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    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.

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If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, "Who could have read more

If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, "Who could have done this? we have no enemies.".

by Phyllis Diller Found in: Housework Quotes,
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance

by Erma Bombeck Found in: Housework Quotes,
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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

by Evan Esar Found in: Housework Quotes,
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My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither one of us does it

My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither one of us does it

by Dottie Archibald Found in: Housework Quotes,
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I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

by Shirley Conran Found in: Housework Quotes,
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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.

by Simone De Beauvoir Found in: Housework Quotes,
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Housekeeping ain't no joke.

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

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People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal read more

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.

by Margaret Mahy Found in: Housework Quotes,
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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.

by Lady Hasluck Found in: Housework Quotes,
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