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Do you leave your washing on the line overnight?

55 replies

DarkLikeVader · 02/09/2019 10:41

Because I do. Or did...

I have no fear of ‘darking’

Or of spider willies

But something laid eggs on my tee shirt last night Shock

Never again.

Do you leave your washing on the line overnight?
Do you leave your washing on the line overnight?
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Reindeerssmellbetter · 02/09/2019 10:42
Shock
userxx · 02/09/2019 10:43

WTF !!!

NotTonightJosepheen · 02/09/2019 10:45

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Propertyofhood · 02/09/2019 10:46

Argh!!!

LollipopViolet · 02/09/2019 10:47

Ugh, that's made my skin crawl. I don't leave washing out overnight and now I'm glad I don't!

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DarkLikeVader · 02/09/2019 10:52

It’s horrid. I am fighting the temptation to burn the house down (DH brought the washing and and upstairs before I found this 😭)

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RatherBeRiding · 02/09/2019 10:54

Hmm. I leave my washing out overnight all the time - never seen anything like that before. The odd spider accidentally brought in with the washing, yes.......

LollipopViolet · 02/09/2019 10:57

Burning the house is a tad excessive, I'd just burn the t shirt...

Strugglingtodomybest · 02/09/2019 10:59

I do. It just wash the t-shirt again, no harm done.

LazyFace · 02/09/2019 11:09

I do for about 2-3 days when I forget. Had spiders lay eggs before, I felt horrible but had to be removed and washed again.

HairyDogsOfThigh · 02/09/2019 11:23

Keep the tee shirt in a glass tank and see what hatches.

EmmiJay · 02/09/2019 11:32

Nightmare fuelSad

TixieLix · 02/09/2019 11:37

Having seen the amount of spider webs that are on my rotary dryer in the morning, I definitely don't leave washing on it overnight. Even clothes I leave to dry during the day get a good shake before I bring them in.

Feelingpoorlysick · 02/09/2019 11:45

They look like moth eggs

SistersOfMerci · 02/09/2019 11:49

No I don't leave mine out overnight and this is precisely why.

Original poster
DarkLikeVader · 02/09/2019 11:51

Definitely not spiders. I think I’m going to scrape some off into a jar and see if they hatch. It’s never happened to my clothes in 12 years of overnight outside drying!

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Original poster
DarkLikeVader · 04/09/2019 10:15

So something hatched 🤢

Do you leave your washing on the line overnight?
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MissRabbitNeedsAHoliday · 04/09/2019 10:17

I never leave my washing out over night, have never known why just never done it. Now I know why Envy (not envy)

dreamingofsun · 04/09/2019 10:30

i do it saves time in the morning. I have a lovely friendly robin who sits on the line and poos on the washing sometimes....so the odd egg is ok.

WalkersAreNotTheOnlyCrisps · 04/09/2019 10:40

After this thread? Never.

NannaNoodleman · 04/09/2019 10:41

What are they? What hatched?

Congratulations on the birth of your spores!

CathyorClaire · 04/09/2019 10:44

I do it occasionally if I know I'm going to be pushed for time in the morning but I've never had anything try to breed in it. How audacious Shock

MarySibleysFamiliar · 04/09/2019 11:06

OMG! I will bookmark this thread and show it to all my friends who scoff at me disliking outside drying. I hate stiff clothes and towels, I don't like that"outside" smell, peg marks annoy me, I hate bugs and spiders in my washing and birds can't shit on clothes in a tumble dryer. And now I have this to have nightmares about too? 😱 Eek!

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DarkLikeVader · 04/09/2019 11:09

nanna it’s still not recognisably anything! Except horror.

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DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 04/09/2019 11:12

Oh my. That's terrifying Shock