no it's because, unlike americans, we don't have big kitchens, or two sinks, or pipey choppers; space is a problem for most of our kitchens so what you're in theory supposed to do is to use a washing up bowl to hold all your dirty crap to be cleaned, and when you can finally be arsed to clean it you lift the bowl out, fill the sink up, and work through the lot, and thus keeping your countertops clutter free until your lazy ass kicks into gear but when you're through the big dirty shit like pots, pans, plates, and dishes, and all that are left are cups and loicensed knoifes and forks and spewns, the dirty water can be drained, and rather than filling up a large sink with a shallow amount of clean water that'll quickly turn cold, the washing up bowl serves its secondary function at being a water conserver, because we're nuts about conserving water don't fucking believe me? compare loo picks from here and the us, theirs is a fucking water fountain
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