On 2016-12-09 9:03 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 7:17:36 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:28:24 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>
>>>>> "S Viemeister" wrote in message
>>>>> ... On 12/7/2016 2:32 PM,
>>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> I prefer to keep the clothing clean and pollen free. We alwys use
>>>>>> the dryer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ============
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't seem to have any problems with that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sheila? Do you?
>>>>>>
>>>>> The winds in Sutherland don't let any pollen or schmutz sit on the
>>>>> laundry (I have to use lots of clothes pegs to keep my sheets from
>>>>> flying off to Orkney), there aren't many cars and my drying green is
>>>>> a fair distance from the road. Very rarely a bird will drop a bomb on
>>>>> my laundry - the last time was about 6 years ago. ===
>>>>>
>>>>> How about in US?
>>>>
>>>> You need to understand how BIG the US is to realize that question makes
>>>> no sense.
>>>
>>> Brits don't seem to understand that California is more
>>> than *3 times* larger than England, and California is
>>> but a small part of the United States.
>>
>> I just can't grasp the relationship between the size of US and the
>> amount of pollen and bird poop raining down on laundry hung on a US
>> washing line. Are your birds and pollen grains as big as California?
>>
>> Perhaps Americans could explain this for our benefit.
>
> I think the point he/she was trying to make is that "How about
> in the US?" suggests that everywhere in the US has the same
> conditions. However, I could read between the lines and
> interpret it to mean "Anybody who wishes to answer--how about
> in your area of the US?"
You thought that???? When I saw the addressing the question about birds
dropping bombs on laundry his answered You need to understand how BIG
the US is to realize that question makes no sense." That made
absolutely no sense to me.
> Huh. And people accuse me of being too literal-minded.
They do?