Messy Room Survivor Pillows

"There, all neat and tidy!"

"Have you ever seen a dream walking? Well, I have."

Antisocial distancing

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

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

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

Newborn Chaos

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

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

Two bored males hanging out on a tatty sofa.

'Now, you'd better pick up your toys or no bath!'

'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.'

"Bird of paradise, my ass."

'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

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

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

Pardon me! My being born was your idea, not mine!

"Now, just to review, at the last faculty meeting we established that Marcia hates Fred, Fred hates Carol and Marcia, Carol and Larry despise me, and I hate Larry, Marcia, Fred and Penny."

Playing The Youth Card

"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...'

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

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

"Ralphie sold me his car alarm."

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

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

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

"I don't know what he's protesting, but he's been on a cleaning strike ever since I married him."

"Nice try, but you can't blame a messy room on standardized testing."

'Assault on Mount Stinky...now that's a big adventure.'

"Let me guess, when you cleaned your room when you were a kid you put all your clutter under the bed."

"My parents know more about technology than I thought. They didn't believe someone hacked into my room and messed it up."