Who hasn't done it? Loaded up the washing machine, switched it on, then walked away only to realise halfway through the cycle there's something in the machine there shouldn't be - a red sock, pair of black trousers.
It is, however, slightly less common to realise the family cat is being erroneously washed alongside your smalls.
But when the owners of eight-week-old Milo the cat had searched their house in Redditch, Worcestershire, for the lost kitten, it dawned on them that there was only one place left the missing cat could be: the washing machine.
"I just felt sick," said Ginny Troth. "I switched it off immediately and put it on to drain and started to pull out washing. He just appeared out of the middle of it and was in a pretty poor state."
Milo had apparently decided to bed down for a nap in the cosy, but nevertheless dirty, washing in the Troth family's machine. Oblivious to the slumbering kitten, Mrs Troth switched the machine on to a spin cycle. She rescued the kitten halfway into the programme. "My daughter and I were both hysterical," said Mrs Troth. "We wrapped him in a towel and took him to the vet."
The spin cycle had left Milo, who was bought as a 16th birthday present for Mrs Troth's daughter, Bonnie, hypothermic, with water on his lungs and unable to open his eyes. "We thought that he was dead, I really didn't think he would survive," added Mrs Troth.
But after receiving treatment, Milo returned to rude health within three days. He does not, however, appear to have entirely learned his lesson.
"I won't switch on the washing machine until I know where he is," said Mrs Troth. "We've even found him trying to get in the dishwasher."
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