Your house rules

[Clare]

Well you did ask for an explanation. I can't really see how else to interpret your post.

No she didn't, she very specifically said she was interested to know what an illegible bachelor is, not where the phrase came from.

[ian]

I initially misread it as 'inedible batchelor.'

[Panoramix]

Well you did ask for an explanation. I can't really see how else to interpret your post.

No she didn't, she very specifically said she was interested to know what an illegible bachelor is, not where the phrase came from.

I need some womansplaining, what was the correct answer to the question?

[Clare]

We don't have one yet. Has anybody asked Billy Bragg?

[Panoramix]

malapropism of eligible bachelor or is there more to it?

[BrianI]

Sorry for daring to use the term "illegible bachelor" to describe my loners life living alone. I doubt anyone would want to live with  me anyway given my weird habits. Hence "Illegible" rather than "Eligible"

I hope I have not "mansplained" 

If it helps i can delete the post in question?

[Mrs Pingu]

There was nothing wrong with your post Brian.

[tonyh]

There was nothing wrong with your post Brian.

... and furthermore, it was nicely done. Thanks Brian.


My own house rules include:

Flappy labels on clothing must on no account be visible.
(Rule applies whether or not said clothing is being worn.)

[Feline]

Sorry for daring to use the term "illegible bachelor" to describe my loners life living alone. I doubt anyone would want to live with  me anyway given my weird habits. Hence "Illegible" rather than "Eligible"

I hope I have not "mansplained" 

If it helps i can delete the post in question?

Brian, I totally understood what you wrote instantly (and I am sure most people did  ).
Not that I think you are illegible or ineligible or anything else like that. You are just waiting for the right person to discover you, that is all. Personally I don't think the sex or gender of the person giving the explanation has any relevance whatsoever here 

[mattc]

Well you did ask for an explanation. I can't really see how else to interpret your post.

No she didn't, she very specifically said she was interested to know what an illegible bachelor is, not where the phrase came from.

I need some womansplaining, what was the correct answer to the question?

It wasn't a question - merely a statement. You probably made the same mistake as me, inferring things that weren't in the original post. Goodness knows why roger tried to be helpful and provide extra uninvited information on the subject ...

[ian]

Frankly, this all made a lot more sense when I thought he was inedible. Which wasn't, admittedly, much.

[Basil]

If you're visiting,  (and fuck me, we've had a surfeit) please let me know which day you intend to leave so that we don't have to ask, which is a bit awkward.

[Panoramix]

Well you did ask for an explanation. I can't really see how else to interpret your post.

No she didn't, she very specifically said she was interested to know what an illegible bachelor is, not where the phrase came from.

I need some womansplaining, what was the correct answer to the question?

It wasn't a question - merely a statement. You probably made the same mistake as me, inferring things that weren't in the original post. Goodness knows why roger tried to be helpful and provide extra uninvited information on the subject ...

I've spent too much time away, this english language lark is escaping me.

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[Paul]

If you're visiting,  (and fuck me, we've had a surfeit) please let me know which day you intend to leave so that we don't have to ask, which is a bit awkward.

Indeed. They're like fish - better battered, or something.

[fimm]

1) I do the ironing
2) keep the toilet seat down if you are not using it
3) whoever cooks, the other person washes up (but this rule may be broken)

[Basil]

In this house the person who cooks also washes up. 
I often have some stuff washed dried and put away before I've served.

[Si S]

I often have some stuff washed dried and put away before I've served.

Which is how I do it, unfortunately others do different which has led to the rule:

I am not cooking while the kitchen is that ruddy state.

[Mrs Pingu]

I often have some stuff washed dried and put away before I've served.

Which is how I do it, unfortunately others do different which has led to the rule:

I am not cooking while the kitchen is that ruddy state.

Chez Pingu this became: thou shalt cook turn about and the person cooking shall do the washing up first.

[CAMRAMan]

Thou shalt not return an orange juice carton to the fridge when it contains 3 ml of juice, so you can try to say there is some left to avoid scrunching up the carton and putting it in the bin.

[Kim]

Thou shalt not return an orange juice carton to the fridge when it contains 3 ml of juice, so you can try to say there is some left to avoid scrunching up the carton and putting it in the bin.

I do that one all the time, and I'm the only person drinking the stuff.  It's not about laziness, just doing things on autopilot.

It pretty much guarantees that I get a drink from a nearly-empty carton 2 minutes after putting the kitchen bin out.