A chara, - Mr Patrick Kelly seems to accord the same importance to the washin' of clothes and the rarin' of children (letters, October 23rd). There are times, gan dabht, when mothers, working (sic) or "just housewives", fervently wish they could dump the little darlings into the automatic washing machine as easily as Mr Kelly dumps his socks into his own machine. Or does he use a launderette? - is mise,
Baile Bhlainseir,
Baile Atha Cliath 15.