The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste read more

The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste or eaten within twenty-four hours.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.

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.

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

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.

Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing?

Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing?

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.

I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.

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.