Don't Air Wet Linen in Public, Mayor Warns

[TexasStooge]

Good thing the apartments my family lives in has properly working washers & dryers. The story you're about to read may not be the case here in the US, but it might happen in the near future.

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Drying wet laundry in public will earn residents of Cyprus' capital Nicosia a fine later this year as authorities launch a drive to clean up the city's image, its mayor said Tuesday.

The unseemly sight of underwear flapping in the breeze along narrow streets of the medieval city will be punishable with a 50 Cyprus pound ($96) fine as of October 1.

"Imagine walking along a road and having wet washing drip all over you... from someone else's underwear," Nicosia Mayor Michalakis Zampelas told Cyprus radio.

In a country which has almost uninterrupted sunshine all year round, most Cypriots hang their washing outside to dry.

Washing wardens will also be responsible for ensuring householders don't beat their carpets or rugs over balconies or throw laundry water into the streets, Zampelas said.

[Guest]

That sounds like too restrictive of a law if you ask me. I can understand not wanting underwear water dripping on your head, lol, but to fine the residents?? As we move forward in time, shouldn't we be more concerned about energy conservation? Which is exactly what they are doing by drying their clothes outside... Anyways, I don't see a law like that coming into effect over here.
...Jennifer...

[Guest]

we love those things...

[pojo]

if you don't own a dryer... what is the next best option... air dry!

[Persepone]

Yes it DOES happen here!

Our area has a law against drying clothes on clotheslines--dates back to the 1970s...

When I moved here, I installed a clothesline and I use it. So far the "clothesline police" have not shown up...

Yes, it is better for the environment--but the people who don't want the Cape Cod Wind Farm are the same ones who enacted the anti-clothesline law.

I guess they own stock in the electric company...