Of bugs and silverware, which is the question?
If we use fork or spoon, does food not go in our mouths the same?
Does your fork taste different than mine, or is it the food?
Can you taste the difference by using different forks?
Had God not given us more arms for a reason; there's only so much food one can shove in ones mouth?
Is using more forks like using more horse power? The more you have the more you want to use?
If so, should we not buy as many silverwares as possible? If 5 forks are good, wouldn't 10 be better?
If the president signs each letter with a different pen, should we not do the same with out forks?
Could we then give them to our guests as a sign of good eating?
Will the spoon not feel lonely with so many forks around and so little spoons?
Should we not call for equality of silverware where equality is unequal? We demand a spoon for every equal fork, darn it!
Is the knife any less the same? If you cut it will it not bleed?
Having said all that, I did grow up eating my food with fork and knife. And I don't remember where or from whom I learned it exactly. To this day I'll always remind my kids how to eat properly, with one knife, and one fork, period.
Of course not all foods require both, or any silverware for that matter.
Proper manners should always be used, but not at the cost of the poor man with no hands and thus no way of utilizing them.
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