On Jun 30, 6:41*am, notbob > wrote:
> I just made an amazing discovery. *One that will go down in the annals
> of notbob history as the single most useful, perfect, stupendously
> amazing device in the whole kitchen. *I'm speaking, of course, of that
> sprayer thingie next to the faucet. *Who knew!? *No kidding. *This
> thing has been sitting on our sink since I got here, and has remained
> completely untouched in the two years since. *I started using it a
> couple days ago and have come to discover it's freakin' brilliant!
>
> It smokes all other cleaning devices. *It can blow the crud off a
> screen strainer in mere seconds. *Rinse all sides of the sink without
> helper containers. *Rinse large pans without knocking everything
> within two arms length off the counter. *Scare the crap out of the dog
> when it comes begging. *Un-beee-leevable!
>
> I guess the reason why I've eschewed this particular device all these
> years --there were accomadations for one in my last place and I never
> even considered installing one-- is that my grandparents always
> sternly admonished my brother and I to not TOUCH that thingie under
> the horrible threat of NO DESSERT! or some other heinous retribution.
> I can't believe that "rule" has remained so deeply ingrained in me,
> literally all me life! *All the more bizarre as I've worked as a
> resaurant dishwasher a couple times and in the pearl diver fraternity,
> we live and die by those squirty things. *Yet, I unconsciously didn't
> even consider touching that little do-hickey in my own abode, despite
> it being just inches away. *Jaysus! *...talk about childhood baggage.
>
> nb

I just discovered this big box shaped thing in my kitchen. It has a
couple of doors and it's darn cold in there. Might be a place to keep
food cold?