Where Thanksgiving's coming, we're gonna have
a lot of guests. Yes.
I want him to help me. Yes.
Fill the dishwasher.
Oh, provided he does it your way.
Yes. Of course, okay.
So I want help. Okay.
For him. Okay.
So lets' talk about dishwashers.
How many people here for show of hands have arguments
at home about how to load the dishwasher?
It's a, yeah, look at this, very very common problem.
Okay, let me show you how to load a dishwasher.
This, my friends, is a dishwasher right here.
Just in case in case some of you have never seen one before.
The most important thing about a dishwasher is
to imagine a sprinkler on your front lawn.
Imagine a sprinkler sitting on the front lawn spraying up
like this, it sprays out like this and straight up.
If you imagine the inside of your dishwasher like that,
it will help you imagine where
to put things inside the dishwasher.
Now, number one, before Thanksgiving,
give the dishwasher a clean.
The seals and the gunk trap are the most important thing.
This little tray lifts out.
The seals under here need cleaning.
And in the bottom of the dishwasher there's usually a tray,
there's one right in the back here,
where all the gunk gathers.
Lift it out and wash it out.
Also, run the dishwasher, super hot water,
one cup of vinegar, a few days before Thanksgiving.
It'll give the dishwasher a really good clean.
Okay, so clean the dishwasher.
Let's start with glasses, up top.
Glasses go in the top rack.
Do not sit them on the tines because these little guys,
these spiky bits, are called the tines.
Do not sit them on the tines, sit them beside
the tines like that, so then the tines
won't leave stains or marks on the glasses.
So that's pretty straightforward.
Then, hmm. (laughter)
Then, that's my favorite part of the show.
Then, the bottom rack, imagine
that sprinkler on your front lawn.
So you want these plates to sit outwards
facing inwards like this.
So you put the start on the outer
and have the dirty side of the plates face inward
so the water will spray out like that and clean the plates.
Pretty straightforward.
Bowls, top row, similarly.
Start at the front facing back this way.
We need to get them sloping like this.
Cutlery, pretty straightforward.
Knives, blades down, just for safety.
For the rest, some up some down,
just so that they don't lock together
and lets the water move between them most easily.
If you have large serving spoons and so on that won't stand.
Don't put wood in the dishwasher!
(laughter) Give me that!
(laughter)
Under no circumstances put wood in the dishwasher!
(laughter) (applause)
A lot of large thingies, these lay in the top.
If they're spoons, all that, obviously lay them face down
so the water doesn't collect in the spoon.
Then bowls, large platters, I'm losing my mind.
Large platters, stand them on the sides like this.
Again, so that they don't block the water flow
and water can flow like this.
And finally, bowls, do not sit bowls
flat in a dishwasher like this.
It completely blocks the water.
These also need to be sloping like this,
so it lets the water move up and around the dishwasher.
(applause) And last,
and most, seriously, I spent all my years at university
to show people how to load the dishwasher.
(laughter) Did I say that out loud?
Yes you did. Oh, my God.
(laughter) And the most important thing,
look, it's Thanksgiving.
Fighting over a dishwasher is absolutely insane.
If someone wants to load the dishwasher,
grab a glass of wine, go and sit in the living room,
and let them load the dishwasher.
(laughter) (applause)