handle up or handle down?

9/4/2011 10:14:22 AM

however it lands

9/4/2011 10:18:18 AM

The dishwasher silverware basket on my mom's new dishwasher is such that you can only put them in handles down.

I always go for handles up though. Seems to work.

9/4/2011 10:20:46 AM

handle up

9/4/2011 10:22:30 AM

handles down on spoons and fjorks

handles up on knives that are dishwasher friendly.

9/4/2011 10:23:01 AM

I have a dishwasher, but I rarely use it

9/4/2011 10:27:16 AM

Handles up. You gon cut yoself.

9/4/2011 10:28:08 AM

Ever since I heard a story about someone tripping and impaling themselves on handle down knives, I always do handle up.

Never had a problem with it.

9/4/2011 10:28:26 AM

handle down, i assume the important part of the silverware washes better if the plastic tray isn't blocking the water jets or whatever happens when it's on


i cut my hand pretty bad once on a sharp knife that was angled weird so i couldn't see it, i reached down to pick up the tray and slid my hand right on the point, bled like crazy

9/4/2011 10:28:26 AM

Handle up

9/4/2011 10:29:43 AM

handle down. unless it's a sharp knife, then handle up

9/4/2011 10:30:37 AM

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"Ever since I heard a story about someone tripping and impaling themselves on handle down knives"

9/4/2011 10:43:34 AM

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"however it lands"

9/4/2011 10:44:21 AM

why the fuck are you people putting knives in the dishwasher. i only put steak knives in there

9/4/2011 10:53:50 AM

Handles down on spoons & forks, handles up for everything else

9/4/2011 10:54:11 AM

I assume they mean butter/table knives.

Handle up for all.

9/4/2011 11:07:42 AM

it's better to do it handle down so it drip dries down, but when you empty it you touch the eating side of it-


toss up

9/4/2011 11:09:57 AM

handle down with everything

just be careful not to get cut on those sharp knives

9/4/2011 11:18:14 AM

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"The dishwasher silverware basket on my mom's new dishwasher is such that you can only put them in handles down. I always go for handles up though. Seems to work."

This. I can open the part on the basket so it doesn't have the silverware slots. I have one open on one side and one down on the other. So I do a mix of handles up and down. Steak and cutting knives I hand wash though....only butter and table knives in the dishwasher.

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 11:29 AM. Reason : ]

9/4/2011 11:27:11 AM

it's dependent on how dirty the eating part is.

9/4/2011 11:53:21 AM

depends on where the jets are coming from

9/4/2011 12:07:03 PM

Handle up, except spoons, then it doesnt matter

9/4/2011 12:27:00 PM

Handles up on everything.

9/4/2011 2:15:27 PM

you can grab the utensils by the neck if you take an extra second (if they are handle-down) to avoid touching the eating side

9/4/2011 7:45:46 PM

I hate eating at other people's house because everyone has their own way of loading the dishwasher and if you load it wrong, it will be obvious that it was you.

9/4/2011 7:47:14 PM

handles up on urverything

9/4/2011 7:48:52 PM

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"handles down on spoons and fjorks handles up on knives that are dishwasher friendly."

This is what I do. Every woman I've ever known to talk on the subject insists it's standard dishwasher etiquette.

9/4/2011 7:49:09 PM

I do pretty much everything handles down.

9/4/2011 8:56:40 PM

handles up

9/4/2011 9:04:45 PM

I alternate between the two. First one in that section goes handle down, then the next one is handle up, etc. Can't have to many spoons "spooning" so they never get clean.

And I put everything in the dishwasher. I dont' care what the instructions that came with it said. I've never had a problem so far.

9/5/2011 9:27:45 AM

All handles up for ease of unloading except for grungy serving or cooking pieces.

9/5/2011 9:38:27 AM

Handle up for all.

if they have those retarded silverware slotted pieces, then i rip those fuckers out.

9/5/2011 9:44:45 AM

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"Ever since I heard a story about someone tripping and impaling themselves on handle down knives"

yeah, it happened to my friend's cousin's case worker

it's a widely believed fact

9/5/2011 11:32:03 AM

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"I have a dishwasher, but I rarely use it "

Agreed.



When I DO use it, I normally do handles up. My dishwasher mostly gets used to just store dishes until I can wash them by hand.

9/5/2011 11:33:30 AM

^ bwn?

9/5/2011 1:25:11 PM

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"And I put everything in the dishwasher. I dont' care what the instructions that came with it said. I've never had a problem so far."

Someone has shitty knives.

9/5/2011 2:04:20 PM