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AIBU to leave it out overnight?

254 replies

garbagegirl · 10/04/2017 17:02

I have a load of washing on the line. OH just checked it and he says its still pretty wet. No sun here (Grrr) so there is no chance it will dry before we have to go out in an hour.

I say it's not a big deal, we can just leave it on the line overnight and get it in tomorrow when it's dry

He says if it's left out overnight it won't stay clean.

Solve this clash of opinions please dearest vipers (I have no idea how it would get dirty on the clothes line)

OP posts:
Crochetty · 15/04/2017 22:53

My über efficient friend hangs her washing out at 10pm to save time in the morning before work... I will have to tell her able how dangerous it is for your washing to get darkedGrin I leave mine out if it is still damp and I CBA to get it in (I'm the über inefficient friend Wink)

Kithulu · 15/04/2017 22:45

Something does poop on my washing if I leave it out overnight. It has happened several times, I presumed birds but am now thinking bats! ......or very large spiders!

And as for shoes, slugs, snails and spiders crawl in them if you leave them out overnight - fact!

SmileEachDay · 15/04/2017 22:15

Is it a council goat?

Plastictattoo · 15/04/2017 22:13

My NDN once knocked on the front door at 8:30am to say she had seen my washing hadn't been brought in and was everything ok? I thought at the time she was a nosy old bat but she must have known the perils if being Darked On.

MapMyMum · 15/04/2017 22:11

You hang up a goat??! Scapegoat

MysteriesOfTheOrganism · 15/04/2017 22:04

The dangers of clothing being darked on (and subject to all the other indignities people have so wisely mentioned) was well known in ancient times. To mitigate the problem, one item of clothing would be placed on the clothes line as a sacrifice to noxious nocturnal powers and dastardly denizens of the animal kingdom. This would usually be a robust outer garment built to withstand the rigours of ill-use - hence the term 'scapecoat'. Grin

user1489675144 · 15/04/2017 21:49

What a strange thread.

Goodythreeshoes · 15/04/2017 21:45

This would be a good script for an episode of Dr Who.

biggerboat · 15/04/2017 21:42

Reading this whilst lying under a duvet cover taken off the line after being 'darked on' for two days and all I can think is that it's been savaged by spider scrot. I feel dirty.

Lovelilies · 15/04/2017 21:42

DD1 and her friends are sleeping on the trampoline outside tonight...
Will all these disasters happen to them also? Or is it only laundry?

seedsofchange · 15/04/2017 21:19

Omg. I'm never ever wearing my summer shoes ever again.
Thank you smile for saving me from a fate worse than death

SmileEachDay · 15/04/2017 21:10

seeds I think I'm right in saying that shoes can actually be impregnated by spider willies. That and the obvious being DARKED ON.

Someone may be along to tell you my science is out of date. but you'll always imagine millions of baby spiders erupting from your toes

Fairybella · 15/04/2017 21:07

I leave my washing out over night.
My dp has to gt it in this way the spider willie germs touch him first.
Also so he can collect the toddler t.shirts that are strewn all over that the bastard bunnies use as super hero capes. Dicks!

seedsofchange · 15/04/2017 21:01

. I leave my shoes outside in the summer. What might happen?

kazlau · 15/04/2017 20:43

My inlaws (technically ex) are Chinese. My MIL used to nearly faint at the sign of dusk if I had laundry out. She believed that ghosts would wear them overnight. I wonder if they would bring them back in the morning Hmm. For this reason I never left anything out overnight (or even in the dark) just in case.

SmileEachDay · 15/04/2017 20:36

He's a disgrace to science Kate

LTB

JustCallMeKate · 15/04/2017 20:21

He does Smile but he refused to wear the boxers 😡

floraeasy · 15/04/2017 20:20

Spider willies Grin

Goodfood1 · 15/04/2017 19:44

got to be the funniest most fun thread ever

SmileEachDay · 15/04/2017 19:08

kate

Does MrKate still have his willy?

JustCallMeKate · 15/04/2017 19:05

You won't be laughing if you washing gets DARKED on or spiders rub their willies on it Strawberry it's a serious business you know.

StrawberryJelly00 · 15/04/2017 19:01

LMAO!!! Grin funniest thread I've seen in a while!! Hehhehe

SmileEachDay · 15/04/2017 18:56

seeds no, spiders are not perverts. They do now wipe their willies on people.

You may get some dark on you by being outside, but this is easily removed by coming inside and lighting all over the dark.
The issue for washing is it gets left to soak, so the dark won't come out.

fluffiny31 · 15/04/2017 18:52

This thread is hilarious Grin

seedsofchange · 15/04/2017 17:50

So , if I stay up sitting outside in the dark, does that meant I've been darked on as well?
Do spiders wipe their willies on people, too ??? Eek!