my sis bought a bale of lovely purple towels and washed them to get the batter out. anyway, it was a monsoon that day (well it is in scotland) and she refused to take them in for 5 days. she would stand at the window shouting at them. eventually they were all over the garden in mud and she still refused...still shouting at the towels that if they were stupid enough to fall off the line then they could lie there and rot....her husband eventually brought them in!!! what a woman...i could defo do that!!!!!!