What is your least favorite household chore? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on June 16, 2011

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“Cleaning the bathrooms.”

— Laura Moore, library employee, Liberty, Mo.

“Scooping the cat box.”

— John Berry, customer service representative, Redwood City, Calif.

“Mopping the floors.”

— Charlie Glover, landscaper, Lawrence

“I don’t really have one. I love cleaning. It’s just a peaceful thing. It’s part of making a home, is cleaning it and taking care of it.”

— ReGina Cruse, contracts administrator, Weston, Mo.

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zippy53 1 year, 11 months ago

Turning off the TV when Dear Leader comes on the tube.

labmonkey 1 year, 11 months ago

I hate ironing.

LadyJ 1 year, 11 months ago

Make up a checklist on your computer and hand it to her and tell her to check them off when she is done.

LadyJ 1 year, 11 months ago

Hope she isn't high priced then. Of course if she can't figure out a written list, she wouldn't know if you paid her the right amount. :)

Did_I_say_that 1 year, 11 months ago

Picking up and throwing away the rain soaked, plastic wrapped River City Pulse newspapers that lay in the driveway until several have accumulated.

tvc 1 year, 11 months ago

To stop the River City Pulse: http://www2.ljworld.com/contact/ljworld/circulation/rc-stop/

Did_I_say_that 1 year, 11 months ago

If I stopped it, then one of the other chores would move to the bottom of the list and not get done as frequently.

pace 1 year, 11 months ago

I certainly agree with you. I have spent more time trying to stop it than I have reading it. Just a recycle bucket filler.

RoeDapple 1 year, 11 months ago

You know, except for having to wear that little French maid's uniform . . . I don't really have one. Well, except for mopping the floors, cleaning the bathrooms and scooping the litterbox. Okay, I lied. I hate it all. I do like cleaning out the liquor cabinet though.

Did_I_say_that 1 year, 11 months ago

So, you are NOT wearing the uniform? That is an even worse vision. :-)

flux 1 year, 11 months ago

Stupid comment # 8354

RoeDapple 1 year, 11 months ago

Good morning fluxie! Looking back over your comment history I see 674 comments, mostly harassing other people! According to the "Terms of Service", nowhere does it state stupid comments will not be tolerated. Harassment on the other hand . . . Well let's put it this way. I have a history too. We'll see who gets TOSsed first. Tah, tah for now, must be on my way!

;-).

LadyJ 1 year, 11 months ago

And probably the ammo box too.

RoeDapple 1 year, 11 months ago

About the only thing worse than washing the cat would be 'expressing' the dog's anal glands. I mean seriously folks, who makes this shtuff up? Anybody ever tells me I HAVE to do that, I'll just say "Yup, all taken care of." RoeDy don't go there . . . Kinda reminds me of the old joke about the fisherman who got snakebit in the nether region. When the doctor told his fishing partner over the phone how to get the poison out he turned to his friend and said "You're gonna die!"

Pywacket 1 year, 11 months ago

A woman's roll? Filled longjohn, of course. ;-)

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 11 months ago

Recommended travel to South Dakota is to go north on I-35 to Albert Lea, Minn, then take I-90 back into South Dakota?

kernal 1 year, 11 months ago

What DIST said. No one reads those; they're a waste of advertisers money and paper. My suggestion is throw them in the parking lot of the advertisors and let them deal with them.

They end up in the sewers in my neighborhood since some people think proper disposal is throwing them in the street.

kernal 1 year, 11 months ago

Hate cleaning that stupid jetted tub, which I never use, and the shower. I'll take a good ol' fashioned claw foot soaking tub over a jetted tub anyday.

snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year, 11 months ago

Cleaning out the lemurs' compound after they've had a three-day tequila binge.

schula 1 year, 11 months ago

Cleaning the bathroom

ashamedofyou 1 year, 11 months ago

Dishes / Laundry combo...it will be the death of me. :(

LogicMan 1 year, 11 months ago

Clubs' membership requirements are constitutionally protected, under freedom of association. There are many clubs that don't allow men to join, such as all the sororities at universities.

