Cleaning Threshold: Originally thought up by the psychologist Paul Chump, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Psychology in 1989, the cleaning threshold is embodied by the well known motto: a man works from sun to sun, and that's enough. According to Chump, men are stronger than dirt, and they demonstrate their prowess by refusing to be cowed by dust bunnies the size of jackrabbits, and leaning towers of dirty dishes that would make their counterpart in Pisa look small. This is a sign of strength, although women in their weakness refuse to admit it. Whereas women would be inclined to vacuum the entire house upon noticing a stray hair, men appreciate the natural order of things, and will only be sparked into action when the dust on the TV screeen totally obscures the game, and when there is only one clean fork left to be had. The much higher cleaning threshold in men frees up a lot of time that could be better spent writing that great novel, becoming a titan of industry, or sleeping on the couch.
