I forgot how to use a dishwasher
Yesterday when I went to "help" Magnificent at work, I accidentally ran the dishwasher with diswashing soap, rather than dishwashing detergent.
I remember thinking as I poured it in the little trays (BOTH pre wash and main wash): Wow it's so transparent! and so green!
So massive bubbling ensued. Plus an additional hour of scooping out soapy water and scrubbing the inside of the dishwasher, plus another two hours of running the dishwasher repeatedly and cleaning up subsequent suds and wiping up the floor. I don't know why I haven't made this particular mistake before in my life.* Perhaps because Mom always used the solid detergent flake things? Because I think of dishwashing soap as coming in smaller bottles than the detergent? Because soaps of all kinds now come in designer colors and textures so nothing surprises me any more?
Siiiigh. I dunno.
Both of us are still mystified why anyone would make a dishwasher that isn't even water tight.
Anyway, Magnificent, sorry that I wasn't that much of a help, but I loved spending the day with you anyway.
Your's truly,
Two Shoes (aka Amelia Bedelia)
*Mom, I know what you're thinking; that was the time some one ELSE (not me, and not Magnificent) put Cascade Liquid Gel in the stupid jet dry hole so that all the dishes got clean in the regular cycle and then had soap spewed over them and baked on in the "dry" cycle. But that WAS the two of us who gave up after weeks of trying to clean it and just didn't use the damn dishwasher the rest of the year.
posted by Two Shoes @ 15:59
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And then there was that other time (Lake Chelan circa '95) when a a trio of "college boys" pulled the same stunt and came down to our condo to see if you could help them sop up the bubbly mess with sheets and blankets.
And still again when DTG and Solarcaine used the dishwasher in Ashland. Surfs Up !
Huh, I sure remember those college boys (they said they thought filling up the "tray" with soap meant basically covering the entire door of the dishwasher with one thick layer...I think they used the whole box).
But I didn't remember that DTG and Solarcaine did that in Ashland!
I must confess I agree with DTG's recollection of events, tho I must confess even futher that only one 'rent was involved in the Ashland foam fest. One recalls the famous "Firecracker Disaster in the Laundry" scene from the film version of Mister Roberts.....
Solarcaine
i like to load the dishwasher by color and shape. i care nothing for soap!
The General Gingerbread points out this don't work so good.
But it's pretty.
YAYAYAYAY
I used to sort the mess in my room by color and texture. My own mother pointed out that this wasn't terribly efficient, either
But I think we were just ahead of the curve.
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