Forks or Spoons?

[Pibs]

We need another goofy debate, and my sisters and I can't agree...

Which are cooler? Forks or spoons?

I'll put in my opinion once a few people post.

[jordanisonfire]

Forks! You can't kill someone easily with a spoon. Unless you scoop someone's eye out, but it's never as satisfying as stabbing it out! xD

[Eilidh]

forks by far. spoons are BORINGG and make yur nose look big

[Andy]

Forks! You can't kill someone easily with a spoon. Unless you scoop someone's eye out, but it's never as satisfying as stabbing it out! xD
Oh, dear... :O

Generally they're good for their own separate things, except when it comes to eating mac & cheese and soup, forks are better.

You don't get cheese overload when you use a fork, and you don't get burning broth overload with it, either. :P

[Majyk]

Forks, for sure. When we eat cheese noodles, my sister always uses a spoon, but I think forks work better. :p

[Andy]

And when I say soup, I'm referring to soups that mainly contain lots of very long noodles, such as there are in college. Not all soups go well with forks.

[Lykaios]

Sporks. ^^

[jordanisonfire]

I though of sporks, but it said Forks OR Spoons, so it wouldn't count. xD

[Pibs]

I have to disagree with you all. Spoons are far cooler! Macaroni & Cheese is SUPPOSED to be eaten with a sppon! Just check out the box! Plus it tastes so much better that way. Pasta in general is better from a spoon, unless it's something like Ramen or spaghetti and it's nearly impossible to eat with anything but a fork.

Also, the spoon was invented before the fork.

And most importantly, anything that you don't need a spoon for, you can eat with your fingers!!!

[nuttychooky]

*coughs* Sporks.
Hehe.

[appleofmyeye]

It's obvious! Spoons! I mean, my new catch phrase is 'stab you with a spoon'.

And can you breath on a fork and hang it on your nose? Yeah NO!

[Pibs]

Case and point, people had spoons and then one day said "Wow, this really sucks, what can I use in place of this?" and thus the birth of the fork. I use forks for evey food item that I don't eat by hand. The only good use for a spoon is liquidy foods such as cereal and brothy soups.

Or maybe, all the people who were jealous because they couldn't hang a spoon on their noses invented the fork so they could say "Hah, you may be able to hang a spoon on your nose, but we can PICK our noses with these beautiful new forks!" (LOL!:D)

Also, my point, Snappy; why use the fork for those things? Eat 'em by hand too! All except for the liquidy and fun things, which require beautiful spoons!

Really though, I guess I could be convinced to favor sporks, because I like compromise. :D

[Rafael Domination]

WHY! AREN'T! CHOPSTICKS! IN! THIS! DEBATE! :D

Is it something against us Asian people?

[appleofmyeye]

Fine. Make chopsticks a contender. They're too hard to eat with. I always drop food in my lap because of the dam things.

[Majyk]

Also, my point, Snappy; why use the fork for those things? Eat 'em by hand too! All except for the liquidy and fun things, which require beautiful spoons!

If you didn't use a fork, instead using your fingers, it'd be really messy most of the time :p


EDIT: I can actually use chopsticks pretty well, which is a surprise.

[Andy]

I have to disagree with you all. Spoons are far cooler! Macaroni & Cheese is SUPPOSED to be eaten with a sppon! Just check out the box! Plus it tastes so much better that way. Pasta in general is better from a spoon, unless it's something like Ramen or spaghetti and it's nearly impossible to eat with anything but a fork.
Spoons cannot be used as darts. Strike one. :smart:

If you had a choice to go through life with either a spoon or a fork, and could only use one (plus a knife), wouldn't a fork prove more useful?

What can't be eaten with a fork?
Nothing! All bowls containing soup can be tipped.

What can't be eaten with a spoon?
All meats. All salads. Most pasta.

Spoon stands for "soft harpoon" :D

[Starry]

I like chopsticks!

I almost never eat with them, but for some reason, I'm actually not bad at it.

[appleofmyeye]

Spoons can function as a mirror

Spoons can be stuck on your nose

You can dig yourself out of jail with a spoon.

Plastic spoons are the best at flinging spitballs.

You can't eat gumbo (the best food ever) without a SPOON.

You know in Snow White, when Dopey swallowed a certain utensil? Was it a fork? No, it was a SPOON!

I have more reasons than you Andy. Mwahaha.

[Majyk]

But half of those reasons don't have anything to do with actually using a spoon to eat.

[appleofmyeye]

Sooooo? They are still functions of a spoon.

[Majyk]

So... most of Andy's examples had to do with food, if we start bringing in everything you can use a fork or spoon for, there could be more for a fork than what was mentioned.
Meh, I dunno, I'm tired :P

[Majyk]

Which is why I said "most of Andy's examples had to do with food".

[appleofmyeye]

This debate is dumb. We all know sporks own all.

[Majyk]

But that wasn't a choice, so... *sigh*

[appleofmyeye]

I know. And I came up with another reason for spoons!

When your unloading the dishwasher and stick you hand in the utensils you don't poke yourself with a spoon.

[Majyk]

And I came up with another for forks, heh.
For the same reason that spoons aren't as pointy, you can't keep food on them as well as a fork.

