“A husband is someone who, after taking the trash out, gives the impression he cleaned the whole house” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
 
“A Husband Is Someone Who Takes Out The Trash And Gives The Impression He Just Cleaned The Whole House” (from a bumper sticker) was printed in the Vancouver (BC) Sun on July 31, 1998. “A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he cleaned the whole house” was posted on Twitter by FunnyOneLiners on September 27, 2009.
   
A slightly changed version probably was popularized on an ecard. “A husband is someone who, after taking the trash out, gives the impression he cleaned the whole house” was posted on Twitter by Amy Bradstreet on August 17, 2010
     
 
31 July 1998, Vancouver (BC) Sun, “City Limits,” pg. B3:
BUMPER CROP
There’s a bumper crop of new bumper stickers out there, says regular contributor Robert Boyne, who sent these our way:
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- A Husband Is Someone Who Takes Out The Trash And Gives The Impression He Just Cleaned The Whole House.
   
9 December 1998, Charleston (WV) Gazette, “Snack on kitchen comments” by Terry Marchal, pg. 1C:
Roy Thompson found a list of “refrigerator notes” somewhere out on that mysterious electronic Internet and sent it to me by way of magic mail in my computer:
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- A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.
 
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Miscellaneous Florals INDEX 31
Dark Angel
Apr 24, 2002, 4:47:55 PM
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A Husband Is Someone Who Takes Out The Trash And Gives The Impression He
Just
Cleaned The Whole House.
 
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FunnyOneLiners
@Funnyoneliners
A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he cleaned the whole house.
12:38 PM · Sep 27, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Michael Lewis
@VegasBamaFan
A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he cleaned the whole house. (via
@funnyoneliners)its hard work!!
1:06 PM · Sep 27, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Amy Bradstreet
@OnBradstreet
“A husband is someone who, after taking the trash out, gives the impression he cleaned the whole house.”  Loathe this sexist bullshit.
10:30 AM · Aug 17, 2010·Twitter Web Client
   
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Jessica Cohen
@jessicacohen123
A husband is someone who, after taking out the trash, gives the impression he cleaned the whole house.
5:38 PM · Jan 13, 2012·Twitter for BlackBerry®
   
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The Bittersweet Life
@TheBSLife
A husband is someone who,after taking the trash out gives the impression he cleaned the whole house!
10:45 PM · Aug 15, 2012·Hootsuite
 
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FirstYearsofMarriage
@1styrofmarriage
A husband is someone who, after taking the trash out, gives the impression he cleaned the whole house. #marriagehumor
4:45 PM · Mar 13, 2015·Twitter for Android
       
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Chi-Town Baby J
@ChiTown_Serrano
My husband is someone who after taking the trash out gives the impression he cleaned the whole house
#MarriedLife
#Husbands
#TuesdayShares
GIF
9:09 AM · Oct 18, 2016·Twitter for Android
 
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MULTiVerse’s News
@MULTiVersesNews
#Wisdom! A #husband is someone who #TakesOutTheTrash and gives the impression he #cleaned the whole #house.
11:58 PM · Mar 30, 2017·Twitter Web Client
   
International Business Times
Husband Appreciation Day 2021: 15 Funny Quotes To Show Your Love
By Alexis Ty
04/16/21 AT 7:21 AM
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“A husband is someone who after taking the trash out gives the impression he’s cleaned the whole house!”
 
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May 15, 2021 at 1:03 PM ·
A HUSBAND IS SOMEONE
WHO, AFTER TAKING THE
TRASH OUT, GIVES THE
IMPRESSION HE JUST
CLEANED THE WHOLE HOUSE.