Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines (2011)
“She held up a barely recognisable item of clothing. ‘Just look at this shirt. Two minutes in the spin drier and there’s not a single button left!’ Monsieur Pamplemousse avoided asking if there had been any buttons on it to start with. Remembering the state it had been in, he strongly suspected the answer would be no. The manner in which it had been torn from his body was not the kind of test normally favoured by consumer magazines.
‘I should have complained at the time,’ continued Doucette.... ‘Except those places are all the same. There’s never anyone around when you need help. They’re full of people gazing into space, waiting for something to happen. It’s like entering a state of limbo.’ ‘Washing machines are responsible for a great many evils in this world,’ said Monsieur Pamplemousse. ‘If only they could talk, some of them would have a sorry tale to tell.’ Doucette ignored the remark. ‘I can’t understand it,’ she persisted. ‘It isn’t as though the cotton needed renewing.MoreLess
‘I should have complained at the time,’ continued Doucette.... ‘Except those places are all the same. There’s never anyone around when you need help. They’re full of people gazing into space, waiting for something to happen. It’s like entering a state of limbo.’ ‘Washing machines are responsible for a great many evils in this world,’ said Monsieur Pamplemousse. ‘If only they could talk, some of them would have a sorry tale to tell.’ Doucette ignored the remark. ‘I can’t understand it,’ she persisted. ‘It isn’t as though the cotton needed renewing.MoreLess
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