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To be appalled at the length of time my neighbour leaves her washing on the line

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Perriwinkle · 14/10/2011 17:47

A whole lineful will appear and then it'll be out for up to two weeks at a time. It can dry, get wet and dry again several times over and be slapped against a concrete wall in the wind. Items only seems to get picked in as and when they're needed and by the end of it's time out there it'll be hanging on by one peg, with longer items dragging on the grass or hitched up against the fence/wall.

There's no real reason I should care - it's not my family's washing after all - but I just can't bear to see washing (something which by definition is supposed to be clean!) being treated like that.

What are some people like?

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Perriwinkle · 22/10/2011 23:52

Now come along Fifi, having picked me up on spelling earlier in the thread (even though it was in fact a typo but that's by the by) I'm shocked that you've used the word "their" when you should in fact have said "they're".

Actually I started this thread because I wanted to. The very essence of this particular board is to provoke differences of opinion, is it not? I'm sure you've realised by now that I'm not the sort of person who really cares if I'm one of the crowd. I'm also well aware that this is a public internet forum and by its very nature there will be a divergence of views on any given issue.

So do I care if you or anyone else agrees with me? Short answer, no.

LOL! I'm sure even my neighbour wouldn't care about this as much as you seem to!! Grin

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Perriwinkle · 22/10/2011 23:54

oksonowwhat if that were the case then something else would have to slip - time spent on the internet for example. It wouldn't be my standards though.

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oksonowwhat · 22/10/2011 23:57

How wrong you are, you haven't a clue!!!! I am at work right now, on the internet! I don't go on the internet at home, don't have timeSmile I would be cleaning if i were at home.

You need to get in the real world. I think you are hilarious!

Maryz · 22/10/2011 23:59

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IndigoSunshine · 23/10/2011 00:01

My neighbour does this too. But I think if they want to go around in smelly, damp clothes then that's their prerogative.

worraliberty · 23/10/2011 00:04

Actually I started this thread because I wanted to. The very essence of this particular board is to provoke differences of opinion, is it not?

Yes, but you'll find on occasion it's also used by people with attention seeking disorders. These people can start threads for the most ridiculously petty reasons and then keep it going for over a week...basking in the attention it brings because to them, negative attention is better than no attention.

Still I suppose that's the result of internet access for every type of person in the community and at least it keeps you from rocking to and fro chewing your hair.

MrBloomsNursery · 23/10/2011 00:06

I think Perriwinkle is very polite in replying to every comment since...14th Oct!! Good job!

worra - I don't use pegs because I always buy the cheapy plastic ones that break into bits, and then they fall on to the grass and get chipped up by the lawn mower. I always tell myself to buy the wooden ones the next time, but I just forget. Grin

oksonowwhat · 23/10/2011 00:10

Hit the nail on the head worra!!! Perriwinkle im afraid, sounds a very sad individual. Perriwinkle you obviously have no idea of the real world so i'll leave you to get on with your judging and tidy organised life. I'm off to do some work and when i finally get home from work on Monday morning i'll have a quick clean around and that will have to do i'm afraid.

Fifis25StottieCakes · 23/10/2011 00:13

Now come along Fifi, having picked me up on spelling earlier in the thread (even though it was in fact a typo but that's by the by) I'm shocked that you've used the word "their" when you should in fact have said "they're".

i picked up on your spelling after you said you couldnt understand my post as i had missed a g. You then posted incorrectly and now you start again

difference by the way and i still think its their not they're. I think you use they're instead of they are which would mean they are washing.

Not sure though as i only got a c in gcse english so that may be one of the reasons

oksonowwhat · 23/10/2011 00:16

I think you are correct fifi and i got a BSmile

Fifis25StottieCakes · 23/10/2011 00:26

ha ha just realised the 1st their should have been a they're on 1st line. Its nice to know the op is taking in every word of my posts though.

get a lifed
have a stardrops bath
and chill

lavandes · 23/10/2011 00:32

Who really gives a shit cares.

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Perriwinkle · 23/10/2011 21:30

Now come along Fifi, even after taking the time to digest this you still get it wrong:

"i am appauled [sic] at people who use the word appalled when their not appalled."

Presumably you mean "i am appauled [sic] at people who use the word appalled when they are not appalled."?

their - of or belonging to them, i.e. "he gave them their coats."

