The Buckets by Greg Cravens for February 06, 2012

Don’t knock it. It works for the dog.

^ They love the dog.

A mealy mouthed remark…

When you come to a fork, take it.

Only very wealthy people used all those different utensils (and probably even then only at very formal occasions.) The other 99% made do for a long time with just their fingers, then knives, spoons and forks were eventually adopted for nearly everyone. So Toby is wrong about which direction how the curve is going for people in his family income bracket.

OldestandWisest, as usual, grasped the whole of the concept today. Anyone who feels the gag got past you a bit could read Bill Bryson’s ‘At Home’ or any number of other nostalgia-minded historically-themed books about home life. Chances are, everyone got the de-evolution of utensils idea, but read the book anyhow. It’s fun.

Oh Toby … quit trying to be a trend-resurfacer.

If you don’t want to eat with your fingers, fork it.

That’s a lot of utensil talk there!

Oh, Toby, Toby, Toby...Toby. .When you are dictator of the world, you can go ahead and ban all eating utensils. Until then…… you’re stuck doing things mom’s way. .So how would we eat HOT food without burning our fingers?

My kids would be perfectly happy with paper plates and a spork

My brother took his kids to Outback Steak House. His son lifted one of those horrific looking steak knives they provide you with and said, “Now, who would give a thing like this to a kid?” Who indeed?

@Greg CravensMy kids always lit up from within whenever we would go out and they would get the big old knife.

Aw, c’mon—we need a visual! lol.