Extraordinary task #345 & Sod's Law

In order to keep on top of the mess that continually rises around me I set myself a couple of extraordinary tasks every week. You know the sort; tidying the linen cupboard (I'd enjoy that but I don't have one), the glory hole (under the stairs, to the uninitiated) and wiping the skirting boards (I don't look down for the rest of the time).

Today's task is the Man Drawer. You've heard of these haven't you? Even households without man in them have a Man Drawer.






Here's ours.

It contains many Useful Things, for example, expired Library Cards - for scraping ice from your windscreen. Mainly though it holds useless items that no-one takes responsibility for throwing away; Pencils (blunt) and pens (mostly with no ink), expired batteries, non working headphones, the 'gifts' from last Christmas's crackers.......ad infinitum.

Every so often I have a good clearout but you know what? The very next day I find that I need that Thing that was in the Man Drawer and I have to rummage through the bin for it and restore it to it's rightful home admidst much raised eyebrows and 'I told you so' from the Man of the House. Sod's Law.