What's the point of washing up bowls?

[MsShirlLaverne]

I have one because it's made of funky red rubber and it's very stylish I put washing up in the dishwasher so my washing up bowl doesn't get dirty inside or out

 

[Loki]

You can pour coffee and stuff away down the side if you don't have a seperate section in the sink for that.

But why, why not pour the coffee and stuff away first, then proceed to do the washing up in the sink, sans bowl?

My way - the whole sink available for washing up.
Your way - having to wash up in this pathetic bowl.

Why!?

 

[nonamenopackdrill]

Because you could wash up, use a coffee cup and keep the water there. And you'll take longer than me.

Still, I prefer my dishwasher.

 

[milesy]

But why, why not pour the coffee and stuff away first, then proceed to do the washing up in the sink, sans bowl?

My way - the whole sink available for washing up.
Your way - having to wash up in this pathetic bowl.

Why!?

because it saves time to empty things down the side of the bowl whilst the bowl is filling up with nice hot soapy water. and if anyone brings some washing up from bedrooms or from the table that had been missed, you can just tip anything that needs tipping away down the side without having to leave it until the end.

and i find the plastic bowl more than adequate size to wash up in - you don't have to have everything in the bowl together, do you? putting loads of stuff in at the same time is how things get broken and chipped.

 

[Loki]

Because you could wash up, use a coffee cup and keep the water there. And you'll take longer than me.

er, if you need a coffee cup you simply make that the first thing you wash up in your sink.

And why exactly would I take longer than you...?

 

[Loki]

because it saves time to empty things down the side of the bowl whilst the bowl is filling up with nice hot soapy water.

IME liquids empty pretty much instantly... so not much time to be saved there

 

[psycherelic]

Not everyone is posh enough to have another sink at the side for tipping stuff into and not just end of cups of tea etc where do you tip rinse water if there's no bowl? you don't want to tip cold water into your nice warm soapy water and rinseing with warm is just a waste

 

[milesy]

IME liquids empty pretty much instantly... so not much time to be saved there

plenty of time to be saved when you've got loads of cups and glasses with dregs in the bottom, a few beer cans and bottle with dregs in, some plates with greasy sauce left all over them to be rinsed off. it all adds up, valuable washing up time wasted.

 

[girasol]

I hate them, have had arguments my bf because of them!

He reckons they're good for soaking, what's wrong with sink + plug combination?

I think they iz smelly and grimy and horrible

 

[milesy]

because if you have got stuff soaking in the bowl, you can still use the main sink for other things like, erm, rinsing stuff, washing veg, running the water to get it cold enough for a nice glass of cold tap water, filling ice cube bags - the possibilities are endless

 

[milesy]

I think they iz smelly and grimy and horrible

they only get like that if the owner is smelly and grimy and horrible and doesn't clean them

 

[Tank Girl]

*beams with pride at milesy*

my work is done

 

[girasol]

they only get like that if the owner is smelly and grimy and horrible and doesn't clean them

they often are, the people who own them

 

[milesy]

not in the household i live in (except for the teenager, but then she has an excuse - she's a teenager.)

 

[EastEnder]

milesy is making more sense on this thread than anyone else......

I'm scared.....

 

[Dissident Junk]

Washing up bowls are a legacy from a time when kitchens had very large sinks - usually ceramic or even stone. You couldn't fill the whole sink, it would be a big job using too much hot water, so just filled a small bowl to wash up a few items.

The use continued during the 30s/40s/50s/60s with the introduction of metal sinks in many new houses. My grandmother says that a washing up bowl is vital for a metal sink because a) washing-up in a metal sink can make your plates smell, and b) there is a greater likelihood of glasses smashing in a metal sink.

 

[lillia]

The purchase of a washing up bowl stopped many arguments at mine (sad but true) - because people fill the sink, wash something filthy and greasy then leave the water there. At least if its in a washing up bowl you can empty the water straight out. If its in a sink you have to put your hand in the skanky water and pull out the plug.

 

[Kuso]

Never use them myself- they just get in the way but I always thought it was soo you didnt get little bits of food etc blocking your drain?

 

[boohoo]

they only get like that if the owner is smelly and grimy and horrible and doesn't clean them

I totally agree with this point.

And I am coming round to the idea of the washing bowl benefit of being able to pour away any crap left in cups/pots/ etc.... still, that can all be done before hand if one is organised....

 

[milesy]

but it's better organisation to do all the pouring away whilst still having the bowl filling up with hot soapy water!! that way you can start to put the glasses into the bowl after they have had the dregs poured away without having to leave them all on the side waiting for you to finish pouring all the dregs away.

 

[EastEnder]

Clearly the justifications in favour vastly outweigh any pathetically feeble objections against washing up bowls....

Consequently, only the most simple minded numpty would still cling to the tragic delusion that they're anything but absolutely essential.

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

But why, why not pour the coffee and stuff away first, then proceed to do the washing up in the sink, sans bowl?



Why!?

Your way does not allow for all the dirty cups with cold coffee in the bottom, that you find if you go into your bedroom to answer the phone whilst washing up.

 

[EastEnder]

but it's better organisation to do all the pouring away whilst still having the bowl filling up with hot soapy water!! that way you can start to put the glasses into the bowl after they have had the dregs poured away without having to leave them all on the side waiting for you to finish pouring all the dregs away.

The man should write a book on the subject, pure genius.

How embarrassing would it be to have started this thread?!?!

((((boohoo))))

 

[Structaural]

The other thing is you end up throwing all sorts of manky stuff down the sink whereas the bowl only comes into contact with dirty dishes. I'm not disinfecting the sink everytime I need to wash up. Ms Struct hates the sound of metal on metal (makes her fillings hurt) so she's needs a bowl.

 

[boohoo]

How embarrassing would it be to have started this thread?!?!

((((boohoo))))

If someone had answered my question yesterday, I wouldn't have had to start a thread about it.

 

[milesy]

Your way does not allow for all the dirty cups with cold coffee in the bottom, that you find if you go into your bedroom to answer the phone whilst washing up.

or the glasses and teacups that the wife and teenager bring out from the bedrooms, or the cups that are still being used whilst you are filling the bowl up with water.

come on you anti-bowlers, stop deluding yourself. this isn't a matter of opinion or what's-best-for-the-individual - this is about there being a right way to wash up, and a wrong way to wash up.

it's all about the bowl - the king of washing up uses a bowl, you should too

 

[boohoo]

but it's better organisation to do all the pouring away whilst still having the bowl filling up with hot soapy water!! that way you can start to put the glasses into the bowl after they have had the dregs poured away without having to leave them all on the side waiting for you to finish pouring all the dregs away.

Are you sure you're not a washing up bowl sales man????

even I'm seeing the benefits - not that i'll go out and buy one...

 

[moose]

Washing up bowls are a legacy from a time when kitchens had very large sinks - usually ceramic or even stone. You couldn't fill the whole sink, it would be a big job using too much hot water, so just filled a small bowl to wash up a few items.

Indeed. I have a large Belfast-style sink and it takes loads of water just to fill it a few inches deep. And just when I start to wash up, someone comes in with oily hands and wants to wash them. If I had a washing up bowl I could life it onto the draining board out of the way so he could. <dashes to Lakeland Plastics forthwith>

 

[Tank Girl]

milesy was nothing until I taught him the washing up bowl ways.

and now he's getting told to write a book!

behind every good man.....

 

[foo]

i'm with milesy.

use a bowl.