FabSwingers.com forum: Washing line

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Why is a washing line called a washing line and not a drying line?

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Because one hangs one's washing from it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Because one hangs one's washing from it?"
. Duh!??

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

"Why is a washing line called a washing line and not a drying line? "

Errrm, because you hang your washing on it. Just a guess...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just call it a clothes line if it bothers you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What a saturday night this is turning out to be

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Because one hangs one's washing from it?"

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Because one hangs one's washing from it?"

Surely, it's not washing any more... It's washed.

Cal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why is a clothes horse called a clothes horse ?!?!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Just call it a clothes line if it bothers you.

I'm going with this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Because one hangs one's washing from it?

Surely, it's not washing any more... It's washed.

Cal"

Washed, washing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What a saturday night this is turning out to be"
lol

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

In Australia the whirly line is called a hills hoist

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why is a clothes horse called a clothes horse ?!?!

Because they gave the task of naming it to a man ????

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

well some are called a rotary airer, if it has angles.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why is a clothes horse called a clothes horse ?!?!

If your from Ayrshire its called a winter-dyke. Mr confused the fuck outta me the first time he said it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Washing line [wow-shin-loin] is a term used in the Black Country to describe a simple mechanical device that assists natural air agitation in washed clothing, with the aim of decreasing the amount of time for the garment to become dry.

Other terms, such as "drying line", are considered irrelevant in the United Kingdom, as it always rains, rendering the device useless.

Most people that use a washing line cannot afford to use a tumble dryer, a much more effective way of reducing the water content of washed garments. I am one of these people, and I pronounce it [was-shin lying]

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Because one hangs one's washing from it?"

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Mine's called the broken washing line

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By *iforfun999Man
over a year ago

Haverfordwest

Because originally, clothes were securely attached to a length of rope and taken to a river to wash in the deeper, cleaner water, still attached and retrieved like a fisherman retrieves his fishing line, by pulling it. It was a crude method and the inexperienced washer women would lose the occasional piece of clothing from not fastening it to the rope securely. Then it was a case of hanging the line up at some high points on a tree or wall in order to dry the washing. Over time, with more complex clothing and fashion demanding more complex methods of washing, the line method of washing became unpopular, but the line drying method remained a favourite to the tumble dryer was invented.

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By *ultry SuccubusTV/TS
over a year ago

London

I love learning english in the forum

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why is a washing line called a washing line and not a drying line? "

Thats like saying why is a washing machine called a washing machine and not a dirty clothes machine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ah I luvre it, dilemma of the day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well spank me with a Flatley stick'...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When my son unplugs something he says 'I've plugged it out' when you think about it, he probably has a point, I mean you plugged it in!!

Also trampolines, he also calls them jumpolines!!

Random questions on this Saturday night

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"When my son unplugs something he says 'I've plugged it out' when you think about it, he probably has a point, I mean you plugged it in!!

Also trampolines, he also calls them jumpolines!!

Random questions on this Saturday night "

The last thing we do before going to sleep, is "Turn on the Darkness"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine is called the spider line because a thousand little spiders have set up camp on it.

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