your mouth ends up sitting in a stew of mildew and not-quite-removed utensil grime that drips downward
Perzactly.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
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.
brenda m - Sep 14, 2005 8:00:14 am PDT #2884 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
Sparky1 - Sep 14, 2005 8:08:47 am PDT #2885 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
If my husband has used Teppy's reasoning, I would at least understand why My Way doesn't rule the dishrack when I'm not around. But the man gave me "breathing."
Topic!Cindy - Sep 14, 2005 8:12:22 am PDT #2886 of 10001
What is even happening?
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).
Knives go pointy end down, wherever you're drying them.
In the dishrack/strainer/whathaveyou, the rest of the flatware goes business end up, because of the ucky stuff Teppy cites above.
In the dishwasher, the rest of the flatware goes business end down, so that people aren't putting their grubby hands on the mouth pieces.
EXCEPT... my new dishwasher has a slotted lid over the flatware basket. And I suppose it's removable, but the dishwasher is really new, and I don't want to be breaking or losing parts and accessories quite yet, so the rest of the flatware has been going business end up. I always wash my hands before I empty the dishwasher anyhow, and none of the people I live with is as clean as I am, so they are lucky to be getting my clean cooties.
If my husband has used Teppy's reasoning, I would at least understand why My Way doesn't rule the dishrack when I'm not around. But the man gave me "breathing."
I think that's just boy-speak for Teppy's explanation.
Cass - Sep 14, 2005 8:22:36 am PDT #2887 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The reality is that we both thought it should be the way our mothers' did it.Yep. In the end it all comes down to *I* do it this way, so this is the way it ought be done.
Except in the case of vacuuming, anyone who vacuums for me does it perfectly.
Betsy HP - Sep 14, 2005 8:25:13 am PDT #2888 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Nora Deirdre - Sep 14, 2005 8:26:28 am PDT #2889 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
We placed the glasses rim down, but then many of our glasses started cracking, so now we put them away right side up.
In the diswasher, I put everything business side down.
ChiKat - Sep 14, 2005 8:27:34 am PDT #2890 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?
Probably that you lead a vital, interesting life and you take your hands with you on all your adventures.
Ohh...I like this. I shall cling to it mercilessly.
Astarte - Sep 14, 2005 8:35:02 am PDT #2891 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
But the man gave me "breathing."
Where do they store their lungs in that stainless steel casing?
Sparky1 - Sep 14, 2005 8:35:12 am PDT #2892 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My mother actually puts things business end up. So I guess the fear of dirty hands has overcome her programming in this matter.
One of my co-workers just came in to tell me she might have to leave work -- a piano fell on her son's fingers. And now there are old cartoon clips playing in my head involving pianos falling on various characters.
Cashmere - Sep 14, 2005 8:39:19 am PDT #2893 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I just go by the philosophy that nothing is as clean as I think it is so end up or down doesn't matter all that much.
I just got back from Whole Foods. Chi-Chi. Wow. But cool. And lots of expensive stuff. But they have unpasturized, imported cheese! Which I can't eat anymore--but they have it!
I'm going to need to go back when I'm unencumbered by the small one so I can browse at leisure.