Wedge those macaroni-and-cheese covered plates, butter-smeared knives, and sticky glasses in there sideways. Stuff in the stained Tupperware and double-stacked sandwich containers and then balance a crusty casserole dish on top.
Now if you think you’re done, you’re not even close.
No, now it’s time for the mad dash around the house grabbing leftover glasses from the bathrooms and greasy popcorn bowls from the basement. Then you have to come back and rearrange the clinking, clanging mess like a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Don’t stop until everything’s jammed, rammed, and crammed.
And then stuff a few wooden spoons in the sides.
And a couple more forks.
And the can opener.
AWESOME!
(Big congrats to Jen at CakeWrecks for her amazing new book which officially came out yesterday!)
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24 Comments
October 2, 2009 at 1:33 am
This is my favorite part of doing the dishes.
:)
October 2, 2009 at 1:36 am
YES! this is AWESOME!
October 2, 2009 at 1:39 am
Yes, yes, yes! Who says you can’t stuff casserole dishes, pots, pans, and whatnot in the dishwasher (some of my relatives, actually). But for me, the more the merrier. There is a true art to dishwasher loading.
October 2, 2009 at 2:41 am
Oh man, I definitely do that now that I live on my own. Back when I lived at home my mom would KILL me if I ever let the dishes pile up enough to fill the dishwasher. Awesome!
October 2, 2009 at 5:50 am
Similarly, if you’re forced to wash the dishes by hand and you manage to create an improbable pile of dishes in the draining rack to save you having to dry any.
October 2, 2009 at 6:42 am
I just tried this yesterday…. except it didn’t work and the slide-out tray-thing was over cumbered and it snapped off… let’s just say I learned my lesson and broke a few dishes…
October 2, 2009 at 7:35 am
It’s like reverse Jenga, and it is totally awesome.
October 2, 2009 at 8:03 am
My wife sucks at packing the dishwasher. It seems like she never gets everything in and then I have to redo it for her. Like EVERYTIME! Maybe she does it on purpose.. Hmmm….
http://www.marriageconfessions.com
October 2, 2009 at 10:41 am
Oh. My.
I am so all over this one! I love puzzles, and I hate housework, so if I can trick myself into thinking housework is a puzzle, it’s definitely a WIN situation. With a bonus prize of clean dishes!
October 2, 2009 at 11:34 am
Am I the only one out there who detests doing dishes?
October 3, 2009 at 1:22 am
Nope.
October 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I just did this!!! AHAHA that’s awesome!!
October 2, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I do the dishes around our house and my wife does the laundry. But I thought I was the only one who saw the dishwasher like a big puzzle. I also feel a pang of remorse if someone else does them and they didn’t cram them all in there…
October 2, 2009 at 3:30 pm
It helps to get it all in, in one load since the dishwashers make so much noise :)
October 2, 2009 at 8:27 pm
One word. AWESOME! I absolutely adore your site.
October 2, 2009 at 8:50 pm
First of all, how did you get a pic of my dishwasher?!
Also, how many of us parents put out the house wide call; “Kids….do I have ALL of your dirty dishes?” Only to be 1/2 way through the cycle and have at least one goober bring in a plate, fork & cup.
October 3, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Doing a half-full load of dishes is not awesome. But filling the dishwasher up to the nth degree, now that’s awesome!
October 4, 2009 at 11:16 am
It’s even better when all the dishes come out clean after getting them all to fit.
October 10, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I’m a dishwasher at a shitty restaurant. This made my day.
October 10, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I have a really hard time loading the dishwasher which is weird because I have a real knack for loading a moving truck. That is, I can walk through a house and visualize how many small moving trips in a 20 ft truck it will take. And then when loading it, I can pack if full floor to ceiling.
My wife and friends would load the truck half way to the ceiling and it’d be like “What are you thinking? Of course we won’t make it in 3 trips if you load it like that”.
October 19, 2009 at 6:48 am
Sadly, i don’t have a dish washer at home! T.T It’ll be great if i this can happen to me.
November 16, 2009 at 5:54 am
I am convinced that the only reason we were forced to take geometry was so we could figure out how to load all the dishes into the dishwasher at once.
I miss having a dishwasher. Now we have to figure out how to fit all of our dishes into the tiny rack to dry, which seems a lot harder – maybe because there isn’t a door to slam shut!
November 23, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Hi, I just come across your site hunting on Google as I am seeking some material on dishwashers. Looks like an interesting website so I have bookmarked you and will return tomorrow to have a more detailed read when i have more time. Great site!.
November 26, 2009 at 7:32 pm
My family is terrible at this. I however am the dishwasher tetris wizard.
-tetris theme here-