Subject: Activities » Housework (Page 2)

A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

Nothing annoys a woman more than to have company drop in unexpectedly and find the house looking as it usually does.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Keeping house is as unpleasant and filthy as coal mining, and the pay's a lot worse.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

I find apologizing for not having cleaned is easier than cleaning.

(1975 – ) English comedian

It's better to have loved and lost than do forty pounds of laundry a week.

(1904 – 1989) Spanish surrealist painter

Don't cook… don’t clean; no man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

You know it’s time to do the laundry when you dry off with a sneaker.

(1969 – ) comedian & actor

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.

writer

The man has not been born for whom I will iron a shirt.

(1939 – ) English actress

I do clean up a little if company is coming; I'll wipe the lipstick off the milk container.

(1952 – ) comedian

My second favorite household chore is ironing, my first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

(1832 – 1888) novelist

How do you know if it's time to wash the dishes and clean your house?… look inside your pants and if you find a penis in there, it's not time.

(1957 – ) British stand-up comedian

Whatever arrangement you make for the division of household duties, your husband's job will be easier.

There is always more dirty laundry than clean laundry.

Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing?

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

You don’t get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

(1949 – ) American actress

There's no real need to do housework – after four years it doesn't get any worse.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

I used to live with five straight guys and – ew, the cleaning schedule was 'nope.'

comedian

It (housework) expands to fill the time available plus half an hour: so obviously it is never finished.