Albert Einstein famously pointed out that “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Thomas Edison, who had a famously messy desk, must have agreed. And Steve Jobs.
I went through college with the two pile method of clothing. (I should say that I did this while living at home – not on my own at school.) I had a pile of clean clothing on the dresser. I would wear an outfit and at night drop it on the floor in a different pile. When the pile on the dresser was used up (once a week), I took the pile on the floor and did my laundry – put the clean clothes in a pile on a dresser….My mother in law had everyone in her family knowing that she was Mrs. Clean and all was perfect (yeah, right – that is why almost the worst housekeeper in the world was cleaning the soap dish in the shower when we stayed there to watch the dog while his parents and sister were away – as the soap dish was too gross for me. I never again heard about his perfect mom.Well, anyway, she had husband trained to throw his dirty clothes in the hole in the floor of the linen closet – he says that the laundry fairy did the laundry and made it reappear in his closet and his dresser drawers – and after almost 50 years of knowing him – I am not sure if he was joking or not, but I did show him where in their basement the laundry fell into the laundry sorter for his mom to do the laundry.It took me years after we were married to teach him that it was okay to drop his socks and underwear into a pile on the floor in the bedroom and then throw it later (or I would – no big deal) into the bottom of our linen closet – well, there is a laundry bag in there for the laundry.But me – lately I have gone back to tossing my dirty laundry on the floor in front of my closet and every few days picking it up and throwing it in the linen closet laundry bag.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
know of any organized boys in comic strips, people? all that comes to mind for me is Jon from “Garfield” (his sock drawer)
whahoppened almost 5 years ago
Lowest energy level, nice and safe.
fredd13 almost 5 years ago
I work on the principle of a pile for everything and everything in its pile. More than that is obsessive.
Michael G. almost 5 years ago
Why argue with success, Papi?
library_dean almost 5 years ago
A place for everything and everything all over the place.
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
He takes after Jeremy Duncan
jbarnes almost 5 years ago
It’s funny – my girls are just like this. The 16-year-old likes to toss things on the floor, while the 11-year-old likes to keep things tidy.
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The kid needs to live up to his philosophy – he left a t-shirt on the bed…
Lightpainter almost 5 years ago
Where are the food dishes? Oh, wait, they must be under the bed…or the covers.
AMBER1 almost 5 years ago
Is that a skateboard next to Gracie’s bed? I thought she’s more of a bookworm than a skateboarder.
Cactus-Pete almost 5 years ago
How long has the tia lived there? And she’s never seen their rooms before?
Yakety Sax almost 5 years ago
Albert Einstein famously pointed out that “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Thomas Edison, who had a famously messy desk, must have agreed. And Steve Jobs.
Einstein’s desk: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s—8e-bUvoN—/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/17jyntazz7u1ajpg.jpg
Edison’s desk: https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AM024_edison_G_20100811173118.jpg
Steve Jobs desk: https://www.cultofmac.com/295788/steve-jobss-office-remains-untouched-apple-hq/
mafastore almost 5 years ago