i've never claimed to be cleanliness personified
not that i'm dirty, just that i'm a scruffy fucker, which is NOT THE SAME AS BEING DIRTY. i don't like dirt everywhere, but piles of clothes all over the bedroom floor are normal, as are piles of opened mail in the bathroom. yes, i read my mail on the bog, it's right by the front door. the women in my family are obsessive compulsive clean freaks, so i tend to rebel.
however, when it comes to dishes, i'm as bad as they are. i refuse to buy a dishwasher as i don't trust them to get the dishes clean enough.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 15:00, 1 reply)

Tongue...
...was very firmly in cheek when I wrote that, sorry if that's not clear.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 15:03, closed)

There's a ring of truth to this.
Whilst at uni I shared a house with 2 other girls. We never ever used to hoover and as we all had long hair, after a while you could rub the carpet with your hand and get a huge ball of hair up. In fact you could hardly see the carpet pattern under all the hair. The shower plug was always clogged up with hair and the tv screen was barely visible from the layer of dust ontop. Mind you, are male counterparts were much worse. They had slug trails all over the living room floor and we never ever went into the kitchen for fear of breathing in dust particles from food detritus left around.
( girlinthehole, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 15:41, closed)

This is very true
Bloody long hair gets everywhere - I have to clean out the plughole every few days.

Yuck.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 16:46, closed)

I have little sieve-like gadgets
to put in the plug holes to catch hair and stuff. Saves a lot of trouble.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 11 Nov 2008, 6:47, closed)

no worries
a clean house is a sign of a wasted life ;)
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 15:52, closed)