Just for the record, my beloved, after you went to bed last night I filled the dishwasher and turned it on.

And the stuff that was in the washing machine had been washed. I saw to it myself yesterday. It's just that the pillow slip covers really do dry on the spin cycle of the washing machine. If you feel down and find things that aren't pillow slip covers, you will observe that they are damp.

I think the laundry basket has been eaten, probably by some old jeans I heard fighting with your yellow top the other day.