My Housemate
in the Czech Republic was an asian guy, in his late twenties, lovely person, but completely incompetent.

I had to show him how to
wash his clothes
chop an onion
cook said onion
make tea (without using a frying pan - for some reason he would only ever try and make tea in a frying pan)
change a lightbulb
and my personal favourite/least favourite - show him how to clean a toilet.

He was 27 and had never done any of those things for himself. I was 20, and had.

However, he wasn't as spoilt as his brother.
Whilst we were living in the Czech Rep, his brother, back in the UK, got caught speeding, and was told to report to the police station several days hences, present his license, and have points added (or however it works). His brother already had the maximum number of points on his license that he could have and still drive, so he put my housemates name down as his own.

Whereupon their father flew my housemate back to the UK for a few days to enable him to report to the police, as he had a clean license. And paid the fine for him, and gave him extra 'spending money' (on top of his 300 quid a month allowance - money that went far in the czech rep in 2002!) to make up for the hassle. What made this all the more ridiculous was that a) it was not the first time it had happened and b) my housemate and his brother look about as different as two men from one family can look.
( ascorbate, Tue 14 Oct 2008, 21:56, 3 replies)

Tea in a frying pan
How does that even work?
*boggles*
(Sundayturkey has the biggest mug of tea, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 3:13, closed)

I'm trying to figure out
if we mean tea the meal in the early evening, or tea the hot drink that goes with biscuits.
( Batsgirl, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:30, closed)

the latter
he'd boil milk and water with a tea bag until it smelt burnt, then drink the resultant liquid. lovely.
( ascorbate, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:11, closed)