On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:53:01 +0000, "."
wrote:

Because they have no brains. The Scandinavians are shocked that we do the
washing in the kitchen. They say "do you also take the dishes up to the
bathroom to wash them their too". They have the washing machines upstairs

No they don't, they have them in their utility rooms, just like us.

Only occasionally in Finland do they have utility rooms. Most of the
time the washing machine is in the bathroom. It's true that they think
the concept of getting your laundry anywhere near the kitchen is
disgusting.

More often than not there is no upstairs in a scandinavian house.
"Upstairs" is something designed for countries that have too many
people for the amount of space available! :-)

M.