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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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?

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.

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.