" You know how they leave their things lying around on the floor.” Mma Ramotswe, in spite of her commitment to fairness, had to agree. Men were very untidy, for the most part. They could not help it, she knew, and one could not blame them for it, as neither could they help being men. It was just the way things were. "

― Alexander McCall Smith , To the Land of Long Lost Friends (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #20)