Ever poured milk into the kettle and juice on your Frosties?

Half asleep I threw a jumper into the dishwasher only to scramble it out before anyone noticed.

Wake up and then allow an extra 15 mins for brain to catch up. Doh!

One of my mates also put his clothes in the tumble drier, mistaking it for the washing machine & chucked one of those balls full of washing liquid in with it too. It took him a while to work out why his clothes came out all crispy with dried on washing liquid.

thats what he TOLD you.

Olly – I never saw the evidence, but apparently it smelt of lavender. And covered ALL his washing, which would be impressive if achieved by other 'crispy clothing' production methods. 🙂

are humans more jack of all trades (able to survive in a wide range of temps, omnivorous etc…) rather than specialists?

Core survival (physiology) we are jack of all trades, more or less, but skills are aquired, not inherited. Anyone CAN do anything, it just depends whether they learned it or ever needed to. Einstein was poor at maths and quite a few other things, yet he contributed a lot to society and knowledge. My mother hasn't re-written the laws of physics, but she's contributed a lot to society and she's very good at a lot of stuff that Einstein may have been untrained in. It's all relative (no pun intended) – in an ideal world everyone would be great at everything, but I'm happy in a world where I'm good at fixing cars and OK at cooking and my other half is OK at fixing cars but good at cooking.

I think the point you're trying to make, and I'd agree with, is that it really isnt that hard to look after yourself and work appliances regardless of prior training so everyone should be able to manage it.

This is all far too serious 😀

I can fix elecrtical appliances, like vacumes and cookers if they are broken – but once repaired i can't actually make them work properly for their intended original function, what's with that?

Regardless, a Henry is a man's vacuum cleaner. I was sent out to buy a replacement hoover and when I turned up with a Henry my missus took it back because it was 'ugly' FFS its a vacuum cleaner.

my girlfriend also has a Henry vac – does that mean she's secretly a man too ?

yes, or a geek.

I'm happy to cook a meal, and even understand the point in cleaning (though it's something I try to avoid), but ironing? What exactly is the point? IMHO an iron is for waxing skis with (or transferring PCB patterns) 😉

I'm not surprised by this post and can confirm that when you don't have a massive flat changing the bag on a Henry does only need to be done once a year.

Great piece of British engineering…

and can confirm that when you don't have a massive flat changing the bag on a Henry does only need to be done once a year.

Whoa! I have to do it again ??
BTW I'm very thorough, I vacuum the living room every month whether it needs it or not…

BTW I'm very thorough, I vacuum the living room every month whether it needs it or not…

Beuuuuurk Do you take a shower only once a month as well.

My falt is hoovered and mopped once a week at least. Less than that would only mean I have no consideration whatsoever for myself or people coming in.

Only appliances I have no interest in and can't be bother to understand are dishwashers and tumble drier.

Beuuuuurk Do you take a shower only once a month as well.

I don't think that's any of your business…

Less than that would only mean I have no consideration whatsoever for myself or people coming in.

I forgive myself :o)