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A young boy about eight years old came through the checkout with a big box of laundry detergent. The grocer was curious. "Why is such a young fella buying such a big box of soap? Are you going to help your mother wash clothes?"

"It's not for laundry," said the boy. "I'm going to wash my dog."

"You shouldn't wash your dog in this stuff," said the grocer. "It's very powerful. He'll get sick. It might
even kill him." But the boy was not to be stopped. He paid and walked out with the detergent.
A week later the boy came back.

"How's the dog?" asked the grocer.

"Oh, he died," said the boy.

The grocer was sorry, but he added, "I did warn you not to use the detergent on your dog."

"I don't think it was the detergent that killed him," said the lad.

"What was it then?"

"I think it was the spin cycle."