washing up bowls

[TeMac]

maybe I`ve missed something obvious....but what is the purpose of a plastic washing up bowl

 

[gcol]

Ask a woman.

 

[Trazor]

but what is the purpose of a plastic washing up bowl

As opposed to a cardboard one...........

 

[JohnD]

my guess is that the reason women use them, is that, as young girls, they, and their mothers and grandmothers before them, observed their own mothers using washing-up bowls, and have taken that as their role model.

Originaly I suppose bowls were used because people didn't have suitable sinks.

You will find that some women also insist on having a gas cooker, and other women insist on having an electric one... what they insist on will be whatever sort their mothers used.

 

[TeMac]

I did ask....`washing up` she said, at that I replied that she already has a sink with a plug ...why put a bowl in there ?

 

[Steve]

To use less water. And the old water can be used to water the plants, if you get a really grubby pot, you can clean it over the edge of the bowl so the dirty water goes down the side.

 

[TeMac]

old one good for car engine oil change

 

[gcol]

Plus, if you just used the sink (stainless or ceramic), you'd be forever chipping or breaking glasses and pots. Plastic is more forgiving.

 

[Adam_151]

To catch the old oil when doing an oil change on the car

 

[bikerm4]

maybe I`ve missed something obvious....but what is the purpose of a plastic washing up bowl

So when you p1ss in the sink it doesnt go all over the pots

 

[TeMac]

just p*ss in the pot and give a rinse afterwards

 

[EdwardCurrent]

What if you haven't got a pot to p*ss in ???

 

[TicklyT]

What if you haven't got a pot to p*ss in ???

Then you won't need a window to throw it out.

 

[big-all]

simmilar sugestion to gcol

but more along the lines of a belfast sink being less forgiving when you drop things less capacity as well and possibly an easier way to move and introduce dishes into the sink !!!!!!!

 

[billyo]

remember the guy that never broke nowt has loads of time to fix things,you never get a blocked up washing up bowl,only afull up bowk