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[DrinkTheElixir]

Seriously?  See, when I do my washing, I hand everything out but the underwear, which I dry indoors in the airing cupboard. I don't own a dryer, I prefer my sheets, towels and clothes dried outside, they smell much fresher that way.

I have noticed a rather nasty habit that alot of line drying enthusiasts have, and that is, hanging their knickers and underpants out.  I am not squemish you understand, it just would horrify me if I thought that neighbours and strangers could see my smalls.  Not only that, but the people around here seem to wear really big (and I mean BIG) knickers. Revolting belly-warmers and nasty y-fronts. *shudder*. Raggy panties. Why hang them out if they are visible from the footpath? Why hang them so that the crotch of them is facing the path? These people must have crotch rot, because two of the village culprits have very worrying brown discolouration on the crotches of their panties. I am talking stains which look as if they are the result of front AND back bottom contamination.

I am praying for them to stop hanging them out and maybe start washing their crotches more often.  Or buy a dryer, even though I hate them and think they are environmentally unfriendly etc. I would rather they wasted electricity than polluted my vision with their underpants and knickers. Their heavily soiled appearance merely shows that soap powders, no matter how far science has moved on, cannot remove whatever their bodies are emanating.

Wrong. Very wrong.

[Sweet Fanny Addams]

I hang the families undies out with everything else.  My garden isn't particularly over looked and anyway they're just undies. Everyone has them, although if they had stains on them I probably wouldn't put them on display.

[Mary]

We hang all of our stuff outside, but then we live where the nearest neighbors are a quarter mile or so away.  Our only peeping toms come in the form of deer and squirrels.  :p

[Corpus]

In America we don't hang out our laundry because we have machines that do it for us.  I don't know anyone who hangs out laundry.  Further evidence that our country is way better.  

Etty never hung out her laundry until she moved to England and became a facist.  Mary lives in Canada, really.

If I hung out my laundry, I'd proudly display my man boxers.  'Cause I'm a man.

[Corpus]

DrinkTheElixer said:

Seriously?  See, when I do my washing, I hand everything out but the underwear, which I dry indoors in the airing cupboard. I don't own a dryer, I prefer my sheets, towels and clothes dried outside, they smell much fresher that way.

I have noticed a rather nasty habit that alot of line drying enthusiasts have, and that is, hanging their knickers and underpants out.  I am not squemish you understand, it just would horrify me if I thought that neighbours and strangers could see my smalls.  Not only that, but the people around here seem to wear really big (and I mean BIG) knickers. Revolting belly-warmers and nasty y-fronts. *shudder*. Raggy panties. Why hang them out if they are visible from the footpath? Why hang them so that the crotch of them is facing the path? These people must have crotch rot, because two of the village culprits have very worrying brown discolouration on the crotches of their panties. I am talking stains which look as if they are the result of front AND back bottom contamination.

I am praying for them to stop hanging them out and maybe start washing their crotches more often.  Or buy a dryer, even though I hate them and think they are environmentally unfriendly etc. I would rather they wasted electricity than polluted my vision with their underpants and knickers. Their heavily soiled appearance merely shows that soap powders, no matter how far science has moved on, cannot remove whatever their bodies are emanating.

Wrong. Very wrong.

What's the difference between underpants and knickers?

[DrinkTheElixir]

Corpus said:

What's the difference between underpants and knickers?

Underpants are men's underwear, knickers are women's. It does not surprise me that you harbour such underwear confusion, it confirms my suspicions however *nods*

[Sweet Fanny Addams]

Corpus said:

In America we don't hang out our laundry because we have machines that do it for us.  I don't know anyone who hangs out laundry.  Further evidence that our country is way better.  

Etty never hung out her laundry until she moved to England and became a facist.  Mary lives in Canada, really.

If I hung out my laundry, I'd proudly display my man boxers.  'Cause I'm a man.

Wrong. I hung out my laundry when I still lived in NY although obviously not when I lived in apartment buildings. When we moved to the burbs of NYC my laundry was out on the line.
Also, dumkopf, putting anything that has elastic in it (like underwear) in a hot dryer is not good. The heat perishes the elastic and you end up with grey, saggy  foundation garments. No thank you.

[trix]

I just hang everything out, but our yard is fenced so no one is going to see anything unless they make a special effort to look over the fence.  

When we lived in America, everyone used clothes dryers, but also fences were against the zoning regulations.  Coincidence?  perhaps not.

[Corpus]

Sweet Fanny Addams said:

Wrong. I hung out my laundry when I still lived in NY although obviously not when I lived in apartment buildings. When we moved to the burbs of NYC my laundry was out on the line.
Also, dumkopf, putting anything that has elastic in it (like underwear) in a hot dryer is not good. The heat perishes the elastic and you end up with grey, saggy  foundation garments. No thank you.

