Mom, can you---?

Whenever I hear these words, I know I'll be asked to do some task. More often than not, its not a simple task like "turn on the TV". The other day Mark brought a mountain of polo wraps into the house to be washed. He didn't specifically ask me to wash them, but strategicly place them where everyone had to step over them to get to our foyer. Right know I have nothing better to do, so of course I washed the wraps. Once they were washed he asked "Mom, can you roll-up the wraps"? I don't know exactly how many wraps Mark owns, but he once told me that he only needs to wash the wraps every other week. His math is 5 horses times 4 legs, wearing wraps at least 3 times each week, so 60 wraps each week. This means he has approximatley 120 wraps! No, these were not all purchased! The majority of the wraps were ones that went unclaimed after polo season ended at Blue Sky last year. He also does a similar thing with dirty, stinky, saddle blankets. These, he conveniently hangs these on the backs of the kitchen chairs.Todays "Mom, can you" was to make egg salad sandwiches (he did boil the eggs), and fill bottles with water, and put them in the freezer so he would have cold water at todays' polo practice. He didn't ask me to roll polo wraps, but brought a bunch into the house, and piled them in the middle of the living room floor. He started to roll a few, I started to help him, and then he went to do something else, leaving me to finish the job. I commented on the fact that some of the wraps were very thick and wide, while others were very thin and narrow. He told me that he uses the thin ones under the tendon boots, and the thick ones on the horses'back legs. "Mom, can you maybe sew some bright colored thread on the ends of the thin wraps so they are easier to find"??