A Tale of Some Dirty Dishes -- a five-minute#freewrite

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"These dishes are looking a bit sorry, aren't they?"

Jenny wrinkled her nose and curled a lip at the pile of crusty bowls and plates that had been stacked in the cupboard under the sink, hidden from view.

"What do you mean, sorry dishes?"

"I mean," she grunted, scraping at a dried piece of pasta glued to one's surface, to no avail. "They're filthy. Stinky. Sad and sorry. They're so sorry. They're in such a sorry state I can't even think of anything else so sad and sorry. Haven't you ever considered, oh, I don't know, washing them?"

"Of course not," grinned Joey. "That's why I buy disposable ones."

"Then what the hell are these doing here?"

"Oh, they've been there for a year or so now," he shrugged, rummaging through the pantry. "What should we have for dinner?"

"A-a year?" Jenny gaped, ignoring his question.

"Yes, a year. I've also been buying disposables for a year. Spaghetti?"

"If you're not going to ever wash them, can't you just throw them out?"

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"They belonged to my aunt," he shrugged again. "You can't just throw things away, Jenny."

He was impossible. Throwing her arms into the air in a great show of frustration, she filled the sink with hot, soapy water.

"Fine. I'll wash the blasted things."

"Good luck," he giggled. "Spaghetti or penne?"

"Sanitisation," she replied, adding disinfectant to the water.

 


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Hulloooo! It's Day 982 of @mariannewest's five-minute #freewrite challenge!

The prompt for today is -- sorry dishes -- and this Joey and Jenny conversation is what was spawned before the eggtimer website beep-a-beeped at me. 😁

You can find today's challenge AND JOIN IN!! at the following link:
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Nice story and one most teen households can relate to

Thanks for sharing :)

#engageonhive

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Haha! Some adult ones too! (I may or may not be guilty of taking a couple of days to wash the dishes 😬 much to my partner's annoyance 😅 not a whole year though!!!!!!)

Thanks for reading! 😃

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Yus but you soaks the dishes good so they are nice n clean when they do get washed.

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Yup -- after 3 or 4 days they're soaked pretty good! 🤣

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Uncle Bruni reading a few Freewrites tonight, nice work with this prompt. 💕🙏

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Thanks for stopping by Uncle Bruni! 🤗

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I would have left them lol

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In this situation I'm probably more the Joey than the Jenny, for a change, LOL! Hiding dirty dishes somewhere so I don't have to see them. 🤣 Out of sight, out of mind.

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Yup. And there is no way that I want to do 1 year crusted over dirty dishes lol

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Ok, finally, this time, Joey annoyed me!
WASH THE DISHES, Joey!
And don't clog the landfill with disposables, unless you buy the biodegradable kind, but even then, save money and just wash those dishes.
Jenny, today, you win!

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I think we all know character named Joey and our lives. Funny little skit. I felt the frustration. Lol

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Yes we do 😅 Haha! To be fair though, the Joeys make the world a more light-hearted place. Infuriating people, but necessary!

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