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The Most rewarding of household chores

  • 19-04-2017 6:50pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭


    The most rewarding of household chores IMO has to be changing the bedsheets. The sheer delight to be had simply by climbing into the cot amidst all that freshness is beyond compare. Especially on a Sunday evening after a long hard weekend.

    Well, AH, which household chores do you get a kick out of, and why?


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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    plys wrote: »
    The most rewarding of household chores IMO has to be changing the bedsheets. The sheer delight to be had simply by climbing into the cot amidst all that freshness is beyond compare. Especially on a Sunday evening after a long hard weekend.

    Well, AH, which household chores do you get a kick out of, and why?
    You sleep in a cot?

    Are you one of those adult babies?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Hoovering.

    Make a game out of it, or pretend I'm an alien overlord destroying a planet below.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    The ones which result in sex being given as a reward.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Breaston Plants


    I quite enjoy pi$$ing the skid marks off the toilet bowl.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    Lifting my legs up as the Mrs vacuums...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    Pressing the button on the dishwasher.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I get great satisfaction from cleaning the chimney myself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Ironing while watching tv.

    I'd do it for hours but I'm ****e at Ironing.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Picking everything off the floor and stuffing it into a drawer, then when the drawers get full after a while, burning them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭Rumpy Pumpy


    Defrosting the freezer is a very enjoyable task. Also have a thing for cleaning the grout between tiles. Results orientated.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    probably washing up. by hand...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,903 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    In terms of minimal work, bleach in the toilet isn't bad. Certain satisfaction to cleaning out the U-Bend in a sink.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    Defrosting the freezer is a very enjoyable task. Also have a thing for cleaning the grout between tiles. Results orientated.

    You mean a toothbrush?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Defrosting the freezer is a very enjoyable task. Also have a thing for cleaning the grout between tiles. Results orientated.

    Awww yeah.

    Two tricks. Hairdryer, or squirty bottle filled with warm water.

    Hard just thinking about it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,903 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    greencap wrote: »
    Awww yeah.

    Two tricks. Hairdryer, or squirty bottle filled with warm water.

    Hard just thinking about it.

    That's simple but brilliant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭fineso.mom


    greencap wrote: »
    Awww yeah.

    Two tricks. Hairdryer, or squirty bottle filled with warm water .


    NEVER fill a hairdryer with water!!! Are you mad???
    😆


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Hoovering wooden floors, when theres a gap between the boards, and all the dust has accumulated in there. You use the hoover pole and its like doing a giant line of coke.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,799 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I like matching socks.

    I have a big box of odd socks that I add to every time I'm putting washing away and there are unmatched socks.
    Then every now and then I empty our the box and match them up.

    It's satisfying to see a diminishing pile of unmatched socks and growing bundles of pairs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,799 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    fineso.mom wrote: »
    NEVER fill a hairdryer with water!!! Are you mad???
    😆
    Ah its grand these days with water proof electricity (hair dryers have interrupter switches to prevent electrocution. (but don't try it with a toaster)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Defrosting the freezer is a very enjoyable task. Also have a thing for cleaning the grout between tiles. Results orientated.


    Loved doing the freezer when I was young. It was the only household thing I would do :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    None. I hate them all. I'm messy too.

    I wish Kim & Aggie would clean my house while I'm at work then fook off back to Scotland before I get home. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Akrasia wrote: »
    I like matching socks.

    I have a big box of odd socks that I add to every time I'm putting washing away and there are unmatched socks.
    Then every now and then I empty our the box and match them up.

    It's satisfying to see a diminishing pile of unmatched socks and growing bundles of pairs.

    Different folks different strokes eh.

    The sock matching conundrum led to my present bulk purchase uniform single color sock policy.


    Wet sock morning. 26/07/03. Never again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    Hoovering - I love hearing all the dirt going up the hose.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,352 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    I'm sorry, I really don't understand the question. I do what needs to be done, but I can't say I find any of it particularly rewarding.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Zaph wrote: »
    I'm sorry, I really don't understand the question. I do what needs to be done, but I can't say I find any of it particularly rewarding.

    That's the spriit Zaph!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    greencap wrote: »
    Different folks different strokes eh.

    The sock matching conundrum led to my present bulk purchase uniform single color sock policy.


    Wet sock morning. 26/07/03. Never again.

    "wet" how???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Laundry. But I need to do the whole process of washing, hanging and folding. When my guy washes and hangs and I fold it a day or two later, it pisses me off. Don't know why.

