What shall I do with the plate?

[LunaHardy]

So I got home from work yesterday. Sorted the kids. Did the dinner and cleaned the kitchen. Kitchen was spotless. Left dinner for DH on a plate in the oven. He got back late and ate his dinner, left the dirty plate on the side. We have a dishwasher - it was almost empty. My question is - what do I do with the plate? I don't want any silly comments like just put it away and to stop being so petty. Sensible comments only like put it on his pillow with the dried food still intact.

Make a display piece of it - little paper chain garland, flowers, glittery stuff. The give it a pretentious 'Modern Art' name like 'commentary on 21st century life and the breakdown of societal expectations of gender roles'.

Serve todays dinner of dry toast crusts on it's amazing unwashedness

Empty his underwear drawer. Put it in there. If/when asked: "Sorry, I thought you were starting a game of Put the Plate in the Most Annoying Place Possible. I gave it a sporting try, but still think you won"

Put it in his briefcase / backpack / car. If he mentions it you can say you assumed he left it out as a reminder to take to work for some reason but forgot to take it.

I leave on the side for him to deal with when he gets back. And he does.

Serve up the next meal. Put the dirty plate in front of him. Say ” I thought you might want to finish this as you didn't put it in the dishwasher”

Put it in his briefcase. Or sellotape it to the steering wheel of his car - preferably a day or two before he needs to us it.

@Mamabem

Empty his underwear drawer. Put it in there. If/when asked: "Sorry, I thought you were starting a game of Put the Plate in the Most Annoying Place Possible. I gave it a sporting try, but still think you won"

The best idea EVER

Going to do this to my kids

@chickenyhead

Serve todays dinner of dry toast crusts on it's amazing unwashedness

I like this one

Photograph the plate from all angles for evidence first. Fingerprint it, so no denials can be made. Write up all the context and run up to this crime.

Tape off scene with tape and label it as a Crime Scene.

Draw on an hercule poirot moustache and being sitting there exercising your leetle grey cells when he comes in. Then say:

So, Watson, who do you think didn't put zeir plate in zee deeshwasher?

These are all brilliant! I don't know how to pick

label the plate and the dishwasher with a large arrow between the two.

Put it on 'his' seat where he watches TV.

If he's not normally inconsiderate like this I'd let it slide. He was in late, hungry, he most likely forgot to put the plate away. I'd lob it in the dishwasher with the rest.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't mention it! I'd point at him, narrow my eyes and say 'You left your plate out on Tuesday night!' like a Bond villain.
He'd say 'Oh shit yeah did I? Sorry!' and that'd be the end of it. No point making a big deal of it.
That's just us though.

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Just put it in the dishwasher, unless you’re perfect and never leave anything out of place. It’s one plate, does it really matter in the grand scheme of things.

Put it on his pillow with a post it note saying 'Sleep Well You Lazy Twat' on it.

I would wrap the plate in a carrier bag, and put it near the foot pedals in his car when he goes to work, And leave a note on it, saying, can you drop this off at the tip on your way to work.

Glue it to the side. Write a smiley face in the food scraps .

No explanation to be given.

Maybe the housework fairies were pissed off

Varnish it. Hang it on the wall as an exhibit.

Photo on social media. Say you’re mounting an exhibition called ‘What did your last servant die of?’

Do you really stress about this stuff? Either put In dw or just leave it-and tell him. I have a teen where dishes multiply at an alarming rate. I would spontaneously combust if I took it to your level

Read the OP it is lighthearted

make jelly, suspend plate in that jelly to set.

Take set jelly and serve as dessert

It's obviously lighthearted, most people got that. I'll probably show him the responses and we'll laugh at them together. After I've duck taped it to his steering wheel.