I'll never look at housework the same way again.

[strangetomato]

I learned something new and interesting tonight. My SO and I were listening to Scene Creamers on our i-pod, and they have this song called Housework for Three, right? I couldn't help but notice that the song was obviously about a threesome ("housework for three, nice work if you're the one in between"), so I started musing on how housework could possibly be sexual innuendo (I've used "polishing the brass" before, so I figured it was there somewhere). Then my SO informs me that "menage" actually means "housework" in French, as well as "household." (He did French immersion in school and his maternal grandmother was French.) In Kindergarten, the teacher used to announce that it was "time for menage" and they would clean up the classroom.

It sort of puts a new spin on Johnny's constant insistence that Ripp should partake in doing more housework with him and Phi, don't you think? If he's doing a French course in uni, he could be in for a shock (and Ripp would be all over THAT kind of housework).

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[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Heheh. Johnny has even been leaving French-English dictionaries all over the apartment, open to the right page.

He forgets that Ripp is almost illiterate. ;_;

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

Ripp trips over them all the time and then makes snide comments under his breath about how stupid it is that Johnny complains about Ripp's mess when he's the one leaving all these stupid books lying around.

Johnny then sighs a heavy sigh.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

"Just read it, you dickhead! ARGH!"

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

"But half of these words aren't even English!"

Phi just kisses them both goodnight and laughs silently to herself as she heads to bed.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

"I still don't get it."

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

Johnny throws his hands in the air in defeat.

"You know what, FINE, okay?! I give up! If you don't wanna help me and Phi with the housework that's FINE BY ME. You can sleep in your own room tonight! WHATEVER."

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

"Wait - wut?" 8D

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

You two are my OTP.

:D :D