Meaning of たりしたら


I was reading something and I found this thing attached to a verb. The
sentence was this one:

> ふと脇を見て、そこに洗濯物がたたんであったりしたら。

What meaning does it have?




Closest English counterpart I can think of is, "what if" or "just imagine if"

ふと脇を見て、そこに洗濯物がたたんであったりしたら。 What if, I looked to my side, and all the landries
were nicely folded right there. (how convenient would that be!)

It is a form of ommission, unique to Japanese. Imagine the full sentence being
like:

ふと脇を見て、そこに洗濯物がたたんであったりしたら、すごくありがたい。 What if I looked to my side and all the
laundries were nicely folded....that'd be handy!

or

ふと脇を見て、そこに洗濯物がたたんであったりしたら、こわいぞ！

What if I looked to my side and all the laundries were nicely folded....that'd
be spooky! (assuming you are the only one in the house)

I have to see the context, so I can't give you the 100% translation - but I'd
hazard a guess that - it's either someone lamenting how much laundry there is
yet to be folded, or, cracking a joke about kind ghost that'd fold laundry for
you.

