Jon, the statement “fish and visitors stink after 3 days” is a metaphor that takes the annoying smell dead fish develop after 3 days and applies it to house guests, suggesting that having house guests loses its novelty and gets annoying after 3 days.
Without the subtitles, it looks like Dim broke into Tom’s house and ate his food and wore his clothes (and possibly killed his flowers). Logically, Tom called his friend Dash to exterminate Dim and he is carrying away what I can only assume to be Dim’s severed limb (or limbs) in his briefcase. By the looks of Tom’s roof and his wife’s skirt, things got a little messy.
That Dash sure is a pal!
But on a more serious note, I try to arrive Friday afternoon and leave by Sunday at midday (or sooner if its all right) for these types of situations. That way my host doesn’t have to worry about work and he/she has Sunday afternoon to relax alone.
Unfortunately, my guests are usually relatives from overseas. Hosting them for 2 weeks is supposed to be our pleasure and we have to cook them the best food and chauffer them to the best places else we will suffer their eternal disdain!
We often had this problem with a dad and his son. They would stay way too long, invite themselves to dinner, and so on. My husband is a really nice guy and wouldn’t give them the boot but after a year or so of that he finally learned to be firm. Life is so much better now:) You can give your guest the boot in a gentlemanly way.
Plus, he wears his hat in the house. No gentleman wears a hat indoors, unless there’s some overriding reason for it (hard hat on a construction site, uniform requirements, etc.). He certainly doesn’t wear one with a bathrobe in someone else’s house.
Clod.
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In-laws visiting this week?
Zing!
hahahaha, Dim’s name is Tom, same as the guy who lived on my family’s couch for 6 months.
I wish we could thumbs up or thumbs down these posts…
So Dim overstays his welcome, and wears someone elses bathrobe with the name “Tom”? Wow
Haha. Fish and visitors combined at last.
I love that Dim’s presence has caused the flowers in the vase to wilt.
Dim not only overstays his welcome, he has no consideration for his friend’s home. I’d kick Dim’s ass to the curb on the first day if he pulled that.
No doubt “Tom” is the name of Dim’s host.
I had a Dim on my couch once: his name was Steve. Had to confront him to get him out, and he left an oil stain on my driveway.
I think we’ve lost the art of visiting friends and family. We have such easy electronic access we forget our actual presence goes a long way.
I’d like to see us get better at visiting….and staying for no more than three days.
What is fish? And why do the visitors stink for 3 days? Why is that good?
Jon, the statement “fish and visitors stink after 3 days” is a metaphor that takes the annoying smell dead fish develop after 3 days and applies it to house guests, suggesting that having house guests loses its novelty and gets annoying after 3 days.
I would state that ” unless otherwise arranged “…but even then, all laws of courtesy apply, or the 3 day rule takes instant effect.
The “fish and visitors” comment is based off of a Benjamin Franklin quote.
Seems like Dash is trying to hide a corpse in his briefcase.
Dammit!!! Dim is eating all of our HIP!
Without the subtitles, it looks like Dim broke into Tom’s house and ate his food and wore his clothes (and possibly killed his flowers). Logically, Tom called his friend Dash to exterminate Dim and he is carrying away what I can only assume to be Dim’s severed limb (or limbs) in his briefcase. By the looks of Tom’s roof and his wife’s skirt, things got a little messy.
That Dash sure is a pal!
But on a more serious note, I try to arrive Friday afternoon and leave by Sunday at midday (or sooner if its all right) for these types of situations. That way my host doesn’t have to worry about work and he/she has Sunday afternoon to relax alone.
@Matt, Dim is wearing Tom’s robe.
Unfortunately, my guests are usually relatives from overseas. Hosting them for 2 weeks is supposed to be our pleasure and we have to cook them the best food and chauffer them to the best places else we will suffer their eternal disdain!
At least Dim had the good sense not to steal Tom’s wife’s bathrobe….
Come on bros leave Dim alone, he just has a gnarly fever.
We often had this problem with a dad and his son. They would stay way too long, invite themselves to dinner, and so on. My husband is a really nice guy and wouldn’t give them the boot but after a year or so of that he finally learned to be firm. Life is so much better now:) You can give your guest the boot in a gentlemanly way.
@EddieViper — a man cold!!
Plus, he wears his hat in the house. No gentleman wears a hat indoors, unless there’s some overriding reason for it (hard hat on a construction site, uniform requirements, etc.). He certainly doesn’t wear one with a bathrobe in someone else’s house.
Clod.
@Moeregaard,
or Tom’s wife !
I wish some of my friends and family members read this…