Rodent Laundry is Seriously Smelly
May 10th, 2023 by The Rat
So a yesterday after the gym I went to the beach, see? I thought it would be nice to cool off in the water, after working so hard lifting weights. And after I got done swimming (we rodents are excellent swimmers), I walked along the shore, collecting things. You know, shells, little rocks, dead minnows… the usual. I didn’t have a bag along so I just put them in my socks.
When I got home I put everything in a pile with my sweaty clothes from the gym, and forgot about it. Laundry can always wait, right? But– peee-ewww!! Who knew a few dead fish would stink like that? You’re lucky this isn’t a scratch-and-sniff blog! I tried to get Emmy to do my laundry, but she refused.
I ask you, is this FAIR? We rodents have exceptionally sensitive noses! I think someone else should do this job for me, don’t you?
I wonder… have YOU ever had to do a job that you thought was too hard, or unfair, or just plain stinky? What did you do?
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May 11th, 2023 at 9:30 am
Hi ratty I think you should get a toy washing machine that works and wash your cloths on your own.
May 11th, 2023 at 9:31 am
yes it is fair just put on clothes pin on your nose and your laundry no maybe you should rodents do it daily yes I do my own laundry and I clean the house and do my bed but I also make it fun so that I enjoy and I don’t get bored maybe you should do that or have Emmy help you enjoy your rest of the day ratty! <:
May 11th, 2023 at 9:32 am
G’day, my mates Valaria and Yohana!
Well, Valeria, a toy washing machine sounds ratfabulous. But where can I get one, I wonder? And would its little tiny plug work in a human outlet? Hmmm. I wonder how much laundry soap I should use? Two grains? It’s a great idea, though I’m going to have to figure out where to get one. Maybe Rats R Us would have it! Yeah!
Yohana, I like the idea of a clothes pin on my nose. Of course my ratty nose is HIGHLY sensitive and I hope the clothespin wouldn’t pinch too much! But that would solve the odor problem, for sure. Wow, you do your own laundry AND clean the house AND make your bed? I’m ratly impressed! But how do you make it fun? Do you pretend that you are slave labor and are going to break free any minute? Do you pretend you are skiing on a mountain of snow (instead of a mountain of clothes?) I’d like to know your secret!
May 11th, 2023 at 9:33 am
Yes I had to go get the mail in the hot sun I question how dose it feel to rat blog with us.
May 11th, 2023 at 9:33 am
Yes I have to wash dishes and do the laundry I absolutely hate those jobs well I still do ok bye ratty
May 11th, 2023 at 9:34 am
Hey hey, Alex and Jadian, nice to hear from you again!
Alex, getting the mail in the hot sun… hmmm. Did you sweat through all your clothes? Did you get a major sunburn on the tops of your ears? Or maybe you got attacked by killer bees on your way to the mailbox, and swelled up to twice your size? Because otherwise, getting the mail doesn’t sound all that hard… but maybe there was a very heavy package and you strained all your muscles, carrying it! I am sorry for that heavy labor you had to do!
And how does it feel to ratblog with you all? It feels RATACALIFRAGILISTICEXPIRATADOCIOUS!
Jadian, washing dishes (ALL of them?) and doing the laundry (ALL of it?) both sound like serious chores. And I could see hating to do them, all right. Unless, of course, you are seriously contributing your part to the family! Me, I don’t exactly have that sort of family anymore. No Ratdad (he got crunched by a cat), no Ratmom (waaah! I was taken away from her by the Big Hand and never saw her again! Oh, wait, I saw her in the third book… but I’m getting ahead of myself.) Anyway, I do have Sissy now, but she lives with Professor Capybara right now. But I would do laundry for HER if I had to, you bet.
May 11th, 2023 at 9:35 am
Ello, Rat! One hard job I had to do was rearranging the upstairs rooms. Me and my parents did that stuff, and my other 2 brothers were just on their phones!!! ♨_♨◉_◉ Brothers, man…have a wonderful thursday
May 11th, 2023 at 9:35 am
Hey Ratty, how are you today? No its unfair for rodent to have to do jobs. And yes I have had a job to hard, I was working with my mom it was hard.
May 11th, 2023 at 9:36 am
Ello, ello, Chase and Barbara!
So Chase, rearranging the upstairs rooms sounds like SERIOUSLY HEAVY LIFTING! And you say your brothers didn’t help? At ALL? Yikes, I’d be steamed at them, too! Unless, of course, everyone knew that they were so clumsy they’d break everything. How does it feel to be the strong, graceful, helpful type? Because I have a sneaking feeling that’s the sort of
rodenter, kid–that you are! So I’m proud of you, even if your brothers aren’t.Barbara, I’m doing ratariffic today, thanks for asking, and I hope you’re doing ratastic, too! It’s nice of you to commiserate with me (that means feel very, VERY sorry for me and tell me so) and it makes my little ratty heart feel all warm inside. And I would feel sorry for you, too, doing a job with your mom that was very hard to do, but (sniffle!) it also makes me sad! Because (whimper!) I don’t even HAVE my Ratmom with me anymore (Sob! Waaaaah! Oh, it’s a cruel, cruel world!) At least you still have yours!
