It doesn't matter how often you do the laundry, you never seem to get to the bottom of the pile of dirty clothes. To combat this problem, one man installed an extremely long washing line in his garden so he can hang five loads at once.
However, his new 'garden feature' hasn't gone down well with his neighbour, who deemed it an "eyesore" to the entire community. Taking to Reddit, he said: "Our house has a large clothesline setup, a previous owner had metal posts set into concrete in the backyard and I bought some new line to string between them.
"This spring, with the warmer weather begins my third year using a clothesline. I have real data showing significant energy savings. I can hang five loads outside and they'll all dry in an afternoon." He went on to explain how he prefers drying laundry outside because it ends up smelling better than it would using the machine.
"When I mow the lawn and hang clothes, the fresh cut grass and breeze give bedsheets a great scent," he added.
"Our clothes last longer and look better. We still use the dryer sparingly if we need a garment immediately.
"I use a clothes tree in the basement to dry during winter or if raining. I like the 'green' aspect of all this."
But after hanging out his washing one day, he came across a note taped to his door from an angry neighbour.
Quoting the neighbour, he said: "I make the neighbourhood look 'third world' like hillbillies live here, my hanging clothes are eyesores that lower property values and can be seen by potential homebuyers. I should use a clothes dryer like normal civilised people."
He says his nuisance neighbour moved to the community from a home association area with a bylaw banning clothes lines.
Trying to understand their point of view, he added: "The only point I might understand are my wife's intimates.
"She is busty and wears 'loud' colours so a red striped bra with large cups or a lacy thong are certainly visible.
"If Victoria's Secret displays intimates on a mannequin and women can wear swimsuits at the beach, why is it a problem to hang laundry outdoors?
"Its not even an actual woman showing skin; it's laundry without a body!
"Are these kids so fragile that a mere whiff of sexuality in form of panties on a line is enough to corrupt them? What about male underwear, are my boxers OK to display?
"I could hang her intimates indoors but I never thought people were so prudish. My wife never demanded her intimates dried indoors."
The man ended up showing the note to his other neighbours, who started drying their washing outside in solidarity.
"So my clothes decay the neighbourhood. This is a clothesline, not a beat up car on a lawn," he added.
"So now I have washed every dog blanket, comforter, towel, bath mat, dish rags in a fit of spring cleaning and hung laundry every sunny day of the week.
"I showed the letter to neighbours I trust and with my help they started line drying too!
"Not out of spite but I want that neighbour to see line drying as commonplace and she'd have others to go up against.
"I continue to line dry and wonder what our next encounter will be like. I won't respond to the note."
Commenting on his post, one user said: "I snorted at this. Oh no, can't let the neighbourhood kids know you have clothing! The horror!
"Those kids have probably seen bra ads on TV, those are worse than just a bra hanging on a clothes line."
Another user added: "Having a clothesline and being able to line dry your clothes is a freaking luxury to some people, so they can all shut up about it making the neighbourhood seem 'third world'."
A third user said: "I would start line drying in the front yard if he really wants to amp this up."
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