- published: 22 Apr 2016
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Laundry is the washing of clothing and linens, the place where that washing is done, or that which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. Laundry can be considered a room or area, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.
Laundry was first done in watercourses, letting the water carry away the materials which could cause stains and smells. Laundry is still done this way in some less industrialized areas and rural regions. Agitation helps remove the dirt, so the laundry is often rubbed, twisted, or slapped against flat rocks. Wooden bats or clubs could be used to help with beating the dirt out. These were often called washing beetles or bats and could be used by the waterside on a rock (a beetling-stone), on a block (battling-block), or on a board. They were once common across Europe and were also used by settlers in North America. Similar techniques have also been identified in Japan.
Various chemicals may be used to increase the solvent power of water, such as the compounds in soaproot or yucca-root used by Native American tribes, or the ash lye once widely used for soaking laundry in Europe. Soap, a compound made from lye and fat, is an ancient and common laundry aid. Modern washing machines typically use powdered or liquid laundry detergent in place of more traditional soap.
Well it was certainly that day,
packed the clothes and did the laundry.
I put it off, but they were alive.
When I'd walk by they'd give me five.
So I packed up boxers and socks.
And had a bagel with some lox
But if I'd known she would be there
That girl with chopsticks in her hair.
So do you come here all the time?
Why are your's fluffier than mine?
I think its time to change my pill.
But your soap technique is pretty ill.
So do you come here all the time?
Why are your's fluffier than mine?
I think its time to change my pill.
But your soap technique is pretty ill.
Well she was hesitant at first.
I think a little bit frightened by my dirt.
But I said "babe I feel so clean"
Unless she likes it dirt-e.
So do you come here all the time?
Why are your's fluffier than mine?
I think its time to change my pill.
But your soap technique is pretty ill.
So do you come here all the time?
Why are your's fluffier than mine?
I think its time to change my pill.
But your soap technique is pretty ill.
So do you come here all the time?
Why are your's fluffier than mine?
I think its time to change my pill.