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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:29 PM
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What's your LEAST favorite household chore?
I would say my least favorite is doing dishes, followed closely be folding laundry. Both of them just seem to be never-ending.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:30 PM
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1. That's the one demoralizing thing about laundry.
It's never done. Unless you do laundry stark naked, there is always at least one article of dirty clothing in your house! I HATE that!
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:32 PM
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2. Cleaning the bathroom...
closely followed by dishes, I HATE seeing dirty dishes in the sink!
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:33 PM
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4. Cleaning the bathroom, followed by washing the kitchen floor.
My two least favorite chores.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:33 PM
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3. doing Laundry
by the time i get around to doing it, i'm carrying my own weight in cLothes.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:35 PM
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Dishes - the big, obnoxious pots and pans you have to wash in the sink.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:35 PM
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5. Laundry's my favorite!
Cleaning the window blinds is my least favorite. No matter what, they don't come clean.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:37 PM
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8. If you buy inexpensive ones
you could always toss them when they get nasty. :shrug:
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:42 PM
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14. We're replacing them with nice ones a few at a time.
All the old aluminum ones are getting chucked and we're getting faux-wood blinds, which seem to come clean with a vacuum and some elbow grease, but it's still a pain. x(

I'd much rather do laundry.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:35 PM
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6. Cleaning the bathroom
Icky.
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jswordy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:37 PM
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7. Cleaning the bathroom isn't bad, but the TOILET I hate!
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:38 PM
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9. Making the bed. I don't know why. I just hate it.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:36 PM
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35. Don't make it, then
Studies have shown a made bed is more hospitable for mites and other critters. Beds left unmade have fewer bugs. So, leave your bed messy without any guilt.
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 09:20 PM
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43. Oh thank you, thank you, thank you.
I knew there was a reason not to make the bed. (Not that I have done so since I moved out of my parent's house.) Wasted energy is my theory.
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 10:10 PM
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51. Really? I'm amazed!
What makes a made bed more hospitable to mites?
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RedstDem Donating Member (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:38 PM
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10. The Cat Box
Yuck
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:50 PM
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22. Same here
and of course nobody else wants to do it. :puke:
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:38 PM
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11. Easy. Scraping the KY jelly off of the walls.
It wouldn't be so bad except it has to be done on a daily basis.
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:42 PM
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13. Waaa. I guess the stuff on the ceiling just drips off.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:41 PM
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12. Dusting. There are just so many surfaces and so many things
need to be moved out of the way and then put back, on EVERY surface. I hate it.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:38 PM
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37. dusting and vacuuming. And the next day or so it's there again.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:43 PM
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15. Changing the gorilla's diaper.
ook ook.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:45 PM
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17. We have a gorilla?
:shrug:

Where have you been hiding him?
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:47 PM
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19. In the 3rd level sub-basement.
Right next to the unfinished killer robot.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:50 PM
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20. Glad to see you've made yourself at home
You've apparently been *quite* busy while I'm at work.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:43 PM
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16. Feeding the Goddamn Children
They just keep eating and shitting, it never fucking stops.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:47 PM
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18. How old are they?
Eventually, they'll be able to eat and go to the potty all by themselves.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:50 PM
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21. 6 and 4
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 01:51 PM by new_beawr
I was just reminiscing.....................
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:38 PM
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36. Try new Purina Offspring Chow (tm)
Just add water, makes its own sauce.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 11:37 AM
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54. There, someone got the joke..................
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:57 PM
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23. Keeping my food down, considering how those people smell.
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:01 PM
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24. Dishes without a doubt...
it just seems like a great big waste of time -- washing dishes to eat off them to clean them again to eat off them yadda yadda -- it's too much like Sisyphus and his rock. If they made biodegrable dishware from a renewable source I'd use it for sure!

I actually enjoy folding laundry -- I like the fresh smell and the warmth of the clothing when I bury my face in it. :) The folding process also appeals to my slightly anal pleasure in making things symetrical -- I love the look of a well-folded towel. :freak:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:01 PM
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25. Cleaning the kitchen appliances
Grease gets everywhere when you cook, dust follows, creating that lovely sticky grime it's a bitch to remove. Ugh.
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:06 PM
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26. Cleaning up cat puke
I can take the litter boxes, but I get sympathetic heaves with the puke. That and about a thousand other things - I'd rather play!
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:40 PM
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38. I have 4 and don't mind it when they do it on a solid surface. But
when it's a carpet....
Gag me with a spoon
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 09:30 PM
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46. that is why the rugs are going away and the tile and or wood is
coming in.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:09 PM
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27. By the look of my apartment - I'd have to say
ALL OF THEM
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:38 PM
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28. I've had period's of time like that
and then it just gets too overwhelming. I'm getting much better about cleaning up and now I have help, so it makes it even easier.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:42 PM
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30. My dishes are a bit overwhelming at the moment
I need help.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:40 PM
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29. Folding the "whites"
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 02:41 PM by MrsGrumpy
:hi: Why can't we all go barefoot?
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:53 PM
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32. I pretty much gave up on that one
There's a basket full of socks in the laundry room. Help yourself. :D
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:44 PM
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31. Emptying the cat box.
Yuck.
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 03:07 PM
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33. Cleaning the ferret cage. It always needs to be done
and it's always gross.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:27 PM
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34. Can they be trained to use the toilet
like cats? Are their boxes smellier than a cat's?
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:17 AM
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53. I don't think so. Mine are scared of the toilet. When it is flushed,
they dart out of the room (well, not the deaf one). My ferrets won't use litter pans, either. They just go on paper and we clean it up.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:40 PM
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39. Vacuuming
Vacuum cleaners hate me - the cord is always getting tangled on things and the damn thing always seems to misbehave on me. It's noisy and tedious. I don't mind dishes - I can zone out while I'm doing dishes.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:57 PM
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40. Ironing!!!!
Ugh! :mad:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 09:12 PM
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42. I try not to buy too many things
that I have to iron or dry clean. But, if I have to iron, I do it while watching television. I'm not sure which is more mind-numbing.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 10:03 PM
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48. I never iron without being in front of the TV because it would be
impossible to iron.
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 08:02 PM
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41. Cleaning the toilet
:argh:
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 10:01 PM
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47. yeah that's bad news, I hate that
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 09:23 PM
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44. All of the above
I need a maid.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 09:29 PM
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45. anything that involves stooping or squatting, as I have a very
bad knee.

I have my washer and dryer elevated so I can load and unload w/o
stooping or kneeling down.


I really only enjoy cooking if you want to know the truth ....
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 10:03 PM
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49. Um... Cleaning.
Yeah, cleaning.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 10:05 PM
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50. Dusting. I don't mind toilets though. Anyone want to work a trade?
You can dust for me and I'll clean the toilets for you?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 10:12 PM
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52. cleaning the bathroom
everything is so freaking WHITE
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 11:39 AM
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55. To be honest
anything that takes me away from DU.
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