Whatever the problems, though, California prison officials said the private sector jobs remain far more popular among inmates than washing sheets or even building government furniture.

All those pious notices about saving the planet by not washing your towels or sheets.

Well," he said, "this is no way to wash women or sheets.

Change bedding frequently and wash sheets in hot water.

"Washing sheets is more effort-and more excitement as well."

I wasn't going to bed dirty, and I wasn't going to wash filthy sheets later.

They claim Murray was washing sheets when they arrived.

So did my father, he wasn't to bother himself with the day-to-day things like washing sheets or buying food, that was her job, she made it plain.

He spent the next four months washing sheets and pillowcases for the State of Pennsylvania.

The smell meant parents weren't washing sheets and towels.