    Also unloading the dishwasher after it's finished. I love the feeling of steam warm, clean plates. Soooo satisfying.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    DrumSteve wrote:
    Ironing while watching tv.


    There is nothing sweeter! I love it! Even do other people's clothes too!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    snowflaker wrote: »
    "wet" how???

    Sock auditing/scheduling wasn't common practice at the time, and emergency socks weren't yet a thing.
    The numerous non-standard sock colors, and uncertainty over operational quantities led to confusion and assumptions during the sorting and scheduling process.
    On the morning in question the fresh sock storage area was checked but found to be empty.
    The previous nights units were still undergoing drying and wouldn't be operational for over 1 hour.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,063 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Never match my socks.
    A pair is a pair is two.
    Doesn't matter that they're different colours.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    Cutting the Grass


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Changing the batteries in the remote control.

    The ability to be less accurate with the direction and still change channel is very rewarding.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,808 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    snowflaker wrote: »
    None. I hate them all. I'm messy too.

    I wish Kim & Aggie would clean my house while I'm at work then fook off back to Scotland before I get home. :)
    Same here. I never get much satisfaction from any chores, which isn't good because I live alone.
    greencap wrote: »
    Different folks different strokes eh.

    The sock matching conundrum led to my present bulk purchase uniform single color sock policy.


    Wet sock morning. 26/07/03. Never again.
    I only wear black in general so my socks are all black. Still, I'm a bit of a rebel so I wear unmatching plain black socks. Also, since I only wear my steel toecap boots, nobody ever sees that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Neames


    Clearing blocked drains...

    Baking soda and vinegar....cheap and gets the job done.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,439 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Watching the maid running around sweating while I lie in my pool lilo..

    To thine own self be true



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,920 ✭✭✭Odelay


    greencap wrote: »
    Sock auditing/scheduling wasn't common practice at the time, and emergency socks weren't yet a thing.
    The numerous non-standard sock colors, and uncertainty over operational quantities led to confusion and assumptions during the sorting and scheduling process.
    On the morning in question the fresh sock storage area was checked but found to be empty.
    The previous nights units were still undergoing drying and wouldn't be operational for over 1 hour.

    Pighead, is that you?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,920 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Watching the maid running around sweating while I lie in my pool lilo..

    Wanna see what I do with your toothbrush?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    Fresh bedding is nice but the process of changing duvet covers is deeply irritating.

    Cleaning the glass in the stove doors and lighting the stove, maybe.

    Same here. I never get much satisfaction from any chores, which isn't good because I live alone.

    I only wear black in general so my socks are all black. Still, I'm a bit of a rebel so I wear unmatching plain black socks. Also, since I only wear my steel toecap boots, nobody ever sees that.

    Proper priests black?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    Same here. I never get much satisfaction from any chores, which isn't good because I live alone.

    I only wear black in general so my socks are all black. Still, I'm a bit of a rebel so I wear unmatching plain black socks. Also, since I only wear my steel toecap boots, nobody ever sees that.

    I also live alone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,253 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    The ones which result in sex being given as a reward.

    That's definitely not changing the bed sheets then


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,734 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Really expected the OP to have a join date of Apr 2017 and a post count in single figures.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Armchair Andy


    Feeding the fish. Watching me come over to the tank all hustling and bustling to the feeding hatch. Fellas coming out from under the plants and rocks because the call has been given in fish language that the food flakes are coming.
    Me stepping back from the tank to accommodate the shy Pleco"Dyson" so he can have a swim over to recover his algae tablet.
    Might sound odd to some but I love it, so therapeutic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    Cleaning the shower, washing sheets, pjs and towels. Having a shower then using the still warm towels, into crisp pjs and lavender smelling sheets.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,799 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Boscoirl wrote: »
    That's definitely not changing the bed sheets then

    My wife gets turned on by new sheets, and immediately regrets it afterwards


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,417 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Destenching the sex dungeon. Whoever invented Febreze should be given a Nobel prize.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    Loading the dishwasher while singing the tetris theme tune :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    Fixing an appliance that's gone beyond it's 'design life' & squeezing a few more years out of it.

    Learning some plumbing/carpentry/electrical skills that have saved us plenty on using Tradesmen over the years.

    I'm the 'multi-skilled facilities technician' of the household.:cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Four Phucs Ache


    I love cleaning the windows with me windolene and water and wiping it with the rubber blade thingy.Very satisfying looking at a sparkly window.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    Fixing the sink usually has a good outcome


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭JillyQ


    Cleaning the kitchen nice clean counter tops clean hob and oven. Nothing better than enjoying some yummy food in a nice sparkle clean kitchen


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