<human>: Give me a shortened version of the text

By not checking all my pockets. I opened the dryer to collect my clothes and I noticed a small clear purple piece of plastic. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what it could have been - I didn't have any pens in that color and there were no ink stains... I don't carry around little plastic toys... Maybe it was something from the person who used the machine before I did...

And then I found more little pieces... eventually I found enough pieces to figure out what it was. I had left a lighter in one of my pockets. FML.
<bot>: I left a lighter in a pocket, wash and dried my clothes, now I have to comb through my laundry to find all the tiny pieces.