washing up
Staying over at a mate's house last year, I offered to do the washing up. His kitchen is somewhat swankier than mine, and as I went to fill the sink I realised that there wasn't a typical plug on a chain. Nor was there one of those little levers behind the tap that sealed the waste with a little plug that pops up and down. No, it was this 3 inch wide thing that looked like a food trap to stop pasta blocking the pipes.

I couldn't see how it worked. I turned the tap on and the sink carried on not being filled up. I gave up in the end and resigned to washing the pots under a running tap.

I washed the small plates and then began to stack the large plates in the sink when all of a sudden the sink began to fill. It took me a good few minutes to realise that the pasta-trap is the plug and just works like a stopper and the weight of the plates pushed it shut.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 21:59, 2 replies)

I have one of them
My friend couldn't work it out either, to her it seemed much bigger than the hole in the sink and therefore couldn't be anything to do with it!
( JebediahSpringfield, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 22:01, closed)

Swanky kitchen.
No dishwasher.
(Good old boy just like yer grandma!, Sat 17 Jul 2010, 19:30, closed)