This time it was Mrs Charm who sent it through the washing machine (and the dryer) without noticing that it was clipped to a shirt she’d scarfed up to wash.
Just like back in 2011, when it was me who done the deed, the iPod Shuffle worked intermittently, then skipped through tunes without warning before finally dying for good. Oddly, perhaps, the earbuds seem to be okay.
Mrs. C. mentioned trying the rice trick, to dry the iPod out, but I recalled it didn’t work last time. So, like before, I found another used one at Amazon for $16 and ordered it.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
I’ve tried a vacuum oven, dry nitrogen purged, at 30 deg C overnight on a watch. That did not work either. I speculate that once the battery is destroyed by water, it fries the electronics, no matter what kind of instrument it is.
Sometimes, you have to just pull the plug, and let them go naturally, as God intended.
Sounds reasonable. I have always heard that water and electronics don’t play well together, but not exactly why.
To start with, water delivers an electric charge to parts of the circuit not built for it and fries them. I suspect that all these recipes for saving the gadgets are to keep one busy and less grieving.
Ah, thanks. Fortunately, with the iTunes software containing a copy of everything on the iPod, there’s less reason to grieve. Email from Amazon this morning says my new (used) iPod Shuffle has shipped, so it won’t be long before I’m back in business.