The Buckets by Greg Cravens for February 06, 2012
February 05, 2012
February 07, 2012
Transcript:
People used to use dozens of utensils! Sets of silverware came with fish slicers and olive forks and mustard spoons and all sorts of things. Now we're down to a knife, spoon and a couple of forks at the most. Toby, that does not mean you're ahead of the curve when you just stick your face in the plate and start chewin'.
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LLABDDO almost 13 years ago
Don’t knock it. It works for the dog.
doc white almost 13 years ago
^ They love the dog.
Grumpy-DC almost 13 years ago
A mealy mouthed remark…
Grumpy-DC almost 13 years ago
When you come to a fork, take it.
OldestandWisest almost 13 years ago
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.
gregcartoon Premium Member almost 13 years ago
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.
Allan CB Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Oh Toby … quit trying to be a trend-resurfacer.
LLABDDO almost 13 years ago
If you don’t want to eat with your fingers, fork it.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 13 years ago
That’s a lot of utensil talk there!
Hunter7 almost 13 years ago
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?
widgetsx3 almost 13 years ago
My kids would be perfectly happy with paper plates and a spork
gregcartoon Premium Member almost 13 years ago
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?
widgetsx3 almost 13 years ago
@Greg CravensMy kids always lit up from within whenever we would go out and they would get the big old knife.
rgcviper almost 13 years ago
Aw, c’mon—we need a visual! lol.