A reader named Kevin sent me this photo from the real estate listings as an example of homeowners who tried a little too hard to make use of every square inch in their house. Sure, it comes with a home office. Too bad it doubles as the master bath:
How would you caption this listing?
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Don’t take your ” personal” life to work with you…
Try not to have a CRAPY day at the office dear!!
…just when you think you’ve seen everything..
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Take a break from your paperwork to do a little paperwork.
Wow, just……WOW.
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A place to get ALL your paperwork done!
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Well, you know…we don’t want to get too far away from out computers!!!
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
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A home office that does double doodie
Kelly
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LOL
Now that is funny!
We Recycle!
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Julia, this is really hilarious. I can just see the buyers jaws dropping….and what realtor would go along with this wacky plan!?
Karena
Art by Karena
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“Dual ‘doodie’ (duty) paperwork.
Gives a whole new meaning to paperwork.
“Now not honey, mommy’s at work – uh – on the potty -uh – I mean at work……”‘
“Let’s have a potty (party) at work!”
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Mutitask! Don’t flush your work productivity.
They do realise that the paper will jam in the printer because of the moisture in that room, don’t they?
I guess they can have paper jams in both areas?!
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I’m just floored by this – who seriously thought this would be a good idea? I want to cry-it’s so desperately wrong.
OTH, could be the ultimate man room by adding a rack of sports magazine, snack/drink bar and a jumbo flatscreen programed to ESPN…
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Man room! Awesome idea!
There are no words.
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Saving Time and Gaining Space ~ Taking” Reading on the John” to the Next Level
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This unbelievable. I don’t even know what to say! But it made me laugh out loud…
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This post, and the comments above, crack me up. How about …
Has multi-tasking got you in the dumps?
Thanks for the laugh (or should we cry?),
Jennifer
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That is really funny. When we were house hunting in our new city we saw so many crazy things. This was before I knew about your blog or I would have taken a lot of pictures. The one house we looked at had converted the garage into a dark and creepy master bedroom but had left large windows on the one side and that is where they built a new garage. So when someone opened the garage door and drove in they were looking right into the master dungeon. We will never forget this odd house only wish we had pictures to share.
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Nooooooo!!! That’s just messed up.
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Does it come with a can of Lysol spray? I wonder where meetings are held?
What a strange set up…and strange space in a bathroom.
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Craptastic Home Office!
This post is getting the best caption suggestions…very funny, but pretty disgusting. I could not get any creative work done here! Janell
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Taking care of business.
Oh wow.
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This one’s got my vote!
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Best caption so far!
And what is up with the portable radiator and the window AC unit? Obviously no central heating and air.
Ok, this is just wrong!
“Just sit down Mr Brown – oh, yes, over there! I’ll be with you in a minute.”
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Wow, I’ve never seen anything like that before. The first thing I thought was a guy must own the house to have his office next to the toilet.
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I keep thinking about how my Dad announced his retreat to the bathroom with reading material in tow: “I’ll be in the office, because the paperwork never gets done you know.”
This has got to be one of the strangest things I’ve seen.
Julia: Any idea what part of the world this comes from?
Funny! It gives the “I’ll be in the office” statement whole new meaning.
A reader sent me this photo a few months ago and if he told me where it came from, I can’t remember. Sorry!
NO, you see, we moved the bath into the office, as you do, right? Then we had all this great space in the bathroom! So you can see the natural progression can’t you? Can’t you? CAN’T YOU!!!!
optimal work flow
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…We mean business here…ANY business.
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Retirement investing has been in the toilet lately.
“Joe did you get the TP report?” Ha ha! We had a huge bathroom at one point – it makes you want to use the space WISELY!!!
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Taking multi tasking to a whole new level!!!
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“Do some business while you do your business.”
Holy moley…this one is bad!!! Thank you for the big laugh today, Miss Julia!
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Duty calls.
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Julia, you post the greatest stuff! This is beyond hysterical. I can’t stop laughing!
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Brings a whole new meaning to multi-tasking.
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Port-o-office; for the executive on the “go”.
Or: Some shit went down in the office today.
Or: The “head”-master’s office; where no one knows what tactics are used to flush out creative genius.
