Natasha
Cayer, of Paris: Eileen Flug has aptly described the universal Law of
Dishplacement!
eric denton, of reno, nv: For Eileen Flug's ocd-based request, the proper term is: China Syndrome. This also suggests the deep-seated, festering resentment felt by the syndrome's sufferer because of the prior dish arranger's incompetence and laziness. These barely contained feelings constantly threaten to explode and contaminate the undoubtedly dodgy relationship between the one afflicted by the syndrome and the morally twisted, emotionally misshapen tormentor. This may be the worst form of toxic relationship. In fact, this seemingly innocent request by Ms. Flug is a sign of her own tenuous attachment to rational behavior. By her participation in this dangerous game of ever-escalating, co-dependent, retaliatory mind-torture, she evinces her own calculating, craven, passive-aggressive behavior. She both displays and ask for our condemnation of her tormentor's actions all the while inviting further insults. Is a family publication the correct forum for such a sordid revelation?
Michael
M. Mirbaba, of Paris: As a MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical School
specializing in psychiatry and psychoanalysis, I would say Eileen Flug's
impulsive condition would most suitably be called "reloaderosa
nervosa."
Greg
Powell, of Frederick, MD: I already submitted "redishtribute" as my
word fugitive, but I'd like to amend it a little. I "reglassify" the
top rack and "redishtribute" the bottom rack.
Jane
C Cook: Despite the labor of my helpful guests, I knew once they left I would
have a "rack attack"
Bruce
Ashton: of Santa Monica, CA: When it comes to my wife or daughter loading the
dishwasher, I have a real sense of dish-trust. I cannot imagine the dish-habille that causes them to place
the items in the machine so haphazardly.
It's what I call pan-demonium.
Seeing their handy-work, I get a feeling of dish-temper.
Doyt
Conn, Jr., of Los Angeles: cupulsive
Matt
Thornton, of Warner Robins, GA: My entry to answer Eileen Flug's call for a
word describing the need to re-arrange dishes in a dishwasher someone else
loaded is "dish jockeying."
Jeff
Bryson, of San Diego: I was delighted to see that this was a common enough
experience to merit a fugitive search.
I had thought that it was my own particular, and secret, obsession. I cannot convince my wife that my
methods for inserting large bowls is better than hers, and don't even get me
started on how to put cutlery into the basket! My nomination for this impulse
is: recondishioning.
Joseph
Kaminski, of Stamford, Ct: In response to Eileen Flug's query I submit the
following: When faced with a
dishwasher loaded by another, one becomes "dishoriented" and finds
relief only by taking the "last re-sort."
Bill
Finch, of Glendale, Az: After loading the dishwasher tonight and watching my
girlfriend rearrange the load with such dexterity, I had to be impressed with
her "prestidishitation."
Patrick
Williams, of Brooklyn, NY: Often when I open the dishwasher to put away the
clean dishes, I find that my wife has engaged in some shady redishtricting.
David
Phillips, of Madison WI: ANTIDISHESTABLISHMENTUNITARIANISM - The almost
religious fervor felt to rearrange dishes in anothers'dishwasher.
John
Conwell, of Cherry Hill, NJ: My wife does this to me all the time. In vain after our meals I have tried to
support her, especially when she has served dinner to a large number of family
members. I clear the table, scrape the dishes and stack them neatly in the
dishwasher only to find later that she has surreptitiously dishassembled my
work.
Bernadine
Kline, of Liberty, MO: I was reading the fugitives page aloud to my husband as
we were driving to St. Louis, Mo for the weekend when I sheepishly admitted to
the love of my life that I am guilty of that very thing. He was surprised that
after nearly 40 years of marriage he was unaware that I had been doing so. (He
thought his arrangemnt of the dishes in the dishwasher was perfect!) We had a
good laugh and came up with a word you might think worthy of your column. Our
word: Redishstribute.
Few years ago I heard a radio bit about this phenomena. The show had a dishwasher industry trade group representative who asserted that aside from nested spoons and up turned cups and bowls, there is no way to misload a modern dishwasher. The host proceed to fill the dishwasher with dirty dishes, and industry rep promptly correct his technique.
Posted by Tony Comstock | December 11, 2008 1:41 PM