To me there are three things everyone should do every day. Number one is laugh. Number two is think — spend some time in thought. Number three, you should have your emotions move you to tears. If you laugh, think and cry, that’s a heck of a day.
–Jim Valvano
This post is in response to The WordPress Weekly Photo Theme: Trio What comes in threes?
Outside the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Amalfi Italy I have cried in joy and gratitude, for simply being there, and laughed out loud when considering who’s red laundry waved a welcome back to me. It was indeed: “One heck of a day.”
Great laugh out loud music today. Today’s music: MC Tracky-Dactyl – Laundryman
In my house, red clothes slowly sink to the bottom of the laundry basket, until there is a good enough number of them to put in the washing machine. I completely understand this image!
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Enjoyed the video. Still laughing.
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I am always amused by the way Europeans have to dry their clothes. My camera usually comes out. The their is the fact clothing dried outside tends to smell ever so much better than clothes dried in a dryer. –Curt
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Good advice JoHanna!
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That is how we dry our clothes in the Caribbean, sniff the smell of fresh laundry spreading with the wind. Again, I do agree with the quote at the beginning. Think, laugh and laugh some more.
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I have a beautiful gas dryer that I just hardly ever have used…I love the freshness and smell of laundry dried out in the sun. It feels really clean.
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Yes JoHanna that is the feeling, the extra crisp smell. I have used the electric dryer before and it is great for rainy days but the clothes line takes the price.
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The side benefit to the world is even greater.
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Nice! I like the way red stands out in the picture.
Also, the quote you shared is worth it. Couldn’t agree more with it 🙂
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Well JoHanna your post brought a smile to my face; the clothes being hung out to dry reminds me of a time at a beautiful watertown in eastern China where the Chinese were hanging out their clothes including their ‘smalls’ to dry…very funny.
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Well, I certainly think, and generally manage to laugh (the comments about drying clothes have me laughing as I write). Tears? Not every day, but I get by without them, mostly. Except last week and Paris.
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Oh you just have to give “LaundryMan” a listen Curtis. It is a hilarious youthful masculine perspective.
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Excellent indeed! Very good of you to come up with that – how did you find it? Or maybe it’s just one of those planetary phenomena that I’m not aware of…
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It was a simple search for ‘songs about laundry.’ A real gem of a find.
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A gem indeed. I sent it to my children, they loved it. Many thanks!
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I totally agree with Jim Valvano 🙂
we can cry from laughing 😀
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I love the red laundry waving back! lovely
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Thanks Lynz. I just loved how it was waving from above to everyone coming in quiet solemn and reverend to visit Saint Andrews Cathedral.
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A feather and an onion sort out the first two. Figuring out what to wear does for the final. There – a perfect day sorted!
That dissertation on laundry does do wonderful research on sorting out an incredibly vexing subject …
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I thought so too.
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Great advice in this post, dear Johanna… I couldn´t agree more with Valvano´s words.
Thank you… Sending love and best wishes. Aquileana ☀★🎇
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Same to you my dear. Your website continues to be just so engaging, well researched, and intelligent. Thank you.
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Words to live by, from Jimmy Valvano. Thank you for them! I loved your photo, and you totally made me laugh out loud with Laundryman! Thank you! That was hilarious. l
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“‘Laundryman’ is growing with popularity here.
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We learned the hard way how Europeans dryed their laundry on a trip to Spain in 2012. We were told our Timeshare had both washer and dryer. upon arrival – found the washer but not the dryer. Asked at the front desk and they said it should be in our closet. Learned it was one of those wooden dryers where you open it up and hang your laundry on it. There were four of us on this wonderful trip (and the first time we had traveled together). Upon our return to the states when asked how well we got along sharing the timeshare condos, we laughed and said: We became so intimate on this trip of a lifetime that even our underwear became intimate with each other, nothing was left to the imagination.” Fun times!
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Thank you for your contribution to the discussion. “When in Rome….” seems to apply here! All my best to you.
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Such good advice, JoHanna! Wonderful memories of a special day! ♡
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Yes indeed. Just had to share.
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Great post! I love the picture and the advice! I sure need more laughs in my life 😀
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