Alternatives to Doing the Dishes
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 11:45 pm
The following has nothing whatsoever even close to on-topic but it might provide an interesting diversion.
Strategies for Dealing with Dishes
For some of us, doing the dishes is a task that outranks in enjoyment only ironing. There are various strategies one can try for this problem, each with its unique characteristics and consequences. Here are four:
1. One can attempt to just pile them up next to the sink. Maybe if they become disgusted enough with their condition they might wash themselves? This strategy does not usually work very well – dishes tend to be stubborn. However, this approach may be fewer to wash when the pile falls over and some of them get broken.
2. Another approach is to put the dirty dish on the floor and hope the cat will clean it up. Unfortunately, cats tend to be lazy and only do the job part way. It might work better if the plate was flavored with dead mouse parts but that would be more work than actually washing the dishes.
3. Somewhat effective, sometimes, is to gt someone else to do them. That usually works but if the someone is a maid it has the drawback of being on the expensive side. And if the someone is your spouse it tends to have the hidden drawback that sleeping in the garage can be uncomfortable.
4. For the really desperate, one might try not using dishes in the first place. If you have a few sharp sticks you can cook stuff over a barbeque and eat it right off the stick. The main problem with this idea is, of course, that the smoke and spilled drippings mean you now have to do the laundry.
Strategies for Dealing with Dishes
For some of us, doing the dishes is a task that outranks in enjoyment only ironing. There are various strategies one can try for this problem, each with its unique characteristics and consequences. Here are four:
1. One can attempt to just pile them up next to the sink. Maybe if they become disgusted enough with their condition they might wash themselves? This strategy does not usually work very well – dishes tend to be stubborn. However, this approach may be fewer to wash when the pile falls over and some of them get broken.
2. Another approach is to put the dirty dish on the floor and hope the cat will clean it up. Unfortunately, cats tend to be lazy and only do the job part way. It might work better if the plate was flavored with dead mouse parts but that would be more work than actually washing the dishes.
3. Somewhat effective, sometimes, is to gt someone else to do them. That usually works but if the someone is a maid it has the drawback of being on the expensive side. And if the someone is your spouse it tends to have the hidden drawback that sleeping in the garage can be uncomfortable.
4. For the really desperate, one might try not using dishes in the first place. If you have a few sharp sticks you can cook stuff over a barbeque and eat it right off the stick. The main problem with this idea is, of course, that the smoke and spilled drippings mean you now have to do the laundry.
