Monday Mystery!

Well, I definitely have a real mystery today. It's funny how people remember things so differently. Here's the story.

A few days ago, Butch said, "Barb, why are you putting the silverware in the dishwasher wrong?" I asked what he was talking about. He said that I was putting the forks face up rather than "down" like we always have. I said, "We have always put the forks upwards so the tines don't get stuck in the basket!" We argued about it. One of us is clearly wrong. He's usually right, but I am seldom wrong.

A mystery for sure.

So, at happy hour on Friday night, Butch asked the girls. Both of them agreed with him right away. Then Stephanie said that now she thought about it, she thought I was right. Nicky, who shouldn't even have a dog in this fight said, "Steph, think about what you do? You wouldn't do it that way if you hadn't learned it from your mom!" Point taken. (Thanks Nicky.) Steph waffled back to her first position---her dad's side.

Mindy probably never loaded the dishwasher---being the baby and all, so her vote barely counted---although she brought up two good points: 1. If you put the forks face up, that would require you getting all "gunky" when putting them in, and 2. When you put the clean ones away, you would be putting your fingers all over the tines. I replied that when I handle the silverware, I do not touch the tines either before or after. Later when loading the dishwasher, I showed how I put them in without getting food all over myself. Pretty simple, really.

Everything else goes down. This looks totally correct to me.

I guess it's another mystery that will never be solved! Unless---Sandy decides to weigh in. Whatever she says, her dad will go along with! After all, she's the favorite!