“The loud noise and I’m ok rules. If you know you’re going to make a loud noise, say dropping a heavy bag down the stairs you had to yell “loud noise” to warn everyone that the noise was coming and planned. If you made a loud noise unplanned you had to yell “I’m OK” so no one came running or did come running I’d you were NOT ok.”
“This is at my mom’s place. If you are wearing long sleeve shirts you are exempt from doing the dishes.”
“When you use the last paper towel from the roll you have to take the cardboard tube and yell “do-ta-do” in it and then give it to the dog when he comes running so he can shred it!”
“Winner of a board game is charged with putting said game away.”
“When I was a kid, we had the “Bernie” rule. Whoever had the worst manners at dinner was “Bernie” (short for St. Bernard like the big messy dog) and had to do the dishes.
One time my brother farted at the table and my dad proclaimed, “You are Bernie. Nobody can take that from you tonight.” So I decided to test that proclamation. I proceeded to put my feet on the table, and that night I learned that there could actually be two Bernies and we both had to clean the kitchen.”
“If you get ice from the freezer for whatever reason, you must pay the ice tax to the dogs.”
“If someone is voluntarily doing a chore, no one shall tell them how to do it differently unless damage is going to be incurred. If unsolicited advice is given without the intent to actively roll up sleeves and help, the task then belongs to the giver of the unsolicited advice.”
“If a cat meows at you, you meow back. It’s impolite not to answer.”
“My husband and I have a large mug that says “as I suspected I was right all along”. When one of us has an “I told you so moment” the other says “you get the mug tonight”. We love the laughs we have when one of us turns the corner with that big @$$ mug lookin smug while the other has a regular “pity” mug haha”
“When you’re sitting down and you’ve misplaced something small (phone, remote control, etc.) you must get up and check under your butt before asking anyone else if they’ve seen the thing.”
“No sound on when using a device, phone / iPad etc, in the living room.
No exceptions. Visitors included. Both of our Mum’s are the most flagrant breakers of the rule and get a lot of stick from our kids (teens and older) when they do.”
“If someone drops something everyone else has to tell them “you dropped something” so they know you know. Also. If someone walks into something: “there’s something there”
“If your turning on a light in a dark room that has an inhabitant you say “1 2 3 bright light” so the person can cover their eyes or prepare for the shock of light.”
“If you tell me you can’t find something after I’ve told you EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, and I walk over there and find it EXACTLY WHERE I TOLD YOU IT WAS, I get to hit you with it.”
“Cleaning the kitchen means you wash the counters and stove too as well as washing the dishes that don’t fit in the dishwasher. Loading the dishwasher is not a “clean kitchen”.
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Stupid rule. Enables the lazy to always shirk. Roll up your sleeves.