On Sat, 25 May 2013 21:52:32 -0500, barbie gee >
wrote:

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>
>On Sat, 25 May 2013, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 5/25/2013 11:39 AM, Cheryl wrote:
>>> On 5/25/2013 10:46 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 25 May 2013 08:15:19 -0400, Nancy Young
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/25/2013 5:43 AM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
>>>>>> http://www.thegrommet.com/kitchen-ba...te-flatware-se
>>>>>>
>>>>>> t-18-0-matte
>>>>>
>>>>> Not a bad idea, except for that whole Eating pizza with a
>>>>> for thing. Heh.
>>>>>
>>>> I must not be seeing what you two are seeing. I'm looking at ordinary
>>>> flatware... if that's the joke, it whizzed right past me.
>>>>
>>> One side of the fork is shaped like the business side of a knife, and
>>> intended to be used as a knife instead of having to pick up another
>>> utensil.
>>>
>> Yeah... but then why do they also sell knives and spoons? The site also says
>> it's not intended to replace the knife. Apparently this guy was traumatized
>> about a potential cutlery blunder... in front of girls! In the school
>> cafeteria. Sheesh.
>>
>> What, his parents didn't teach him how to use a knife and fork? Maybe he
>> never left the house until he was a teenager who suddenly found himself in
>> the school cafeteria.
>
>Start watching how people eat next time you're out at a restaurant. I've
>begun to notice that, yes, indeed, parents are NOT teaching their kids how
>to use a knife and fork. I see young folks eating with their forks and
>spoons clenched in their fist. Stabbing their meat with their enfisted
>fork while sawing at it with their knives. Apalling.
>
>And, my sister and I had an interesting realization, when she replaced a
>set of flatware that she's had for 35+ years. We held the pieces up to
>her old set, and the fork was gigantic. The teaspoon, not a "teaspoon" at
>all, but some sort of giant utensils. Even our flatware has all been
>"supersized".

You purchased a particular style -- here in the States I believe that
it is called European style. the other size is still available.
Janet US