[appleofmyeye]

I think us peace lovers like the spoons while you evil bullies like the forks XP.

[Majyk]

Haha. You calling me evil, then? :p

[Andy]

I think us peace lovers like the spoons while you evil bullies like the forks XP.
There may be some truth to this statement....Shadow?? :hide:

[appleofmyeye]

Yeah, watcha gonna do? Send me a mad smiley? What?

^My attempt at being gangster :rolleyes:.

*EDIT*

Andy I love you and your mind reading capabilities. I was thinking of Shad when I wrote that :D.

[Melo]

hmmm, I'd have to say spoon. Sure, forks can be used for eating pasta and such but spoons are a lot safer, especially for little kids. Spoons also cause less mess (particularly with the little kids and sloppy big people). I have five siblings who can't keep EGGS (a finger food) in a bowl for gods sake! What would I look like giving them a fork? I say it's either a spoon or your fingers, mister. Forks really (I believe) are just for elegant meals. When there are NO little kids.

[Majyk]

Yeah, watcha gonna do? Send me a mad smiley? What?

I was actually going to say you might be right :P

Snappy, I know what you mean. A few minutes ago, I found that mashed potatoes need to be served with a spoon xD

[Pibs]

And so those who were misguided are finding the real truth... that spoons OWN! I mean, MASHED POTATOES!!! :D

Also... those things I think Andy mentioned... steak, salads, etc... all of those can be eaten with your fingers!

Melo said it perfectly.

I say it's either a spoon or your fingers, mister.

YAY for peace-loving spoon-and-finger users!

Note to Raffy: Chopsticks are in a whole separate league! To compare them with forks or spoons would be... insulting. To the chopsticks. :P

[Majyk]

Well, try eating chicken and gravy with your fingers. Gets kinda messy :P

But anyway.

[dj4ever]

Forks ftw

[Pibs]

Fingers are the utensils of cave people. High class citizens use forks! :P

FINGERS are used by nature-savvy people who don't want to increase their impact/footprint by requiring that metal or plastic forks be made for them. Fingers and wooden spoons forever!

And for messy things... lick your fingers! Or use a napkin, if you're being a "high-class citizen".

(:DI love how we debate ridiculous things with such seriousness! We rule.:cool:)

[dj4ever]

(:DI love how we debate ridiculous things with such seriousness! We rule.:cool:)

Haha yes.
I love that everyone is taking this, at least moderately, seriously.
We are sooo cool :P

[appleofmyeye]

I'm eating ramen right now WITH A SPOON!

[dj4ever]

how is that possible O_o

[appleofmyeye]

The soup part. Duh.

[dj4ever]

OH
the how are you eating the noodle part?

[appleofmyeye]

...

Damn it, now I can't use a fork.

Grrrrr.

I'll just use my fingers.

[blue phoenix]

Ummm.....
wow? I'd say fork, and if you can't eat it with a fork don't eat it, just kidding, tip the bowl or lap it up like a dog. Go Andy with all those reasons!

[appleofmyeye]

Sporks are the best invention since the microwave.

[Majyk]

Sporks, yes, microwaves... I actually don't have one of those in my house.

[phytoxoeia]

Sporks!

"Six inches of stabbing scooping terror. A weapon not to be underestimated; all other weapons are useless against it. Blood flows freely from its razor sharp plastic edges and grown men despair in its deadly presence."

I'm guessing that came from the Slightly Less Than Official Spork Homepage (http://www.spork.org)

[Lizzie]

Sporks. :p

[Simmi]

I personally perfer chopsticks but since it isn't an option and neither is sporks I'll have to go with forks 'cause I'm not so great with eating ramen with a spoon.

[Shaun]

Spoons precisely because you can't kill someone easily with it. Hello? It's dull and it will hurt more! I think that's good enough reason. Plus, you can eat anything with a spoon.

[jordanisonfire]

But spoons aren't sharp enough, Shaun! I chose forks cos they can kill easier. I mean, come on, a spoon-and-fork fight? Who the hell's gonna win? <----(rhetorical question, right there XP)

[Rafael Domination]

BLOODY HELL! CHOPSTICKS, I SAY, CHOPSTICKS!

Still, I'd go for the spoon. Why? Because I'm Filipino, and we deem spoons as the most versatile (aside from chopsticks, which we don't really use but are a personal preference of mine anyways whatever) utensil ever invented. People are born with silver spoons in their mouths, but forks. (<--- I don't know where that came from, Blame Azrael.) You can't pour in sugar with a fork without spending three hours trying to do so. And if anyone catches you in public eating ice cream with a fork, they will at once consider you an asylum escapee.

SPOONS TRUMP FORKS (but not chopsticks)! END OF THE STORY! THE NINJAGOD HAS SPOKEN!

*weeps passionately*

[Zombified]

God, what a pointless debate.

[Starry]

xD I do love that when given the option between forks and spoons, the most popular answers are

1. sporks
2. chopsticks

Win.

[Rafael Domination]

God, what a pointless debate.

I sense a disturbance in the force. :crazy:


Still, spoons were first. Forks were officially invented later. And no, the branches used by cave men to spear their food were not forks! They were chopsticks.

[appleofmyeye]

I actually think the things they used to spear animals were called spears, not chopsticks.