Clothes horses distributed in Belfast after laundry complaints

emmett123

not drying their clothes in the proper approved consumer way? imagine!!

next they will be planting vegetables in their front gardens instead using the proper large supermarkets.

or walking somewhere when they can use perfectly good cars and taxis

or a public library (horror) when Waterstones have a fantastic 3 for 2 deal on.

These people, drying their clothes in the wind, they have no place on money saving expert.com

emmett123

GlynD wrote: »

This is unbelievable. Because foreign gypsies have been hanging their washing out to dry on the railings round the front of their houses, the city council are handing out free clothes horses with an explanatory leaflet.

Why not give them the explanatory leaflet telling them they can't hang washing out to dry this way and ask them to buy their own clothes horses? I'm not a xenophobe but I can see why some Belfast residents might object to having Roma gypsies living near them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24487727

always the "but"

Old_Git

gives a new meaning for
a horse ,a horse ,my kingdom for a[STRIKE] clothes [/STRIKE]horse :rotfl::rotfl:

GlynD

emmett123 wrote: »

always the "but"

Your point being?

emmett123

GlynD wrote: »

Your point being?

the point being, if you are not a xenophobe , why the need to qualify that by stating you "can see why" other people might be?

It suggests that you share the same attitudes as "other people" i.e you don't want Roma people living near you.

GlynD

Emmett I'm very sorry if my poor command of English conveyed that kind of message. It wasn't my intention. Will you accept my apology?

mezza101

thats a great idea from the roma, how do we get martin to put it in his next weekly email :money:

maybe if we start cooking outside, council will hand us a nice new free cooker with user instructions in irish, ulsterscots, whatadboutye

Fireplace

"I'm not a xenophobe but" I just refer to ethnic minorities as gypsies because I clearly am one.

Eurgh.

And some back yards in rental properties in S Belfast are disgusting because landlords don't keep them well, and tiny which means your washing is smacking up against the dirty walls and oil tank. So I don't blame them for not hanging their washing out the back.

Fireplace

"I'm not a xenophobe but" I just refer to ethnic minorities as gypsies because I clearly am one.

Eurgh.

And some back yards in rental properties in S Belfast are disgusting because landlords don't keep them well, and tiny which means your washing is smacking up against the dirty walls and oil tank. So I don't blame them for not hanging their washing out the back.

laurel7172

It seems a sensible thing for the council to try-cheap if it works and will make everybody happy.

What's so offensive about clean washing anyway?