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Shanta Qadeama Member # 9889	posted Well having been plagued by a strange (unpleasant) smell for the last couple of days, I finally realised it was down to my money - for some reason every time I've been shopping in the past couple of days I have received mounds of 1LE, 50pst and 25pst notes. So I am currently soaking 10LE worth in Oxybrite washing powder to see how successfully they clean up! And it doesn't smell in here anymore! PS I was blaming the cat to start with!
jean_bean Member # 13715	posted beware...the money here ain't as "tough" as it is in other countries....lost a 20 that I forgot in a pocket of a pair of pants, then threw them in the washer.. Was shredded !
Shanta Qadeama Member # 9889	posted Its ok JB I soaked it in a small bowl not the washing machine and laid all the notes out on a tea-towel - its nearly dry this morning
DawnBev08 Member # 14964	posted does it smell nicer?!
Shanta Qadeama Member # 9889	posted yep Gonna wash the next batch as soon as this lot is dry I would say that the 25pst notes are the most frail and need most careful handling if you choose to do this.
Ayisha Member # 4713	posted I hope you're going to iron them before you take them out
Shanta Qadeama Member # 9889	posted I would Ayisha but I still haven't got my ironing board yet - everytime I plan to get one from HyperOne they've not got any in. I'm fed up of doing my little bit of ironing on a folded up tea-towel on the kitchen worktop - just isn't the same.
Ayisha Member # 4713	posted shanta ya silly woman, iron on the bed! All my ironing got done on the bed till I got my ironing board, now it all goes downstairs to the makwa man
Shanta Qadeama Member # 9889	posted I'm not handing my money over to the makwa man for ironing Ayisha I am a lot taller than you - ironing on the bed would absolutely kill my back. In the UK I used to have an extra high ironing board to save my back!
jean_bean Member # 13715	posted they sell them in Marsheti's...in the 7th District....right next to Planet October. 3rd floor - next to the stairs.
DawnBev08 Member # 14964	posted whats a makwa man??
Ayisha Member # 4713	posted ironing man dawn makwa = iron
Shanta Qadeama Member # 9889	posted Apparently only in Egyptian Arabic. Apparently it means something else in normal arabic as an Egyptian friend informed me when he used it in another Arabic country
mamasue Member # 4691	posted The quickest way to get rid of stinky money is to spend it!!!
Dawn-Bev* Member # 15190	posted I actually enjoy ironing - is there something wrong with me?!
karim Member # 3077	posted Btw Shanta as you love ironing, why you don't iron my cloth and I will take away your old notes and give you nice clean ones.