Ziggy by Tom Wilson & Tom II for February 08, 2022

Personally, would it have been somewhat funnier if it happened on last Tuesday (Chinese New Year)?

Keep those chopsticks give me a fork and knife to hell with tradition when I am hungry I dont want to play games with my food .

i still don’t know how to use chopsticks, i’m the only one in my family who can’t.

You know, a stick with a bunch of little chopsticks at one end.

Kind of looks like worms (trying to escape?)

Years ago I took a trip to China. I’m semi good with chopsticks, but since I was using them (it was a tour & we always had the option of forks) I got a lot of encouragement & well done (when I didn’t get all the food up to my mouth), just for trying. Very few of us were using the chopsticks.

I use chopsticks all the time, I rest my fork on them.

and a first-aid kit would be nice while you’re at it.

I grew up in Montreal in the 50’s. If you went for Oriental and couldn’t use chopsticks you’d starve

During a high school field trip, one of our stops was a Chinese restaurant. Our teacher wanted us to use chopsticks. Ever since then, I felt uneasy eating at a Chinese restaurant using a fork. I use the chopsticks.

“May the Fork be with you”…

The first time I went on a date with an Asian to an Asian restaurant that only provided chopsticks, I was told I was using them wrongly; but I got the food off the dish and into my mouth without dropping any. I guess it was like holding a fork with tines up or down. I looked around and only my date was using the chopsticks that way.

Nor do I, and I do not care to!

Here in America, we are technically advanced and wealthy enough to have forks and spoons available for eating. My people (indigenous Americans) managed quite well with fingers, and the Orientals manage quite well with chopsticks, but WHY would you shun advanced technology when it’s available? That makes no sense.

Incidentally, according to the Royal Museums at Greenwich, the modern-day fork was introduced to Europe in the 10th century by Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Emperor Otto the 2nd. It travelled to Italy in the 11th century and by the 14th century, was well-known by the travelling merchant class.

The ancient Greeks had a tined utensil, used mainly for “spearing” food and holding it down for cutting, but they never “ate” with it

The British resisted the “fork” until sometime in the 18th century when even they decided eating with one’s fingers was uncivilized.

How about a broom and dust pan instead.

Using chopsticks is easy – once you learn how to use them. I like using them.

Maybe he should have started by taking piano lessons.

A college girlfriend taught me how to use chopsticks. She had been born and raised in Japan, where her father was a missionary. It took a while, but I eventually became adept enough to pick up the last grain of rice. When I make an oriental meal, using chopsticks still adds to the enjoyment.

Is he taking a COVID test?