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[Hucklebubba]

Just a little while ago, I was watching a Bill Engvall piece on Comedy Central, wherein he complained about his wife's odd little dishwasher proclivities. Namely, that there's evidently some sort of unwritten womanly rule that says like types of utensils can't go in the same utensil compartment.

Now, I've been known to load dishwashers as often as semi-annually, and I can say with all confidence that this rule is silly, inefficient, and not nearly complex enough.

My system goes something like this: Each utensil type is given a numerical value according to mass--one for knives, two for forks, three for spoons. The total value of the utensils in a given utensil compartment may not exceed ten, and there cannot be more than four utensils to a compartment.

For instance, four spoons in a single compartment amounts to a mass value of 12; a no-no. By the same token, five knives in one compartment stays well under the mass limit, but violates the rule of four.

It's pretty easy, really. I'm hoping I can get a bunch of people to adopt this system, so that I can be upgraded from "Weirdo" to "Charismatic Madman".

[Razzberryfinn]

Hmm, much to much math for me outside of class. Maybe its your detergent? I generally sort my silverware by type. And I certanly put more than four in each compartment, and my silverware pretty much comes out clean. Although to be honest, I generally avoid doing the dishes, so I'm not exactly an expert.

[TheLuckyOne]

...no, I'm gonna stick with "weirdo." Sorry, Huckle.

Ironically, my wife is the one who mixes utensils in the compartments all the time; I try to put spoons in one, forks in another, knives in a third, etc. But, uh, I'm afraid I somehow missed out on the numerical value system. Darn.

-D

[DocD83]

Nah, I don't think I'd join you on that one. I like my system way too much--the key is just to make sure there's as little surface contact between any two utensils which would shield them from the water. I really jam them in, but since they're arranged properly they all get clean.

[deusdragonexx]

I don't have a dishwasher....

[PoolMan]

That means you ARE the dishwasher...

[sarahbot]

There are people who sort their utensil compartments in the dishwasher by utensil?

...Why have I never thought of this? It's genius, I say, genius!

[varana]

I just randomly stuff things in unil the machine is full or I'm out of some much needed utensil

[duckie]

Hmmm, I guess I've been using the anti-Huckle approach... I'll get a point for every utensil I put into a slot, with the goal to try to get the most points (i.e., the most utensils) in a single slot. Sometimes I'll just toss in clean utensils, so they don't feel left out

The only rule I try to abide with is making sure that knives go blade down. It really sucks when you reach in to grab a handful of clean knives, get them all bloodied, then have to wash them again.

Oh, and I guess I have a second rule, recently implemented once it was apparent that our little boy had a fascination with our dishwasher... knives go in the slots to the rear, so that he can't reach them.

[Head Mutant]

I really don't think about the utensils so much. The top rack is the problem, because if things aren't laid out on the bottom rack right, the top rack gets the gunk sprayed up there, but not enough water to properly wash it away.