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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

They shared the chores of living as some couples do--she did most of the work and he appreciated it.

They shared the chores of living as some couples do--she did most of the work and he appreciated it.

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

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