Messy Room Survivors Prints

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

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

"There, all neat and tidy!"

"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!"

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

'I missed my roommate so I went out and got this spray called, 'Never Showers,' and now it's like she never left.'

Two bored males hanging out on a tatty sofa.

"Bird of paradise, my ass."

'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.'

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

'I don't need to exercise to lose weight. The odor in this locker room suppressed all my appetite.'

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

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

"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

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

"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."

"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

Playing The Youth Card

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

"I've learned to live with the ever-present specter of death, but mostly because it's started chipping in for rent."

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

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

"Ralphie sold me his car alarm."

"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."

"Studies show that during teen years...it's more important to focus on character issues rather than petty things like dirty rooms."

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

Thank you for not Feng Shuing.

'We gave you ample opportunity to clean your room, Billy. Now its been sealed off.'

"Both of you are rotten and hateful—from a kid's perspective."