Messy Room Artist Gifts

'I've gotta go to the john. Have you seen my travel mug?'

'I'd like to come over, but Mom cleaned my room and it's going to take me all day to put it right again.'

'Yes your room needs cleaning, the dust bunnies have become full grown rabbits!'

College kid rakes up his clothes on the floor in messy dorm room

Four Common Lampshade Mistakes and How To Avoid Them.

'You never compliment me when it's tidy so I figured you wouldn't notice when it's a tip!'

"There, all neat and tidy!"

"Never mind rehearsing for your first year at Uni. Get up now!"

'You could say this is how my husband and I support local arts.'

Newborn Chaos

"You told Pastor Bob about my room, didn't you?"

"Until you clean you room, I'm confiscating your iPod, your Xbox and your jester!"

"But mom, I can't clean my room now. I just won the Kids Bedroom Seal of Approval!"

"Did we just paint the house or did it just paint us?!"

Two bored males hanging out on a tatty sofa.

Non Drip Paint

"Bird of paradise, my ass."

'You're not creating another thing till you've tidied your room!'

'How can he remember 37 passwords but always forget to pick his clothes up off the floor?'

'You should apply for government relief. Your room is a disaster area!'

"Dear Ask Sadie, My mom is always nagging me to clean my room. I don't see why I should have to. I like it the way it is. I don't nag at her for having a clean room, because I know that's how she likes it. How can I get her to just let me be?" "Excellent question. The thing is, it's your mother's job to shape you into a respectable person." "If you think 'being you' includes being dirty, that means you're a dirty, slovenly filth-beast..." "...who will end up alone and miserable because no liv

Edvard Munch

"Mum, I can't find my camouflage jacket."

Playing The Youth Card

"Inspiration"

"Your room isn't a rubbish tip! go and mess it up now!!"

A 'Life is Sweet!' Moment

'Really? My mum says my bedroom is a pigsty too...'

Antisocial distancing

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

"When I told you to change your socks... I didn't mean from one foot to another!"

'Like heck he invented fire -- it was spontaneous combustion from the slob's trash pile.'

"A banana Grace left in my room four weeks ago."

"If think my sense of smell is returning."

I thought I told you to straighten your room. (Originally published on 2008-01-08).