is that really a spork?

[lindafowens]

Dear Joe, they probably exist, but I never saw any--what I do recall from my
chldhood was miniature implements, a bit dull at the ends for safety; but
when I was about ten I visited a friend of my mom's whose kids had the
little dull forks, but also a "pusher", a knife-like implement with which
you pushed the food onto the fork!  Never saw them anywhere else, but they
would have been very handy.  My kids usually preferred using fingers for
almost everything, and because they camp a lot, they still often do.
----- Original Message -----
From: Snibor Eoj <jmrobins at oygevalt.org>
To: Fictionary List <fictionary at plover.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: is that really a spork?


> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, lindafowens wrote:
>
> > My kids called them sporks--those spoons with rounded tines at the
> > ends--not as sharp as forks, but safer than bent metal and useful for a
> > variety of offods. Personally, I abhor plasticwear.  Linda PS But I use
> > it at picnics now, after picking the real silver out of the trash.  And
> > probably losing a lot of it.
>
> I'm not talking about a spoon with tines.  I know what a spork is, and I
> wasn't trying to describe a spork.  I'm talking about a fork, a perfectly
> normal fork, with tines and a handle and everything you expect about a
> fork.  The only difference is that the very tips of the tines, instead of
> coming to a point, are rounded, as if someone had taken a very little ball
> and stuck it onto the end of each tine.
>
> I can't find a picture on the web in thirty seconds, but these things do
> exist.
>
> Snibor Eoj
>
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