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Knives and Forks Upright or downwards in Dishwasher!

  • 04-01-2010 5:12pm
    #1
    tiptap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 317 ✭✭


    so ? Up or down ?

    Knives and forks upright or sharp ends downwards ? 108 votes

    Up
    0% 0 votes
    Down
    100% 108 votes


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  • #2
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Up.


  • #3
    smiley girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭smiley girl


    down, for safety!


  • #4
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Easy knowing the recession isn't affecting you.


  • #5
    tiptap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 317 ✭✭tiptap


    smiley girl wrote: »
    down, for safety!

    so some people say,
    I'm defo an up man, gets them squeaky clean :-)


  • #6
    Sulmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭Sulmac


    Down. Easier to put away and less chance of falling on something and DYING.


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  • #7
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    My Mam used to insist they didn't wash properly when they were down, but i'd rather a smudgy fork that a bloody hand!

    Remember it was open one day and my nephew tried climbing on it and narrowly missed all the (admittedly spotless) upward pointing cutlery.


  • #8
    Mmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 805 ✭✭✭Mmcd


    smiley girl wrote: »
    down, for safety!
    QFT


  • #9
    tiptap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 317 ✭✭tiptap


    syklops wrote: »
    Easy knowing the recession isn't affecting you.

    this is exactly what the recession has made me do !!!!!!!!!!!!


  • #10
    El Siglo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    Up, if you're stupid enough to stab yourself with a fork then you probably deserve it.


  • #11
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    It's been down in the WindSock household for the last 18 yrs or so. Then suddenly mammy got with the up craze last year. Now I keep stabbing my hands. Down with cutlery!


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  • #12
    El Siglo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    WindSock wrote: »
    Down with cutlery!

    Up with mini-skirts?;)

    1,000th post woohoo!


  • #13
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Up people!! if you put them down after a while the forks and Knifes break the bottom of the plastic holder you put them in, this then leads the knife/fork slipage which in turn blocks the propeller thing from going around and results in the need for a second wash!! lol..


  • #14
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    There really should be an Atari Jaguar choice in the poll, I just bung them in, doesn't matter which way.


  • #15
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    tiptap wrote: »
    this is exactly what the recession has made me do !!!!!!!!!!!!

    I remember when I had a dish washer back when life was good. Now its the choice of wash the plates first( in the sink) or the cutlery first(in the sink).
    Down. Easier to put away and less chance of falling on something and DYING.

    Surely the first thing you do when you open the door, is take out the basket with the cutlery in it, and put them away. Gives the plates time to cool down aswell.

    This business of put everything down for safety reason in case you fall on them.:rolleyes: Next people will be advocating washing the plates by hand in case you trip and land on them and a shard of wedgewood goes through your heart.


  • #16
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    Down, also for safety reasons! Also because it makes it slightly easier to tidy away afterwards :P

    What to do with chopsticks though? :D


  • #17
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Why would I put a knife or fork into my god lady wife?












    (see what I did there? ;))


  • #18
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    I have a dishwasher and don't use it, the gf enjoys doing the wash up too much.


  • #19
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    syklops wrote: »
    This business of put everything down for safety reason in case you fall on them.:rolleyes: Next people will be advocating washing the plates by hand in case you trip and land on them and a shard of wedgewood goes through your heart.

    I also cook my pasta in warm water incase I burn myself. It's a little crunchy but i'm safe.


  • #20
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Down.

    If anything they'll be cleaner in the downward position since the water rises up form the bottom.


  • #21
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    tiptap wrote: »
    Knives and Forks Upright or downwards in Dishwasher!

    My missus doesn't care what way I hand them to her once she's at the sink


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  • #22
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    senordingdong wrote: »
    Down.

    If anything they'll be cleaner in the downward position since the water rises up form the bottom.

    It doesn't work like a bath, more like a shower.


  • #23
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Got a knife in the thumb while emptying the dishwasher some years back because of some idiot putting a steak knife in upside down. You're asking for trouble having them pointing upwards.


  • #24
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    syklops wrote: »

    This business of put everything down for safety reason in case you fall on them.:rolleyes: Next people will be advocating washing the plates by hand in case you trip and land on them and a shard of wedgewood goes through your heart.
    So common! Its all about the Denby! :p


  • #25
    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    Up with cutlery and skirts!

    Down with pants.


  • #26
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Why would I put a knife or fork into my god lady wife?












    (see what I did there? ;))
    Yup, you forgot an o


  • #27
    EL_Loco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭EL_Loco


    down AND seperate out the different types into different compartments. I tell ya you won't know yourself when it comes to putting them away.


  • #28
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Makes no difference


  • #29
    straricco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭straricco


    keithgeo wrote: »
    Up people!! if you put them down after a while the forks and Knifes break the bottom of the plastic holder you put them in, this then leads the knife/fork slipage which in turn blocks the propeller thing from going around and results in the need for a second wash!! lol..


