S1 E5
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Network
NBC
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Season 1  "The One With The East German Laundry Detergent"  1x5

Aired 30 years ago - Oct 20, 1994

Joey wants to get back together with a former girlfriend he dumped, so he tricks Monica into posing as his new gal pal. Ross helps Rachel, a laundry virgin, do her first load of wash. And Chandler has a difficult time breaking up with his annoying girlfriend, Janice.

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Oh, my God. Angela.
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...three Mississippi. That seems pretty cool.
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Was that not clear?
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And not just at the fun stuff, but, like, talking too.
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He's smart, he's sophisticated...
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I'm thinking if I do this for her brother...
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It's just you and Rachel? Just the two of you?
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What? It says I'm a sensitive, warm kind of guy.
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Yep.
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I blew off the rest of the afternoon. I went shopping.
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I got you...
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You know, no suds, no save.
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Well, that's because you're such a sweet, gentle...
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Have you...? Have you never done this before?
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Basically, you wanna use one machine for all your whites.
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Okay, well, these are white cotton panties.
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- Brooklyn Heights. - Cleveland.
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...or a weasel.
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Sexually.
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Just do it really fast, and then the wound is exposed.
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Okay, here we go. I don't think we should go out anymore.
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Stop it, stop it, stop it.
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No, it's like... The first time I had to make dinner for myself after Carol left me...
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The laundry song that we sing.
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...everything's kind of pink. - Oh.
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My father's right! I can't live on my own.
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Like you've never got a little rambunctious with Ross.
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I just couldn't stop laughing at your Norman Mailer story.
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I'm the bing, you're the boom...
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