Saturday, September 15, 2012

Marriage 401, Lecture 695: Hairspray


SH: I need your help.

Me: What?

SH: I got ink on my shirt.

Me: How?

SH: From my pen!

Me: Who keeps a pen in his pocket?

SH: Where else am I supposed to put it?

Me: I don't put pens in my pocket.

SH: How do I get it out?

Me: I don't know. Hairspray?

SH: OK.

Me: But I don't have any.

SH: You don't have hairspray?

Me: No. When have you ever seen me with sprayed hair? Never.

SH: I thought all women had stuff like that, whether or not they used it.

5 comments:

Rubiatonta said...

Rubbing alcohol, and lots of it, will get ink out. Put an old towel or rag behind the stain, pour the alcohol on, and blot -- hard! -- from the front. It pushes the ink through the fabric and into the shmatte in back. Once there's no more ink visible, throw it into the wash. Good as new!

Anonymous Mother said...

Didn't I leave some hair spray in the top, right drawer in the upstairs bathroom?

kristinintexas said...

I second the rubbing alcohol recommendation! It definitely works.

Class factotum said...

I am trying rubbing alcohol, hairspray, and nail polish remover. Not having much luck. The shirt is cotton/poly and I think that is messing everything up.

pam said...

(It's the alcohol in the hairspray that makes the hairspray work on ink.) The cotton/poly shouldn't be a factor, but the shirt needs to be dry, in my experience. Good luck.