Protesteth much?  

My man-boxers are sturdy, not cheap.  Although sometimes my manhood wears a hole in the sweet spot.  As for you, your guilt is punishment enough.  Now go eat your crumpets and watch the telly and get on the lift or a jolly good time.  Or whatever.

[Corpus]

DrinkTheElixer said:

Underpants are men's underwear, knickers are women's. It does not surprise me that you harbour such underwear confusion, it confirms my suspicions however *nods*

I'm surprised you people even wear underwear.  I thought it was au-natural under those kilts.  And wool.  Stinky-stinky poo-poo.  Do you hang out your skirts and a totty?   Or whatever.

[Sweet Fanny Addams]

Corpus said:

Protesteth much?  

My man-boxers are sturdy, not cheap.  Although sometimes my manhood wears a hole in the sweet spot.  As for you, your guilt is punishment enough.  Now go eat your crumpets and watch the telly and get on the lift or a jolly good time.  Or whatever.

Get on the lift?? Are you smoking crack?? What lift, I live in a mock Tudor semi detached. There is no lift. Also you don't get on the lift you get IN the lift unless it's one of those stair lifts for the old and infirm.Telly is boring at this time of day (although if you ever visit I will happily tie you to a chair and force you to watch Richard & Judy in the tea time slot.) I like having a jolly good time. Most pleasant, actually, vicar. What ho and pass the hockey sticks!! I have no guilt, insular farmer Giles  from the ass end of beyond. The arse end. Whichever you prefer,o xenophobic one. Mind the gap!

[Sweet Fanny Addams]

Corpus said:

I'm surprised you people even wear underwear.  I thought it was au-natural under those kilts.  And wool.  Stinky-stinky poo-poo.  Do you hang out your skirts and a totty?   Or whatever.

This is so deranged and bizarre I am fearing for your sanity, Corp. At least have a clue about the culture you are attempting to moque.

[Jutta Hemesath]

I hang out all my washing, undies incl. I don't mind about what people think of me and what I'm wearing. I love it when all my washing smells fresh.

I don't think that I ever minded about my neighbor's washing. It's their own business what they wear. Even when it's the most hugest panty in the world :rolleyes:

[zveozdi]

DrinkTheElixer said:

Underpants are men's underwear, knickers are women's. It does not surprise me that you harbour such underwear confusion, it confirms my suspicions however *nods*

Well, I thought you were wondering why people hung their snickers (sp?) as in footwear and I was all wtf??, that's perfectly normal.
Then I continued reading on your stains essay and figured out you were talking about underwear, so the whole issue made sense to me.

To answer your question, yes, I do hang them outside, but then the hanger it's not very visible from the kitchen and the garden walls are surrounded by trees (My backyard is kinda big), so it is impossible my neighbours could see anything.
I could even wonder around naked and they wouldn't even notice. Not that I do, but you get my point.

[DrinkTheElixir]

Jutta Hemesath said:

I don't think that I ever minded about my neighbor's washing. It's their own business what they wear. Even when it's the most hugest panty in the world :rolleyes:

I agree, but what about if the huge panties had shit stains on them? This is what we are dealing with here. Shit stained pants and body batter spattered gussets. Nobody needs to see that.  Maybe they need to try a different washing powder, who knows.

[Corpus]

Sweet Fanny Addams said:

Get on the lift?? Are you smoking crack?? What lift, I live in a mock Tudor semi detached. There is no lift. Also you don't get on the lift you get IN the lift unless it's one of those stair lifts for the old and infirm.Telly is boring at this time of day (although if you ever visit I will happily tie you to a chair and force you to watch Richard & Judy in the tea time slot.) I like having a jolly good time. Most pleasant, actually, vicar. What ho and pass the hockey sticks!! I have no guilt, insular farmer Giles  from the ass end of beyond. The arse end. Whichever you prefer,o xenophobic one. Mind the gap!

This is the maddest I've ever been.  You realize we all left that country to make a better one, right?  Redcoats and all.  I'm going to file papers to revoke your citizenship, and have any and all records regarding your alleged American birth destroyed.  6 mads.  :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:  

Now, the tying to a chair we can negotiate.

[DrinkTheElixir]

zveozdi said:

I could even wonder around naked and they wouldn't even notice. Not that I do, but you get my point.

Now your secret is out! Don't deny your naturism, bare skin is the new black! :p

[Corpus]

DrinkTheElixer said:

I agree, but what about if the huge panties had shit stains on them? This is what we are dealing with here. Shit stained pants and body batter spattered gussets. Nobody needs to see that.  Maybe they need to try a different washing powder, who knows.

Remember that time you said 'body batter?'

That was awesome.

[AgainstAllOdds]

If I had to hang the socks and smalls on the line I'd be there all day. They all go in the tumble dryer.