There is nothing to possess in the above sentence so therefore the use of the word "their" is wrong. No wonder you only got a C in English. I do hope you haven't taken this to Pedants' Corner.

lavandes you ask who gives a shit cares? Well Fifi clearly does. She cares enough to have been castigating me for a full week for having the temerity to even notice my neighbour's washing - let alone comment on it.

Nevertheless, I don't take it personally. It's nice to know that people with such full and busy lives Hmm have the time to care about total strangers. It's quite touching really.

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Maryz · 23/10/2011 21:45

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Cathycomehome · 23/10/2011 22:56

This thread is really funny.

My washing gets left out until one of us can be arsed to get it in. If that's longer than a few days, it just has to get rewashed, but usually it's all back in fairly quickly as people want to wear it...need socks for school? Get them off the line. Never occurs to anyone (I'll confess, me too) to get the REST of the stuff in whilst you're at it.

My house is sometimes clean and tidy. It is at the moment as half term has started, so if you want to come round, do it in the next three weeks or so, cos things will start to descend again after that, and until Xmas when my MIL arrives we get time to do it properly again.

LadyEvilEyes · 23/10/2011 23:00

Does your neighbour have security lights in the garden Perriwinkle?

Haggyoldclothbatspus · 23/10/2011 23:33

Maybe the neighbour belongs to an ethnic minority, who have traditionally left their washing out for a fortnight, for generations. It is a breach of her human rights to even look in the direction of her washing line, let alone comment, and you should be ashamed of yourself OP!

ImperialBlether · 23/10/2011 23:48

Is the washing still on the line?

oksonowwhat · 24/10/2011 10:13

Perriwinkle, you must realise, surely that Fifi is just having a laughSmile

You, i believe are the only one taking this thread seriously! But thats a time thing again........ I just pop in now and again for a chuckleSmile

munkeychops · 24/10/2011 12:23

Perriwinkle, you appear to have no humour whatsoever, you take yourself and your life way too seriously. It really is quite sad.

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Perriwinkle · 24/10/2011 12:24

oksonowwhat I think your assessment of Fifi is waaaay of beam. She is taking this very seriously.

I see this washing every time I open my DCs blind in the morning. I'm not watching it all day with binocculars or anything! I generally observe all sorts of things in the gardens for a brief moment when I first open the blind (proving it's not too dark!) like looking to see where my cat is etc. Seeing the state the neighbour's washing is in and that the same old stuff is still hanging there by a one peg, looking all bedraggled and dragging on the grass and hitched over the wall makes me laugh. It's the work of a moment to observe it.

I refuse to believe that people have such full, busy and all-consuming lives that they do not take any notice of their surroundings.

I think the washing scenario is funny. As I said before, I used the word "appalled" to describe how it made me feel for humerous literary effect, as in I was mock appalled. Like you oksonowwhat I also like to pop in now and again for a chuckle but then you meet people like Fifi here who get all strident and indignant. Makes it seem like the last place to have a chuckle to be honest.

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Perriwinkle · 24/10/2011 12:30

munkeychops you miss the point too. How sad to be so PC, starchy and uptight that you can't have a laugh at your neighbours or pass comment on/judge them! Everyone does it - get real!!

I couldn't give a flying one if my neighbours laugh at me - they most probably do - but I couldn't give a hoot.

I think you, and those like you who have been so outraged by me commenting on my neighbour's washing and expressing my views about her housekeeping standrads, are the ones who take life too seriously and appear to have no humour.

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GrizzlyMacDuff · 24/10/2011 12:33

"I just can't bear to see washing (something which by definition is supposed to be clean!) being treated like that"

It is material ffs, not a real live creature, IT HAS NOT FEELINGS.

Fifis25StottieCakes · 24/10/2011 13:20

I only got a DD in English

I haven't got a clue where or when you use these ', these '', colons or what a [sic] is.

Thanks for the English lesson though Perri, most informative.

Domastos jagabom anyone Wink

munkeychops · 24/10/2011 13:35

"munkeychops you miss the point too. How sad to be so PC, starchy and uptight that you can't have a laugh at your neighbours or pass comment on/judge them!"

I'm uptight perriwinkle? Really?? I'm not the one having heated debates about I'm correct grammar and commenting on the state of my neighbours car, washing etc. I think we both know who is more uptight.

"I would never leave my pegs on the line" - yup, you sound the absolute definition of laid back ...