Overheard the wife say "doubt these will work" from the laundry room. I said, "what happened?" Thinking I forgot my tube of Chapstick in a pocket.

She hands me a tangled mess of white Apple ear buds. Seems one of my boys put my ear buds in a pocket and they got laundered. HE washing machine only, no dryer. I told my wife that I bet they still work. They do work just fine.