Things I've found in the washing machine....

Living out in the country, and raising a large number of small children, I really shouldn't be surprised to find "surprises" for me in the laundry, but I still laugh (most of the time) when something unusual makes it through the spin cycle.

We have had the usual suspects...
Rocks
Grass
Pennies
Nickels
Dimes

And we have had the messier...
Diapers
Pull-ups
crayons
pens
worms (no, they did not survive)

And we have had the more unusual....
Pistachios
Puzzle pieces
Shoes

And my all-time favorite....
Ski goggles

The goggles made it all the way through the dryer before being discovered and appeared to suffer no catastrophic injuries.

Of course, my husband keeps telling me that if I would check pockets before loading the laundry, I could avoid most of these.  But do I really want to reach my hand into a pocket to pull out a worm?