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Old 06-07-2009, 10:43 AM   #3824
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During a discussion at work about sharing housework with a spouse, a collegue listening to us said:

"I share with my wife too, she cooks, I eat. I soil the clothes, she washes. She cleans the floors, I soil them. If I didn't do my part she'd have nothing to do!"
Reminds me of my grandfather, who on the subject of housework said, "Why keep a dog and bark yourself?" Pointing at my grandmother.

(They got divorced over 30 years ago, and he died in 1986 so he didn't say that recently!)

I also remember my dad teaching me how to peel potatoes. He explained that his technique was the best because "it takes so long that if you do it like that mum won't ask you to do it again." When my sister was born, my brother and I (then aged 10 and 12) tried to explain to him how to cook a roast dinner. In the end we did it with him taking the hot pans out of the oven when we told him to!
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