# "My advice would be for people not to climb into appliances" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058 "2014-01-06T20:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/1 "2014-01-06T20:43:35Z")
Sometimes I really love this country: > [@](#): > > Emergency workers say they had to use olive oil to grease up and free a naked man who got stuck in a washing machine during a game of hide and seek. [link](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-06/olive-oil-used-to-free-naked-man-hiding-in-washing-machine/5186922). So this silly bugger is in a fairly small rural town (about 7000 people). Everyone in the district will pretty soon know who this was. I wonder what his new nickname will be? Whirlpool? Suds? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/2 "2014-01-06T20:55:56Z")
[QUOTE=Me if that ever happened] I travel through time occasionally, and I show up in the new temporal space naked. Itā€™s out of my control. It happens more when Iā€™m stressed. Like, I met my wife when she was 11 and I was 30. We didnā€™t get married then, of course - in ā€˜normalā€™ time weā€™re close to the same age. Yep. [/quote] I would stick to that story doggedly. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/3 "2014-01-06T21:31:44Z")
Is Victoria Australian for Florida? ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/4 "2014-01-06T23:20:38Z")
No, thatā€™s Queensland. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/5 "2014-01-07T01:03:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is Victoria Australian for Florida? Well, they both have a Melbourneā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/6 "2014-01-07T01:53:02Z")
> [@](#): > > First Constable Ingram says it was lucky the man was naked. > > ā€œI guess if heā€™s going to get into a washing machine itā€™s best if he has no clothes on to be able to get him out like that,ā€ he said. Sound advice if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/7 "2014-01-07T18:44:31Z")
Maybe he was planning on doing ALL of his laundry, got confused, left the clothes in front of the machine and climbed in. That would be my story. An honest mistake. Like when you forget you have a really sharp knife in your hand and go to swat the spider on the back of the idiot holding up the express line. 10 times. Quickly. Like thatā€™s never happened to youā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/8 "2014-01-07T19:01:44Z")
I think we all know what happened here. He fell on it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/9 "2014-01-07T19:20:03Z")
Has anyone told Indiana Jones? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/10 "2014-01-07T19:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=Battle Pope] I wonder what his new nickname will be? Whirlpool? Suds? šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] Speed Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/11 "2014-01-07T19:45:20Z")
I donā€™t undestand-- how? What kind of machine? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/12 "2014-01-07T19:51:46Z")
And I thought it was bad when I caught my thumb in the wringer last week. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/13 "2014-01-07T19:53:32Z")
Large top loader washing machine, as I understand it. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/14 "2014-01-07T20:14:34Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > So this silly bugger is in a fairly small rural town (about 7000 people). Everyone in the district will pretty soon know who this was. I wonder what his new nickname will be? > > Whirlpool? > Suds? > > šŸ˜ƒ Spinner. And when he knocks on his mateā€™s door, theyā€™ll say: [Come in Spinner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_In_Spinner) Different providence, but Australian as dingo dongers. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/15 "2014-01-07T21:25:34Z")
Clearly, he was washing his birthday suit. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/16 "2014-01-07T21:51:16Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Large top loader washing machine, as I understand it. For some reason, I mis-read the OP as referring to a dishwasher and had a slightly different mental image. Not better, mind you. Just different. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/17 "2014-01-07T23:19:01Z")
Utah girls climb into washing machines too. I think she wanted to wash her clothes while wearing them. šŸ˜‰ > **[Utah girl gets stuck in washing machine for 90 minutes during game of...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/01/03/utah-girl-gets-stuck-in-washing-machine-for-90-minutes-during-game-of-hide-and-seek/)** > > An 11-year-old Utah girl put a new spin on a game of hide-and-seek when she slipped inside a washing machine and got stuck. The girl was playing the game inside her South Jordan home with her olderā€¦ > [@](#): > > Rhoades said she got a panicked call from her older daughter, who said the children and their aunt were trying everything they could think of to pull the girl free. > > Some of the ideas included using butter, ice and peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/18 "2014-01-08T02:18:20Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Spinner. > > And when he knocks on his mateā€™s door, theyā€™ll say: [Come in Spinner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_In_Spinner) > > Different **providence** , but Australian as dingo dongers. > > šŸ˜ƒ Dammit, I meant _provenance_ of course. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/19 "2014-01-08T03:14:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Utah girls climb into washing machines too. I think she wanted to wash her clothes while wearing them. šŸ˜‰ > [Utah girl gets stuck in washing machine for 90 minutes during game of hide-and-seek ā€“ New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/utah-girl-stuck-washing-machine-game-hide-and-seek-article-1.1565514) I can see an eleven year old girl crawling in while playing hide and seek (although my kids outgrew hide and seek years before that and had been warned about crawling into the appliances) - a grown man? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058/20 "2014-01-08T03:33:23Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > - a grown man? Why not? [Mythbusters did it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEIOrG3lSRI) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-would-be-for-people-not-to-climb-into-appliances/678058.md?page=2)