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Cooking, cleaning, sanitising, washing – any of these duties could be a pleasure or a torture to you.  It depends on your attitude and preferences. Though, housework is not something easy. 

It is a quite important activity for your home. But we encourage you – look at its funny side! Here are some thoughts about housework, which will make you smile:

  • Phyllis Diller says that housework actually is not able to kill you, but wonders – why you should take the risk?; 

  • Quentin Crisp suggests that there is no need at all to do any housework. He thinks that after the first four years it can’t become dirtier;

  • James Dent says his opinion about what is a perfect summer day. There should be a sun, breeze and singing birds. And something important – the lawn mower should be broken. 

  • Grey Livingston believes that if you use a manual push mower, you could reduce pollution in some way. But the only thing that could run out of gas, remains you.

  • Bette Midler shares his idea of superwoman. For her, it’s actually someone, who can scrub her own floors;

  • Katharine Whitehorn says that there is no book, which could tell you how to begin the housework – or actually why to do it;

  • Cecil Baxter believes that you can’t clean something without making dirty something else;

  • An unknown “wiseman” advises us to turn off the lights, instead of cleaning the house; 

  • Some people have their way to tell you how to make yourself at home – like joking with you, that you may even clean the kitchen;

  • According to the folk wisdom you should wash today or to be naked tomorrow – it’s your choice;

  • Jim Lemon explains about his honeydew day. This is actually his day off, when his wife is calling him “honey” all the time…and asking him to do a lot of stuff in the house;

  • The chore that Erma Bombeck (a comedian) places on a second place of the ranking of her favorites is ironing. The first one is hitting her head until she faints. 

  • Heloise Cruse suggests that the reason for spending time in the office, for most women is... housework;

  • An anonymous thinker claims that there must be a reason for the dusty shelves and the pots, which don’t shine. And this is because you have better things for doing.

With a little more imagination, some of these sayings can be turned into an interesting addition to your interior. For example – place them in a frame, hang the frame on the wall...and have your guests have some fun!



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