# What household chore do you most enjoy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654 "2011-01-06T20:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/21 "2011-01-07T00:34:24Z")
Watching TV ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/22 "2011-01-07T00:48:05Z")
Checking that my Internet connection is still up by playing online? Seriously; I can’t think of a single form of housework I enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/23 "2011-01-07T00:52:56Z")
I enjoy taking naps and watching TV. Somebody’s gotta do it. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/24 "2011-01-07T00:54:12Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I like laundry. I’m okay with dishes. > > I hate putting away laundry or dishes. Dammit! That’s what I came to say: it’s not the washing, it’s the putting away. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/25 "2011-01-07T01:49:36Z")
I like to Iron. I like to watch the wrinkles disappear. Now if I could only do that with my face 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/26 "2011-01-07T01:56:54Z")
If cooking counts, it gets my vote. > [@Stoid](#): > > Dammit! That’s what I came to say: it’s not the washing, it’s the putting away. I love the putting away. It’s like getting to put in the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/27 "2011-01-07T02:07:35Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, I do enjoy cooking, so if that counts, well, that. Otherwise, vacuuming. I hate housework in most of its forms, and to me, vacuuming pays big (visible) dividends, vs the amount of time spent on the task. > > I enjoy grocery shopping, but not hauling all the crap into the house and putting it away; I don’t mind loading the dishwasher, but hate emptying it; I don’t mind doing the laundry, but hate having to fold it and put it away. . .there’s a pattern here, I’m sure. Are you my long-long twin? I mostly hate housekeeping, except for Zsa Zsa Gabor’s definition. Love to cook, though. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/28 "2011-01-07T02:20:59Z")
I do the laundry in our home, all of the washing and drying, and like it for reasons already stated. The wife does all of the ironing though; I think ironing sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/29 "2011-01-07T02:58:49Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Watching TV Watching TV and doing laundry. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/30 "2011-01-07T03:05:51Z")
Mowing the lawn! I love my John Deere, and I love driving it out of my awesome new shed, and parking it back in my awesome new shed. I also like cleaning up the kitchen. Kitchens can become an awful wreck really fast, and it just looks great when you’re done. I get all pissed when I visit my friends and their kitchens are a mess. Especially if they have a dishwasher, and a tiny kitchen. I usually will help them by loading/unloading the dishwasher and cleaning the surfaces. I’m not a bitch about it. They tend to hem and haw once, and I say “Don’t worry, you guys are younger and healthier than me. Someday I will need you to do this for me - I’m just banking good will!” ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/31 "2011-01-07T05:22:22Z")
I like cooking. Other than that, hate it all. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/32 "2011-01-07T05:34:40Z")
I like to do laundry but HATE to iron. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/33 "2011-01-07T05:38:33Z")
Laundry is awesome because the first half is a set it and forget it chore and the second half can be done while watching TV so I can catch up on NOVA or something. (yes, I watch nova or similar programs when I fold. It was a habit that started my first year of college and I haven’t tried to break it yet.) Plus, if someone wants something, I can say, “Can’t! Folding laundry!” ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/34 "2011-01-07T09:59:58Z")
My favorite household chore is listening to the cracking sound my whip makes on the backs of my minions as they dust the rafters in the attic. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/35 "2011-01-07T11:17:33Z")
menu planning, cooking, folding laundry [except for bedsheets and blankets] ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/36 "2011-01-07T11:24:15Z")
Cooking, grocery shopping and for some reason I really love scrubbing the bathroom sink. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/37 "2011-01-07T11:32:39Z")
> [@Dereknocue67](#): > > My favorite household chore is listening to the cracking sound my whip makes on the backs of my minions as they dust the rafters in the attic. See, I didn’t realize we were counting that as a ‘chore’; I usually list it under ‘hobbies’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/38 "2011-01-07T13:29:34Z")
I love anything that has to do with my kitchen, and food production. I also love yard work. The only thing I really dont like to do is vacuuming and dusting. I cant really speak about laundry, as I’ve only done it twice. I did find that I enjoyed ironing my whites when I was in culinary school though. ---
**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/39 "2011-01-07T13:35:13Z")
I like cleaning the bathroom. Everything nice and shiny and clean. Smells great, floor so clean you can eat off it. Yard work also. I’m weird!!! ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654/40 "2011-01-07T17:41:42Z")
Ooo ooo, I love scrubbing bathrooms. Really! I’m not grossed out at all; actually scraping plates and washing dishes grosses me out a lot more. My bathroom is usually gleaming. I wipe down the sink and little ledge (with his little mouthwash, my contacts) every day. Scrub the toilet 1-2x/week. Wipe the floor weekly. Take out the trash. Scrub the tub with 7th generation spray weekly, wipe down the tile. My old apartment that I was in for 2 years had one of those Microban linings that you basically never had to clean; I missed it. I do not miss shower doors though; I’d rather have a non-fume emitting liner. I hate folding laundry. I love doing laundry, though. Especially since I started adding vinegar as a softener - best idea ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-chore-do-you-most-enjoy/566654.md?page=1)