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A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor.
A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor.
There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any read more
There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.
Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.
Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.
The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's read more
The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number--a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.
I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.
I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.
Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the read more
Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it
At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.
I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.