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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 7, 2019 11:29:38 GMT
A vital question necessary to the peace and stability of Asteroid M has arisen. We have added a sign to the dishwasher that allows it to be marked 'Clean' or 'Dirty' (behave Shockprowl!).
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 7, 2019 11:32:49 GMT
I'm sure you a Mrs Dr M are quite capable of knowing if the contents of the dishwasher are clean or dirty so I'm not sure how the problem has arisen....
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 7, 2019 11:51:05 GMT
I get this sort of thing in the workplace because I never know if the staff room dishwasher is clean or dirty, so I just wash everything I use the old fashioned way to avoid the problem.
But, at home - why bother putting a sign on the dishwasher to say 'the contents within are clean' instead of just emptying it?
I don't have a dishwasher at home. I just wash things up as they're used. If I'm cooking dinner, the preparation dishes are done before the meal is ready and the plates/cutlery done quickly afterwards. Non issue.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 7, 2019 11:54:17 GMT
Dishwashers confuse me utterly after a lifetime of using washing up liquid. Surely CLEAN means: 'to clean'? The ways of Englandland are strange indeed.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 7, 2019 11:58:59 GMT
I don't have a dishwasher at home. I just wash things up as they're used. If I'm cooking dinner, the preparation dishes are done before the meal is ready and the plates/cutlery done quickly afterwards. Non issue. Ditto. Completely unnecessary invention for most domestic settings in my opinion. Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 7, 2019 12:03:34 GMT
Surely CLEAN means: 'to clean'? Sadly, in England-English, 'clean' is an adjective describing things as well as a verb/command. You need context to establish which interpretation is intended. So the only rational answer to the poll would have to be 'Sausages'. If you say 'Cleaned' or 'To be cleaned' instead of 'Clean' then the meaning is unambiguous. 'Dirty' is unambiguous. Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 7, 2019 14:43:15 GMT
Clean....
DIRTY....
Just what goes on in this 'Asteroid M'...?
Sounds like my kinda place...
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 7, 2019 14:44:55 GMT
Surely CLEAN means: 'to clean'? -Ralph And no, if it was 'to clean', it would say 'to clean'. Clean means CLEAN.
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Post by Benn on Jul 7, 2019 15:14:52 GMT
Yeah, BUT
If the things inside are clean, why take the time to put a sign on the dishwasher instead of just, y'know, putting the dishes away?
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 7, 2019 16:41:26 GMT
Because we have an elderly dishwasher and everything comes out dripping wet and we don't necessarily have the time to dry them off the moment the dishwasher is finished.
We also often run the dishwasher overnight and open it up to air dry during the day while we are at work.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 7, 2019 16:41:50 GMT
Surely CLEAN means: 'to clean'? -Ralph And no, if it was 'to clean', it would say 'to clean'. Clean means CLEAN. Impeccable logic my good friend.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 7, 2019 16:56:31 GMT
Impeccable logic my good friend. The same apparently impeccable logic was behind the slogan 'Brexit means Brexit', and we know how smoothly that went. Martin
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 7, 2019 17:25:20 GMT
I was not aware there was any logic in that phrase.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 7, 2019 21:29:58 GMT
I don't have a dishwasher at home. I just wash things up as they're used. If I'm cooking dinner, the preparation dishes are done before the meal is ready and the plates/cutlery done quickly afterwards. Non issue. Ditto. Completely unnecessary invention for most domestic settings in my opinion. Martin Same. Never needed one or felt the need to have one. Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 8, 2019 11:45:12 GMT
It came with the house. Never had one before!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2019 13:30:51 GMT
I had a moment of confusion with The Machine this morning but I think I navigated it ok.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 8, 2019 14:41:13 GMT
If you have any confusion just don't put things in the machine!!
Dirty on dirty is fine. Dirty on clean is most definitely not.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 8, 2019 20:43:29 GMT
If you have any confusion just don't put things in the machine!! Dirty on dirty is fine. Dirty on clean is most definitely not. Prowl would approve of this logic.
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