Excuse Me While I Hose Down My Furniture…

by hookedonhouses on February 26, 2008

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In the 1950s, they envisioned a future that was plastic and waterproof. The teeny-tiny caption says, “Because everything in her home is waterproof, the housewife of 2000 can do her daily cleaning with a hose.”

I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a drain in the middle of my living room! There are some days when it would certainly come in handy….

Via Dark Roasted Blend.

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1 morethananelectrician 02.26.08 at 11:24 am

…until the city has a clog in the the sewer system and in backs up into your living room.

2 hookedonhouses 02.26.08 at 11:29 am

Hmm. Perhaps I haven’t thought it all the way through…

3 maya 02.26.08 at 1:48 pm

other than the possibility of back up - sounds great to me!

4 fat stylist 02.26.08 at 2:25 pm

You think that’s where the idea of keeping your couch wrapped in plastic came from?

5 Jane 12.05.08 at 2:36 pm

What she’s thinking:

“I’m gonna wash that man right outta my house!”

6 Kat 04.07.09 at 4:32 pm

Back then they never imagined that we’d run out of clean water! We can’t even water our lawns here in FL due to water shortage. But what an excuse to let the housework slide! Sorry honey, we can only hose down the house every third Sunday!

7 Fluffernutter 07.08.09 at 2:22 am

Haveing a party?…Just hose everything down in the livingroom before comany comes..LOL!
Now some would definatly call that a ‘ Wet’n Wild” part!
Maybe thats where they came up with the idea for kids “Slip n’ Slides”.
The plastic sheet on the lawn and hose it down for summer fun.

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