My washing machine is out-of-order after I attempted an experiment to wash the dishes in it. The experiment was a cracking failure, mainly (I think) because I forgot to disable the spin mode the machine uses to dry the dishes at the end of a wash cycle. The machine is now full of pieces of smashed plates and dishes and refuses to operate, I’m thinking small particles have escaped into the guts of the machine.

My clothes need washing for work tomorrow and, as you might imagine, I have an empty dishwasher. So I’ve decided to load it up with clothes, add the detergents, and see if my dishwasher can serve as the ultimate 2-in-1 home device.

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