Laundry Danger in Italy

For the novice (like ourselves) there can be some hidden issues in Italy with simple tasks like hanging out the laundry. Because we are in an apartment building we must hang our laundry outside the window, for us 3 floors up.

Like this:


The other day I dropped my undies. Onto the washing line on the apartment below (they are the white ones on the right of the line):


That was a week ago, now they have been hung up with a peg...and now I am not sure if I have waited too long to ask for them back!