Notes: This gag really appealed to me. If I'd gone on to do more strips it would have become a running joke to have the sink filled with dishes that take on different personalities based on what unwashed food is crusted to them. I figured it was a cheap way to bring international politics into a strip about ordinary folk. Imagine a sink full of Russian dishes after eating borscht, or Japanese dishes after teriyaki ... I think I would have milked this one for a long, long time.