Watch A Father Frantically Try To Get His Son Out Of A Washing Machine

Whatever it is women have that allow them to inherently know how to prevent their children from dying by strange accident, men don’t seem to have that gene. Luckily, kids are remarkably resilient and capable of surviving after eating strange things and falling at weird angles. They’ve continued breathing in spite our masculine shortcomings since humans first appeared, and if you want proper evidence of that, I present you with the following story.

Earlier this month in a Camden, New Jersey laundromat, a dad decided to play peek-a-boo with his toddler. He hid from the boy, ducked, dodged and horsed around while his wife sorted the laundry. A couple seconds later, he put his son inside a washing machine to up the ante. Unfortunately, the washing machine was on automatic start and began turning. Frantic efforts to remove the poor kid failed, but eventually, an employee was able to stop the cycle by unplugging it.

You can take a look at the footage below…

As the trailer for What To Expect When You’re Expecting told me, it’s okay for men to laugh about disasters like this if the kid is okay, and according to The Courier Post, this child is exactly that. After a brief trip to the hospital, he was given a clean bill of health and sent on his way. As for what the mother may have done to the father after they returned home, there’s no word. Here’s to hoping he’s back to sleeping in the family bed by the end of the month.