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i really love reading your stuff...keep it comin'!!!
posted by
kushie
on December 8, 2005 at 3:30 PM
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I never thought of the dryer
that way, "a slut blowing every piece of clothing in the house". That's hilarious! JoeLove, you have a great way of describing things
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on November 14, 2005 at 4:30 PM
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My laundromat is in the basement of my house - very inconvenient!
I wish I had room upstairs for a set. Or at least laundry chutes; something I was promised years ago. Maybe this Christmas, I'll get lucky, lol. Very humorous descriptions JoeLove. Highly enjoyable read as always.
posted by
Katray2
on November 13, 2005 at 1:57 PM
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Joe
So! It's the washing machine that's the evil in the kitchen, is it? Shades of S, King. Hang some garlic from the ceiling! Quick!
posted by
Tiel
on November 12, 2005 at 5:27 PM
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hehehe I love reading you.
posted by
_Symphony_
on November 9, 2005 at 5:49 AM
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Joe, I hate to say the word 'fridge' to you again, but it is another case of the appliances trying to take over, I think.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on November 8, 2005 at 10:50 AM
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Joe
Had to go back and remind myself of the stove. Dear, that smell that strong is not a good sign. I heat my home with propane and I do NOT get that smell and have been warned if we do it's a leak and to get the hell out of the house. PLEASE have someone come look at it.
I don't have a dishwasher either LOL!
posted by
Bel_
on November 8, 2005 at 10:45 AM
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As always, absolutely hilarious, Joe!
The last line may be the best closing line I've read in months!
posted by
strat
on November 7, 2005 at 7:22 PM
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i like the idea of having the washer and dryer in the kitchen.
i wouldn't mind having my bed in there either. saves time in the long run.
posted by
mikebrown
on November 7, 2005 at 4:29 PM
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You've been cooped up a bit since the puppies were born, huh?
posted by
KarmaTrain
on November 7, 2005 at 3:57 PM
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Joelove
LOL...I think I peed in my pants...oops...gots 2 go!
posted by
cosy
on November 7, 2005 at 1:08 PM
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LOL
you kill me. I have lots of laundry to process today and now I will look at the appliances entirely differently!
posted by
FactorFiction
on November 7, 2005 at 7:03 AM
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Joe
I have a dishwasher, but it's overrated. Doesn't make sense to pre-wash dishes just so you could put them in the dishwasher. So, in the spirit of the 1960s (when I was the family's TV "remote"), I've appointed my kids as the "dishwashers." Great post!
posted by
AlPenwasser
on November 7, 2005 at 5:26 AM
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I recommend going footloose and fancy free...in other words, no underwear. Start to become less dependent on your washing machine and reduce your wardrobe. Run around naked.
posted by
ThomasFranklin
on November 6, 2005 at 10:30 PM
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Joe_Love, I just don't quite know what to say to a person who talks to their appliances. Now, talking to plants I understand.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 6, 2005 at 4:30 PM
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JoeLove
Great to read ya agin Joe, and hey, wouldn't a portable diswasher work for you? I move mine all over the kitchen.
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 6, 2005 at 10:19 AM
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Hey Joe!
This is too funny, and reminds me of a story my mother told me. When she was in college, she was a home economics major (they had stuff like that a long time ago!) Anyway, one of her after-school jobs was to wash all of the dirty dishtowels from the cooking classes. The first day on the job, the girl whom my mother was replacing said "Thank goodness! I've GOT to get OUT of here!" My mom was puzzled. It seemed like an easy enough job, throwing towels into a washing machine. "What's the problem?" Mom asked the girl. "It's that machine!" she exclaimed. "All day long it says,
'GOOD AFTERNOON! GOOD AFTERNOON! GOOD AFTERNOON!'
posted by
Georgia
on November 6, 2005 at 7:31 AM
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>:-} LMAO, Joe! Love your style! Totally agree with you on the 'place for'
an appliance. The church pew is definitely going to look better, and when you get it accomplished, I want to know what ol' washer has to say. My washer and dryer are situated by the back door, so the friggin' dirty laundry has to come through the kitchen to get to them - and I agree, it's just WRONG!
Better not put washer boy too close to sis when you do move him, she's liable to give him a good smack with her door every chance she gets! I think you handled him perfectly, stuffing those dirty clothes into his big fat mouth. Serves him right!
posted by
wiserabbit
on November 6, 2005 at 6:52 AM
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That machine will live forever to torment you
Perhaps whoever "designed" your kitchen was from England where the washing machine in the kitchen comes as standard
posted by
Azur
on November 6, 2005 at 4:17 AM
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Well, Joe
This goes down as my favourite of your posts thus far. Too funny, all of it, but especially the dialogue with the washer. I already liked your writing style, but in the last couple of weeks (can't quite put my finger on it) you seem to have achieved a new level of wit and delivery. Looking forward to more
posted by
Lensman
on November 5, 2005 at 6:30 PM
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Joe,
And when that washer decides to shut up permanently, then your clothes will find their way to the pond and a nice flat rock to beat them clean with. Unless you want to trek through the snow to the laundermat in town because I guarantee you it will die in the first major snow storm. LOL Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on November 5, 2005 at 6:27 PM
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Joe_Love,
When Good Machines Go Bad: The Appliances That Don't Know Their Places. Well, on the plus side, you have a washing machine in the house, but honestly, a church pew would look so much better in there. Can you call a contractor?
posted by
Blanche.
on November 5, 2005 at 6:06 PM
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Thank goodness I'm not the only one who talks to my appliances!
posted by
Ca88andra
on November 5, 2005 at 5:58 PM
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LOL!!!
Maybe you could put a screen around the big mouth washer?
posted by
Whacky
on November 5, 2005 at 4:16 PM
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I imagine the evil washer is somehow in cahoots with the geese.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on November 5, 2005 at 2:27 PM
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JoeLove..
This is hilarious.. You have such a great imagination and sense of humor and definitely have the writing talent that blends it all together. Another great post!
posted by
BrightIrish
on November 5, 2005 at 12:28 PM
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Medusa
yes, dear, you ARE a penthouse kind of woman.
posted by
Joe_Love
on November 5, 2005 at 9:04 AM
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Hey Joe, love.....Please move me to your old penthouse......
That's where I belong.....This was again, full of creative humor and nice writing, Joe..I'm with you---that washer doesn't belong in the kitchen. Where's Rick Pitino when you need him, haha..
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on November 5, 2005 at 9:03 AM
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Joe,
Do you have a fertile imagination or what? My evil appliance is my refrigerator. At odd times, it makes enough of a racket to wake the dead and frighten me to death.
posted by
word.smith
on November 5, 2005 at 7:15 AM
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Joe
The evil washer has been talking to the fridge again! Watch out Joe, it's only a matter of time before it gets you just like your pew! Slut sister huh? Yep, a potty mouth that mere detergent can not wash out. My advise is to seek the opinion of the stove, see what's cookin!
posted by
Offy
on November 5, 2005 at 6:56 AM
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Joe_Love
...his sister, the slut. LMAO. Quit your bitchin'. Ya know there's some folks out there who have to walk 2 miles, up hill, in a snow storm just to reach the laundromat!
Actually, I do feel your pain. I was plagued with the same sitch-e-ation once. And serving a Thanksgiving turkey next to a pile of dirty laundry was, well, icky!
posted by
Masky
on November 5, 2005 at 6:39 AM
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