May 11th, 2023 at 9:38 am
I have to clean my room sometimes and I hate it. I thought of a title! Its called “Lose the fat with is awesome diet and workout routine! Lose 10 lb in 2 weeks!” Like it?
May 11th, 2023 at 9:39 am
Well what I did rasto was I either didn’t do it or you just overdo the part that was hard till you get use to it (totally did that) ALSO yeah rodent directions are very much different than human ones because I don’t know which grayson lake it is! (also rats are very very very very…very cool)
May 11th, 2023 at 9:40 am
Hey there, Ryan and Matthew, nice of you to write to me again!
Ryan, I think cleaning your room could be very very hard. Especially if you have a lot of junk to clean up, like 47 peanut butter cup wrappers, and 73 toy cars (some with missing wheels–and you have to find the wheels, too), and 1237 Lego blocks. Especially the Lego blocks. And especially if you keep stepping on them in your stocking feet. But I like your additional title, thanks! I really love “Lose the Fat with this Awesome Diet and Workout Routine” part, but I am not so sure about the losing 10 pounds in 2 weeks part. Because, see, I only weigh about two pounds. And if I lost ten, there might not be much of me left! Minus 8, to be exact!
Hey Matthew, doing the hard part of a job over and over until you get used to it–and maybe GOOD at it–sounds like a decent plan. (I mean, I’d probably rather just get out of doing the job altogether, but sometimes that’s not possible.) Hey! I could get so good at it that I could write ANOTHER book! I could call it, “Do a Mountain of Laundry in Five Short Seconds”! And sorry about the rodent directions, but I don’t know any others. But to help you find Grayson Lake–just look for the town that has a big lake in it! Ratoogle maps should be able to help you there.
May 11th, 2023 at 9:42 am
I did and it was running so fast that I fell off the treadmill (everyone was laughing at me it was humiliating😢)but they stop eventually when I mean that I mean they stop the day after. Oh yeah I forgot that my socks were wet and sweaty.
May 11th, 2023 at 9:43 am
Wow ratty good job putting in the work! I have dine a job I didn’t want ti do, that would be EVERY SINGLE JOB I HAVE EVER DONE!!! Cleaning my room, cleaning my house cleaning my yard! SO MUCHHHH!!!
May 11th, 2023 at 9:44 am
Hiya, Quest and Benjamin, good to hear from you again!
So Quest, it is NO FUN to get laughed at (and all day long and the next day, too! Now that is tough.) But at least you were being laughed at for something good (like running VERY VERY FAST). I have heard of some people who fall off a treadmill because they’re running TOO SLOW, and can’t keep up. And that would be worse, I think. I have to say, though, that wet and sweaty socks are NEVER any fun. They stink! They smell! Oh, and did I mention they have an odor that’s worse than cat breath? Yeah, I guess it’s good we have such a thing as soap and water when it comes to sweaty socks.
Hey, Benjamin, thanks for the accolades! I appreciate the good words– very encouraging. But wow, you have hated EVERY SINGLE JOB YOU HAVE EVER DONE?? Cleaning room, cleaning house, cleaning yard– is there no end to all the cleaning, you must wonder? Well, I guess that isn’t so surprising that you hate those jobs. I feel the same way about almost every single job I have ever done, too. Except once I had the job of eating a whole plateful of peanut butter cups for a contest. Now, THAT was a job I truly enjoyed!
May 11th, 2023 at 9:58 am
I had to clean the toliet it was nasty I hated that job
May 11th, 2023 at 9:59 am
HI Ratty I think working for my moms’ job is really hard because I clean the pool, clean the fountain in the front, and put the utensils in the napkin. That is all worth maybe 400$or300$ also ratty rats are the best animal and ratty were is rodent city please tell me and Matthew. We will never ask again if you tell us
May 11th, 2023 at 9:59 am
I think I never will take the trash out it is to stinky
May 11th, 2023 at 10:04 am
Helloooooo, Amanda, Giovanni and Xavier, how are you all doing today? Ratariffic, I hope!
Amanda, cleaning the toilet sounds ratnasty, I must say. (Note that I did NOT say it sounds “rasty”. Because, you know, that’s my nickname, right?) Ratnasty is a totally different word! And it definitely applies to cleaning out toilets. (But I guess somebody has to do it… so thanks!)
Giovanni, that sounds like you and your mom put in a lot of work together, and get a lot of money for it, too! So that’s ratawesome, I must say. (I didn’t get any money for washing my stinky socks and gym clothes. Go figure.) But I bet your mom really is proud of you (sniffle!) and loves to have you helping her (whimper! sob!) and–and–I don’t think I can say any more, because I miss my own Ratmom so much (wipes ratty tear from eye and bravely tries to endure).
Xavier, if you think taking the trash out is too stinky… well, somebody has to do it, right? Who does it in your house? Whoever that poor person is, I bet they would like to be thanked some time for doing such a gross, stinky job. And maybe they would REALLY like it if you offered to take it out sometimes, too. Or even surprised them and did it WITHOUT BEING ASKED! Yeah, sometimes I like to do that and give Emmy a real shock.