Why do I have so many?

Numptydumpty

Why do I have so many clothes airers? I have 2 of the cocertina type and 5 fold outs! Is this normal, or has some kind of fetish crept up on me? Can a fetish creep up on you? What is the usual number of clothes airers per household?
Oh no I've just realized, I have 3 outdoor washing lines as well!!
1 rotary and 2 traditional lines between posts!
I think this may border on obsession. HELP! I need therapy.

valval

what are you playing at all those have a sale get rid they only lead to iorning be done with them (have 3 out side and 2 in) val

stickywicket

Numpty, you really should not be posting this sort of thing on a public forum. As soon as George Osborne gets wind of the fact that you are a seven (7 ) airer household he'll be slapping a tax on them and we'll all suffer.

I suggest you immediately swap a few airers for a pasty, a postage stamp and a jerry can.

marrianne

That sounds ok to me I want a rotary one my back garden is to small for a line and my o/h wont let me put one in the front garden but a rotary one might be ok as we have plenty of trees .I need a smallish one though I have looked on A........son ... but they all seem biggish .....so I tend to use the tumble/dryer and its just getting to expensive clothes are much nicer dried outside Marrianne .........oh fetish ermmm cant think of any at the moment ........what about cant throw out empty boxes if they are pretty :roll:

Numptydumpty

Ha ha Sticky, I hadn't thought of that! (note to self, be more discreet about guilty secrets).
I do think that outside line drying is best. I have a large woodburning stove, set in an inglenook fireplace, in my kitchen. So, on rainy days, the airers sit nicely around that. Also, Humpty, (don't tell him I call him that) has rigged up a sheila maid above it. My god, that's another one isn't it ?!!
Yours, increasingly worried,
Numpty

katknapp

Well its either a sign that you are becoming a hoarder or your clothes airers have been breeding ....i have to admit i have 3 plus radiator airers which i never use but might come in handy one day

Numptydumpty

Oohhh Katnapp, that reminds me, I have 3 radiator airers as well! Is there no end to this madness?
I hang my head in shame.
Numpty

mig

I thought i had only got two ,one inside and one out then radiator airers came up i have three of those. Mig

thewifie

4 clothes lines outside useful for the one day of the year when it does not rain, one clothes horse and one 'pulley' in the kitchen which I refuse to get rid of as it's so handy. Also dry towels and jeans on the top banisters as well. I may be normal here

However I do have over a thousand thimbles....are fimbles a fetish ?

marrianne

thewifie wrote:

4 clothes lines outside useful for the one day of the year when it does not rain, one clothes horse and one 'pulley' in the kitchen which I refuse to get rid of as it's so handy. Also dry towels and jeans on the top banisters as well. I may be normal here

However I do have over a thousand thimbles....are fimbles a fetish ?

.......Thimbles are nice you can look at them remember how you came by them ...my daughter collected rubbers for years .......just realised mine could be tea towels I have hundreds...... Marrianne

thewifie

Hehe ermm I think maybe you should call them erasers :oops: :oops:

marrianne

thewifie wrote:

Hehe ermm I think maybe you should call them erasers :oops: :oops:

..................O M G :oops: :oops: I wouldnt have realised truely thankyou the wifie Marrianne

mig

Just what i thought. :shock: somebodies bound to think the wrong thing.Mig

ruby2

Watching pure white nappies blowing on the line...heaven!
this thread could lead to a whole new fetish thread! (interesting)

Numptydumpty

I have just mentioned my concerns about the number of airers I have, to Humpty. He seems to think the weird thing, is the fact I've counted them in the first place!
thewifie, do you use any of the said thimbles?
Maybe I should get a display cabinet for my airer collection!
All the best,
Numpty

marrianne

ruby2 wrote:

Watching pure white nappies blowing on the line...heaven!
this thread could lead to a whole new fetish thread! (interesting)

Ruby but not the sudden down pours ........ rest fetish thread daring but fun Marrianne

Puschinka

I've got at least three
Pretty/nice/unusual shopping bags. I hate plastic carrrierbags and in my
'pre-crutch' days I used to walk to the shops whenever I could,( not just to save fuel but as I loved walking and it kept me fit) often carrying 3 or 4 bags of shopping. I have a huge collection of them.
Not the usual blue and white checked type. But with all sorts of different novelty designs on them. This is my Mum's fault, I have to say.
Ever since I moved to the UK 35 years ago, whenever she sends a parcel, which is at least 4 x a year ( Xmas,birthdays,Easter etc) she always wraps delicate things in nice teatowels and also uses them as padding.
( I think it's really more her fetish than mine )
Tea and coffee mugs. I just can't stop buying them!
I see a nice,unusual one and I have to have it. I've got mugs in my cubboards that have never even been anywhere near a teabag of coffee grain.
This is a fun thread, Numpty !!
So good to see other people have weird 'collections' in their homes too.

Puschinka

Sorry - a few words went astray there somehow!
The second fetish is teatowels, they are what my lovely Mum sticks in evey parcel.

marrianne

Puschinka ,I love tea/towels .......I have at least 100 ........I use about 5 per day we have pets and yes sometimes yes .........I know they jump on the work tops .........the cats love a nice pile of fresh ironing to rest on ..........dettox and changing the tea/towels ad nuseum has stopped us from having many A dreaded lurgy . love your shopping bags to .Marrianne

marrianne

Puschinka ,I love tea/towels .......I have at least 100 ........I use about 5 per day we have pets and yes sometimes yes .........I know they jump on the work tops .........the cats love a nice pile of fresh ironing to rest on ..........dettox and changing the tea/towels ad nuseum has stopped us from having many A dreaded lurgy .Marrianne:)

Puschinka

As fetishes go, Marianne - teatowels are a fairly harmless one, lol.
And I bet your cats have a whole host of fetishes, like they do.
Hope you have a good week.xx

desjumeaux

ha ha this is so funny,

I have only one clothes airer, but boxes and bags full of knitting wool, (which I do use) I just love to buy wool.

Also packets of jelly mix, I recently moved and when we emptied the kitchen there where at least two dozen packets of jelly mix.

:roll:

dreamdaisy

Two indoor airers, three radiator ones and I use the landing rail for duvet covers. I don't put washing out any more as ladybird poo spoils my clean washing. :roll: Mr DD's shirts are hung in doorways which is the spur to iron the blasted things. As for a fetish: men. Love 'em! DD

Numptydumpty

Ooh DD,
men used to be my fetish. I don't know if it's the meds or what, but apart from Humpty...
Of course there is the odd exception, Denzel Washington for instance. I wonder if he has a penchant for a woman with gutter crutches!
If only airers could buy a round of drinks.....
Numpty

marrianne

Your would certainly need your indoor airers today Numpty the rain here is relentless .DD its lovely to see you back .Marrianne

Puschinka

When looking for something this morning, I came across a box in my spare bedroom, containing 18 plug-in airfresheners!!!
Everytime one was used up, I used to keep the plug-in thingy, as the refills used to be cheaper than a whole new unit.

It was a 'real struggle' and caused me great mental anguish,LoL, but after a long inner battle with the hoarder in me, I forced myself to throw them out, as they're always on offer these days anyway.
Well... I've kept four because you never know.
In this day of energy-awareness, plug in airfresheners may be a thing of the past soon, like ordinary lightbulbs.

God I miss those - no flickering, no headaches,no buzzing noise and much brighter.
Just between us -- I have a stash of 60 and 100 Watt ones... but that pile is getting worryingly smaller...