My washing machine tried to escape today. We keep it in the dank confines of the garage, so I guess I can see it's point, but I had no idea washing machines could just decide to get up and walk away. Normally the washer and dryer are facing the same direction (as is quite normal) toward the far end of the garage with their backs against the wall. This is the standard configuration I found them in as I put in a load of laundry. However, when I went back down 30 minutes later to put the laundry into the dryer, the washing machine had moved foward between my car and the door and turned 90 degrees away from the dryer, meaning it was now facing the door which it was also partially blocking. My first thought was that someone had been trying to steal the washer but couldn't move it any farther than pulling it out and turning it but I would have heard either the front door or the garage door open. When I finally pushed it away from the door and opened the lid, I noticed all of the clothes were huddled on one side and the other side was completely empty. I realized that with the help of the centripedal force of the unequally weighted machine on the spin cycle, my washing machine had been happily bouncing toward the door but had luckily been restrained by the fact that it was still hooked up by now-contorted hoses to the back wall. It was a good thing the washing machine's delinquent activities only called for escape and not auto theft because it was dangerously close to my parked car and had it decided to turn the other way, would have really messed up the paint job. Try explaining an attack by a renegade washing machine to the insurance company:
"What happened to your car?"
"It was hit by a washing machine."
"Are you sure it wasn't the car that hit the washing machine?"
"No. It was the washing machine's fault. My car was parked."
The washing machine has now been safely returned to its rightful place beside the dryer and barring any further attempts to escape, should remain there for awhile.
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