Well I had a couple of days of hell this week as due to putting my passport through the washing machine after Botcon. Turned out I did have to get a new one for my upcoming trip down to the US in November, even though it really did not look all that bad.
However not only did I have to fill out all the forms, getting new pictures taken, paying the fee again and such then get a lawyer to fill out a form saying it was damaged, it turns out because it was "damaged" they will now be putting in a generically worded "extra page" into my new passport saying my last one was "damaged and or lost". This means that if I ever lose it or it gets damaged apparently they put you on some sort of a security watch list which the girl and the passport office described as "a very bad thing".
Needless to say I will be protecting my new one with my life when it arrives so just a warning to others as I was really put through the ringer over this
And all because I ran it through the damn wash.