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Dog poo knife

178 replies

Cantunscrambleanegg · 15/10/2021 18:04

DH has ‘dared’ me to post this, so convinced he is you’ll be on his side…

DS stood in dog poo, DH said he scraped it off using a dinner knife out of the kitchen drawer. I said wtf - hope that knife’s in the bin now?! No says he - dishwasher, or actually kitchen sink, waiting to go in dishwasher.

AIBU to think this is a shitshow and he should have put it in the bin (if it makes a difference our knife collection is on the ‘eclectic’ side so it wouldn’t be mucking up a ‘set’ to chuck one), or is he right that a quick wash and then back in gobs 🤢 is fine?!

OP posts:
VinnieVanLowe · 15/10/2021 18:55

My dad used a kitchen knife to scrape dog poo off a shoe when I was little. 40 years later my parents still have the knife and I still retch whenever I see one of them using it.....

Christmas1988 · 15/10/2021 18:57

Reminds me of the episode in the Royal Family where Barbra cleans dog shit off with a knife into the sink, makes me gag just thinking about it!

sendaisnow · 15/10/2021 18:58

At first I thought it would be fine if sterilised, but I don't think I could actually use any of my knives again if it got mixed up. Food would never be the same.

Jubaju · 15/10/2021 18:58

Nope 🤢

What’s a sick spoon?
Cats pissing in frying pans 😂😂😂

Hoppinggreen · 15/10/2021 18:59

No
Even if the logical part of me knew it had been washed and sterilised I couldn’t use it

Cuddlemuffin · 15/10/2021 18:59

I would bin it!!! It definitely wouldn't be back in house, definitely definitely not in the kitchen! I could tolerate it being scrubbed outside and kept for future use in the garage but in reality I would just put it in the bin. Your OH is being unreasonable!

TheChip · 15/10/2021 19:00

Why did he go for a knife and not a screwdriver, if he really wanted to use something you could keep?

Both would be a bit minging, but a screwdriver I could let slide.
The knife, I'd either clean it and put it with tools for future disgusting work, or bin it. I'd probably bin it to be honest just so I don't need to get up close and personal with dog shit.

vixeyann · 15/10/2021 19:06

If my OH did that he would be going in the bin. Rank.

Spidey66 · 15/10/2021 19:06

@ErrolTheDragon

It should be thoroughly washed and then stored somewhere (maybe with garden tools) for future non-food uses.
I think this what id do. I'm a domestic slattern, who rarely worries about germs etc, but even i have my limits.
GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 15/10/2021 19:07

That knife would be dead to me. Straight in the bin.

I would usually use a biro for that and then chuck it.

Spidey66 · 15/10/2021 19:08

@Christmas1988

Reminds me of the episode in the Royal Family where Barbra cleans dog shit off with a knife into the sink, makes me gag just thinking about it!
Haha that came into my head too! With Darren/Corrie Kirk announcing at the end "i can still smell shit in here".
LittleBrenda · 15/10/2021 19:10

Reminds me of the episode in the Royal Family where Barbra cleans dog shit off with a knife into the sink, makes me gag just thinking about it!
I have to miss that whole episode out when I watch The Royale Family.

queenMab99 · 15/10/2021 19:12

What a load of mardarses you are!

PurpleSapphire · 15/10/2021 19:15

Ooh no. Just the thought of it! We have a knife that lives in the garden, used for lawnmower scraping, weeding, opening paint etc..that should be its new job!

MerryMarigold · 15/10/2021 19:15

I would make him wash it, bin the sponge, bleach the sink and then put it in the dishwasher. I doubt he'd do it again.

Ijustknowitstimetogo · 15/10/2021 19:26

poo crumbs

Pardon?

Batshitkerazy · 15/10/2021 19:33

Ewwwwwwww no, that knife would have to be binned immediately. And I’m usually quite mucky by mumsnet standards, wash pet bowls in the dishwasher etc

1forAll74 · 15/10/2021 19:34

I have done this a few times over the years, it is quite ok, you tend to reach for the most available, and suitable thing, to do a dog poo scraping off. Metal is not porous, and a quick wash in soapy water will suffice.. You simply don't just bin stuff because of something like this.

I had to use a handy metal spatula only this morning, to get two fat slugs off my kitchen floor, and slimy horrible slugs, are far worse than dog poo.

HanSB · 15/10/2021 19:41

That's pretty disgusting! I usually have wooden disposable chopsticks hanging around from a takeaway that I would use for such a situation

MissCruellaDeVil · 15/10/2021 19:42

Grim! If you can find the knife in question, bin it and anything else in the sink. If not then get new cutlery!

80Dodgeballs · 15/10/2021 19:45

That is the most disgusting thing I have ever read. I actually feel sick at the thought that he intended to put it in the dishwasher...

JesusIsAnyNameFree · 15/10/2021 19:46

Put the knife and the husband in the bin.

RunningToHeaven · 15/10/2021 19:47

That’s disgusting. I’d be worrying what other grim things he has done in the past. 🤮🤮🤮

Pinkandpink · 15/10/2021 19:49

God that gives me the boak. I have threw shoes away after standing on dog muck. I have a horrible phobia about dog poo though, I don’t even like standing on grass. Odd I know

PrincessPaws · 15/10/2021 19:55

Nope, even if it was bleached and put in the dishwasher 20 times I couldn't use that again