One seemingly unfortunate day, Chris forgot to take his flash drive out of his jeans before tossing them in the laundry basket. Lo-and-behold, however, after tumbling and turning through the watery hell that is the modern washing machine, the drive survived!

After discussing this apparent technological miracle to Dan, the two decided it might be fun to see what else might survive such a laundering. With some help from the good folks at Geek Comedy Tour 3000, Through the Was was born, and the rest is history.