in drying my underwear in my back garden?

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The sun finally came out! So I stuck some washing out on the rotary drier to dry, including some plain black Evans M&S knickers (nothing racy!)

Later a note popped through the door (didn't see who left it) and it read:

"Please do not dry underwear in the garden, it's not very nice to have to look at"

I was a bit

To clarify, my garden is has 6ft fences, and to see into it someone would have to be looking out of the top back windows of their house, and then at an angle (hard to explain, but basically it's not in view from other gardens - unless they are climbing the fence - or in view from anyone's lounge/downstairs rooms).

And I try to be discrete! I put pants on the 'inner' rows of the drier so they aren't spinning their crusty gussets around on the outside in full view of anyone who might be looking, and I usually put them sandwiched between other items.

AIBU?

pinkschmoo for your benefit....

(and those who dont wish to lose expensive bloomers)
tiny glasses
RED hair
id say 5'7
name susan

and the husband...
of the larger variety, no hair (noteven a little)
about 5'4 (honest)

i beleive they had a collie called rather creatively Wogg

Almost forgot the crimewatch esq DO NOT APPROACH THESE PEOPLE CALL YOUR LOCAL POLICE AND LET THEM KNOW WHO LIVES CLOSE BE VIGILANT AND TRY TO INSTALL SECURITY AROUND WASHING LINES

i'll go have a look see if i can russle up some mug shots......

blatherskite, thanks. I think.

at 'massive pair of grass pants'.

ahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa @ "crotchless pans" and the giant grass kecks

I wouldn't want to buy a house where you couldn't put washing out.

it's your garden you can hang up whatever you like!! i hang out my lacey thongs all the time whats the nosey neighbour going to do?? call the panty police??

i'd suggest a red thong with matching see through bra!! and when she complains tell her her poor hubby has to get his kicks somewhere :) he he

Seriously whats wrong with putting your underwear on the washing line? Maybe its a nearby neighbour who is abit snotty?

I would go into the garden to the washing line and make a list of houses that can see it from their homes. Then I would go and knock at all the doors. One way to meet the neighbours and I bet it would make them laugh.

I reckon its a local wierdo who has too much time on her hands and thinks the world is smutty. I bet she has sent similiar notes to others in the past.

Did this remind anyone of an article that appeared in the BBC news site a while back:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11417677

Apparently Americans, as a nation, are even more loathe to air dry their clothes than some of the neighbours being mentioned here. (Though the article is about a backlash to this attitude).

You know what they say about anything that happens in the States will happen here eventually. Seems all very silly to me

This is one of the best threads I've read on here, I've been feeling rough all day and this has well cheered me up

My first thought was gimp mask. I see it's been suggested.

I must suggest you hang male thongs out. Next to normal ladies knickers

dont stop at gimp mask - full gimp suit is what the dr ordered!

Bugger Pregola, your neighbours sounds a bit like, well, me.
My DH is much hotter though.

Plus I don't mind what you put on your line.
Butter - if you ever find out who you could do the outline of a giant pair of pants on her front lawn in weedkiller.
I'm reliably informed it'll take about 4 years for anything to grow back.

There was a thread some time ago where someone was upset because their MIL got their washing in off the line and it happened to include their knickers.I suppose this is similar -people don't even want to see knickers!

Bloody hell, do people have nothing better to do than moan at something as daft as that?! :-)
I dry my bloomers/kecks/bras/ on the washing line and have them waving about all over the place as I have no shame
If I had such a weirdo uptight person shoving notes through my letterbox telling me they didn't want to look at my pants on the line I'd be going to buy a load of suspender belts, crotchless pants and frilly little lacy thongs to put out on the line all at the same time!

I was reading Aliens Love Underpants to my DS at bedtime and it reminded me of this thread...

What you need to hang out is a Mankini