# I think I just ate part of a fork **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708 "2005-05-06T16:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/21 "2005-05-07T13:19:28Z")
Man, that’s really unforktunate. Hope it comes out OK.😃 ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/22 "2005-05-08T12:16:16Z")
I swallowed a key to some handcuffs about 4 years ago and I didn’t notice it passing, so I feel your pain. Not as much as the girl handcuffed to the pub table did, including the fire service being called. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/23 "2005-05-09T20:25:22Z")
So, **Mullinator** …it’s been three days. Any…uh, any news? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/24 "2005-05-09T20:48:28Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > So, **Mullinator** …it’s been three days. Any…uh, any news? 😛 I hear ya. Not even a passing comment so far. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/25 "2005-05-09T20:59:23Z")
[Don Ho] _Tiney bubbles Commin’ out your ass Pretty soon hard plastic Is gonna pass_ [/Don Ho] ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/26 "2005-05-09T21:01:32Z")
You know, he hasn’t posted in three days…! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/27 "2005-05-10T16:18:27Z")
While checking one’s own waste for bits of plastic may sound like a ripping good way to spend an evening, I decided against that course of action. I figured that if it was a troublesome tine, I’d feel it as it worked it’s way through my system. Otherwise, I choose to live in blissful ignorance as to whether the tine ended up in a porcelain bowl or is resting easily on a cafeteria floor. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/28 "2005-05-10T16:24:09Z")
And people think I’m nuts just because I keep a real fork, spoon and knife in my desk at work. I wonder just how much of the USDA recommended daily allowance of fiber is in a plastic fork tine… ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/29 "2005-05-10T16:44:37Z")
> [@Mullinator](#): > > Otherwise, I choose to live in blissful ignorance as to whether the tine ended up in a porcelain bowl or is resting easily on a cafeteria floor. There are ways to complain about the quality of the flatware without crapping on the cafeteria floor, you know. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/30 "2005-05-10T16:54:58Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > And people think I’m nuts just because I keep a real fork, spoon and knife in my desk at work. … True – but that’s not the reason why. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708/31 "2005-05-10T17:20:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > True – but that’s not the reason why. 😉 Well, not the _only_ reason, sure! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-ate-part-of-a-fork/302708.md?page=1)