Checks and balances...

IR goes to church now every Sunday morning at about 9am, and doesn't get back around here till about 2pm or 2:30. There's 5 points right there.

Next, each Sunday afternoon when he gets back, he does the dishes that he's piled up over the last week. (At least he puts them in the dishwasher, they'll get done once it's full.) There's 5 more points.

After that, he gets a big plate of something and plops down on his couch and begins to feed. This is always accompanied by a litany of slurps, smacks and burps. Ooops.. -5 points.

During the feeding, he commences to changing the channels on the TV regardless of what's on, or if I'm watching it. -10 points.

A further 10 points are lost by his consistently surprised reactions once he notices the look of disgust on my face as I get up to go do something else and he has to ask, "Oh, were you watching that?" Normally, when someone is sitting facing the tv, and it's on, it means they're watching it.

So, by 2:30pm each Sunday, and only after about 10 minutes of exposure, IR has built up a negative 15 points on the Annoy-O-Meter. (Negative points are counted as 'high' on the Annoy-O-Meter.)