Fill the little well

Each time I put soap in my dishwasher I look at the little wells, the soap containers, in the door that seem to give me their come hither look so I will use them and I smile. I never fill the little darlings more than three fourths full regardless of their seductiveness because I saw suds flowing out the bottom of the machine once when I overfilled. The detergent companies expect lots of soap to be used and the machine companies want to make things easy and make the receptors big enough for all manners of detergent, liquid or powder. Soaps are developed with less foam ingredients to prevent overflow of suds these days. Well new products are being developed for lots of reasons, and sudsing or cleaning probably are the least of them. Most do a good job so I'm not complaining. I remember the early comic tv shows, Honeymooners, Lucy, and Gracie, used the overflow of suds from dishwashers, clothes washers or bath tubs in their plots and it made me laugh then, and still does. Just like Fibber McGee and his closet erupting with flotsom and jetsom when he opened the door. The thought lightens the chore for me. Have you had a good simple laugh lately? I dare you to look at those chores with disdain or boredom from now on.
Naomi Sherer