One of the things we are presently putting up with at this stage of human development is the one sleeve or one leg of clothing somehow turning itself inside out in the machine wash.
At some point during the washing cycle one arm, for example, will often go against the grain of the shirt's natural demeanour. Can we fight our natural instincts to right it and hang it up to dry as is? I don't feel we can, nor do I feel we should. It's lightly disturbing to see a top performing contortions on the radiator or clothes horse. It doesn't look right. It niggles us mutely like an inside-out dog's ear. It says 'you have to do something about this'. But that's not the end of it. The twisted arm gathers material around the armpit, material that doesn't stand a cat in hell's chance of drying at the same rate as the rest of the top. And cats don't get many chances in hell. The arm (or leg) has to be righted. Denial (like failure) is not an option. But here, finally, is the rub, the nub of the situation. 'Righting' involves having to reach inside the soggy errant sleeve and pull it back out. And that means getting the arm of the top you're wearing soggy. And you have to live with a slightly damp arm from then on until it dries or you change it for another top.
My partner tells me that I should check that my long johns legs aren't inside out when I throw them in the dirty washing basket. I shall endeavour to do this, but still check whether the washing machine is responsible for this inside-outing phenomenon.
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