From the ArcaMax Publishing, ArcaMax Publishing Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/arcapub/s-569804-638457
I was enjoying the second week of a two-week vacation the same way I
had enjoyed the first week: by doing as little as possible.
I ignored my wife's not-so-subtle hints about completing certain jobs
around the house, but I didn't realize how much this bothered her
until the clothes dryer refused to work, the iron shorted and the
sewing machine motor burned out in the middle of a seam. The final
straw came when she plugged in the vacuum cleaner and nothing
happened.
She looked so stricken that I had to offer some consolation.
"That's okay, honey," I said. "You still have me."
She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. "Yes," she wailed, "but
you don't work either!"