Invest in a high tech tool that's available at Walmart- - - -a turkey baster! The canister will have about half a quart of nasty oil in it that doesn't drain back into the oil pan because the exit orfice is a few inches off the bottom of the canister. Unless your filter housing has a drain plug (some do) it's a hassle to get it completely empty. The squeeze bulb baster makes it a lot less messy than soaking up the excess with rags.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!