So, as I took my wash out of the drier this morning, I cleaned the lint tray, as I always do, and was struck, as I always am, by the amount of lint from my clothes and towels. It caused me to ponder, where does the lint come from? I concluded it must be a collection of fibers that wears off the clothes as they tumble around in the drier. So, I say to myself, I wonder how long I would have to tumble my clothes before they were reduced to only lint. I estimate that the clothing in the drier weighed about 2.5 kilos, and the lint produced in a full drier cycle probably came in around 5 grams. But, as the clothing wears away, surely less lint must be produced. So, and I am guessing here, I think that in about 1500 drier cycles, I would be left with just the metal from my jeans. Mundane, and pointless.
I cleaned out the lint drawer before going to play poker with some cow-orkers one night and put a couple of big handfulls under my shirt next to my belly button. During the game I made a comment about how much navel lint I generate as started to pull large gobs out from there. By about the 3rd handfull my boss was on the floor.
Lieu, so am I. That is inspired!
lieu, is there no end to your talents? You wax erudite about all matters scatological and now you’re taking on laundry lint. You, sir, are a true Renaissance man.