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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Washing Dishes
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:58:04 -0400
Which reminds me of another story.

The wife was preparing a leg of lamb for dinner. She asked her husband if he would bring his small hacksaw from the basement so she could cut off the end of the bone. When the husband returned with the saw he asked his wife why she always cut off the end of the bone. She said: "I don't really know. That's just the way my mother always did it." Then she said she was curious herself and picked up the phone, called her mother and asked: "Mom, why did you always cut off the end of the bone on a leg of lamb.". Her mother said: "Because my roasting pan wasn't big enough for it to fit if I didn't cut off the bone."

Chuck Norcutt


On 10/7/2014 10:24 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
But they do!  She had a normal kitchen counter and a table and stools in
her kitchen but she did all of the vegetable chopping and dish washing on
the floor.  I would guess it's because that's the way her mother used to do
it ;-)

Tina

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

When I see this image of the woman stooping over to wash the dishes I'm
reminded of a story that I heard so long ago that I can't testify as to its
source or veracity or the accuracy of my memory in retelling it.

Anyhow, the story, as I recall it, was of a tribe in Africa where the
older women had a permanent stoop.  Supposedly this was from sweeping their
huts.  All of the women used a form of broom that had a very short handle.
It was used one-handed stooped over as is the woman washing the dishes.
Had they never envisioned a two-handed broom with a long handle to avoid
stooping?  Why do these Vietnamese not have something akin to a sink or at
least some higher level work surface?

Chuck Norcutt

On 10/6/2014 6:31 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

PESO:

On the floor, in cold water:

http://www.pbase.com/image/157722851

C&C greatly appreciated.

Tina

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