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.

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 is like being caught in a revolving door.

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any read more

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.