In the weekend my washing machine died (not uncommon as it is very old).
It would not drain or spin.  My partner came home later in the day, looked
at it and asked where the belt was ?????  Then I recalled earlier in the
day one of my ferrets romping around the lounge with a round plastic
looking part.  At the time I had no idea where she had gotten it from.
Whilst "helping" me do the washing she must have gotten under the machine
and pulled it out.  Anyway we had to retrieve it from behind the couch and
reattach it to the washing machine and wouldn't you know it - the machine
sprang back into life ...
[Posted in FML issue 3033]