I read a book written by Kunal Nayyar, who portrayed Raj on The Big Bang Theory. He recounts coming to the US from India to go to college at the University of Portland. He writes:
Since I was so accustomed to someone taking care of the laundry back home, I had this misunderstanding that somehow, perhaps while I was at class, our bedsheets were being laundered for us at least once a week. Apparently this wasn’t the case. I slept in the same sheets for eleven months without them ever being washed.[/quote]
and an oldie but a goodie from the boarding school forum: