People get weird about laundry.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2005 5:40:30 pm PDT #4824 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cashmere - Apr 11, 2005 5:40:48 pm PDT #4825 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
she was a bit huffy when she said "I mind ... don't do it to me.
If she's such a freak about her laundry, mayhap she should park her ass in the laundry room until it's finished. IJS.
JenP - Apr 11, 2005 5:41:34 pm PDT #4826 of 10001
This is what I'm saying.
Hil R. - Apr 11, 2005 5:42:24 pm PDT #4827 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'll generally leave about five minutes after a machine is done, but if the laundry owner doesn't collect it by then, I see no problem with moving it. I wouldn't mind if someone moved mine.
Cashmere - Apr 11, 2005 5:44:07 pm PDT #4828 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
While we're on the subject of laundry...chocolate frosting comes out of clothes--even in cold water. There was a moment when I was worried about the amount of actual cake going into the washer.
Steph L. - Apr 11, 2005 5:54:03 pm PDT #4829 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Huh. I did laundry tonight, too, and I let my clothes sit too long in the dryer after they were done, and someone took them out and set them on top. That never bothers me. I always feel apologetic for being late to retrieve them. Once, someone even folded my laundry, which was nice ONLY because it was my whites, which is just workout t-shirts and gym socks. No undies, nothing else. I couldn't care less if Attila the Hun folds my workout laundry. But strangers touching my undies? Shit, I'd have to wash them all over again.
Reminds me of the News of the Weird guy who tried to crucify himself - and only figured out the flaw in his plan once he'd nailed down the first hand.
Call me callous, but that never fails to make me laugh.
brenda m - Apr 11, 2005 5:57:06 pm PDT #4830 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It's a beautiful mental image. I just picture the guy lying there, getting the second hand into position and then "Hey, wait just a....dang it all to hell."
If the washers are all full with finished laundry, I'll usually wait about ten or fifteen minutes and come back. If it's still there, I'll take it out.
I've folded people's stuff before, cause I sure don't care, but from earlier iterations of this conversation I've learned that it skeeves some people, so I don't anymore.
JohnSweden - Apr 11, 2005 6:11:43 pm PDT #4831 of 10001
I can't even.
Stephen Colbert rocks the house again.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2005 6:12:40 pm PDT #4832 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
earlier iterations of this conversation
What are you implying, Brenda??
Theodosia - Apr 11, 2005 6:27:52 pm PDT #4833 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The amputation fetish is well-known enough that some doctors basically argue they might as well go ahead and do it, as the guys who are really determined about it either do botched home-made jobs of it, or they find skeevy semi-medical people to do the job for them with even worse results.