Or is this unique to the three Welsh people I happen to know?
2006-09-03 19:27:03 · 10 answers · asked by Lisa M 3 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Cardiff
my husband is a Welshman and when I lived over in the UK for almost 5 years he rinsed his soap off the dishes, then we went
to his brothers house( whom is a well to do doctor) I was shocked to notice after a nice dinner he did the washing up as he called it and filled the sink and washed the dishes and just put them in the drain without rinsing them off. Later that night I asked my husband why his brother didn't rinse off the dishes he said I don't know, thats what some people do. I told husband Yuck I really don't want to get diarrhea from soapy dishes or Tea cups.
So I have seen it before, I didn't make a big deal of it just kept it under wraps till we left the Doctors house. Yikes is all I have to say. Great family too so yes I have to say I have seen this sort of thing happen. But I believe it is not just the Welsh that do this
2006-09-04 09:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WOW! I would've never guessed that I'd be sharing this simple info with anyone else. It must true because I met 2 Welsh ladies on an Earthwatch trip once, and they DIDN'T rinse the soap off. It bothered me alot...because I didn't want to eat soap residue. In fact, I rinsed the dishes again when they went to bed.
2006-09-03 19:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by chance 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always rinsed my dishes but I do know people who do not do this....
Welsh, English, Scots and American....
it's the same all over the world and not unique to any one nationality
2006-09-04 01:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you're an fool. Why do some people not wash there arms while they have been to the bathroom? Why do some people not bathe every day? Why do some people not brush there tooth for a minimum of two Min's, two times an afternoon? those are grimy git behavior, probable as a effect of being poorly reported, or sheer laziness and not something to do with race or coloration, you ignorant pig.
2016-12-14 17:44:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little bit of soap won't hurt you. Possibly this is from a time when the rinse water would be less sanitary than the soapy water. Rinsing the dish would therefore just make it germy again.
Then again, they may just be pulling a joke on you.
2006-09-03 19:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This may explain it:
"...the downsides of living in Britain. 'There's a sense of meanness when it comes to energy. And that's ecologically great but, to me, it's just bizarre," says Radcliffe. People hang clothes out to dry instead of using a tumble drier, refuse to turn on the heating unless the temperature is below freezing and will not rinse the soap suds off the dishes for fear of wasting hot water. "I think it's a sense of poverty that originated after the second world war and is still in people's minds,'"
2006-09-03 19:40:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What are you talking about,???Im welsh havent got a clue what you're on about.
2006-09-03 19:29:29 · answer #7 · answered by Croeso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is unique to the three people you know.
2006-09-03 19:32:27 · answer #8 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh heh.Funny.
2006-09-03 19:28:13 · answer #9 · answered by AusPixie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What!!!!
I'm from Wales and what you say is actually racist!
2006-09-03 19:28:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