On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:18:47 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
>> yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
>> It happens.
>
>Yeah, never say never. That reminds me of a funny that Sheldon
>claimed a few months ago. He said that a neighbor hangs her bras
>out on the line, wind comes along and blows them off and he sees
>her bras hanging in his maple trees. LOL. Wishful thinking
>there, no doubt.

The only wishful thinking was wishing she was in those big bras. When
laundry is hung outside it's the flimsy undies that are first to fly
on a windy day. A lot of people here hang laundry outdoors.