Good afternoon Ladies, Mothers and employers of House helps.
The August 2019 School Vacation is in full force.
It is only apt that on foraging the social scene that is the blue nowhere, I came across this gem and post it here.
I copy and paste it with no apologies or regrets whatsoever.
Question is, Mi Ladies, where do you stand?
Perhaps a look at the comments will help you arrive at an appropriate conclusion.
Quote:Someone wrote that they would never buy a washing machine because it would make their wife lazy.
Aside from finding that statement knee-slapping hilarious, I wondered if they realized how useful a washing machine would be in any household.
Especially if there are young children.
Have you seen the dirty, typical, everyday clothes of an ordinary, healthy, active African child (who plays outside)?
Those things are an eyesore.
Firstly, their clothes have permanent stains. Some buttons are missing and others are broken.
Tshirts are faded and loose around the neckline.
They have a few tiny holes here and there which God-knows-how they formed.
Part of the hem may be coming apart. Pants bought in their toddling years are worn until they become shorts.
Dresses are worn until they become tops. Tights become peddle pushers. And trousers torn at the knees are transformed into shorts.
When these clothes are dirty you will wish you had a washing machine.
They make all the soap in the water disappear and leave you with some murky, strangely-colored water with soil particles at the bottom.
Don't let those boring, cliché detergent ads lie to you.
That is not how these clothes are washed, ati gently and slowly and lovingly, scrubbing them as you smile, enjoying the chore.
No.
They are scrubbed with force and strength as you try to figure out how in the living f*** mud, in a time of drought, got inside the pocket.
The dirt is stubborn, arrogant, and clings onto the fabric like iron onto a magnet.
Even the latest 'new and improved number one stain removal' detergent is no match for the kind of dirt on these clothes.
Meaning you can spend a lifetime cleaning one garment and bruise your knuckles and wrists while at it.
And when you think you have finally managed to get rid of the blotch, you will see its faint print when you rinse the clothing.
A good washer will clean it again. An experienced washer will ignore it.
No wonder it's common to hear kids being cautioned, "Na usijichafue!" when they go out to play, and to see the look of horror on the washer's face when the child comes back looking like this young boy I found on the internet.
He must have had immense fun that day!
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