A Day in the life of a Tea Towel

(This was an actual experiment by a famous dishwasher manufactuer technologist some where in the uk.)

Once upon a time Mr and Mrs S. Body lived in a house with their 4 year old son Joni, baby daughter Lucy and puppy Floss.

* Mum and the children wave Dad off as he drives off to work.
* Then Mum sets about giving the children their breakfast. It’s cereal.
* Afterwards, She washes, then dries the dishes with a clean Tea towel and wipes around the bowl - the sink – the taps and the draining board.
* She hangs the Tea towel onto the hook by the back door. (Because, that’s where it lives.)
* The pup, has a sniff of the Tea towel before running past and out of the back door.
* Floss being a boisterous sort, knocks the tea towel off and onto the floor.
* The Tea towel only Falls for a second and Mum picks it up and hangs it back up on the hook.
* Joni comes in, after playing in the garden all morning with Floss. He’s a messy little monkey.
* He washes his hands, making a terrible mess with the tap and water goes all over the floor.
* But, not wanting to get into trouble, Joni grabs the Tea towel and mops up the water from the drainer – the sink and floor. However, the pooch still wants to play and Joni Dangles the Tea towel and teases Floss.
* Joni hangs the now grubby Tea towel back up where it lives. (HE thinks “She’ll never notice!”)
* The dog still playful jumps up and knocks the Tea towel back onto the floor. Tug o’ war with the Tea towel is great fun!
* Little Lucy now wants to join in and crawls over to the back door and starts to play peek-a-boo with the dog and yes, the Tea towel.
* Mum comes over and takes the Tea towel off the baby and places it back where it belongs.
* Mum now makes the toddlers a drink and herself a coffee, she rips the top off a pot of cream and it goes all over the worktop.
* So she takes the Tea towel and mops up the split cream, buffing up all of the worktops as she goes.
* It’s now Lunchtime and little Joni wants oven chips. When they are cooked, Mum uses the Tea towel to take the food out of the oven.
* Lunch is going really well, until the baby grabs at Joni’s juice. Everything is ruined and split drink is all over the table, chair and floor.
* Yep, Mum takes the Tea towel and wipes the chair and table down.
* The dog licks up the juice from off the floor, and then tries to lick the babies face.
* Mum horrified, wipes the babies face with - can you guess??? Yes, the Tea towel
* Suddenly, Mum remembers she’s left baby’s pudding warming in the pan on the stove. It’s burnt and has to be thrown away.
* So she runs the tap for a moment or two until she gets hot water and, then puts the pan into the bowl to wash in another 11 litres of tepid water.
* She leaves the pan to soak for a while, then gets the scourers out and starts to clean the hob.
* Mum then finishes the dishes – wipes down the worktop – hob and sink with the Tea towel.
* She hangs the soiled Tea towel up where it lives… (In case you’ve forgotten, by the back door.)
* Dad arrives home – late – because he’s had a puncture. But first he washes his filthy hands and dries them on the, you must know by now, THE TEA TOWEL.
Dinner is cooking and a similar process repeats. The dog – the kids – The pots!!!

The clever scientists found that same tea towel had when analyzed, 3 trillion germs harmful to human beings.
2 trillion more than the same family’s loo brush.

The names have been changed at Mr and Mrs S. body’s request. I wonder why???