Years ago, when I was first with my wife, I started to do laundry. My buddies told me that if I put a red sock in with a load of whites, the laundry would turn pink and I'd never have to do laundry again. That was the big secret on getting out of a chore nobody wanted to do. I never took their advice and now I'm stuck with laundry duty for a family of four. Motto of the story...listen to your friends, they know what their talking about.