Those Dirty Shorts

Ming visits noted necromancer and hand laundry operator Hu Kan Sai. Ming begs the famous thaumaturge to tell him Dendreon's fate. "The shorts are very dirty but will come clean before December" intones the sage. "Not using any soft soap, I predict all will come out in the wash". "A good drubbing of the shorts can come at any time and will bleach away all stains on this transaction and all will gleam like new". Where else can you get this kind of advice?