"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
>> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In article .com>,
>> > "-L." > wrote:
>> >
>> >> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>> >> > How many people here let the dogs "pre-clean" the roasting pans?
>> >> > I know it sure makes cleaning them easier as the dogs really do a
>> >> > good
>> >> > job getting the "gross" off...
>> >> >
>> >> > I found, much to my surprise, that many of my co-workers join me in
>> >> > this
>> >> > practice when I've talked about it at work. :-)
>> >> >
>> >> > And I know the dogs sure appreciate it.
>> >> >
>> >> > I also let them do the skillet once in awhile if I've cooked
>> >> > something
>> >> > particularly messy. The border collie even gets her teeth into it
>> >> > and
>> >> > scrapes things pretty well.
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers!
>> >>
>> >> My husband would divorce me.
>> >>
>> >> -L.
>> >
>> > So looks like the "poll" is about at 50/50 now. :-)
>>
>> Well....think of it this way: If a fly gets in your food, are you happy
>> eating it? Dogs are lower life forms than flies. Why let them near your
>> dishes, even if those dishes are going to be boiled afterward?
>>
>>
>
> Flies walk on my food at slaughter plants but I never see it.
> I cook that food.
>
> I clean pots and pans with hot water, soap and bleach after the dogs
> have cleaned them.
>
> Bacteria float around in the air. Ever done bacteriological air or water
> samples? We do this at work. It's enlightening. We routinely culture the
> deionizer as part of weekly maintenance and bleach when the count PPM
> becomes too high.
>
> It's pretty gross what we breath, eat and drink on a daily basis. ;-)
> Culture your water faucet some time. Or your shower head.
>
> Germs live in the environment. A little dog spit, washed clean, isn't
> going to hurt us. That's just being paranoid IMHO.

Not paranoid. I just can't stand dogs, and some of their owners. Combine
certain people with certain things, and there's trouble. Automobiles, dogs,
guns and power tools are on the list. :-)