Important Issue of the Day: Forks in the Dishwasher, Handles Up or Handles Down?
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
So.. We’re loading up the dishwasher the other day, and I put the silverware into the dishwasher.. I noticed that there were some pieces of silverware in the little basket that were upside-down… or so I thought. They were handles up, so I turned them around, so that the fork tines were sticking up out of the basket.
And immediately a debate flared up in the kitchen.
There were two camps..
The handles down camp (my camp) claims that by having the business end of the silverware sticking out of the basket, they get cleaner. I mean, seriously, if you cram all of them in the basket like that, there’s no way that any self respecting water stream is gonna weasel his way in there and clean everything.
The handles up people claim something about the danger during unloading caused by the business ends bristling everywhere.. Yah, ok. I’ll probably get gored the next time I unload the dishwasher, but at least I’m being gored with a clean fork.
So yah.. anyone? Opinions? Can we all just get along?
ps. Yes, I know the image on this post has nothing really to do with the post, but I thought it was funny.
