Chore Avoidance - A Skill Best Learned From Your Father

After a messy breakfast today - which is to say, it was just like any other breakfast.

Sarah: Daddy, please wash my mat. It has milk on it.
Daddy: Ugh...[mumble, pretending not to hear her]
Sarah: DADDY! Please wash my mat. It's dirty.
Daddy: [thinking... but lucky for him not saying, ask mama to wash it]
Daddy: No. You wash your mat.
Sarah: I can't.
Sarah: [thinking...]
Sarah: I might get my shirt wet.