In the video, she floods a sink with soapsuds and awkwardly tries to Swiffer the kitchen floor; a later scene shows her trying to sort dirty laundry.

Mental picture: Junya sorting laundry, arranging his springtime flower box.

An ill-advised scene takes place on the roof; sorting laundry, Helen tells Eddie that he cannot hang a shirt with a clothespin because he is a man.

The mister had gone into town for some reason, and I just happened to look out the utility room window where I was sorting laundry.

Ms. Cramer says: "I'd write more, but I have a conference call with a client, during which time I will also be sorting laundry and packing for a trip out of town."

She had pulled the plug out of the wall this morning, just before she started sorting laundry.

Later, sorting laundry while singing along to "My Favorite Things," Patricia Arquette finds a condom in her husband's pocket.

She just listened silently; she was probably sorting laundry or giving her cat a flea dip while I ranted, and when I was done she asked if Sam and I wanted her to come up and watch the evening news with us, which, needless to say, we did.

The hotel where Mr. Egoyan worked (sorting laundry, as Ms. Khanjian does in "Speaking Parts") during his teen-age years in Victoria, British Columbia, has also left an impression.