Why My Ideas Are Bad Ideas

[bzarcher]

So, I went home for lunch like usual, and realized we really needed to do dishes.

After getting the dishwasher all set up to run, I realized that we didn't have enough dishwasher soap.

That's when I noticed we had 3 bottles of dishwashING liquid under the sink.

Ah-hah!, I thought, This ought to let me fill in the rest, right? And it'll probably work just the same.

Anyone who has a five year old probably knows what happened next.

Making my lunch, making my lunch, look over at the dishwasher, hey, look the dishwasher has a WALL OF FOAM coming out of it.

Uhoh.

Cue emergency shutting off of the dishwasher, grabbing an armful of towels, moving the cat dishes out of the way of the slowly marching water and foam, and a lot of cleanup.

There were a few upsides, though.

1) I guess I won't need to mop the kitchen floor this weekend.
2) When I opened the dishwasher to pull the dishes out of the foam, rinse them, and put them in the drainboard, they were CLEAN.

The dishwasher's still pretty full of suds...hopefully they'll drain out before tonight...

Comments

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

while that trick does work, you're supposed to cut it with half again as much vinegar.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Huh.

Does the kind if vinegar used matter? We've got a bottle of rice vinegar that sits over the dishwasher. (Don't ask.)

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Don't know for sure. Google for household hints vinegar + dishwashing liquid + dishwasher?

[ardaniel]

White vinegar is the usual household-cleaning standard.

Mook burnt popcorn in the microwave some months back ("I swear to GOD I only put it in there for THREE MINUTES"); nuking a bowl of half water, half white vinegar to boiling and leaving it in there to steam for half an hour removed the Doom 3-style burnt texturing all over the interior of the unit. (He's not allowed to make popcorn any more.) I'd assume that white vinegar would not only cut the dish soap, but remove any sort of staining that might plague the dishwasher from hard water or whatever.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a decent idea. I'll probably wait until the soap bubbles have finished dying out, then put some vinegar in the soap tray and do a dry-run.

[ls56.livejournal.com]

HeHeHeHeHeHe

I've seen that happen before.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was pretty sure after I was done cleaning it up that I'm not the only person it's happened to. Just a serious "Oh, shit" at the time.

[branwynelf.livejournal.com]

LOL! I think we've all managed some sort of SNAFU of that sort at one time or another, but I did wince as soon as I saw you mention washing liquid. Totally saw what was coming ... hee!

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

As did most of the people in the audience, I'd bet...

[jcobleigh.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing. I made that mistake once a few years ago. However, I didn't use a mix of dishwasher and dishwashing detergent, I filled it completely up with dishwashing detergent. It was very messy. I watched the next load very carefully to make sure there wasn't any left over dishwashing detergent in the dishwasher and, luckily, there wasn't.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know exactly what I'm going to do for the next load...

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

A couple of drops of dishwashing detergent will work in a pinch, but your best bet is going to the store and getting dishwasher soap :)

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. :D I'm thinking more of, "Hey, is the soap gone so this doesn't happen again when I run it next?"

[dklegman.livejournal.com]

IMMORTAL FOAMY DISHWASHER PARTY.

;-)

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

That....that just doesn't sound right.

[silentsteel.livejournal.com]

Awww, poor matty. *snug* But not having to mop the floor? Bonus~! *hates mopping floors*

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[narel.livejournal.com]

kinda glad you wrote that, cause i was wondering what would happen and if yhere was a difference....good to know there is one!!

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

I'm advancing the cause of SCIENCE.

Also, your Icon continues to = rawr.

[alathaniel.livejournal.com]

FOR SCIENCE!

[cue TMBG]

[sehkmet.livejournal.com]

*snickergiggle* I shouldn't laugh, but... it /is/ funny in its own special way. :D

But it's a mistake you'll never make again, right? At least you didn't leave right away to go back to work and come home to that when it's flooded your kitchen. And hey, no mopping kitchen floors is always a bonus!

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definently won't forget it again...

I'm very glad I caught it, though. I can't imagine the damage I'd have done to the floor if I hadn't seen it.

Patches, however, is apparently still ticked off at me, by reports from Lisa when she went home at lunch. The cat has NO faith.

[spoonybardol.livejournal.com]

Bah, dishwashers. I've never ever used one. A sink is good enough for me. And no fancy schmancy double-sink either. One sink! And given the roomates I used to live with, that's not exactly a simple task, especially when dishes have piled up for days! :>

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

A lot of my own dishes get done in the sink, but after cooking a meal for 4, a dishwasher doesn't suck at all.

[canemex.livejournal.com]

Am I allowed to laugh at you with impunity? 'cause I'm kinda already laughing.

Poor BZA. tsk tsk tsk!

CEM

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. Most people already have.