to vote for favorites. Only 6 votes needed to get on the list.My wife brought home two dryer balls. No, I had no idea what they were either. Egg shaped, covered with short thick spikes, made of a stiff pliable silicon, it sits in the palm of your hand. It resembles a dog’s chew toy or a sex toy gone horribly wrong.
“They are just like Bounce sheets, but better for the environment,” my wife told me. “Says who,” I asked, “the manufacturer of the dryer balls?” I paused here for maximum effect, but before I lost momentum I added, “I never use dryer sheets anyway, which you have never noticed. If you want to reduce dryer sheet usage just stop using them. ”
These were the first salvos in the ongoing Dryer Ball Wars in my house. Both sides are firmly entrenched despite the lack of solid ground supporting either position. Laughter and smiles dominate the issue now, but all serious negotiations have ceased, so an escalation seems inevitable.
When my wife puts laundry into the dryer she places the two dryer balls in with the clothes where she leaves them in preparation for the next load. When the opportunity arises, I remove them and drop them on the laundry room floor to roll where they may. She has the tactical advantage of doing more laundry than I, but I have better field position; I always know where to look for the balls where she has to hunt them down to make her move.
I know that this is not a hill to die fighting for, but I’m still sore from the cheese bun incident, so I think I have something to prove. I do not underestimate my opponent in these wars of stubborn, so caution prevails.
My plan continues to be one of passive resistance, but I pray to the God of War for a puppy come to visit. I will nickname him “Artillery”, and teach him to play fetch.
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If I was her, I would forget the dryer balls and make sure I dried all your clothes with some fleece so that all your socks were sticking to the back of your shirts.
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Jose has the solution!
A friend of the family told me recently that she puts tennis balls in the dryer when she’s drying a duvet. She says it prevents the feathers from bunching up. Maybe that’s what there for. Kinda like beating the fluff into your clothes.