any note that starts with “let’s” i kind of immediately love. this one was forwarded by lindsay in watford, england:
let’s talk washing up shall we
June 7, 2007 · 15 Comments
Categories: "helpful" advice · dishes · exclamation-point happy! · u.k. · workplace
15 responses so far ↓
Austin // June 7, 2007 at 10:22 am
I like the name “Miss Mop” the best.
chughes // June 7, 2007 at 10:36 am
The word ‘crockery’ is superb, i think.
i also think i will use ‘washing up liquid’ instead of dish soap from now on.
This page is great, by the way. One of my favorites. i don’t know why i haven’t commented before now.
~christine
Chris // June 7, 2007 at 10:44 am
I guess “washer upper” is British for “dishwasher”. I’m so jealous of their language.
Rich C // June 7, 2007 at 10:54 am
Guess I know where my former roomate moved to!
Love the site! Thanks for the laughs, and for locating all of those I roomed with in under-grad!!!
A Lesson A Day // June 7, 2007 at 11:58 am
You know, I never received written instructions on the washing-up process, so I appreciate this and will keep this procedure in my wallet.
I would also tag this post under “things you swosh.”
Brigid // June 7, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I dearly love all the exclamation marks. !!!!!!!!
everythingzen // June 7, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Ha.
Love the blogs. I so wish I would have kept my old roommates horrid house rules.
Good times. SARCASM DRIPS.
Potbelly // June 7, 2007 at 1:15 pm
This one is top shelf. The brits really have the edge when it comes to use of the language. So casual, so breezy and unruffled…yet concise.
rrpa // June 7, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Bowl = sink?
Lindsay // June 7, 2007 at 3:13 pm
She means one of those plastic tubs you put in the sink to wash dishes in. I have lived in Britain way too long, someone remind me whether they use those in the states or not?
PopGoesCanberra // June 8, 2007 at 7:35 am
God, I hate washing up nazis. Just ignore the mess! People who go on tirades about washing up have nothing better to do.
mental18 // June 15, 2007 at 11:05 pm
My mom gives me a more hostile “talk” about cleaning up my room.
botfrispanska // June 26, 2007 at 12:56 pm
What a beautiful guide on how to do your dishes, I’m going to use it for my students who not all know how to wash up after cooking a meal…
Celestial // July 13, 2007 at 8:32 am
I think the need to list what she had to wash up took away from the point. Poor Miss Mop. So sad…
T-Bone // September 11, 2007 at 10:01 am
Yes, I love all the toffy language– cutlery! Crockery! Washer-upper!
I’m imagining a chintz-filled room, with slender, languid university flatmates, all smoking skinny fags, with dog-eared copies of E.M. Forster strewn about the room– “Whot a wankuh! ‘Miss Mop’. REALLY.”
I feel like such a barbarian.
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