Everything but the Kitchen Sink!

You knew it was coming, right? Here's what "Know Your Phrase.com" has to say about this idiom:

"The exact origin is unknown. Said to have been born somewhere during the early part of the 20th century, and later made popular during World War II.

It's possible that if people had to evacuate their homes on short notice, or if they were moving to another location, they would want to bring all of their belongings with them. Some things though, like kitchen sinks, were heavy, connected to various pipes, and bolted down. Obviously, taking something like that along isn't very convenient, so it's left behind while everything else is taken. So they took all of their things with them, except the kitchen sink!

The earliest time that this phrase was used was on Queen for a Day, an American radio and television show in 1945, where viewers could win huge prize giveaways. There was a woman who won many prizes, and the host said she's "won everything but the kitchen sink!"

Yep, progress continues - everything has been removed from the kitchen now except the kitchen sink. My sweet hubby is allowing one more weekend for me to have running water in the kitchen until he strips away everything from the walls, including the kitchen sink!

For the next several weeks, food will be served on paper plates, stored in plastic bags and eaten with non-metal utensils. Most plates will be trashed or washed in the basement slop sink and dried by hand (I know, some of you without dishwashers are showing no sympathy for me right now, and it's okay.)

It's amazing to me how little we need to prepare and serve a meal these days. If you think about it, we hardly use utensils as we eat our morning danish, our afternoon hamburger or our evening pizza! Since the invention of plastic, no one has to use china if they really don't want to. That's all well and good with me for a little while, but I'm looking forward to the day I can eat on china plates and pick up my food with metal utensils again.

Speaking of which on this quiet Saturday morning, I think I'll check Overstocked.com to see what specials they may offering. New plates and utensils would look really hot in my new kitchen space. See ya...