Valkyrie Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Never mind about self-cleaning ovens, I looked at my bomb site this evening and had that urge for a Genie to appear. My wish is for a self-cleaning kitchen. DD with her cooking experiments fails to wash up or clear the decks. OH will have bread and leave crumbs (I forgot to have any lunch today, so it wasn't me). DS entertains his girlfriend and eventually all the crockery appears on every worksurface available instead of the dishwasher. Does anybody else wish for something that is nigh on impossible? By the way, Genies do not exist in this household, so I had to do it all instead or go potty (yep, I know, I already hit that mark)! Perhaps I'll go on strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I sympathise! My house tends to always get in a state and it is always the fairies that do it! My DH always says we should clean up - That being the royal we I clean up, cook and shop and hold down a fulltime highly stressful job which I have to drive 45 mins to get to. I leave the house at 7.30am and get home at 6pm and still it is me that must have made all the mess!!!!! Even though the kids are home from about 4pm - amazing isn't it! Whenever I says come on then lets all get cleaning it is miraculous how quickly they have other jobs to do or have to go out! I need a self cleaning house! If only!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 How about one of those magic remotes that pauses everyone and everything except you? That could be fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would like a genie that places discarded crockery and cutlery into the dishwasher. I run it and empty it, but no-one else ever puts anything inside - they leave it all in the sink or on the bench and think the washing-up fairy will take it away. She's on strike at the moment. I put my own stuff away but otherwise I am determined to leave it. I wonder who will crack first? OH is quite good at cleaning up but needs to work up a temper before he does it - gets himself all aeriated (sp?) then goes at it like a whirling Dervish. I have learned to ignore the temper and let him get on with it! I have not yet cracked in the stand-off over who tidies the DS's rooms. They are disgusting and approaching the line where 'messy' becomes 'dirty'. I refuse to go in and tidy up so that I can hoover them without filling the hoover with Lego, so the little darlings have been given an ultimatum - sort it out or I will bin the lot on Saturday. ES has made an effort but YS doesn't believe me... yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Helen My DD believed me when in complete disgust I threw everything out of the front door!! I even bypassed the black bag! She then managed to clear everything away very quickly as it was late afternoon and would get dark and cold quite early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would like my family to work by a remote control, especially the mute button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would like my ironing to be miraculously done for me everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would love someone to change the empty loo roll tubes to full rolls so that I don't always have to do them and for things dropped BY the bin to miraculously jump up INTO the bin . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would like a chicken poo catcher. A little person (like morph) to walk around under the chickens with a fishing net type thing & catch the excretements as they happen! Also, a self cleaning eglu, that every day washes & disinfects itself like those foreign loos. A time machine - so I can visit the swinging 60's & the glam rock era! A teleporter - beam me up scotty! Cheaper than airfares. cockerels that are silent & lay! A house that could fly & I could land it in a different place with lots of land! Not asking for much am I? Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would like something that magically transfered OH clothes from the floor next to the washing basket into the washing basket, as opposed to somehow missing it. he swears there must be an invisble cover on it which makes them bounce out. My friend put post-its above the sink for her OH which read 'STOP, WE HAVE A DISHWASHER', so something that made a little speech whenever someone put something in the wrong place to save me sounding like a nag Kate - a speaking loo roll holder that said 'replace me, replace me' when it got to empty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Cinnamon: I would like my family to work by a remote control, especially the mute button Oh yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh! So many others to agree with too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I saw a programme on TV some years ago where they got those 'boffins' to try to create the most wanted labour saving device. Top of the wish list was an ironing robot. The boffins found it just too hard. Other items that were on the list and have since actually been created were the automatic vacuum cleaner and the automatic lawn mower. I would luuuuurve the ironing robot but it looks like that is still some years off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I love ironing perhaps I need to get out more What about a hologram of your perfect house inside and out for when visitors come Now thats what I want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I would like a carpet for my sons' bedroom floors with 'THIS IS NOT A CLOTHES STORAGE AREA' printed on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I would like a carpet for my sons' bedroom floors with 'THIS IS NOT A CLOTHES STORAGE AREA' printed on it.[/quote My YD room is where clothes go to die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'd love a lot of the things posted above especially something to stop dh and ds pilling things in the sink instead of the dishwasher. I'd also like the dog and cat to be able to hoover up their own hair or to molt less and a basin that automatically removes stubble and toothpaste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Rhapsody - that would be possible! OH is in the carpet trade! But you could do a DIY rag rug instead and throw it over the mess so they would have to hunt for the things they needed and so would inconvenience them for a change! Like your new avatar, by the way! Hologram - interesting, my ideal would be Anne Hathaways cottage - then it could have perfect thatch all the time - no need to worry about fire or for costly insurance and replacing it every 20 years. (Perhaps not a good idea for thatchers.) No more paint drips or spills every time you redecorate. Teenagers who scuff the paintwork wouldn't be a problem either, the marks would just disappear. Yep the more I think of that idea, the more I like it. How about kitchen cupboards that are like Mary Poppins bag and then when you acquire some enormous frying pan, that will not fit with the other pans, finding space would not be a problem. Come to think of it, a wardrobe like that would be good. Great for children's mess - just chuck everything in. Then the item you want would miraculously appear already ironed (unless you like doing it ), neat and tidy on a hanger - or folded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Yup, most of the above are on my wish list. But in addition, I wish my family could understand that washing the dishes involves more than just washing them and putting them on the drying rack. The kitchen surfaces need wiping (and, no, not just the dry crumbs flicked onto the floor ). The hob needs wiping if it's dirty. The cloth used for said wiping needs rinsing out, not just left in a grotty, crumby heap. How hard can it be to work these things out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'd like a self cleaning kitchen floor and Mary Poppins style cupboards, fridge and oven.....and in Little Miss Webmuppets room self tidying carpet and drawers that kept her clothes tidy......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Also, a self cleaning eglu, that every day washes & disinfects itself like those foreign loos. ....imagine if it started when one of the girls was on the nest there would be a squawk!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I love ironing perhaps I need to get out more What about a hologram of your perfect house inside and out for when visitors come Now thats what I want I would like Keyhole Kate to be my next door neighbour so I could indulge her love of ironing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Helen My DD believed me when in complete disgust I threw everything out of the front door!! I even bypassed the black bag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
