I used to have two baskets when I took my clothes to the laundromat. They were labeled “WHITE” and “COLORED”. Somewhat surprisingly, nobody at the laundromat ever made any comments whatsoever.
A lot of rubbish tips do make that distinction. “White” things are appliances made of (traditionally white-)enameled steel. I don’t know whether enameled cast iron (claw-foot tubs) and fired porzellan (loo commodes and sinks) also qualify.
The dump for Sarasota County Florida had signs directing you to where you should get rid of your White Goods, which I thought was a silly enough name. Besides they’d have needed a bigger area to dump all the White Trash.
stillfickled Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’m not touching that one.
dadoctah over 2 years ago
I used to have two baskets when I took my clothes to the laundromat. They were labeled “WHITE” and “COLORED”. Somewhat surprisingly, nobody at the laundromat ever made any comments whatsoever.
Màiri over 2 years ago
A lot of rubbish tips do make that distinction. “White” things are appliances made of (traditionally white-)enameled steel. I don’t know whether enameled cast iron (claw-foot tubs) and fired porzellan (loo commodes and sinks) also qualify.
lagoulou over 2 years ago
Obviously created before being “ politically correct” was popular…
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
Not touching that with a ten foot pole.
tony_n_jen2003 over 2 years ago
Is that Buster Keaton?
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
What? No old house trailers?
Linguist over 2 years ago
The dump for Sarasota County Florida had signs directing you to where you should get rid of your White Goods, which I thought was a silly enough name. Besides they’d have needed a bigger area to dump all the White Trash.
Stephen Gilberg over 2 years ago
Kliban rarely used puns.
6turtle9 over 2 years ago
Black trash matters!