Reminds me of the setup we had when I was growing up -My pop took out the garden tub from the master bath and converted it to my younger brothers room, creating “walls” with a few bookshelves, but you had to pass through rest of the bathroom to get to it – fortunalty for my brother, this only lasted till my older brother moved out – I can only imagine what people thought!
OH. MY. G**. There are no words
xoxo Pattie
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Multitasking at it’s finest, check out that tile work!
haha! Ok now this is just too too much! Honestly, what are people thinking? I think the real selling point of the home is another bathroom, not the “home office.” Yuck.
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OMG!!!
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Oh noooo!!!! I think someone tried to rent me something very similar during university days. No wait – that was the dining room-cum-bedroom-cum-entry way. Holy hell.
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“The room for all kinds of business!”
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Good Golly – that made me literally LOL ! Crazy stuff – talk about multi tasking ~~~
thanks for the giggles !
gena
http://www.thehouseonlavenderhill.blogspot.com
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My guess is this was a Master Bath addition. They left a space a one end for an glider or treadmill but then got sick of doing work at the kitchen table. As disturbing as it may be to take client calls while nature calls, I am more freaked by the idea that this room is (without a doubt) badly insulated. All those knick-knack shelves go directly to exterior walls, the room is heated by a roll-about space heater and cooled with a little window unit that has been placed through the wall. The acoustics in the room may be great for singing in the shower, but for work? I won’t be asking to use his telephone…..
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Hilarious! I want my own private office, too, but not that badly…
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They listed the house like this? I’m speechless!
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ew.
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This is too funny! Just think if the wife had to go to the bathroom while the husband’s on the computer? “I hope I’m not disturbing you honey”. This should be on one of those bad design mistakes list.
No, that was not a toilet flush you heard in the background, sir.
A double duty (doodie) space.
Add a microwave and you’ll never have to leave this room!
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I’m laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes.. I was thinking of a little fridge like the ones you see in hotel rooms!!! Oh my this is too too funny
I’d probably label it office crap, but I’m not one to be politically correct.
double doody?
The office of Waste Management
Hmmmm….
Porta-office
Whiz while you Biz
flow- charting
Time management tool…..
Oy.
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Wow. They really must have been hard up for space. Wouldn’t their papers get moldy?
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I am sitting here laughing out loud. Just when you think you have seen it all…..
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Oh, my word. That is hysterical! Of course, think of all the time you’d save when you need to take a potty break. . . no long trip down the hall!
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That is hilarious! The humidity in a bathroom would be terrible for computer items!
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That’s just wrong on so many levels.
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“Oh Shit…”
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Always ready to go!
“…Its a wrap!” That about covers it…
Unbelievably hilarious…Your the best host Julia
YUCK!
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Multitasking, gone awry…
“Great talking with you, Boss…and I’ll e-mail that report over to you by the end of the day. Flushing sound? Uh, no…don’t know what you are talking about…didn’t hear a thing.”
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“Ever conscious of his carbon footprint, Aaron decided this was better than adult diapers.”
“George felt Martha’s internet addictions had gone too far, but he didn’t know how–or when– to mention it.”
“Alice knew Gregory was taking potty training Greg Jr. too seriously when he introduced spreadsheets and multi-media presentations as motivational tools.”
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You’ll never have to run to the bathroom again! lol
“Honey, we’re out of paper again!”
“No bums allowed. I’m trying to get some work done here.”
Mary knew that the kids’ internet gaming had gone too far when they set up shop in the bathroom and started calling in their dinner requests.
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this is so a teenage boys dream…
“Just doing my business…”
Darn, someone beat me to it: “Do your business and do your business.”
Alternate:
“You should see the conference room.”
THANK YOU for the laughs!
Don’t shit where you eat; shit where you work!
There are no words – the person who said Double “Doodie” wins it for me! That made me snicker like a sixth grader!
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Fit for a King! A throne in the office makes everything come out better!
Commodious?
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How about…”Please hold”
I loved the Double Doodie comment as well.
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“With this dual-function room, the height of upcoming interior trends, you can now do business while your do your business!”
EEWWWWW!!!
ewwwwwwwwww no, I think not. We’ve looked at several houses in our house searches, and have seen some ODD stuff…but nothing like that!
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The Home with the Phone in the Throne.
Not too sure on this, I was hoping it was a fake snapshot. Certainly original I’ve never seen anything this nutty before.