How many times?

Clodfobble · 07-01-2010, 10:15 AM

How many times could you see a basket of clean laundry upended and spread out all over the floor, and pick it up again? This is a serious question, aimed at finding the average person's breaking point. Moving the laundry basket to somewhere inaccessible is not an option, actually folding the laundry and putting it away is not an option right now, and killing the creature that keeps dumping it out is not an option.

How many times would you get down and pile it all back in the basket, before you just gave up and let it sit there all over the floor (getting stepped on by said dumping creature,) until such time as it could be folded, a minimum of several hours later? Ten times? Five times? Not even once?

Spexxvet · 07-01-2010, 10:22 AM

Three. Same as the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop. But seriously, three.

Pete Zicato · 07-01-2010, 10:26 AM

Clod - I've got to read this as a theoretical exercise. I can't imagine a situation in which the basket could not be put in a closet or some such. Or using a heavier basket that can't be dumped. Something.

Having said that, I'd probably pick it up twice before looking for a more permanent solution.

skysidhe · 07-01-2010, 10:27 AM

Once! .. then I would just say pick up the clothes>>> with a growly face.

I actually have never encountered that problem with clean clothes. The disappear somewhere but I would be all growley about it if it happened. It is the dirty ones, in the bathroom, that get kicked into tripping positions and that works just fine too.

squirell nutkin · 07-01-2010, 10:34 AM

I would say about once before I changed something. I barely believe in doing things the first time, so twice would really be beyond the pale. I'd put the basket outside on the back porch if needed, or back in the dryer if available.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-01-2010, 10:38 AM

Instead of using a basket, use a large plastic trash bag. It's easy to carry over your shoulder, it stays where you put it down, it's just as easy to pluck & fold out of, and it can do double duty hiding the body.

monster · 07-01-2010, 10:35 AM

two or three times

...speaking as someone whose neatly folded laundry baskets mysteriously keep getting dumped out rather than put away and who regularly gets so fed up she eventually leaves them to be trampled on until she can corral the offenders into putting the damn stuff away. So what if they look like jumble sales, at least they're clean jumble sales, for about 10 minutes.....

TheMercenary · 07-01-2010, 10:47 AM

Or use a basket with a top. We put ours on top of a stand up freezer.

lumberjim · 07-01-2010, 10:56 AM

this is a subjective exercise. I personally would not tolerate it at all if I witnessed it being done intentionally. Your reality is far different.

If I was in the shoes I know you're in, I would expect that my answer would be different than my current one, but still fewer times than yours would be.

Clodfobble · 07-01-2010, 11:40 AM

For the record, I only picked it up once, then let it sit the second time. I was just wondering if that made me a slob. Eventually Mr. Clod finally got out of bed (not his fault, he had a bunch of servers breaking in the middle of the night that needed his attention,) so I had a separate room I could move the basket into.

Happy Monkey · 07-01-2010, 11:50 AM

Have you thought about getting a snake?

glatt · 07-01-2010, 12:17 PM

If I knew beforehand that it would be a futile exercise, I wouldn't even pick it up once. If it required me picking it up a few times before I clued in, I would hope that I would catch on to the situation by the third dumping, so I would only pick it up twice.

I would look for another solution, but if I didn't see one, I'd just leave it there.

Flint · 07-01-2010, 12:27 PM

I don't understand why you can't put the laundry away. Just MAKE IT be part of the process. Seriouly, when you go to the bathroom, you KNOW that you aren't done until you wipe and flush, right? Now tell yourself that you aren't DONE with the laundry until it is put away. It will take less time to do this than it does to keep putting it back in the basket, so you are really saving time.

squirell nutkin · 07-01-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I don't understand why you can't put the laundry away. Just MAKE IT be part of the process. Seriouly, when you go to the bathroom, you KNOW that you aren't done until you wipe and flush, right? Now tell yourself that you aren't DONE with the laundry until it is put away. It will take less time to do this than it does to keep putting it back in the basket, so you are really saving time.

