# Utensils (a frivolous Friday poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 7, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440 "2003-02-07T11:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/1 "2003-02-07T11:49:49Z")
You get a knife right off the bat. Then you get one other choice. ONE other choice. Spoon? Fork? Chopsticks? (You get two of them, but they still count as one choice.) Other? (Salad tongs or something.) -Rue. (Fork) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/2 "2003-02-07T11:54:02Z")
Spoon. I like spooning. mmmmmm, spooning… huh? What?? ---
**Author:** ![Felonious\_Mink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Felonious\_Mink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felonious_Mink)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/3 "2003-02-07T12:05:02Z")
Chopsticks - I need that level of entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/4 "2003-02-07T12:11:21Z")
Spork?? Best of both worlds… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/5 "2003-02-07T12:17:13Z")
Hmm. I’d second the spork. If available. If not – tongs. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/6 "2003-02-07T12:46:00Z")
Fork, I don’t like any food that requires a spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/7 "2003-02-07T12:57:33Z")
Spork. You can eat soup and spear your entree’ with it! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/8 "2003-02-07T13:25:56Z")
Spoon. Definitely a spoon. You can’t eat soup and ice cream and pudding with a fork. ---
**Author:** ![Cormac36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@Cormac36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cormac36)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/9 "2003-02-07T13:48:55Z")
Fork. ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/10 "2003-02-07T13:55:40Z")
Definitely a fork. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/11 "2003-02-07T13:58:10Z")
Yes! A knife and a spork! A titanium spork! No food can remain unedible if I am armed with a knife and a spork! Except food I don’t like. You know like those fart smelling brussels sprouts. Then again, if I were eating olives out of one of those skinny jars, the spork wouldn’t help. Oh wait! I have a knife. I can spear them little green (or black if you prefer) suckers with my knife. BWAHAHAHAHA! No food escapes! ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/12 "2003-02-07T14:00:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kinsey \* > You can’t eat soup and ice cream and pudding with a fork. Sure you can! Well, as long as you’re only eating Chunky[sup]R[/sup] soup. 😛 The ice cream and pudding doesn’t present any inherent problems on their own. I like forks, not only are they nifty little inventions, their a great weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/13 "2003-02-07T14:02:42Z")
Gah - I hate making stupid typos because I’m too lazy to preview (for the grammar nazis: I do know the difference between _their_ and _they’re_. PS: It was Chunky soup that used to (still does?) advertise that you could eat their soup with a fork, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![laserkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@laserkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laserkitty)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/14 "2003-02-07T14:16:42Z")
Can I choose one of those camping swiss knife thingies that has all three in one for my one other utensil??? Huh??? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/15 "2003-02-07T14:17:50Z")
I think I’d have to go with the fork. Some things like soup would be difficult to eat, but I could sip the broth from the bowl if nothing else. As for things like ice cream, it could be eaten with a fork, although it would be somewhat awkward. Originally I was going to go with a spoon since a knife could double as a fork in some circumstances, but would be too difficult to use this way, not to mention the hazard of cutting my lips. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/16 "2003-02-07T15:12:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*You get a knife right off the bat. Then you get one other choice. ONE other choice. > \*\* No brainer: Rail gun. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/17 "2003-02-07T15:26:45Z")
Swiss Army Knife. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/18 "2003-02-07T16:46:12Z")
Spoon - definitely. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/19 "2003-02-07T17:25:20Z")
But they had Pepsi?!? I would have an electric fork. The switch would be labeled, “fork On / Fork Off!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440/20 "2003-02-07T19:03:50Z")
Spoon. I know I use more spoons than forks. And some of the stuff I eat with a fork, I could use a spoon for, like the fried rice I’m eating now. Anything non-spoonable, like green salad, I could eat with my hands. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utensils-a-frivolous-friday-poll/153440.md?page=2)