1. You do not rinse the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher.
2. Forks go in with the fork end up, knives with the cutting end up. You do it randomly.
3. I have a system for the plates you do not follow: the big plates go on the right, the smaller ones and soup plates on the left.
4. You teach the children how to put things in the dishwasher the wrong way.
5. You move things around the way it suits you or do not put them back in the right place.
6. This includes books on the shelves, CDs and framed photographs.
7. Your cynical remarks imply that you have a liberal view of things.
8. This includes remarks that imply that the current president is not a good choice for the country.
9. You once said that you hoped for my sake that my son would end up marrying a black or Asian girl. Later you said it had been a joke.
10. But I know it was not a joke, even though it’s true that you may have had too much to drink as you said.
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2026)
Note
Written for Friday Writings #243: By the Numbers.
Disclaimer
All similarities of the people mentioned or described here with real characters living or passed away are entirely coincidental.
