A reader, referring to my washing of my son’s football kit–er, uniform: “Once he gets to High School, the stuff will never get washed. I used to wash my pads (we called them pads, not uniforms for whatever reason. pants, girdles, practice jersey were all known collectively as ‘pads’) about once a week. Some guys on the team wouldn’t was them ever. Became like a good luck charm. Once I got to college, there was large segment of the team that was opposed to washing their pads after every practice, as this would be bad luck. Our equipment manager called us pigs and that was that. One really odd fact, in college, we were not issued cups. The equip. manager said we wouldn’t need them. And to tell you the truth, he was correct.” A little too much information there, Sir. I think my basic response is: Eeuuiww.