Who is BU? Me or him?

[FutTheShuckUp]

Sleepover. 9 eight and nine year old girls. One vomits on the settee. Husband decides to clean it up using a fish slice and a mixing bowl. I say FFS why are you using food preparation items to clean it up? His argument is well its just sick from eating too much chocolate and I will wash them afterwards. Im furious I catch any stomach bug going and he is so blasé about it

We have a "vomit bucket" that we keep under the sink in the bathroom. In its previous life it held Lego blocks. Ideally, though, if someone thinks they are going to be ill, they'd go to the bathroom and do it in the toilet.

I may be weird, but I just don't think I could mix up a cake in a bowl that I knew had previously held vomit, no matter how many times it was washed. I'm very squeamish about it.

'In British English, a fish slice is a kitchen tool with a wide flat blade with long holes in it, used for lifting and turning food while cooking.
It was originally a serving implement for fish, usually made of silver, antique examples of which commonly appear at auction. Fish slices were made of silver or Sheffield plate rather than steel to avoid the possibility of tainting the taste of the fish due a reaction between the fish and its lemon seasoning and the steel. After 1745 their outlines were usually fish shaped.'

Fish slice would appear to be a retro thing.

Very interesting!

Also known as an egg lift or egg lifter. Probably more recognisable by that term. But I still call it a fish slice.

Tis me all over- retro! I am actually howling someone thought it was an akshewal piece of fish...

Funny that the website with the fish slice is called ready steady chuck, quite in keeping with what the girl did to your sofa

Lmao!!!

If there were a special implement for vomit, what would that be called?

Up-chuck pick-up ?

Why does up-chuck pick-up remind me of over-the-shouder boulder-holder?

at ready steady chuck.

Did you all survive Fut?

How many other dramas did you have to deal with?

Average of 3 dramas per child and 3 between you/your DH, so about 30ish?

Those implements are infinitely washable. YABU, sorry!

Yabu

I'm 100% with OP, that's just minging way to clean up. and there are extra risks if not cleaned very carefully afterwards. There's no need to take a risk like that.
Normally I'm MN's resident Chief Slacker when it comes to hygiene!

The image of your DH clearing chocolate vom up with a piece of cod.....

Its a fish slice to me, and the first one of those pics is a pallet knife surely? (not sure how to spell.....)

Agent we survived, no other dramas but minor lost mp3s earphones etc, rabbiting on til 4:30am etc. I'm feeling rather delicate right now though.

I'm not sure what I was expecting to read when I opened the thread, but it certainly wasn't vomit on a fish slice.

He is not being unreasonable purely based on how skilled he must be with that fish slice to actually clean up vomit with one.

Actually, I must side entirely with your husband. I think a fish slice would actually address the situation quite well, and soap and water will remove any germs.

The picture linked is definitely a fish slice, but I agree with the poster whose first thought was it would surely slip out between the gaps - yuck

I agree with the fact you shouldn't be complaining if someone else is getting on with cleaning up sick

I agree with your dh that there is no problem using the utensils again, once washed

I agree YABU to have invited that many dc to sleep over at once.

HTH

Great new expression for situations when anyone with half a brain cell could predict the outcome would be a negative one.

'Oooh, I could 'ave told 'er it wouldn't work out betwixt 'em, vomit on a fish slice, see?'

'But you can't even put up a shelf love, trying to build a conservatory to save money was always going to be vomit on a fish slice wasn't it? '

DD1's at a sleepover tonight hahahahaha

We used to have a great multi-purpose bowl years ago. It got used for boak, baking cakes, and the goldfish used to swim in it while I was cleaning their usual tank out...

Perhaps we are just rank -we did wash it well though

Agent pmsl