Wednesday, February 07, 2007

A True Gentleman

Our latest live-in guest has many good qualities, but I think the one that endears him to me the most is the fact that he does the dishes!

I doubt if anyone remembers now, but, a generation or two above me, one sign of a true gentleman was that after a good dinner - especially if there had been guests - he might well offer to do the dishes.

Matthew Clarke - a gentleman indeed!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You must love your short termers!!! :-p

Laurie Elliot said...

I do! I do!

Any offers for March - July? At the moment, if Mary continues to cook, it looks like I will be doing the dishes myself!

Matthew Celestine said...

Thanks.

Maybe some of my blogging friends might like to come to you short-term. Then they can wash dishes for you.

God Bless

Matthew

Rose~ said...

He does seem to be a fine young man from what I have observed ... and this is another example of his fine quality.

You can't beat a guy that does the dishes!

Anonymous said...

Way to go Matthew, you look absolutely fabulous in the kitchen. You are my kind of guy too. Keep it up, that sort of thing always pays dividends.

June Burke

Laurie Elliot said...

You are right, Rose, you certainly can't beat a guy that does the dishes! Anyone that kind is bound to have some other wonderful qualities. And yes, Mrs. Burke, I think it does pay dividends.

Matthew, if your blogging friends are as interesting and helpful as you, they are more than welcome to come wash dishes for me anytime.

Jim said...

Matthew is a fine chap, and we truly appreciate finally seeing some pictures of him after conversing in the blogosphere for over a year now.

It seems he has found a very nice family with which to stay and be introduced to Japan.

Good job Matthew!

God bless,
Jim