Fun Facts to Know and Tell

Parabeagle

Okay, our Halloween potluck is over, everybody's grazing on leftovers and not much work is getting done. So I thought I would stop by the forum and let you in on a few fun facts to know and tell. You'll be a hit at your next cocktail party with information like this. Enjoy. x:-)

78% of women say that they fantasize about this on a daily basis.

Coming home to a clean house

10/28/2003

According to Reader's Digest, only 8% of Americans will do this on Halloween.

Hand out "full-size" candy

10/29/2003

Based on a recent survey, women are much better at this because men say they can only endure this for seventy-two minutes.

Shopping

ray a

Shopping for 72 minutes!!??? My eyes glaze over after just 30 minutes.

Don D

Men don't have to fantasize about coming home to a clean house. It darned well better be that way when I get home! If need be, I'll take a long drive around the reservoir on the way home so she has time to get in from work and clean up the house. Some things are not negotiable!

Whatever

And just who messed up the house that you do not help clean?

HRgalME

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 11-03-03 AT 09:13AM (CST)[/font][p]And why does it have to be the woman who cleans? In today's society where women are in the workforce, they don't have the time to be a working woman, a housewife and a mother! Now if I could find a rich husband who will support me so I don't have to work, I'd be happy to keep his house!

Cyndy

System

Don D. I fear for you today. You are going to have to clarify your non-negotiables!

mjindra

Isn't it a little early on a Monday morning to be pushing your luck? Are you truly a chauvenist, or just a big talker? x:D

System

OK Don, I reread your post.
As long as my guy is unfailingly romantic, slays dragons for me, makes enough dough to keep me in jewels and velvet robes then I will keep the house clean!8-}

mjindra

Re-read it again deez, his wifey works AND cleans the house. While he putzes on the forum all day. x:D

Parabeagle

"Isn't it a little early on a Monday morning to be pushing your luck? Are you truly a chauvenist, or just a big talker?"

Don likes to come on here and make controversial and politically incorrect comments with the same zeal as the guy who twists the tail of the tiger and you should assume nothing about his personality based upon these off-the-wall comments. He has, in fact (as noted elsewhere on here), often commented about how he places his wife on a pedestal -- unfortunately the pedestal is 18 feet tall and she is chained to it. x;-)

System

And it's very clean and tidy

HRQ

Oh MAN you asked for it! (On purpose, I know)

My husband doesn't notice if the house is clean or messy. When I mention (whine) that the house is a mess, he very gallantly offers to take the kids to the park so I can have some time alone to clean. I usually opt to hang at the park with them instead.

ray a

Mjindra and Deez,

I would never say anything as crass as Don did. I have too much respect for my wife.

mjindra

Actually ray, I think you corrupted Don to thinking this way. He picked it up from you! I have a good memory.

AnneLa

We all know that Don is just kidding.............. have you ever read his posts on how he puts his wife on a pedestal. He's just baiting you with his quick wit and dry humor (this time).

I decided a long time ago to hire someone else to do this for my family - now no more discussions on who does what or why it's not done.

ray a

Actually Mjindra, you have it backwards. Don was around long before me. I picked it up from him. x;-)

Don D

You'll have to pardon me. I've been away for awhile and haven't followed this thread. I had to run by the house and do a 'white glove' in the den and kitchen. I left a note regarding water spots on the left counter top and a spoon rest on top of the stove not shining and a broom propped in the corner of the garage that should be in the closed storage room area. Non-negotiable!

ray a

I trust you will be giving her a reprimand tonight and documenting it. This is unconscionable.

Parabeagle

You guys ought to be glad there's no way the women on the forum can get to you. If they could, you'd be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

mjindra

What do you mean, there's no way? Where there's a will, there's a way!

Parabeagle

Cool your jets, Mjindra. I can see white smoke pouring from your ears. x;-)

ray a

Uh oh, I just realized Mjindra may have copied down my return address when I sent her those chocolates. She may be making a trip to NY to get me.

mjindra

What chocolates? I want everybody to officially know, ray has imagined the chocolates. I don't want them now, I'm on Atkins, send lettuce.

ray a

Since you can't prove a negative, you can't prove to us you never got the chocolates. Lettuce is on the way.

Whatever

Considering all the splatter, how come no "white glove" in the bathroom? x;-)

mwild31

When I fantasize - especially if it's 78% of my time, it's about winning big at the lottery, or John Cusack seeing me on the street & falling instantly in love with me sweeping me off to Chicago - definitely not a clean house.

And, sorry to betray the ladies on the forum, but I can shop and 72 minutes is a grocery shopping trip at Fred Meyers (a combo store with everything) - not real shopping - real shopping takes much, much longer.

As to Don and his he-man post - yeah, right x;-)

ray a

You call that a "he-man" statement when he does it from the safety of his computer knowing there can be no real retaliation?

Here we go again. The ladies have divided and conquered the guys.

Parabeagle

Yes, but Mjindra is probably landing in your neck of the woods as we speak and is on her way to you to teach you a lesson, Ray. x;-)

Don D

Ritaanz told me once that the reason she is off every Friday is (1) so that her husband will have a spotless house on the weekend, and (2) He always wants his jeep hand-washed on Friday. I think it was her that told me that.

ray a

Oh, it had to be Ritaanz. Sounds just exactly like something she would do.

ritaanz

OK Big Boy. Here's the scoop. It so happens that my Beloved has other priorities. It is not a spotless house he desires, but a home. It is not a hand-washed Jeep, but a hand to hold. My time is better spent showering him with attention and more appreciated. Because I have 3 day weekends, I get to be creative with my energy x;-) and put a lot of oomph into all the little things that one often overlooks. But that's why they make chocolate and vanilla. Oh, Christmas is coming, what size gloves do you wear?