Andini 1 year, 11 months ago

Finding the remote.

CWGOKU 1 year, 11 months ago

Burying the bodies of the pizza delivery guys

somedude20 1 year, 11 months ago

Cleaning out the pee and poo bucket. Got tired of $48.53 monthly water bills from the city. Now I go down to BWW and grab up all of their wetnaps to clean myself with and use the bucket for everything else. STill getting bills that are around $30

LadyJ 1 year, 11 months ago

Yes, they charge you for having the meter on your property even if the house has been empty for years.

snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year, 11 months ago

Wiener will have lots of company in the ever-growing ranks of the unemployed.

Kontum1972 1 year, 11 months ago

dogs enjoy cleaning out the litter box.....great snack bin...

RoeDapple 1 year, 11 months ago

"dogs enjoy cleaning out the litter box"

Tell me boutit! If we didn't keep a chair in front of it the dog would have it cleaned out . . . Hey! That may be one less chore I have to do from now on!.

Kontum1972 1 year, 11 months ago

its all about the Fiber....

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 11 months ago

How soon does this "wall o water" hit us?

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 11 months ago

Still here for a bit...

1029 1 year, 11 months ago

Cleaning the dead mice from behind the stove. I dont understand why there are so many. I think they like to go back there to die because its warm.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 11 months ago

Might try the Joaquin Phoenix route.

I am trying to avoid Iowa too, between the water and the lack of personal freedoms and invasions of liberty, It is a state to avoid for the moment. http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_64b970a2-9624-11e0-93e5-001cc4c002e0.html

somedude20 1 year, 11 months ago

Is old Bob (Dole) Dylan not playing Farmaid in MO this summer?

wissmo 1 year, 11 months ago

Generally I like cleaning. Even terlets are easy with the proper tools.

I detest washing Tupperware. Even worst is the free Tupperware like containers. Never seem spotless, always a little residue.

Greasy little buggers! Outlaw them!

puzzler 1 year, 11 months ago

Grocery Shopping

somedude20 1 year, 11 months ago

Bob Dylan singing the theme song from Charles in Charge: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/06/15/exp.piers.morgan.fallon.singing.cnn?hpt=hp_c2

Even better than the real thing!

scopi_guy 1 year, 11 months ago

Housework, if done properly, can kill you.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 11 months ago

I-29 south of Omaha http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg735/scaled.php?tn=0&server=735&filename=hzis.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 11 months ago

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant still has an FFA "No Fly Zone" in effect after a fire knocked out it's electrical system for cooling it's spent fuel rod storage ponds.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rrNhEw-igpk/TfYjwVhB0WI/AAAAAAAAAnw/ajsRxQVoDjI/s640/Missouri%252520River%252520023.jpg

RoeDapple 1 year, 11 months ago

Just for the record, gas is $3.31 in Topeka today . . .

riverdrifter 1 year, 11 months ago

Cleaning the rain gage on my weather station. It's 30' up. Got it done this morning before it hit. 0.51" so far.

KU_Dude 1 year, 11 months ago

"What is your least favorite household chore?"

Yeah...right...like they're all favorites.

riverdrifter 1 year, 11 months ago

Speaking of rain, I see fearless leader has been in Atchison and Leavenworth. He's unhappy that the river is so high and he wants to control it.

swampyankee 1 year, 11 months ago

I thought Regina made vacuum cleaners?

grammaddy 1 year, 11 months ago

It would have to be cleaning the oven. Nobody seems to care how much stuff drips on to the bottom of the oven...until pre-heating sets off the smoke alarms.I've even tried lining the bottom with foil, so it can be removed easily. They can't stand dirty foil, but won't wipe up the floor of the oven. SMDH