Things To Do are a cunt. There’s always loads of them and they never go away. Have you heard this refrain or something like it before?
Her; ‘You’re supposed to be cutting the hedge today. You said you would’.
Me; ‘Yes dear, but it’s bloody hot out there just now in that sunshine’.
Her; ‘Well it’s gone cloudy now so you could get started…’.
Women, I find, tend to love Things To Do, by which they mean Things For YOU To Do. I think it’s something in their DNA. They just can’t bear the fact that you’re sitting with your feet up having a beer, even when they’re sitting with their feet up after a half hour’s back-breaking labour watering the fucking house plants.
The wife keeps a list of Things To Do, and rides shotgun on it. No sooner do I finish the job at the top of the list than another gets added to the bottom.
Her; ‘When are you going to fix this wardrobe door? It’s about to come off’.
Me; ‘You could do it, dear. Just needs a screwdriver’.
Her; ‘Anything involving a screwdriver’s your job. Anyway, you need to stay active.’.
Me; ‘Fair enough dear. Er, speaking of keeping active, how about a quick…’.
Her; ‘Mmm…well… I’ll think about it. No, NOT now. Later. When you’ve washed up as well mind’.
Oh, but she’s bloody good with the old carrot and stick, is the missus. She takes a devilish pleasure making me wait until I’m slavering like a Pavlovian dog, the saucy little minx.
Her; ‘Are you and that computer joined at the hip? You’re not on “x-hamster” again are you, or that “Is A Cunt” thing?’.
Me; ‘Just checking “Newsnow Aston” for a transfer news update, my sweet’.
Her; ‘Humph, bloody Villa. I sometimes think you think more of them than me’.
Me; ‘How could you possibly think that, heart’s delight, after we’ve been together for so many seasons?’.
Her; ‘Very funny. Just don’t be getting any ideas about me wearing your Villa shirt again tonight unless that rubbish in the garage has been shifted’.
Me; (already hyperventilating); ‘Really, will you, honest?’.
Her; ‘I might… or I might not… We’ll see. Depends on whether that stuff gets moved’.
Me; ‘I’ll start immediately, my angel; no sooner. And *a-hem* you’ll put on the *cough* stockings and susp…’.
Her; ‘Play later means work now, so shift yourself!’.
Sorry must go. I’d love to chat some more but I know which side my bread’s buttered. Things To Do, you know, Things To Do…
Nominated by Ron Knee



