Washing up bowls make me wonder.

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I can't actually see the point.

What's your position on bowels?

yes i do have a dishwasher but tbh sometimes can't be arsed with the loading/unloading shenangians, so just wash up instead. Bowls end up skanky, no matter how much you clean them. And it's just something else to clean.

Can't beleive I not only posted on this thread, but came back to it

We dont have one, but with my new found cleanliness feeling I MIGHT get one.

To all the people asking where we tip the tea from cups etc, I just tip mine out BEFORE I fill the sink with soapy water. Anything thats harder to wash, have either like pans are put in soak straight away so when it comes to washing dihes time its easy. Anything forgotten about gets left in soak till next time. Glasses are washed first so they are rinsed as the sink is still filling. Everything gets dried straight away so soap suds aren't on plates, cuttlery etc for long. Pans get rinsed once the water has been emptied.

Thats how I do it. DH OTOH does all the hard stuff first like pans etc then gets some fresh water for the plates and glasses.

Off now to "shine my sink"

grumpalo we have that washing up bowl i bought it with the christmas money my gran gave me. she thought i was mad to buy a washing up bowl but I would never have bought it for myself IYKWIM and it looks great - is fab to use and cheers me up every single day.

sigh. have just realised what a sad creature i have become

I never use them. they are a waste. I have a sink. a bowl is just a smaller, usually plastic sink inside my normal sink.

the bowl people have been having their laughs on us for years!

I use this special container that I have in my kitchen for washing up. It's call a sink.

What I do is run hot tap in empty sink til hot, put plug in, dash of fairy, run hot water til there is an inch in the sink and start washing up at that stage. So my washing up is more akin to a shower that a bath. Allows me to soap and rinse all in on. Provided you don't run the tap too quickly, the sink won't fill up before you finish. I do have a dishwasher as well, so sink is only for shap knives and other non-dishwasher-able items.

SlightlyJaded Wash the bowl in the dishwasher! ;)

Also first task before washing up is always to collect all empties and empty the dregs. If i get caught short, I empty into the dishwasher.

Never use one as I find they get manky, but then we have a "one and a half " sink, where there is an ickle tiny sink beside the main one. But even when I've only had the one, I've just used the sink. Because the bowl gets manky unless you wash it after you've finished, and I'm too much of a dirty slut too busy to wash up when I've done the washing up .

They are very "English" (maybe British???). I'd never encountered one before moving to UK.

DontGoCurly, that way madness lies.

Washing up bowls are THEE most disgusting things.

People that leave stinking water in them constantly and dip cups in said stinking water to wash them are also disgusting.

I do not see the point.... boak!!!

lol I wash everything in there! toothbrush mugs, kitchen sponge, scourers, small bins, washing up brush, toys, i wash the fridge shelves and all, not that I'm mad like

I washed the drawer from the washing machine in the dishwasher last night. Came up sparkling!

I hate washing up bowls but we need one regardless. We have one of those enamel butler sinks and anything that goes in there can easuly get broken or could chip some of the enamel.....plus if you have a half drunk cuppa where do you chuck the cold tea, in the sink with all the washing up???? Eeeuwwww!!!

A necessary evil

i dont understand it when people dont have a bowl, my ex mother in law never had one and it drove me mad lol.