I squeak more than the washing machine.
It is the unwritten law, that when you catch the children’s lergy that you have spent days nursing them through, that it is the signal for household appliances to go wrong. Trying to explain what went wrong with the washing machine over the phone with a squeaky voice didn’t get my washing machine fixed but did give the repair man a good laugh. Did he cave into sympathy and rush round and help mop up the floor? No , instead he said to call back when my voice returned.

