And moms/girlfriends/wives do not take kindly to you putting old dirty ropes in their clean washing machine ... I would advise doing that when they are away!!!! The word conniption comes to my mind .... (Personal Experience)
Harry
Ya ought to see what happens when ya put auto parts in the dishwasher, even if "they were hardly dirty at all".
I SWEAR she thought about putting a padlock on the dang thing every time she left me home alone for more than an hour