to ask my neighbour why in the hell they are constantly drying black bin bags

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My next door neighbours constantly have black bin bags on their washing line. Not in their main garden but in the side return, right next to our house. Our kitchens look into the other but we have a fence up which just about blocks us from seeing each other. However day and night for the past 2-3 months they have had black bin bags on their washing line. I wouldn't give a crap about what people have on their washing line ordinarily but it makes a right din, especially in the wind we have had recently. DS13's bedroom is at that end of the house and says he can hear them rustling really loudly all night long (which I know sounds ridiculous but they must have 4-5 bin bags rustling away at any one time).
These bin bags keep blowing up in the air too and our dogs are losing the plot about it, they don't usually bark much but 15ft glossy black apparitions springing up is sending them mad.

Every morning, when I'm in the office (we have an office annex in the garden so can see directly up their garden without effort) I can see her taking bags off the line and replacing them with new bags.

Come on, what am I missing here? Have a missed a bizarre trend? They are bizarre people as it is but I can't figure out wtf is going on here.

Are they definitely wet? I know there on the washing line which is a place for wet things, but can you tell from that distance?
I don't know why that helps, it's just an observation. Maybe get your DS some earplugs?

They're reusing bin bags. I work with a girl who's mother in law does exactly the same thing. Fills the bin, tips it in the wheel bin, washes bin bags and then repeats. I find it weird but each to their own!

Serial killers washing away any evidence, ready to be re-used for their next victims maybe?

Exactly what I was coming here to say

Are you sure they are bin bags and not latex bed sheets? They could be watersports enthusiasts.

I pass a house once a week to pick up my niece from school. We have the hysterics about their washing line. Grey baggy pants and a rag. A sieve and an empty bread bag. Tatty tea towels and big knickers. Carrier bags. Never a full line of clothes just one or two items of random questionable stuff.

Waiting for the Tuesday update.

Maybe they're just batshit?

I don't think I can wait until Tuesday op.
Can't you go and hang round in your garden until they come out?

Pretty please....

Maybe they didn't consider the sleeping needs of your 13 yo?

Maybe they just want to?

Photo!

Can you sneak a look in their bin tonight when they've gone to bed to see if their rubbish is loose or bagged?

livia Alright pet, step down eh?

One set have definitely been wet (the spray hit our windows) but I haven't noticed if they are all wet.

If I have a few glasses of wine with Eurovision then I will pop out and have a look in their bins in the dark.

Place marking!

Love this thread

Send them a note...

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I don't wash my bin bags
And neither should you

My neighbours in my last house did this. Only 1-2 bin bags at a time. I think the reason was where we lived when wheely bins were emptied the bin men left couple of new bin bags wrapped round wheely bin handle. As it rains a lot these were usually wet so they pegged them out to dry. So only had them out 1-2 days a week and in summer not at all.

@c3pu

Maybe someone once told them "Oooh, you'd look good in a bin bag" as a compliment, but they took it as a fashion suggestion?

So glad I read this.

Well isn't this gonna fuck with my brain until Tuesday lol I tried googling why someone would do this....nothing -_-

Dammit I need to know why lmao

Late night wheelie bin snooping. That's what we like to see OP!

Have a good luck hearty pat on the back from me.

Well darn it, now I have to place mark to see if it's dementors or bed wetting, or plain old darked on washing.

I'm going to guess at cat scarers.

I have a plastic mat I put under my toddler's highchair, it's like bin bag material I guess, I wash it every so often in the sink and air dry it. Maybe they use it for something similar?

How strange