Well, my first blog. Still finding my feet here but so far I'm lovin' this place. I also have a blog over at http://open-canvas.com/ so feel free to have a look over there to get to know me
I'll start this blog off with something random that I read today in the paper:
Apparently in America it is seen as 'unsightly' to have clotheslines in your backyard. To try and change this a South Australian (where I live) company who are giving retractable clotheslines to celebrities attending the 2009 Critics' Choice Awards. It is a move to try and make the gift bags more environmentally friendly.
Quoted from the article in the Advertiser:
I'll start this blog off with something random that I read today in the paper:
Apparently in America it is seen as 'unsightly' to have clotheslines in your backyard. To try and change this a South Australian (where I live) company who are giving retractable clotheslines to celebrities attending the 2009 Critics' Choice Awards. It is a move to try and make the gift bags more environmentally friendly.
Quoted from the article in the Advertiser:
Washing lines are comparatively rare in the U.S. and in some areas are banned as unsightly.
The company hopes that associating them with celebrities will help combat the common perception they're only for poor people and lead to property devaluation.
Okay-wtf?!
My question: What the fuck do the yanks hang their clothes on then?? Those small clothes hoists? That would take for ever to dry, not to mention take up a lot of space. This is the most bizzare thing I have heard in a very long time. 0_o
I heard about this story the other day and had to shake my head at the absurd notion of it all.
With all due respect to South Australians, I also find the idea that you put clotheslines into gift bags a little crazy. However, I suppose I should not be down on one who is trying to make a difference. Who knows it may start a revolution (we could call it the Hills Hoist Revolution!).