ok- so i am the mean mamma. yesterday i put in aload of stephan's clothes, and neglected to check eah pair of pants for contraband. one gap pair had 2 pens in a pocket- which tainted the entire load. using an entire can of hairspray i was able to get out all of the pen smudges except for the mother lode pen pocket- that pair will have to go to the dry cleaners. ironically, the hairspray came in the mail as a free sample, and was unopened at the time of the inkstain tragedy, as i am far too mean to use hairspray.......