I hereby defy whatever person came up with the idea of cramming toilets into intimate nooks and between bathtubs and counters and behind privacy walls. That person obviously never had to clean a bathroom. I would also like to know if the arabesque sculpting at the base of toilets, a grace enjoyed only by those charged with removing the filth which accumulates daily upon it, reflects some practical necessity of plumbing. If it doesn't, whoever came up with it is another jerk.
I'll wipe that up right after I finish my cake.
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That goes for whoever came up with those cheap plastic screw and hinge cover thingies as well.
BAHAHAHAHA!!!!! love it.
Hear, hear!
Ugh. Bathrooms. WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
I second this well-spoken complaint!!
Leah: hear, hear! My 4 year old is always screaming from the bathroom because she's afraid she's going to slide off into the toilet when those screws loosen. In other toilet news, I myself used an auger for the first time (the kids call it a toilet snake). Now husband is praising me in the gates and all that...it's not as awesome as my friend chasing coyotes away with her dog, but it's up there. Good times.
mmmmmmm. caaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.
My theory as they did that so that moms wouldn't dare ask their children to help clean the toilet since they would have to crawl all over it and be contaminated in the process as they pick their noses and rug their faces. I HATE this design myself along with the screws. Yuck.
And then there's potty training which makes cleaning the bathroom (toilet, kiddie toilet, and floor surrounding said toilets) much more....interesting? fun? something like that.
I'm the one who nicks her knuckles against those blasted screws. AAAAGGGH! Staph! Strep! E Coli! Tetanus! Where's the alcohol? Get the Neosporin!
You are this far along and STILL scrubbing toilets?!! Oh my goodness, my dear friend. If we were closer I would totally come over and scrub those toilets for you. Seriously.
Three babies ago, DH decided it was sinful to let a pregnant woman do hard housekeeping. He said he couldn't stand watching me scrub floors and he certainly wasn't going to do it. So, we cut out a few bucks from the grocery money and he donated his honorariums to temporarily hire a woman to do all the scrubbing of floors, toilets, showers, etc.
Good guy he is.
Perhaps I should put a bug in your Pastor's ear for ya? :D
Would it make you feel any better to learn that I'm not doing a very good job of it? My mom always says, "Anyone can be a good housekeeper if you set your standards low enough."
As I recall, the way things went down, one day DH came home to find me hunched over a mop with a huge belly.
In heroic ambition, he grabbed the mop and took over. I told him I still had the toilets and showers to scrub also. After about 20 min., and frustrated, he decided this was all for the birds and had had enough.
He readjusted our budget and took out $20 each week out of the grocery money (which is easier to do than you think) He handed me an envelope with money he received from honorariums that he was saving for books, and told me to find a temporary housekeeper.
So, now, as a consolation prize, w/ each pregnancy I get a temp. housekeeper for the duration of my pregnancy AND three months post-partum.
Honestly though, you really shouldn’t be doing such hard labor in this stage of your pregnancy, and he probably won’t, and with no older children, what’s a girl to do?
After all, Katie Luther had a house full of servants on a full-time basis on a modest Pastor’s salary.
I suppose now everyone is jealous, hates my guts, and thinks I’m a big baby. Oh well, it is what it is.
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