[m i a o w] the cat

“I’m really sorry B,” said M after we got home from dinner last night, “but there’s some dirty dishes on the sink that I didn’t get around to doing.”

OK. So I was disarmed. And then this morning, on his way out.

“Would you mind doing those dishes B? There’s only a few.”

I stared at him with bleary eyes from the bed. “OK.”

I put on some washing, had a shower, said goodbye to M, and thought that I would really rather have my breakfast without the ‘few’ dishes haunting me - so I thought I would do them first. A FEW? After some muttering and loud clattering, my male babelfish engaged and I realised what M had said. It was this:

“Would you mind doing those dishes B? There are heaps, actually. Because after a hard days boat building and helping C run trespassers off his property, I came home and there were still dishes from the night before, including the leftover soup you made that I tried to convince you I would eat for lunch. I disregarded those dishes and made a man-style dinner of a couple of tasty fried cheese, tomato and avocado sandwiches, drank about four or five beers and watched three episodes of the latest series of Spooks you were kind enough to download and burn to cd for me. I ~~passed out~~ went to bed, woke up late, went and did more boat building, affixed flywire to the rabbit hutch, and then met you and your friend for dinner in Edithvale. So you see, I had no time at all to do anything about the two nights worth of dishes next to the sink. And anyway, you always tell me that I’m so bad at washing up that you never want me to wash up again as long as you live, so I thought this was a good opportunity to put your request into action. Bye!”

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Oh well done. You speak ‘bloke’ excellently. I couldn’t even detect an accent.

kartar typed this on May 24 07 at 3:37 pm

Give me a break - it’s very hard to detect your own accent!!

b:p typed this on May 24 07 at 4:02 pm

My M has a habit of promising to eat the leftovers, and then moans bitterly when a month later I make him remove the container from the fridge and empty and clean it.

I have an aversion to dishes, but my M doesn’t do them properly and the slightest bit of possible germs on my plates or cups annoys me.

But he does pay the bills, so I can’t complain!

pixelkitty typed this on May 24 07 at 4:27 pm