kidnapped for chores
June 17th, 2008 @ 6:39 am
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from a pub, taking her home and forcing her to iron his clothes and wash the dishes, police said Monday.
The 43-year-old man dragged the woman out of a pub in the port city of Genoa, shoved her into a car and took her to his home where he made her iron and wash dishes after threatening her, they said.
Police arrived at his house after being tipped off by a friend of the woman who watched the scene at the pub.
The man, who was apparently furious at his ex-girlfriend for leaving him, was arrested on charges of kidnapping, police said.
if chris ever left me, i’d kidnap him and make him do the dishes and take out the trash.
what chores do you hate to do?
Marriage · WHAT?!
Wes Hartley said,
June 17, 2008 at 7:04 am
i hate all chores….that is why we have children!
minnow said,
June 17, 2008 at 7:14 am
My husband would probably Amen the reason to have children. I hate folding sock. I have two sock baskets in my house (usually the livingroom) one is full of paired socks and the other unpaired. Neither is ever empty despite me asking everyone to grab their socks after I’ve paired them. Oh well. On a different note my husband and children all do more work around here then I ever did as a kid.
Jason said,
June 17, 2008 at 7:31 am
unloading the dishwasher, reloading the dishwasher, folding clothes, cleaning the bathrooms…i need a maid.
Brad Ruggles said,
June 17, 2008 at 7:34 am
Lisa and I have a great arrangement. She hates ironing (which I really don’t mind) and I hate washing clothes (which really doesn’t bother her. So we both work well together in that regard.
Now, unfortunately we both hate taking out the trash.
So I get to do that.
I’m not sure how that works?
C.C. aka LorelaiCC said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:03 am
Ummm is all of them a choice? My least favorite is washing dishes. I don’t mind vacuuming or sweeping or washing/drying the laundry.
Darcie said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:05 am
Washing dishes…I hate it. The worst part is emptying the little crap-catcher since I don’t have a garbage disposal.
Jason Gordon said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:09 am
I hate doing the dishes and mowing the lawn!
Bill (cycleguy) said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:16 am
Since my wife works full time I do a lot of the work around the house (except cooking. I DON’T COOK except to heat up stuff she has already made) :) But my least favorite chore would probably be cleaning the bathrooms and folding the endless underwear and handkerchiefs (makes me think about using kleenex).
Say Brad: how does that work? How is the smell?
Cindy Beall said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:24 am
Bathrooms
Janel said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:34 am
The laundry. Definitely the the laundry.
Nicole said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:36 am
i loathe dusting
everything else i can roll with
(in turn…not regularity)
but dusting is RIDICULOUS!!!!!
dead skin….GROSS!!!!!
pollyh said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:37 am
I hate changing the kitty box and taking out the trash. I don’t mind bathrooms and laundry. Maybe we can barter duties here?
Julie P said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:41 am
bathrooms and dishes. UGH.
Cristy said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:13 am
Folding socks and cleaning the bathroom. Our kids also do more chores than I ever did as a child! They will be better prepared for life and will thank us someday. Right? They will, won’t they?
Lea Sims said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:32 am
I hate cleaning bathrooms and dusting. Truly, if I could eliminate one annoying thing in my life it would be dust! Two minutes after I dust (and I use a Shopvac…no wimpy feathery thingies, thank you), dust resettles on everything. We sneeze, we wheeze, we curse its existence. Dust is more resilient than the cockroach; no matter what you do, you can’t get rid of it!
And I have to concur with the comments about kids. My older two, now 13 and 9, have taken over a number of chores in my home (including dishes every night), and I feel like I won the lottery!!
nancy said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:40 am
I love to cook, but I hate to clean the kitchen.
I’m not fond of any household chores actually.
Giant Idiot said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:42 am
Mowing the lawn. It kills me everytime because of my allergies.
Crystal Renaud said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:43 am
giving my dog a bath
Chad Maag said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:44 am
Mine is a little less pedestrian, quite a bit nerdy, but is a chore none the less. Working as a graphic designer, I generate Gigabytes worth of files each week. Keeping those files organized and backed up is a major pain. Maybe I’ll do like our Italian guy and kidnap a Geek Squad(tm) member and force them to do my rsync’s for me.
pollyh said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:49 am
@GI–Sign me up. That is probably my absloute favorite thing to do. It is mindless and takes me away from reality for alittle while anyhow!
@juliep–I’ll do that for you too!
jon said,
June 17, 2008 at 10:03 am
1) the litter box!!! (for a 20lb. cat!!!)
2) dusting
otherwise i’m good to go, especially with ironing…if you have any that needs done send it my way…weird, i know!!!
nooc said,
June 17, 2008 at 10:12 am
the answer is in the question
Chris (the Hubs) said,
June 17, 2008 at 10:33 am
The dishes and the trash…
Theresa said,
June 17, 2008 at 10:39 am
I hate cleaning the bathrooms!!!
Jocelyn said,
June 17, 2008 at 10:44 am
grocery shopping
Jamie Flannagan said,
June 17, 2008 at 10:46 am
Folding laundry, errr…. just leave it in the basket and lock it in the closet…
wanita said,
June 17, 2008 at 10:55 am
i totally do not like making a grocery list! i put it off til even loren is begging me to go to the store.
will someone please publish a revolving grocery list w/ 30 meals planned for a fam of 8!!?
Netta said,
June 17, 2008 at 11:17 am
I can Hate or Love just about any chore… depending on my attitude. Hmm, I just blogged on this on 6/13 called “Car Picnic.”
Thanks for your great blogsite!
Yonas said,
June 17, 2008 at 11:19 am
Sorting junkmail is at the top. Ironing is close second. Doing laundry itself is not too bad.
