# Do you cut or twirl?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 24, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088 "2000-03-24T02:30:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088/21 "2000-03-24T04:46:00Z")

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I cut.

Mostly, I just avoid anything that needs to be cut or twirled.

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A woman needs four animals in her life: A mink in the closet, a Jaguar in the garage, a tiger in the bedroom, and an ass to pay for it all.  
—Zsa Zsa Gabor

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**Author:** ![eggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@eggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eggo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088/22 "2000-03-24T04:50:00Z")

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neither, i prefer the shovel method. it’s much faster, and more food to scoop ratio. but then i’m not woried about being ladylake (not a lady)

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eggo

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**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088/23 "2000-03-24T05:23:00Z")

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Twirl, stab a bit of meat to hold it in place, eat. 🙂  
– Sylence

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“Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?”

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**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088/24 "2000-03-24T06:59:00Z")

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Twirl, definitely. Sometimes use a spoon, sometimes not. And I have for a long time, left a little end hanging off the fork,  
s l o w l y slurp it into my mouth. Drives my hubby crazy!! He always wants to leave the restaurant early, for some strange reason… 😉

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**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088/25 "2000-03-24T07:34:00Z")

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I, too, was under the impression that the proper way (which also happens to be the way I eat it) is by twirling the noodles with your fork, but using the spoon to help. My neighbor, who’s Greek- close enough- says that you might get slapped for doing it any other way.

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-Dave  
“Violence is the last refuge of the ignorant.”  
-I. Asimov

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**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088/26 "2000-03-24T07:40:00Z")

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Cut it.  
The other way is too hard, as you get a bite about 3 feet in diameter.

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**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-or-twirl/15088/27 "2000-03-24T11:02:00Z")

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Very neatly… I hate those tomato spots on my clothes…

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Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS)

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