How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes  

I got wise to comments like that... whilst it is of course completely true that I can do it all so much better & that it does indeed taste better when I make it... I don't care! I am not the one who has to wear his clothes or eat his food. If I can unblock drains, sort my oil/tyres & scrape the ice off my car before leaving for work at stupid o'clock in the morning, I'm darned sure he can press a button on the washing machine & work out how to use a clothes peg at some point during the day!! I know... but its for his own good... cruel to be kind and all that I find I have an inability to read complicated rule books for board games that I dont want to play...

Press the who on the what now? And s-c-r-a-p-i-n-g is what exactly?? Oh CAR! Yes, I know car.....

Hehehehe, whenever our whole family is together playing board games or watching a movie and someone comes up with the idea of popcorn, I have always felt like everybody is going to think I am just trying to get out of making it when I say 'but momma makes it the best'. The thing is it's true! I don't know how she does it but when she makes it it is always moist and perfectly salted. When I make it it is always dry and the salt goes down to the bottom of the bowl.

Oh, very masterfully described indeed zig. You my dear are a true professional! I am not quite at the level of "sincerity" that it seems you have achieved, but I'm gettin' there! lol.

Yeah, I am nothing if not sincere! Well, I am fickle, rash, passionate, talented, intelligent, beautiful, healthy, and happy too, but I am above all sincere!

Sorry..... You lost me at "Yeah"!

I will definitely cut and paste your response, James, and send it to your lovely wife who I haven't seen for a while around here. Maybe you are keeping her busy with the chores? Hmmm...

Way to go, Wizzywig... I applaud you and how you got wise to your partner's antics.

Ziggy! I always think it sounds fun to be around these family gatherings. Games and food... woohoo!!!

Thank you for the BR, SaintAnne! You should ALWAYS give me the BR I reckon, 'cos you do it SO much better than I can!

Giving you the BR does not mean I am condoning your (in)actions.

Funny thing is, I got this book when I was a bit older than most. And it makes me happy. It is not part of my childhood memories but my adult-but-still-a-child-at-heart memories. Thanks, Nashka.

Child like memories, those are the best. Child like is how we should all behave in the purest sense of the word. being an adult is way too complicated!
I was at my grandma's last month, and the jasmines started to bloom, the scent that invaded her house was magical, it took me right back to my younger years.
Later when I arrived back home (we live in dif. towns) my garden jasmines had began to bloom, it was great, I cut some and brought them inside. Nothing like the smell of fresh flowers!

Which are some of u guys' favorite child memories?

The smell of jasmine is, in fact, heavenly.

I think one of my best childhood memories is spending my summer at some of my cousins' house and we would do all sorts of things.

Do you actually WASH dishes yourself zig or do ya stare at them and the grime falls off in fear? I figured it would either be this method, or you'd tie them to a rope made of hemp and drag them through the river while you jog each morning.....

Ummm, what are you trying to say here James? That I scare you? That's interesting. But no, I do not scare the food off my dishes. Me and my cats just lick it off.

Nah, I don't know you well enough to have developed any fear of you zig! I just got a bit carried away with a twist on a "ChuckNorrisism" is all! lol. I never realized you had labour trained sweat-shop cats though! Teach 'em how to make sneakers too and you're sorted!

I like your dishwashing technique, Ziggy... working your cats out as well as giving them their treat. Sorry to hear about your mom's childhood memory there... my dad and his siblings have similar experiences as well... but I am not sure to that point. They used to sneak out of the house early in the morning so they could go to school instead of having to work.

The guy made up a lot of quirky characters in his poems. Even wrote about putting brassiere on a camel.

That's another way to dry dishes, I guess, Carpathian. To each his or her own. I, for one, find dishwashing (by hand) relaxing. It numbs my brain from everything. I don't enjoy putting the dishes away but I do it when I can.

Thanks and flower power!

I don't think I have ever gone hunting... I don't think I ever will but your parents must have been bummed out that you weren't able to join them anymore in trips like that.

I hope you do not have to play the dumb card all the time, april. Thanks for sharing.

Who's going to clean all that fungus?

Pester me anytime, drannhh.. I hope all these days of going away are for good reasons... For some reason, I know you were going to say what you responded. Take care, drannhh and be safe.

Oh, I remember you sharing how your husband helped you throughout your dad's sickness.

Yes, Boyfriend and I would sometimes squabble about how we "clean" things differently. But it all turns out well in the end.

yes my husband is the BEST... No doubt about it, but he'll pretend he doesn't know how to take the garbage out, or change a dirty diaper, or cook a meal... and in the end it has to get done...

He is one of the smartest men I know, but I can't believe he thinks I'll fall for it, when he says, oh there is a garbage can under the sink??? Like he hasn't been using it for the past two years.

LOL. At least he knows he can't get away with any of that stuff anymore, glords.

I am sure in my life I have broken numerous glasses, dishes and other things as well but they were not intentional. Thanks, chunijole.

See my respond above to breaking things, checapricorn. Sometimes I think I have butter fingers but at least we try. You take care now and thanks.