# Sleep? Or clean dishes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884 "2010-06-12T03:52:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/21 "2010-06-13T12:26:06Z")
If you were really caring you would throw them out (quietly) and buy new ones. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/22 "2010-06-13T14:40:16Z")
It’s a nonfactor for me. I can sleep through a fire alarm. Doing dishes would not even register. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/23 "2010-06-13T16:51:43Z")
Give me sleep. Doing the dishes isn’t that important. Plus women use a screwed up algorithm anyway. If (dishesInSink \> 0) {doDishes(all);} The right one is if (dishesInCupboard = 0 ) {doDishes(enoughForThisMeal);} ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/24 "2010-06-13T18:23:39Z")
The sounds of someone doing dishes is the delicious sound of me _not_ doing them. Ah, bliss. That aside, I can sleep through almost anything so I’m someone for whom it wouldn’t register anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/25 "2010-06-13T18:30:07Z")
You did one of “her” chores. This is a happy making thing. Worth it in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/26 "2010-06-13T20:51:07Z")
This reminds me of the _Green Acres_ episode where Lisa is emptying the dishwasher. She takes a plate out then sticks it on the pile. Then she takes another, looks at it and throws it out the window. Oliver say, “Why did you do that.” Lisa replies “I warned them, they get only ONE chance to get clean. After that out they go.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/27 "2010-06-13T21:18:24Z")
I find the sound of dish-doing disturbing. I also can’t stand switching on of lights – you’re going to bed, you don’t need to see anything! Of course, the dishes are on my list of chores, so it’s all within my control! (Evil laugh!) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884/28 "2010-06-13T21:20:57Z")
Buy a dishwasher 😃 The one in my flat sounds like the sea… you can’t actually hear it from my room - or at least I can’t, with my opioid-enhanced waxy ears, but in the kitchen it’s very soothing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-or-clean-dishes/542884.md?page=1)