Note to Janice, This is the age of equality, women can do anything a man can do (or so the popular feminist narrative says). If Arlo can do it, you are equally capable and Arlo wouldn’t want to be SEXIST and demean you by doing something that you can do.
The problem with claiming you’re equal is sooner or later you might be treated as an equal.
If it isn’t the farm or cows…it doesn’t get done. We live in MY home sooo I either do it myself or wait…and wait…threaten to call someone…then wait. Right now I’m looking at a support beam in the ceiling that has come lose. This should be interesting.
Hearing the garbage truck rumble by while I’m reading Gocomics with the garbage sitting right by the door waiting…I mean, I set the bags there. You’d think I’d look at the clock as it got light out. I could use a little help.
My nine-year-old son lost it when I explained to him that there is an ash-hole at the bottom of the fireplace that has to be cleaned out now and then. I told him that his mother might have a different word for it.
Pro tip: this is a very bad marriage move. You either leave a trail of tags, or, you nag. You don’t do both. Nagging after the trail is like saying “I think you’re stupid as well as lazy.”
I don’t understand why she doesn’t do it? Judging by the trail of sticky notes, she’d likely already been nagging for days now! Just this morning, I emptied the ashes from our wood stove, cleaned the glass, and got it started back up.If something needs doing in our household, the person that notices it, does it.
SpacedInvader Premium Member over 2 years ago
Must have just been a suggestion. The instructions weren’t very clear.
Da'Dad over 2 years ago
Subtle as a train wreck.
nosirrom over 2 years ago
Ash pits are a pain in the ash.
Its just me over 2 years ago
I’ve worked with people like that.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 2 years ago
A paper trail.
mgl179 over 2 years ago
Note to Janice, This is the age of equality, women can do anything a man can do (or so the popular feminist narrative says). If Arlo can do it, you are equally capable and Arlo wouldn’t want to be SEXIST and demean you by doing something that you can do.
The problem with claiming you’re equal is sooner or later you might be treated as an equal.
annefackler61 over 2 years ago
If it isn’t the farm or cows…it doesn’t get done. We live in MY home sooo I either do it myself or wait…and wait…threaten to call someone…then wait. Right now I’m looking at a support beam in the ceiling that has come lose. This should be interesting.
well-i-never over 2 years ago
Hearing the garbage truck rumble by while I’m reading Gocomics with the garbage sitting right by the door waiting…I mean, I set the bags there. You’d think I’d look at the clock as it got light out. I could use a little help.
shawnc1959 over 2 years ago
The next meeting of Procrastinators Anonymous will be delayed indefinitely.
Jeffin Premium Member over 2 years ago
He does have ash-pirations.
Fontessa over 2 years ago
A man needs to ease into to a chore like that.
Tom_Tildrum over 2 years ago
My nine-year-old son lost it when I explained to him that there is an ash-hole at the bottom of the fireplace that has to be cleaned out now and then. I told him that his mother might have a different word for it.
Lemon Juice over 2 years ago
Mrs. Lemon Juice does that!
[Traveler] Premium Member over 2 years ago
Get your ash in gear
david_42 over 2 years ago
Both of our fireplaces are natural gas, we use them. The last place both were designed for wood, I blanked them off.
ChessPirate over 2 years ago
[SOAK]
mauiwx over 2 years ago
You can lead a horse to water….
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
Some paper trails are not followed!
ScullyUFO over 2 years ago
Pro tip: this is a very bad marriage move. You either leave a trail of tags, or, you nag. You don’t do both. Nagging after the trail is like saying “I think you’re stupid as well as lazy.”
KEA over 2 years ago
Sometimes nagging is counterproductive
KEA over 2 years ago
…2nd thought: isn’t it surprising that in this high tech day and age ash pits still have to be emptied by hand? (or that ash pits, exist, really)
paranormal over 2 years ago
When coffee’s finished…
CynthiaLeigh over 2 years ago
Ash pit?
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 2 years ago
“Is it April yet?”
raybarb44 over 2 years ago
On my to do list…..
Teto85 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Yup. Call me on St Patty’s day if the snow is not too deep.
Nicki's ZoMcYo over 2 years ago
I don’t understand why she doesn’t do it? Judging by the trail of sticky notes, she’d likely already been nagging for days now! Just this morning, I emptied the ashes from our wood stove, cleaned the glass, and got it started back up.If something needs doing in our household, the person that notices it, does it.
quickly24 over 2 years ago
Some fireplaces have a metal door outside. Easy and not messy.
Moonkey Premium Member over 2 years ago
This behavior is just not typical for them. Maybe a different comic, but not this one, unless it’s a game they play.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 2 years ago
Well, get on with it.
philwinn over 2 years ago
…..I should have gone straight to Heathcliff!!