"hang them out to dry"
Posted by Bob on June 13, 2001
In Reply to: "Hang them out to dry" posted by R. Berg on June 13, 2001
: : : : : anyone know the origion of "hang them out to dry"
: : : : Hanging clothes outside on a clothes line in the days before electric dryers.
: : : I'm having a hard time with the idea that there's anybody over age three who's never seen a clothesline.
: : That's true. But clothes lines may make a comeback. There was discussion about clothes lines in connection with the California energy crisis. Some communities now ban clothes lines because they spoil the "look."
: No doubt those communities would ban my clothes for the same reason.
Nonsense. You look just fine. I don't know about those shoes, though....
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