Comments on: Groucho http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/ "We're all naked underneath" Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3516 K8 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:50:27 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3516 Jo; I suppose we are just the sort of people who are born with the need for hired help! It's not our fault we're thoroughbreds! Downsdad; I'm thinking that when we move out, we'll just roll the carpet up and smoke it. Queen of Clean; Will you come and visit me? I'll be your best friend. Jo; I suppose we are just the sort of people who are born with the need for hired help! It’s not our fault we’re thoroughbreds!

Downsdad; I’m thinking that when we move out, we’ll just roll the carpet up and smoke it.

Queen of Clean; Will you come and visit me? I’ll be your best friend.

]]> By: Queen of Clean http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3515 Queen of Clean Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:02:29 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3515 Quentin Crisp always said that he never, ever cleaned his apartment, that there was no point as after two weeks the dust doesn't get any deeper. I am, obviously a clean freak, so shame on you naughty soap dodgers! Quentin Crisp always said that he never, ever cleaned his apartment, that there was no point as after two weeks the dust doesn’t get any deeper.

I am, obviously a clean freak, so shame on you naughty soap dodgers!

]]> By: downsdad http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3514 downsdad Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:14:25 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3514 I have discovered, over the last recent few decades, that by far the greatest carpet cleaners are available at Sam Hire, HSS and other heavy machinery rental shops. They go by the unlikely name of 'floor sanders'. The carpet sounds beautifully clippity-clop once you get over the first bit of dust. I have discovered, over the last recent few decades, that by far the greatest carpet cleaners are available at Sam Hire, HSS and other heavy machinery rental shops. They go by the unlikely name of ‘floor sanders’. The carpet sounds beautifully clippity-clop once you get over the first bit of dust.

]]> By: Jo http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3513 Jo Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:53:59 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3513 ME too! I am so with you. I don't like the mess but I just can't get motivated to tackle it - and then maintain it every 5 minutes. ME too! I am so with you. I don’t like the mess but I just can’t get motivated to tackle it – and then maintain it every 5 minutes.

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3509 K8 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:22:05 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3509 Tuli; Arrrgh dog hair! I know how you feel. What irks me most is the way hairs find their way into food, even sealed stuff like margarine! How do they do that? I even found one of my dog's hairs in a cup of tea once even though I was in a whole different country to the hound at the time. It's EVERYWHERE. Maxi; Yeah you're dead right... I pulled my finger out and got a shit load of it done, but it now looks exactly like it did before. *sigh* Baino; I'm a Prodigy fiend too :) Great for freaking out the neighbours too in revenge for their Cascada. Ugh. Vinegar and newspaper's yer only man for dogsnot smudges! Nick; Ahh yes, the self-loathing. It's amazing how a messy house mirrors a messy thought system - cleaning is like meditation that way I suppose. As for the spray that destroys all dust within 50 ft? There is one. A blowtorch. Quickroute; Yep, probably all staged by some bloke who was just lost for something else to write about. I know the feeling. Warrior; If I'd known we'd be here for so bloody long I most definately would have. I can't WAIT to have dem floors in the new gaff! Great for sock-sliding. Tuli; Arrrgh dog hair! I know how you feel. What irks me most is the way hairs find their way into food, even sealed stuff like margarine! How do they do that? I even found one of my dog’s hairs in a cup of tea once even though I was in a whole different country to the hound at the time. It’s EVERYWHERE.

Maxi; Yeah you’re dead right… I pulled my finger out and got a shit load of it done, but it now looks exactly like it did before. *sigh*

Baino; I’m a Prodigy fiend too :) Great for freaking out the neighbours too in revenge for their Cascada. Ugh.
Vinegar and newspaper’s yer only man for dogsnot smudges!

Nick; Ahh yes, the self-loathing. It’s amazing how a messy house mirrors a messy thought system – cleaning is like meditation that way I suppose. As for the spray that destroys all dust within 50 ft? There is one. A blowtorch.

Quickroute; Yep, probably all staged by some bloke who was just lost for something else to write about. I know the feeling.

Warrior; If I’d known we’d be here for so bloody long I most definately would have. I can’t WAIT to have dem floors in the new gaff! Great for sock-sliding.

]]> By: Warrior http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3512 Warrior Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:26:14 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3512 rip it up and throw it out, and go for wooden floors or tiles rip it up and throw it out, and go for wooden floors or tiles

]]> By: Quickroute http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3511 Quickroute Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:29:01 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3511 I'd love to know how many things don't get done because of blogging. Good job it's only a recent fad or man would never have walked on the moon or was that all a camera trick? I’d love to know how many things don’t get done because of blogging. Good job it’s only a recent fad or man would never have walked on the moon or was that all a camera trick?

]]> By: Nick http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3510 Nick Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:48:28 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3510 No easy answers to the cleaning nightmare. You just have to grit your teeth and do it regularly unless you want the place to end up looking like the local homeless hostel. I hate cleaning but for me it's simply a question of self-respect or self-loathing. And with 101 household sprays, why isn't there a spray that destroys all dust within a 50 foot radius? No easy answers to the cleaning nightmare. You just have to grit your teeth and do it regularly unless you want the place to end up looking like the local homeless hostel. I hate cleaning but for me it’s simply a question of self-respect or self-loathing. And with 101 household sprays, why isn’t there a spray that destroys all dust within a 50 foot radius?

]]> By: Baino http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3508 Baino Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:22:16 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3508 Guilty as charged, I use Skype as my chore avoidance tactic. However, Saturdays are my disciplined cleaning days. My phobia is doggy snotted windows. Just as the sun sets it shines on every splodge and blotch. Must get out the windex . . nah . . .I'll chat to DC or JD instead! Use music. I find Prodigy's Smack My Bitch up does it for me! Guilty as charged, I use Skype as my chore avoidance tactic. However, Saturdays are my disciplined cleaning days. My phobia is doggy snotted windows. Just as the sun sets it shines on every splodge and blotch. Must get out the windex . . nah . . .I’ll chat to DC or JD instead! Use music. I find Prodigy’s Smack My Bitch up does it for me!

]]> By: Maxi Cane http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3507 Maxi Cane Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:24:07 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/09/27/groucho/#comment-3507 That's uncanny. I decided to nap instead of clean, but I've since just swept, hoovered, mopped, dusted, laundered and scrubbed. I actually feel better for it, kind of more organised. I think getting started is the hardest thing ever, but once you get going you end up cleaning like a demon. I do anyway. That’s uncanny. I decided to nap instead of clean, but I’ve since just swept, hoovered, mopped, dusted, laundered and scrubbed.

I actually feel better for it, kind of more organised.

I think getting started is the hardest thing ever, but once you get going you end up cleaning like a demon. I do anyway.

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