Washing Machine Fingers Lazy Male

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"Problem is what happens when a working male has to come home and do a few loads in a row because the stay-at-home female is too busy shopping, admiring herself in the mirror and adorning herself?"

Solution: Change the female, not the washer

(ducks and runs)
 
You have to be kidding me!

So what happens when one of the two are away from home for a period of time. You have to let the laundry pile up, go to the laundromat or get behind the machine and disconect it so it will not use the technology.

Just my two cents.

Thanks for the article Toggs!

Jim
 
I can see an alternate application of this idea.

Have the washer check fingerprints to make sure the clueless one isn't able to get it started. Best if it locks the lid, door, and/or detergent drawer as well.

I think Robert (Unimatic) could relate ;-)
 
I had seen this in the press about a year or 1.5 years ago (first time I'd ever heard of the brand Fago). I had my doubts it would see the light of day. Who knew!!
 
Appnut you might be thinking of Fagor, the largest appliance maker in Spain, and a subsidiary of the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation.

Re. the "your turn." I think it was intended primarily to make a point, rather than sell a lot of units in the real world. And in any case you have to get your partner to volunteer their fingerprints.

I don't like the idea of biometric ID devices. Creeping Big-Brotherism. Combine that with an internet-connected kitchen and the next thing you know, your phone will ring with an automated warning message from your health insurance provider when you go to the fridge for snacks too many times in a night. No thanks.
 
Biometric philosophy

I think the fingerprint thing would be good to keep unwanted people with bad laundry habits (I know one) or kids from using your machine, but this "your turn" thing is crap. So many relationships are "parent-child" instead of "equal partnership" and this kind of thing fuels that controlling nature. And behind all this is a feminist biased idea (all men are lazy pigs). BS!
 
No spankings necessary for me, thank you . Now that is not a

It takes TWO to tango and two to tangle. Both parties are at fault when things go wrong, IMHO.

Both parent and child, but in different ways.

Forgive, forget, overlook, pitch-in, but most of all have patience. And the lesson that I have learned after 14 years; Love unconditionally; no expectations. Hold the other's heart delicately, it bruises easily.
 
And now my two cents

I guess that if a marriage is based on such petty bullshit that the couple must invest in such a device, they deserve each other. As for JasonL and Steve, Best words I've read yet, couldn't have said it better myself. You also make a good point about the healthcare, fridge, Designgeek.
 
I guess that too many people are too caught up in "What can you do for me" instead of "what can I do for you". Not that I'm saying that women should do all the chores, I'm very enlightened when it comes to that. I do however think that this goes too far, if I was married, I wouldn't mind doing more of the chores than my spouse, depending on her schedule. But come on, there are too many variables. Forgive me if I sound like Dr. Phil.
 
Togs, I was halfway kidding but you are right, both are at fault when it goes wrong. And you're dead on about being careful with someone else's heart.

Knit, AMEN! Of course, I would do the laundry, but it doesn't make you less of a man if you help the woman with the cooking, etc.

My point was when the someone becomes the parent (either the man or the woman) it's unhealthy. And this washer seems to fuel that mentality. "YOU do the wash, you lazy bum"
 
I've never understood this "less of a man" thing. A guy will barbeque a steak and that's no big deal, but cooking on the stove makes him get all scared. A guy will have no problem running a vacuum in his woodworking shop in the shed or basement, but ask him to hoover the rug in the living room and he gets all scared. What are they scared of...?

Last time I checked, the definition of man was, XY chromosomes and external genitalia. But even that is a slippery slope: there are people with XXY and other combinations, and with external characteristics of males and females together, so the whole binary gender thing seems to be rather more like an arbitrary construct than a natural definition.

For whatever reason, I don't much worry about whether someone will think I'm acting like a guy or a girl or whatever.
 
What makes a man a man?

Sewing at home = bad.
Sewing as a tailor = good.

Cooking at home = bad.
Cooking as a chef/grilling = good.

vacuuming your home = bad.
vacuuming your shop = good.

washing a dish = bad.
washing your car = good.

Washing a window = bad
replacing a window = good

So apparently, it seems, if a man can make money at it and provide, it is good. If it is to serve or nurture others it is bad. KINDA RANDOM, HUH?

What makes a man a man?
Being comfortable in his own skin and in all his actions and not having to prove anything to anyone, including himself.

Now back to elementary school:

A fa***t is a drip
a drip is a drop
a drop is water
water is nature
nature is beautiful
Thanks for the compliment.

Ever notice how all the pretty-boy charming stars and actors
are accused of being homophiles? Are others so darn jealous and envious that they feel they have to tarnish someone *who has it all* ?
 
Why thank your kindly for the good words.

Methinks the differenes between masculine and feminine are somewhat cultural and learned.

They also vary/change over time.

It used to be that if a woman shaved she was a wh***.

Now, men shave (other than the face) IN PUBLIC and no one bats an eye. Men dye their hair in public, etc. I almost died a few times at the personal grooming I see guys do at the gym in plain view.
 
and when did women becoem such....men.

One of my fondest memories is, after a company Christmas party, everyone having a cigar smoke.

The women were absolutely charming! It was a blast.
 

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