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Laundry Buzz

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

I believe this guy deserves an honorable mention, if only for his *ahem* ingenuity, if not his deathwish.

I was quietly sitting in my living room, minding my own business, when I saw something fly by the window. It had been a really windy day, so I figured it would be something being thrown around by the wind.

Looking out the window, I saw what it was. My neighbour, seeing an opportunity in all that wind, decided to help the planet in his own little way. Instead of using his dryer, he bravely put his clothes out to dry, even with the impending rain clouds coming our way.

But lacking a clothesline, he decided that the powerline passing right by his upstairs balcony would do just fine. The wind caught a shirt (on a metal hanger), and brought it all the way to the post, and back, right in front of my window. Half wondering if I should alert the fire department or the power company to get it down, I took a few pictures, and soon had my answer.

With a friend running under the improvised clothesline to catch everything, my neighbour grabbed the coated line with his bare hands, and shook it vigorously, making everything fall to the puddle-covered ground, even the pieces within his reach.

Nobody died yet, but I'll be keeping an eye out, since he has to re-do this load of laundry!

(pictures available!)

Submitted on 05/21/2008

Submitted by: Isabelle
Reference: personal account, May 21 2008

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Shadow said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Pictures certainly not required the mental picture is clearly enough, but without news source verification I will vote PA


James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
A fine example of BOTH stupidity AND wasted effort! Drying clothes on a rainy day is rather odd, to say the least, but hanging them on a power line??? I wonder if he used gasoline to wash them with in the first place! Thanks, Isabelle!


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