"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 19 May 2013 17:52:58 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> The way people hold their knife and fork ? I pity the people for not
>> having learned how to hold their utensils properly. I don't mean the
>> European vs. North American thing... but the over hand thing, holding
>> spoons and forks like a handlebar..... that is for small children... who
>> don't know any better. I am not going to allow it to spoil my dinner.
>>
> I don't even care if people hold their knife as if they are holding a
> pen/pencil. Clubbing utensils drives me up the wall. Were they
> brought up in a cave? Saying they were brought up in a barn would be
> too complementary.

I've never seen an adult do this unless they had special needs or perhaps an
elderly person who has lost control of their fine muscles.