    Deffo up!! As said above the knives will cut the plastic thing!! But in saying that I have been scrapped with a knife/fork on occassion....


  • #30
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Kiera wrote: »
    Yup, you forgot an o

    No I didn't. My imaginary current wife is a deity. :p

    Come to think of it a lot of my actual marriage was imaginary too. I see a pattern emerging.


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  • #31
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,649 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    I dont know, id have to ask my butler...

    I pack them down. For safety and hygiene reasons. Its not like you can take them out by the base of the cultery when unloading if they are pointing up.


  • #32
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Forks and dinner knives up. Sharp knives down.


  • #33
    Trev M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,840 ✭✭✭Trev M


    Up , nothin like the bit of danger when loading the crap in there when your locked:D. For some reason Im compelled to load the dishwasher when I come in from a night on the sauce:confused:.


  • #34
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,534 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Forks definitely up - otherwise they protude through the rack (and as mentioned previously ultimately damage it)
    Normal knives go both ways with me (same with spoons - if they all go down they tend to stick together and not wash properly). Sharp knives point down.

    What really gets me is when someone in the household (who shall remain nameless) puts the long knives in at such an angle they catch the "propellor thingy" - can't be good for the machine or its efficiency

    She     That person also overfills the whole damn thing, then puts it on a 30 minute cycle, and wonders why half the items come out dirty

    If only they included lessons on how to fill a dishwasher in domestic science!


  • #35
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I don't concern myself with the trivialities of domestic husbandry.

    I look after household security and electronic product maintenance.


  • #36
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,251 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Don't use one, but if I had to, I'd put ordinary tableware handle down,steak knives etc point down


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  • #37
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    From: http://www.watoday.com.au/national/child-impaled-in-freak-dishwasher-accident-20090526-blj2.html
    A five-year-old girl is in a stable condition after a freak accident in which she was impaled on a knife in a dishwasher.

    Police say the child tripped on the open door of the dishwasher and fell onto the blade of a knife in the cutlery rack.

    She is the daughter of a police officer stationed at Eulo in south-west Queensland.

    The accident happened around 7.30pm on Monday at the police residence attached to the police station.

    Police from Cunnamulla and an ambulance came to her aid and the girl was stabilised before the Royal Flying Doctor Service took her to Brisbane, where she underwent surgery at the Mater Children's Hospital.

    /thread


  • #38
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    She's stable.

    /Opens thread.

    If it was a Crocodile Dundee knife, fair enough though.


  • #39
    jenga-jen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭jenga-jen


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Forks and dinner knives up. Sharp knives down.

    +1 third option on poll needed!

    Ever had the stabby fright of an upwards pointing sharp knife in an unfamiliar dishwasher? Unpleasant


  • #40
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Temple_Grandin wrote: »
    From: http://www.watoday.com.au/national/child-impaled-in-freak-dishwasher-accident-20090526-blj2.html



    /thread

    The cutlery rack can be removed. In fact its designed to be removed when removing the cutlery.

    And what kind of a twit leaves the door of the dishwasher open with the knives exposed when his 5-year old is nearby.

    I said it before:
    1. Open Door
    2. Take out cutlery rack
    3. Empty cutlery rack
    4. Allow 5-year old into kitchen.

    You have to pass a test to drive a car but anyone can have kids.

    /thread


  • #41
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Up. They get washed better that way :P

    The dirt doesn't flow from the handle to the part you eat with, nor does it get stuck at the bottom etc etc.


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  • #42
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Aurelia Incalculable Ulcer wrote: »
    Up. They get washed better that way :P

    The dirt doesn't flow from the handle to the part you eat with, nor does it get stuck at the bottom etc etc.

    I think we finally found something we agree on.


  • #43
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    syklops wrote: »
    You have to pass a test to drive a car but anyone can have kids.

    Have any yourself?


  • #44
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    These days I eat everything with my fingers off the cardboard box it was delivered in so this debate holds little relevance for me.


  • #45
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    stovelid wrote: »
    Have any yourself?

    Whats that got to do with anything?


  • #46
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    syklops wrote: »
    Whats that got to do with anything?

    I was hoping to pick up some parenting tips. Seeing as you have a five year old and have never once made an error of judgment or mistake.

    You could do a book or TV series.


  • #47
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    stovelid wrote: »
    I was hoping to pick up some parenting tips. Seeing as you have a five year old and have never once made an error of judgment or mistake.

    You could do a book or TV series.


    Tone it down.

    If you want parenting tips try the Parenting forum. :)


  • #48
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    TheZohan wrote: »

    If you want parenting tips try the Parenting forum. :)

    I don't.


  • #49
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    stovelid wrote: »
    I don't.

    But.... but..... you said. :confused:


  • #50
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    But.... but..... you said. :confused:

    :D


  • #51
    gypsygirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭gypsygirl


    Definetley down, can't stand the sight of an upright sharp knife!!


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