Messiness Myth Buster Prints

"My dad is always after me to clean my room. I tell him it has that lived-in look, right?"

Child Being Dirty in the Bath.

Toddler Feeding Solutions

College student cleans messy dorm room littered with clothes with leafsnow blower

"I just love candle-lit dinners."

"And they say WE have a shedding problem!"

"And I suppose cleaning up after yourself just once would in some way stifle your precious creativity."

"Perhaps it was wrong to say 'May our company become a home to you'..."

'The cat did it.'

'Don't track mud in the house! 'IT'S NOT MUD! IT'S DOG POO!'

Kangaroo to upside down joey: 'Once again your room is in total disarray!'

'Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but with Jimmy it's next to impossible.'

"It's the U.N. inspectors, Michael. They want access to your room."

'How did the 'creative way of thinking' course go?'

"Instead of cleaning my room, can we just seal the door and call it a time capsule?"

'You must excuse us. Things are a bit upside-down at the moment.'

'Don't forget to wipe your feet.'

'Oh, sure, you can dish it out, but you can't take it.'

"I'm adding the laundry room and kitchen to your GPS. Judging by all the clothes and dishes in your room, you don't know the locations."

'Be patient. I'll grow out of it.'

An artist tells a child off for dripping ice cream on the floor

'That's actually a common misconception. The truth is we can go eight days without water, but only if we drink a lot of other stuff...you know, like apple juice.'

I'm sure it's here somewhere!

"Ninety percent of household dust is dried flaky skin."

'What do you expect Marjorie, I am a grub.'

"It's been brought to my attention that your cubicle has only a two out of five rating on Tripadvisor."

Don't be alarmed by the smell, it's not a chemical attack: we've just entered the teenage boy's bedroom...

'I keep it this way on purpose, for speedy reference.'

'My husband is a police detective. He does know how to toss a room.'

'You've had mates around - this place is a tip!'

'I can't get into my room because of all the clothes, books and C.Ds piled up against the door, so we have to go in this way.'

'It's hard to believe her biggest passion is for a cleaner environment.'

Scientists have discovered the cure for the slovenly gene....