For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 03, 2019

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 5 years ago

    time to rewash the dishes (or John should get his glasses re-prescribed)

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    littlejohn Premium Member over 5 years ago

    What goes up, must come down?

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    Lucy Rudy  over 5 years ago

    At least pour out the coffee before putting in the dishwasher.

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    howtheduck  over 5 years ago

    John’s problem appears to be different from any that I have experienced. Faced with a dishwasher full of dishes so clean that they obviously sparkle with heat lines coming off them, he drops his cup in anyway. That is exceptionally stupid on his part. For me, the heat is a big giveaway and it’s usually so hot, it’s hard not to notice it.

    When I have had this problem with putting dirty dishes in a dishwasher was when the dishwasher did, in fact, do a terrible job washing the dishes so they finished still mostly dirty. We have a little reversible sign on our dishwasher now that says whether the dishes in dishwasher are clean or dirty. It works great if people remember to set it after they run the dishwasher.

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    capricorn9th  over 5 years ago

    They really need to smell before deciding whether they are dirty or clean. Clean dishes will whiff of dishwasher soap. Dirty dishes are smelly. Unless Elly rinses all dinnerware with pump dish soap before loading. It is like cleaning a house before the cleaning lady comes or washing hair before going to the hair salon.

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    Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Just another typical “John move”. Now Elly will get her mad face on and scream and holler at him, as is her way.

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    MagOctopus  over 5 years ago

    A mistake that will never be made again after he’s re-washed all the affected dishes by hand.

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    lauradolan  over 5 years ago

    I don’t think I’d want this guy working on my teeth. How did he get through dental school?

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    HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 5 years ago

    John is a dentist. I wonder if he’s that careless at work?

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    jimchronister2016  over 5 years ago

    What a Moran!

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    GirlGeek Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I definitely hate it when people do that

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    ScretWitch  over 5 years ago

    @AlondraRachellaLabute – perhaps a better statement would have been either “just like my husband.” (If you have one) or better yet “just like the unobservant/Inattentive.”

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    8ec23d5228da33aa2115003c92d0fe83  over 5 years ago

    This has nothing to do with a dishwasher, but why can’t a male put his dirty socks and undies in the hamper located 6 inches away? Is it a subconscious way of marking his territory?

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    dragonbite  over 5 years ago

    I see that happen in the work kitchen all the time. Even if it is still warm and water’s on the top.

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    jless  over 5 years ago

    Lynn’s Comments:

    Yup…really happened.

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    Spacetech  over 5 years ago

    Killing him is not considered murder in 15 states.

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    car2ner  over 5 years ago

    oh heck, I’ve done this myself and I’m the one who runs and empties the dishwasher.

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    coffeeturtle  over 5 years ago

    ARGH!!! How dare John not finish the cup of coffee! What a waste! Is this guy crazy or what?!?!

    (am I missing the point again?) j/k

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    ronnishac2000  over 5 years ago

    That will get you hurt.

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    kodj kodjin  over 5 years ago

    Our dish washer has a little green light that come on after the drying cycle is done. Everybody in the house knows that if the green light is on; don’t put anything in the washer till everything is taken out and put away.

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    gmu328  over 5 years ago

    This is a bit sexist. It is just to prove a point and if it was the other way around most people would not believe it as Ellie would never do this, while John would. However, it is funny because John would do it, not because he is behaving like a man.

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    JustMe  over 5 years ago

    this is where a little sign hanging on the dishwasher would be nice. One side says “dirty” and one side says “clean”. Or…….we could all just look at the dishes and tell which one is which.

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    1JennyJenkins  over 5 years ago

    We solved that problem in our house by attaching a magnet that said “clean” as soon as the washing began. With three little kids, at the beginning, when we got the dishwasher, we had that problem a few times.

    One of my friends got a second dishwasher and she never unloads as the family uses the dishes. They just take what they need from the one that says “clean”, and load the second one with the new batch of the dirty ones…then transfer the “clean” magnet, when it’s full and the washing cycle is engaged. A good solution if you have the kitchen space…

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    BluNova  over 5 years ago

    Doesn’t that make you want to beat the crap out of him?!?

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    Petemejia77  over 5 years ago

    Looks like Elly has a shotgun from my peripheral when I read end of strip!

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    Bill Löhr Premium Member over 5 years ago

    After running the dishwasher and opening it to let the dishes air dry, if i don’t have the inclination to empty it right away i close and lock it again. So if go to put something dirty in and it’s locked i know better.

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    Robert Nowall Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Dead man walking.

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    harbormoon  over 5 years ago

    If I had a nickel for every time one of my kids loaded a dirty dish into a dishwasher full of clean dishes… not that I can get them to put their dirty dishes in there any other time…

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    pchemcat  over 5 years ago

    In my house, John would now be washing every dish by hand until it passed my inspection. And yes, I would be standing over him b*tching the entire time. He would never make that mistake again.

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    Dragoncat  over 5 years ago

    Makes me think of freshly-washed laundry just needing five more minutes of sunlight to dry…

    And then a bird comes along… ’Nuff said.

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    CeceliaKilb  over 5 years ago

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    bookworm0812  over 5 years ago

    You are so incredibly dead, John.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 5 years ago

    We’ve got the “reversible sign” too…but it doesn’t always get remembered and there is a certain counterpart to John at our house who often dumps his coffee cup in on the clean dishes…but at least he rinses it out first.

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    car2ner  over 5 years ago

    so many people are offering ways to do it better or getting “triggered” and upset. If we can’t laugh at dumb mistakes like this, we are a sorry lot. Many of us have been distracted or in a hurry and “oops”. Hopefully he’ll help clean up the mess he just made.

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    be ware of eve hill  over 5 years ago

    Ha ha. This is funny because John is an inconsiderate idiot.

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