It's A Man's World

The current debate in my house is over the purpose of towels.

I've always been under the impression towels are used to dry clean things, like washed faces or dishes. My husband believes towels should be used as all-purpose absorbers. Blueberry juice on your face? Use a monogrammed hand towel!

While both of us are right according to Wikipedia ("A towel is a piece of fabric or paper used for drying or wiping.") I think my frustration is born of the fact that blueberry stains are hard to remove and I am the full-time stain remover of our house.

My lament isn't novel. Nor is the new CBC show The Week the Women Went, which is based on a BBC program of the same name. The gist is that the women of Hardisty, Alberta (pop. 760) are sent off to a resort for a week, leaving their husbands to run the households.

If this was an American production, the children would be forced to run the oil fields unsupervised while the dads hung out in a garage drinking beer to a laugh track.

You can watch the first episode online. It's worth checking out the link only to see this dude:
He definitely uses hand towels for something other than his hands.