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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.
Housekeeping ain't no joke.
Housekeeping ain't no joke.
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
The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they read more
The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.
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.
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.