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Overview[]

Why Shouldn't You Put Just Anything in the Washing Machine? (Pourquoi ne faut-il pas mettre n'importe quoi dans la machine à laver ? in French) is a short story about learning manners and how to live together in the I Grow Up with the Mr. Men and Little Miss series.

It was released in April 1999, and then re-released in 2000.

Summary[]

Mr. Dizzy answers the question posed in the title, saying "Why don't we put in some old, dirty chewing gum, or a scribbled notebook, or a rag full of paint, or a bag of marbles covered in sand? I tried! My notebook turned into balls of paper! The paint stained my clothes! The chewing gum and marbles clogged the water pipe of the washing machine! And the washing machine overflowed! And the kitchen was flooded! Oh, my! You should only put dirty clothes in the washing machine." while sympathizing with the reader.

List of Characters[]

  • Mr. Dizzy
  • Boy with brown hair in red overalls over a blue shirt and brown shoes

See Also[]

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I Grow Up with the Mr. Men & Little Miss (5)
Issue 41 Mr. Dizzy: King of Cleverland|Is Everyone Afraid of the Dark?|Can We Say It When We're Scared?|Why Shouldn't You Go Up in the Elevator Alone?|Why Don't You Have to Press All the Elevator Buttons?|Mr. Snow's New Year's Card|What is the Belly Button For?|What's in the Stomach?|Little Miss Magic's Chocolate Bananas|Little Miss Sunshine's Day|Mr. No Doesn't Agree|Why Did We Change the Year?|How Long Will the New Year Last?|Mr. Clumsy Cooks|Little Miss Star is Getting Ready
Issue 42 Mr. Strong Helps Out|Why are Some Things Obligatory?|Why are There Urgent Things?|Why Shouldn't You Tell Lies?|Why Do You Have to Say Something When You've Done Something Wrong?|Mr. Happy's King's Crown|What Are Tonsils and Adenoids?|Does it Hurt to Have an Operation?|Mr. Messy's Spaghetti|Mr. Busy's Song|Mr. Greedy Loves Green|How Many Jobs are There?|Is Work Fun?|Little Miss Brilliant is Really Genius|Mr. Uppity is Very Polite
Issue 43 Mr. Sneeze's Steps|Little Miss Neat at the Farm|What is a Half-Sister or Half-Brother?|Why Don't Parents Always Love Each Other for Life?|Why Shouldn't We Play with a Fork?|Why Shouldn't You Lick the Knife?|Mr. Clumsy's Reminder|Do We Have to Eat Meat?|Do We Have to Eat Vegetables?|Little Miss Fun's Pita|Mr. Mean Counts the Hours|What Time is It, Little Miss Late?|Why is the Engine Making Noise?|Where Does the Gas in the Pump Come From?|Little Miss Greedy's Riddles|Mr. Bump's Charades
Issue 44 Little Miss Lucky's Dominoes|Little Miss Star Becomes Famous|What Should You Do If You Get Lost?|Why Do You Learn Your Address by Heart?|Why Shouldn't You Tear Out the Pages from Your Notebooks?|Why Shouldn't You Tear Out the Pages from Your Notebooks?|Little Miss Show-Off's Paper Hens|Where Are the Bones in the Body?|Where is the Spine?|Little Miss Naughty's Honey Chicken Skewers|A Nursery Rhyme by Little Miss Dotty|Mr. Clever's Riddles|Is a Meter Big?|Is a Kilo Heavy?|Mr. Dizzy's Silly Questions|Mr. Topsy-Turvy Talks to the Animals
Issue 45 Little Miss Tidy's Storage|Mr. Funny Finds a Job|What Do Mothers Put in Their Bags?|Why Shouldn't You Rummage Through Mom's Bag?|Why Shouldn't You Shout in the Library?|Why Shouldn't We Damage Books?|Mr. Strong's Bunch|Why Does the Comb Hurt?|Why Do We Have to Blow-Dry Our Hair?|Mr. Funny's Fruit Men|Little Miss Sunshine's Sayings|Little Miss Brainy's Questions|Why Are There Two Pictures on Playing Cards?|Are There Two Alike Dominoes in a Set?|Mr. Funny is Moving|Bravo, Little Miss Magic!
Issue 46 Little Miss Show-Off's Gift|Why Does Mom Go to the Hairdresser?|Why Doesn't Everyone Have the Same Hair Colour?|Why Shouldn't You Just Throw Anything Down the Toilet?|Why Shouldn't We Have Fun with the Toilet Flush?|Little Miss Shy's Masks|Why Do You Have to Chew Well?|Why Are We Tired After Eating?|Mr. Crosspatch's Prunes|Mr. Daydream is a Dreamer|Mr. Muddle's Words|Why Does the Ball Bounce?|Why is the Balloon Flying Away?|Little Miss Tidy Tidies Her Kitchen|Little Miss Stubborn and Mr. No|Little Miss Lucky's Crown
Issue 47 Mr. Bounce's Fishing|Why Does Dad Shave?|Why Doesn't Dad Wear Makeup?|Why Do You Have to Return What You Borrow?|Why is it Wrong to Steal?|Little Miss Magic's Magic Flowers|What's the Point of Doing Sports?|Do You Have to Be Tall to Play Sports?|Mr. Fussy's Candy Skewers|A Song by Little Miss Greedy|Mr. Greedy's Week|Are There Still Dinosaurs?|Did Humans Exist Before Animals?|Little Miss Quick's Snack|Happy Birthday, Mr. Mischief!
Issue 48 Little Miss Scatterbrain's Puzzle|Why Do Parents Watch the News?|What's in Grown-Ups' Newspapers?|Why Shouldn't You Just Put Anything in Your Pockets?|Why Do You Have to Put Your Gloves in Your Pockets?|Mr. Skinny's Vegetable Stamps|Why Does the Hand Have 5 Fingers?|What's in Your Hand?|Mr. Grumble's Hedgehogs|Little Miss Brainy Knows Everything|Little Miss Contrary Says Quite the Opposite|Why Do the Stars Only Shine at Night?|How Many Stars Are There in the Sky?|Let's Take a Walk in the Woods!|Little Miss Careful is Always Careful
Issue 49 Mr. Skinny's Potatoes|Why Don't Parents Answer All the Questions?|Why Do Parents Sometimes Get Fed Up with Your Questions?|Why Do You Have to Behave on the Bus?|Why Shouldn't You Touch the Bus Door?|Mr. Grumpy's Game|Why Are Home Toilets Bigger Than School Toilets?|Why Do Adults Want to Be Quiet in the Bathroom?|Mr. Tall's Apple Turnover|Little Miss Careful's Sayings|Mr. Fussy's Lesson|Do Princesses Exist?|Do Witches Exist?|A Dream of Mr. Daydream|Little Miss Prim Has Fun
Issue 50 Little Miss Brainy Doesn't Know Everything|Can I Withdraw All the Money I Need From an ATM?|How Much is the Check?|Should You Always Answer When Someone Asks a Question?|Should We Always Answer the Truth?|Little Miss Pretty's Crepe Paper Vase|Why Do We Always Draw With the Same Hand?|What Does it Mean to be Left-Handed?|Little Miss Giggles' Choco-Crocs|Mr. Slow Mimes the Snail|Little Miss Star's Riddles|Are There A Lot of People in Cities?|What Is a Capital?|Little Miss Curious' Silly Questions|Mr. Muddle's Funny Song