Cobwebs

[sherrardk]

Is there some unwritten law regarding cobwebs that I am not aware of? Why do I only see them when a) I am in a mad rush or b) it is far too late to get the Hoover out (even if I could be arsed?).

[annie0000]

I think it's the same law that means you always find a stray dirty sock on the stairs just after you have put the washing machine on and the laundry basket is completely empty :o(

[craft1948]

Unfortunately I never see them, but my brother-in-law does.

[boxtops]

I love cobwebs, I have quite a collection. I have a long-handled brush rather than vacuuming - that way I can wift it about whenever the webs get too irritating, or those weird drangly ones appear in the middle of the ceiling. I like having spiders - my mother always said that spiders only live in happy houses. I can see where I inherited my nonhousewifely habits from!

[snags]

Same with dust bunnies...

[boxtops]

They live under my bed, snags....

[sherrardk]

Good grief Box - this house must be bursting at the seams with happiness, there are cobwebs everywhere (I am sure this is the most cobwebby and dusty house I have ever lived in).

[boxtops]

As Quentin Crisp says - after a while, the dust doesn't get any thicker, so just leave it. (I didn't like his idea of eating several meals off the same plate, though, that's not hygienic.)

[sherrardk]

Oh no, couldn't eat a couple of meals off the same plate but quite happy to leave the dust until it's noticeable when you have cleaned it.

[DTCwordfan]

and risk this - no way

http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/spider.htm

[boxtops]

Read my fridge magnets:

"If you must notice the dust, don't write your name in it"
and
"If you must write your name in the dust, please don't date it"

I love 'em!

[sherrardk]

Hi DT - going to show that to #2 son tomorrow, he is convinced he is going to do something with nasty bugs when he is older yet freaks a bit when he sees an actual spider.

[boxtops]

Jeez DT, is that real?

[karenmac60]

Annie, what does that mean 'the laundry basket is completely empty'? I don't understand.... ;)

[sherrardk]

I'm pretty sure that when I bought my laundry basket that there must have been stuff already in it - its never empty.

[boxtops]

I want to know who keeps putting stuff in the ironing basket

[sherrardk]

What, you've only got ONE ironing basket?

[boxtops]

Errrm, no - I have a wicker basket, a pile on the ironing board, and a flopover pile on the chair....

[sherrardk]

I have a spare bathroom (don't ask) where I keep the airer thing, I have a current basket, a school uniform bag/pile, a should be done but isn't done basket and a 'I don't know what's in there' basket' plus a charity mound! Every day I have it at the top of my must do list to sort it out but somehow it's still there!

[boxtops]

Join the club, sherrard. God knows what's in the wicker basket, it's been there for months.

[Jan1957]

Ironing?? What's that then?