out any sign of intelligent life on Rambi, no matter how furtively it tries to enter. As usual, I am filled with pride. Washing machines are tricky things, possessing a malicious slyness but having no real intelligence. This makes them difficult to predict, as they will spew forth when the mood strikes just to indulge their own bad mood. Are you sure that he hasn't just thrown a screw or bolt into his own innards? Mine did that once. I was concerned when the repairman showed me the bolt, thinking that I had missed some signs of depression, that this was a real suicide atttempt, but Bill, my Sears Whirlpool man who looked a lot like Steve McQueen, said it was just an attention getting technique, and we laughed right there in the laundry room which was not smart because two weeks later it threw up all over the laundry room floor intentionally just to get even. If I can answer any mechanical questions, let me know. I think I probably have several washing machine stories, if anyone would like to pursue this topic.

To: epicure who wrote (5943)	1/9/1998 8:25:00 AM
From: Averill Shepps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I had a friend, a metal sculptor, who at one point in his long career worked repairing wahing machines. (Come to think of it, penni, he was good looking.) He liked to tell stories of going into someone's house, looking at the machine and ahving no idea what was wrong with it. Out of frustration, he would hit it. And lo, the machine would respond by working once again. "That will be $25.00, Madam." (This was years ago.) He had a technical explanation as to why this worked, but I won't bore you with it.