My brother-in-law and sister-in-law lived in a two-story house with a basement. In the basement was the washer and dryer. The bathroom was on the second floor.
The house was designed so a person would not have to carry dirty laundry to the basement from upstairs. There was a laundry chute in the bathroom. Dirty clothes were dropped into the chute upstairs into a bin in the basement. Easy to do.
At that time they had three children, two boys and a girl. All three of them were overly 'adventurous'. It seemed they were always into something they should not have been. Perhaps my niece was worst of all.
One day she decided to take a trip down the laundry chute. She was small so there was little danger of her getting stuck. She did not.
However the chute was not smoothly finished. After all who would see it?
As my niece fell down the chute she discovered that although there were no nails sticking out to snag the clothes the ends of the nails were right at the surface. They took no pity on a little girl. And the wood was not smooth.
By the time my niece landed in the bin she was screaming in pain. No bones were broken. But she was covered and I do mean covered.in small cuts and scrapes.
Needless to say she only put clothes in the chute after that.
Beautiful blog
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DeleteGreat story! Some of us have to learn things the hard way.
ReplyDeleteThat seemed to be the story of my niece's life.
Deleteoh that was horrible indeed
ReplyDeletei felt for your niece Emma ,she reminded me a boy from my native village who was utterly mischievous and his arms ,back and face was covered with scars because of his habit to do something naughty always
i have seen such chute only in movies ,as big hotels have them and staff throw laundry through but they are helpful for hero in escape during tough situations
Haha. I do not think my niece would be quick to escape that way.
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