Hanging my knickers on the line

I’ve never given it a second thought, everything goes out on the line here. I do tend to put my smalls (not that they are particularly small actually), on the inner bits of our rotary line.

I have wondered about this myself as I have noticed neither of my neighbours peg out underwear but I always have!

I remember when I was early twenties and seeing my age fifty something neighbours absolutely massive parachute knickers on the line. I couldn’t believe it. I was absolutely aghast
fast forward 10 years and 2 kids later and now mine are out on the line, probably bigger 😂 no f*cks given. It’s funny how people change…

My line has a couple of sets of swimwear on at the moment, as well as towels and bras. and the socktopus is full of pants for the three of us that live here. If it’s fine weather, you can bet I’m using the line rather than the dryer. If folks don’t like my giant undies they’re welcome to marvel at the collection of fake owls another neighbour has on their shed instead.

😂

We had:
what's the time? Half past nine
Hang your knickers on the line
when the copper comes along
hurry, hurry, put them on.

I can't be the only one who doesn't hang underwear out on the line surely?! I all underwear indoors.

I remember being in my nana's lean-to looking at next door's garden and my nana saying "Look at that Doreen hanging her knickers on the line, common as muck that one" and I've never done it. None of my family ever has because it was 'common' apparently, eventhough we're not posh in the slightest and never had much money.

So yeah you're all common as muck but I bet your knickers are so fresh!

I thought it was what’s the time/half past nine/hang your knickers on the line/when they're dry take them in/put them in the biscuit tin/eat a biscuit, eat a cake/ eat your knickers by mistake 😂

My washing line isn't long enough to waste on quick drying things like bras and knickers, so I tend to use a socktopus in the boiler room for those.

However, my birth mother always said that it wasn't done in her culture, so who knows? It may be passed on in the genes..

I don’t hang my underwear out. Partly because it’s so big and ugly, and partly because I can’t be bothered pegging it all. I have one of those pulley maidens in our utility, which is great and things dry so fast as it’s over the boiler. So I tend to just Chuck them on that out of the way.

We had a slightly different version of that rhyme...

What's the time?/Half past nine/Hang your knickers on the line.
See a policeman/bring them in/put them in the biscuit tin.
Eat a biscuit/Eat a cake/Eat your knickers by mistake.

I've always just thought it was a daft rhyme but maybe if airing your drawers in the garden is in some way offensive there's actually more to it?

I never hang any washing outside and neither do my whole row of neighbours.
I use an electric dryer and some of my neighbours use tumble driers.
I can't stand the sight of washing out all day. Mind you none of us have children at home because we are a bit older.
I did hang things out when I had a baby because there was so much washing.

Same

I do this since my octopus broke. No problem putting undies out to dry. Why would I?

I sometimes hang 3 bits of mine into one and peg on inside or rotary or on octopus so they aren’t noticeably pants but that’s because they old worn and much bigger than I’d like them to be! Bras always inside again main as few are ten years old (sure that’s not good for me!!) and massive cups. That’s all more shame of my size and neighbours see that than the fact it’s underwear as such. I’ve started hanging my DC pants by a single peg so they more hidden on inside also as they’re getting older and friends come around more although im
not sure they particularly care (so haven’t mentioned this to them as don’t want to give them complex like me!!). DH’s big boxers hang two pegs in all their glory.

When we first moved hear neighbours either side didn’t hang any washing out at all so even me hanging tops trousers towels etc seemed against the grain in our street. Luckily next door on left sold and a regular family moved in with kids and lots of line drying of washing. Right still never hangs anything out as a single man although I did see an aired out with bedding drying last summer that surprised me enough to text the news to DH at work 🫣😂

Knickers go on the line and I don't care who sees them!

It has never occured to me not to hang out my pants.

They are perfectly respectable M&S midi pants though.

I have pants that resemble parachutes so I don’t peg them out. Purely because they would take up too much space

Mine go on the line and I don't care who sees them!

I dry my bras indoors though, because sunlight makes the stretchy side bits perish (according to someone on Woman's Hour years ago).

My NDN hangs her bras out but not her knickers. She hangs her husband's pants out, too, and it always amuses me. He's a scrawny little rat of a man and his pants are unfeasibly huge.

The late Mr Lakie always used to refer to him as "Old Big Pants" (well, among other things considerably less polite).

I advertised a garden shed for sale on FB Marketplace couple of years ago. My friend messaged me to tell me that all my bras were on view on the washing line in the background.

I doubt anybody would be interested in your apple catchers

I have a rotary and work out meticulously how to fit up to three loads on it, always including underwear - working from smallest things on the shortest lines in the middle to largest on the outer rows. I love pegging out the socks and cleaning cloths first, then underwear, then tops and trousers, then sheets and towels. So by default my undies are hidden, but only because that’s where they fit best, not out of embarrassment!

😂 three peggers

I have one end of the washing line you can see through the front window and one you can't. I do hang the pants in the less visible end

I hang our underware on the peg thing outside. I’m guessing my neighbours do likewise but guess what, I’ve never bothered looking at their washing. And likewise I would imagine said neighbours have zero interest in my washing.