BUT….
L-O-V-E grocery shopping (Jocelyn…I’m dissapointed). It’s very therapeutic especially at 9:45 at night where you get the whole store to yourself!
Cooking also is in my top favorite house chores.
Jules said,
June 17, 2008 at 11:28 am
I’m with Nicole, DUSTING IS DISGUSTING!
Jan Owen said,
June 17, 2008 at 11:30 am
I hate almost all housework. I particularly hate dishes, bathrooms and continually picking up our stuff. But I hate emptying the litter box most of all!
I am thankful for my “cleaning angel” who takes care of us and cleans my house every week, Annie! She’s the best. I could not be in full time ministry without her.
My husband is wonderful to help but he is not home often!
Ray said,
June 17, 2008 at 11:58 am
That is a great intro to a post!
My wife and I have it down. I hate dishes and ironing…she doesn’t mind. I don’t mind taking out trash and actually like vacuuming. Especially with a sweet yellow dyson I got off of woot not long ago! My thorn in the flesh is…cleaning up the back yard after the dog…ewww!
I hear the new iphones do the dishes and take out the trash. Are you tempted Anne?
Yonas said,
June 17, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I bet you guys $10….if you had central vacuum system, you’d do it more often. I used to have it at my old house…man I miss that thing.
Kerri said,
June 17, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I hat epicking up stuff that other people leave laying around and putting it back where it goes — like changing the empty toilet paper roll, empty water glasses, used towels…. I think I am the only one in my house who can’t tolerate disorder. Dust I’m ok with; disorder makes me crazy!
Kerri said,
June 17, 2008 at 12:35 pm
oh yeah — Wanita — there’s a great book called “Saving Dinner” which gives you a year’s worth of menus with gorcery lists. The dinners are generally for four, so you’d just have to double it.
Harold said,
June 17, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I love to mow but am like @GI in that it kills my allergies.
I guess the ones I hate the most is taking out the trash in the bathroom along with changing the puppy pad. That dog can put out more stuff than any creature I have ever seen and it is just a Yorkshire Terrier.
Nikki said,
June 17, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Drying dishes(no dishwasher)…..cleaning the tub. Oh man, despisement.
Rachel said,
June 17, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Washing dishes and cleaning the bathtub!!!!!
Carol said,
June 17, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Definitely dusting is a dreaded chore! But, I love keeping the frig clean. My husband loves vacumning!!! He really does - he keeps asking “Is this the day I vacumn?”
Jenni Catron said,
June 17, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Folding the laundry. I think it’s because I’m really particular about how I fold everything (including and especially underwear), so it takes me forever to get everything folded and put away.
Jan Owen said,
June 17, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Jenni - just dump that underwear in the drawer! You’ll feel like a new woman!
Harold said,
June 17, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Jenni you may have an issue or two there girl. :-)
Megan said,
June 17, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Laundry. It is the thorn in my side. In France I must hang everything to dry,and often it takes DAYS to dry a load. In the winter, sometimes it even molds before it can dry-at that point every radiator in our tiny apartment is covered with towels, jeans and shirts!!
Connie said,
June 17, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Cleaning the bathrooms and washing the floors
JudiFree said,
June 17, 2008 at 3:32 pm
SCOOP THE LITTER BOX!!!
Lori said,
June 17, 2008 at 3:41 pm
the never ending, ever deepening piles of laundry - and cleaning up after our bulldog.
Phil Thompson said,
June 17, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Ironing does suck, i guess it would be number 1 on my list too, the problem is my wife feels the same way. So i always walk around looking like a slept in my clothes!!
Kyle said,
June 17, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Mowing, unless I’m off work for a week. It’s just that when I get home at five, the last thing I want to do is mow. I mean the absolute last thing.
Anyone willing to let me kidnap them once a week, let me know, and you can mow my yard for free.
That’s right, I said it, I will LET you mow my yard FOR FREE.
ANY TAKERS?? Click here: http://www.vagabondrunn.wordpress.com
R. Kristina said,
June 17, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Laundry. I hate laundry. It breeds in our house. I cant really complain though - just wrote a post on savoring all moments which is true, but spose it is ok to actually not like a chore. Am grateful to have clothes and things though. Here’s my post if you are interested: http://sharingnotes.blogspot.com/2008/06/if-youve-been-following-you-already.html
drew.martin said,
June 17, 2008 at 6:37 pm
i absolutely HATE HATE HATE mowing. and it doesn’t help that my mom nags me about it while i’m busy all week, then when i finally get a free moment she wants me to mow. plus, mowing is on my mind since i have to once it cools down tonight. arrgghh.
alison said,
June 17, 2008 at 7:04 pm
laundry!!! the whole process…sorting…loading…emptying..folding..and putting it all away! eerrr, it never ends!!
Adam said,
June 17, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I hate laundry with a passion!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Faith said,
June 17, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I like laundry. I hate dishes. Grody.
Jodi said,
June 17, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Cleaning up pet and people barf. As a mom, I always seem to be the one that does that!
Joni said,
June 17, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Sorting laundry. Dusting(haven’t in years). Vacuuming furniture of pet hair.
Yes, children come in handy. Especially the young ones because they think helping is FUN! So what if it takes an hour to vacuum the kitchen floor. They’re OCCUPIED! For the childless families, rent one. Seriously. Mine are reasonable.
Heidi Reed said,
June 18, 2008 at 6:48 am
I hate cleaning the bathroom. Sick! I will do absolutely zero cleaning without gloves. Dirt and grime disgusts me to the core.
Todd Ruth said,
June 18, 2008 at 10:39 am
I hate pulling weeds!