Speaking of Mars… A New Years Eve Public Service Announcement

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1. Strawberry Fields says on 12/31/06 at 5:41 pm:
   

   Just finished the dishes. Guess I’d better go put those knives away!!

   Btw: it is NOT TRUE that Corningware/Corelle dishes are unbreakable. Just broke another bowl. Second one this month. (Other pieces in the past too.)

2. Strawberry Fields says on 12/31/06 at 5:48 pm:
   

   And…! (knives duly put away)

   My best regards to you, Mosta and Vidroid for 2007!

3. pkelley says on 12/31/06 at 11:15 pm:
   

   Have a Happy New Years!

4. Sylvia says on 1/1/07 at 1:04 am:
   

   Funny, for some reason at 11:30 last night I actually did the dishes and put them away, including 3 sharp knives. I never do this. The dishes can damn well wait until I’ve finished more important things—like reading blogs or gently tending my neuroses.

   Happy New Year Elsa! And Everyone else of course.

5. kashmiri says on 1/1/07 at 1:57 am:
   

   my knives are perpetually dull. i’m under the influence of someone who wiped the blade on the pantleg before putting it away.
   can anyone relate to dull knives?

6. Cassi says on 1/1/07 at 9:40 am:
   

   aaauuccckkk! i read this the morning after. (the auck is for the knife i just put away…auck)

7. jamie says on 1/1/07 at 11:51 am:
   

   Thanks, Elsa. You’ve very possibly saved me from a painful 2007! Happy New Year, Elsa.

8. Bee says on 1/1/07 at 12:02 pm:
   

   I read this post last night just after doing the dishes. There were two knives in the dish drainer so I went and put them away. Didn’t want to take any chances! Happy New Year!

9. isthmus nekoi says on 1/1/07 at 12:22 pm:
   

   Happy 2007, Elsa!

   There are a lot of Chinese beliefs regarding how to make the new year a good one. I believe one includes not showering so you don’t wash away your good luck! I think I like your suggestion better lol

10. tinkerer says on 1/1/07 at 9:47 pm:
    

    I haven’t even *got* a dish drainer–I use a dishwasher! So my knives (when clean) are never out in the open, regardless. How very fortunate…

    They DO tend to be dull, tho’–even new ones. I’ve never quite understood how I manage that. So yeah, kashmiri, I guess I can relate. Whenever I want to be able to actually cut anything with any efficiency, I use my roommate’s knives instead of my own.

    I wonder if that symbolizes my difficulty in severing ties to folk? Or maybe that is just me being a sentimental Cancer. Or maybe my dull knives is to do with a 12th house Mars tied up by Saturn…

    Anyway, I’ve no idea where my knives currently are. I wasn’t at home last night, and it never occurred to me to check my beau’s drainboard for knives. Hm. AND I took a shower this morning.

    Do these Chinese beliefs still work if you’re not in China? I hope not!!!

11. jamie says on 1/2/07 at 4:58 am:
    

    Never put knives in a dishwasher. It dulls them! At least this is what the manufacturer of my knife set recommended:D

12. kashmiri says on 1/3/07 at 9:52 am:
    

    Tinkerer, I sometimes think the dull knife represents a facade of sorts, you know, looks menacing, but is almost useless (if you talk of my knife, that is).

    Last Christmas I asked my mom for a knife for a gift–”a really sharp one,” I emphasized. She bought me a used one that “needs a good sharpening.” Right! Did I sharpen it? Uh uh!
    Then I went to a party with a secret Santa draw, and I drew what? A knife! But where I was hoping for a culinary pro like Henckles, it was a made in China knockoff. Sigh.

    I don’t have physical troubles cutting ties with people (as in breaking it off and moving on), but I do think of them long, long after they are on their way, and that is a different kind of tie-cutting. What do you think?

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