Would you like to explain that to some of the people at my house? I'm still working on "The lids isn't ON until it is on. Not some of the way on and not most of the way on, I expect that lid to be motherfucking on."

And when the syrup, gravy, soup or whatever spills all over the inside of the refrigerator will that help you to learn to put the lid on? No, because you are a slob and don't care about the giant mess in the fridge that is clinging to the bottom of everything and is now being tracked all over every counter and surface those things touch.

Was I just typing that?

sexobon · 07-01-2010, 12:34 PM

An intriguing thread about a basket case...............

07-01-2010, 10:15 AM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	How many times? How many times could you see a basket of clean laundry upended and spread out all over the floor, and pick it up again? This is a serious question, aimed at finding the average person's breaking point. Moving the laundry basket to somewhere inaccessible is not an option, actually folding the laundry and putting it away is not an option right now, and killing the creature that keeps dumping it out is not an option. How many times would you get down and pile it all back in the basket, before you just gave up and let it sit there all over the floor (getting stepped on by said dumping creature,) until such time as it could be folded, a minimum of several hours later? Ten times? Five times? Not even once? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-01-2010, 10:22 AM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Three. Same as the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop. But seriously, three. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-01-2010, 10:26 AM	#3
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Clod - I've got to read this as a theoretical exercise. I can't imagine a situation in which the basket could not be put in a closet or some such. Or using a heavier basket that can't be dumped. Something. Having said that, I'd probably pick it up twice before looking for a more permanent solution. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-01-2010, 10:34 AM	#5
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	I would say about once before I changed something. I barely believe in doing things the first time, so twice would really be beyond the pale. I'd put the basket outside on the back porch if needed, or back in the dryer if available. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

07-01-2010, 10:38 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Instead of using a basket, use a large plastic trash bag. It's easy to carry over your shoulder, it stays where you put it down, it's just as easy to pluck & fold out of, and it can do double duty hiding the body. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-01-2010, 10:27 AM	#4
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Once! .. then I would just say pick up the clothes>>> with a growly face. I actually have never encountered that problem with clean clothes. The disappear somewhere but I would be all growley about it if it happened. It is the dirty ones, in the bathroom, that get kicked into tripping positions and that works just fine too.

07-01-2010, 10:35 AM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	two or three times ...speaking as someone whose neatly folded laundry baskets mysteriously keep getting dumped out rather than put away and who regularly gets so fed up she eventually leaves them to be trampled on until she can corral the offenders into putting the damn stuff away. So what if they look like jumble sales, at least they're clean jumble sales, for about 10 minutes..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-01-2010, 10:47 AM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Or use a basket with a top. We put ours on top of a stand up freezer. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-01-2010, 10:56 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this is a subjective exercise. I personally would not tolerate it at all if I witnessed it being done intentionally. Your reality is far different. If I was in the shoes I know you're in, I would expect that my answer would be different than my current one, but still fewer times than yours would be. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-01-2010, 11:40 AM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	For the record, I only picked it up once, then let it sit the second time. I was just wondering if that made me a slob. Eventually Mr. Clod finally got out of bed (not his fault, he had a bunch of servers breaking in the middle of the night that needed his attention,) so I had a separate room I could move the basket into. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-01-2010, 11:50 AM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Have you thought about getting a snake? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-01-2010, 12:17 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	If I knew beforehand that it would be a futile exercise, I wouldn't even pick it up once. If it required me picking it up a few times before I clued in, I would hope that I would catch on to the situation by the third dumping, so I would only pick it up twice. I would look for another solution, but if I didn't see one, I'd just leave it there.

07-01-2010, 12:27 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I don't understand why you can't put the laundry away. Just MAKE IT be part of the process. Seriouly, when you go to the bathroom, you KNOW that you aren't done until you wipe and flush, right? Now tell yourself that you aren't DONE with the laundry until it is put away. It will take less time to do this than it does to keep putting it back in the basket, so you are really saving time. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-01-2010, 12:34 PM	#15
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	An intriguing thread about a basket case...............

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