Includes actual instructions! "You might not think that a book about cleaning could be funny but this made me laugh out loud" (The Financial Times).
For many reasons, men often neglect housekeeping chores-even when they share the house with other humans who wish they could get some help in that department. How to Get Things Really Flat combines witty observations, true tales of family life, useful information that takes the mystery out of such phenomena as dishwashers and vacuums, and answers to timeless questions including:
During dusting, where does the dust go? What is the worst thing that can happen while ironing? Is housework therapeutic? How can I impress people with bicarbonate of soda? Aren't men supposed to be dirty? And more!
"Martin's lighthearted but quite handy guide looks at the reasons why men don't help out around the house as much as they ought to and proposes what can be done about that... After reading this offbeat and thoroughly delightful guide to housework, it's hard to imagine anyone not wanting to give this stuff a try. Martin does what your mother never could: he makes doing chores seem fun, exciting, an
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"You might not think that a book about cleaning could be funny but this made me laugh out loud. In the office. During a quiet lunch hour."
Financial Times
"Obviously my husband will be getting a pristine copy of How to Get Things Really Flat. The author takes his task seriously, but he's also a funny and fluent writer and this one just might hang around to become an essential reference book as our two young boys grow up."
