is that really a spork?

[Snibor Eoj]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, James Kushner wrote:

> >chork, n. A fork whose tines have rounded ends, intended to be safe for
> >children.
> >by Joe Robins. 0
> >Judith: That's a spork, Linda.
> >Kir: spork...
> >Snibor: Hrm, I could really have worded that better.  Doesn't sound very
> >dictionaryish.
> >Linda: I think my kids' school cafeteria served sporks.
> 
> Did everyone else use a different spork than I did? My spork-memories
> are of a plastic utensil with a rounded bowl and shortened tines, but
> the ends of the tines were still pointy. I didn't comment on the entries
> much, but I did think that this definition was the funniest - if the
> ends of the tines are rounded, how useful is it as a fork, for children
> or anyone? You couldn't use the thing to impale food. (Well, it could
> still work for tofu or overboiled vegetables, I suppose.) I guess it
> depends on how rounded the ends are.

No, this is not a spork.  Your memory is correct.  I have seen a plastic
fork like this (which is what gave me the idea for the def) which is
really shaped just like a normal fork, but with little rounded ends.  
It's not good for spearing, but it's fine for little children to eat mushy
foods.

Snibor Eoj

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