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BTW, consider chopsticks for a moment ... of all the various forms of eating
>>utensils that have been invented ... really? This was the one that won out? :-)>
>Chopsticks work quite fine for me....actually saw a website once where someone
>actually took measurements of the amount of force that one could impart on
>chopsticks depending on the various ways people might hold them.
My wife and I discussed this. We concluded they're also much easier to manufacture. No matter where you are, for the most part just grab a couple sticks and off you go. :-)
>Also there are differences in type of cuisine too -- foods where chopsticks are used
>are better suited for chopsticks than "Western" cuisine.
Yes. I've found it's almost impossible to eat a cheeseburger, a slice of pizza, or a slurpy with chopsticks. LOL!
>One utensil that has always baffled me -- the spork.
It almost baffled WALL-E too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruJ76-o5lxU
