Tidiness Activists Gifts

"I hate all the paperwork there is with this job."

Santa Claus's wife beats the soot out of his beard.

Happy Holidays from Sanitary Claus!

'Wash your hands, it's time for your piano lessons.'

Sweep the board.

Ironing day.

'I just finished the floors, so they better stay clean!'

"I'm cleaning a little already, because the cleaning lady will be here soon!"

"It keeps it out of sight when we're not watching it."

Monsters won't eat you if they're not hungry. So, each night, Mom makes it a sandwich. If I keep my room tidy.

'Cleanliness is next to 'clean room' in the dictionary. Look it up.'

TV and cleaner

"Before you go anywhere, did you lick behind your ears?"

"...when you're through in there, my kids room could use a demonstration too."

"I've heard of being organized, but isn't this a little obsessive compulsive?"

"I spent the whole day cleaning the house. My cleaning lady comes tomorrow and I didn't want her seeing things like that!"

Gary Basks in the glow of a fifteen-minute window with no empty cardboard boxes in the house.

'It may not be your feng shui, but it's my feng shui.'

'I know my instruments are sterilized every day but I have no idea who does it.'

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

In the art gallery

'I don't care if you're wearing them again tomorrow, just put your clothes away!'

'No we didn't get high definition TV - the wife dusted the screen.'

'That's not exactly what I had in mind when I said to clean your room.'

'I don't understand it - there was a little pile of solar dust from Advanced Composition Explorer right here a moment ago.'

"Sorry, but it is not negotiable! You have to let Tim clean your teeth twice a day!"

Man brushing the teeth of his reflection.

Spring cleaning.

"Okay dad, I'll clean my room. . . you didn't have to make a federal case out of it!"

'I'm just draining the reservoir.'

Ask Sadie. Actual questions from actual readers! Send your questions to asksadie@rudypark.com. 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 me? - Unhappy at Home. 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 dirt

"Neat Nick!": Tidiest cowboy in the west

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'My mom invented baths!'