I lay them flat on the rack so no pointies at all, though if I did stand them up it would be business side down even if it were a spoon. I'm mega accident prone.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Sep 14, 2005 7:41:11 am PDT #2874 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Astarte - Sep 14, 2005 7:42:16 am PDT #2875 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Fork tines are stabby too.
*shudders at the memory of the great impaling of aught-two...
Sparky1 - Sep 14, 2005 7:44:16 am PDT #2876 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My way is business end down. For the stabby reason and because when they are dry, and ready to be put away, I don't want someone else's mitts (even if they belong to my DH) all over the part I'll put in my mouth.
He says he thinks they dry better business end up -- they need to breathe he says.
Laura - Sep 14, 2005 7:44:42 am PDT #2877 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Knives down, everything else up.
This is what I do. Habit I suppose.
eta: but I use a dishwasher
ChiKat - Sep 14, 2005 7:47:47 am PDT #2878 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My way is business end down. For the stabby reason and because when they are dry, and ready to be put away, I don't want someone else's mitts (even if they belong to my DH) all over the part I'll put in my mouth.
This is how I do it, Sparky. And, I live alone so what does it mean that I don't even want me touching my own silverware??
Ginger - Sep 14, 2005 7:50:24 am PDT #2879 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I want my silverware to be safely shut in the drawer, possibly with a lock, before it starts breathing.
brenda m - Sep 14, 2005 7:53:59 am PDT #2880 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Knives down, everything else up. I fear the stabby potential of the knives, but otherwise I think it dries better business end up.
This is me.
Sparky1 - Sep 14, 2005 7:54:00 am PDT #2881 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I live alone so what does it mean that I don't even want me touching my own silverware?
Probably that you lead a vital, interesting life and you take your hands with you on all your adventures. That's my answer when my hubby asks why it's so important I don't touch my own silverware.
The silverware disagreement is one of those where we are so entrenched we will never, ever change. We will be on opposites sides of this one for all our married life. ::sniff::
Ginger - Sep 14, 2005 7:59:11 am PDT #2882 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I was married for 13 years, and we never resolved the "glasses in the cupboard right side up or upside down" issue. He contended they should be upside down, so nothing fell in them. I contended they should be right side up, because the bottom of the cabinet didn't stay all that sanitary. The reality is that we both thought it should be the way our mothers' did it.
Steph L. - Sep 14, 2005 7:59:39 am PDT #2883 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Knives down, everything else up. I fear the stabby potential of the knives, but otherwise I think it dries better business end up.
This, exactly. Plus, I have this lingering suspicion that drying them business end down means that the part that goes into your mouth ends up sitting in a stew of mildew and not-quite-removed utensil grime that drips downward (because, seriously, does *everyone* scrub every. single. utensil. perfectly every single time? I know I don't).