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PaperclipPerfector  4d ago (text post)   1666 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for May 22, 2026

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I understand your point on bathroom sliding doors, indeed they block sound poorly. But maybe if you have not started constructing your home yet you can widen the entire house just for the laundry door. If you and your roommate or wife live in the unit together, eventually someone will be exiting the laundry room at the same time someone is entering the home. Or someone will forget something in the house and step in quickly to retrieve it (keys, wallet, credit card, etc) and not communicate the entry as normal to the other person, knocking them senseless in a rush.

But maybe if you have not started constructing your home yet you can widen the entire house just for the laundry door.

(1) Construction already is underway.

(2) The house already takes up the entire buildable width of the lot (34′2″ vs. 35′).

If you and your roommate live in the unit together, eventually someone will be exiting the laundry room at the same time someone is entering the home. Or someone will forget something in the house and step in quickly to retrieve it (keys, wallet, credit card, etc.) and not communicate the entry as normal to the other person, knocking him senseless in a rush.

I do not assign much probability to this hypothetical event. If you disagree, you can join the betting pool with @orthoxerox. (Come on! Are you people in the habit of opening opaque doors with all your strength? I certainly am not. People can be standing behind doors unbeknownst to you even if those doors don't swing into other doors.)

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