This didn't even make sense at the time.
When at university I had some friends who shared a house. Being all blokes, they hated doing the washing up and hit on the brilliant solution of using paper plates.

Trouble was, after a short while they realised that paper plates are, relatively speaking, really expensive, so they took to reusing them.

This might not have been so bad if they were just using them for sandwiches and things, but no: they'd put fry-ups on them and all sorts.

A quick rinse under the tap to get the remains off, and after drying overnight the plate was ready to go again.

There are few things more disturbing than eating off a translucent plate.

Mind you it gave them the double saving of not having to buy new paper plates and meaning that nobody came round to their house for a bite to eat more than once.

I did try to suggest to them that they might as well use ordinary plates, but they were too pleased with their masterplan: "Yeah, but we can throw these away when we're finished with them!"

I have a nasty suspicion that they're all working in international banking now.
(richardm, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 17:43, 2 replies)

I feel sick
(cherrynicola, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 13:58, closed)

Hang on,
So they got paper plates to avoid having to do any washing, and then they washed them. But...that...I mean.......what?
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 13:40, closed)