Sometimes, combining things work out well. Reese's cups (Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate) worked out well. Then there are other combos that never seemed to pan out well...like sporks.
Sporks
There are many inventions that are completely useless. However probably one of the worst of the bunch has to be the spork.
While feeding my dog, I noticed the contents from can dog food was a mushy solid and fork would have not done justice to scooping out half a can, so I grabbed a spoon or at least I thought it was spoon. I realized I picked up a spork. I rose it up to my eye level and thought, “This has to be the stupidest invention ever.”
Someone in the grand stupidity of things thought, “I know people have a hard time switching from a fork to a spoon. Let's combine a spoon and fork, and that can save people 1.2 seconds between switching between the two.” This inventor has to be a C student.
Fork+Spoon=Spork=profit
And, when you think about it, a spork is jack of all trades and a master of none. Sporks are the Red Mages of kitchen utensils. I mean you can't hold down meat really well while you cut it, and it doesn't handle soup too well. What about ice cream or fried rice?
I guess it is for people that don't want to pay for spoons and forks.
To my total surprise, there is a website devoted the spork, check it out.
Someone invented a knork. I am not making that up.
ReplyDeleteI saw the dude on The Big Idea.
Whoa, now that's just a crazy invention. Does that mean you have to be careful how you eat with the fork portion of the Knork?
ReplyDeleteI think the knife part isn't sharp... it is just much narrower than a traditional fork tine so you can more easily cut things into bite-sized portions.
ReplyDeleteMy question from the site is when was the last time you ate an apple with a fork?
Okay, that clears it up.
ReplyDeleteAs far as eating apple slices or whole apples with a fork, I've never attempted that and I'm the type of person that would have tried if someone dared me.
Though I do eat shrimp fried rice with a spoon!
Did you see the scene in Wall-E, when he didn't know where to put the spork , and left it between the forks and the spoons.
ReplyDeleteNo, I haven't watched it yet. I've been meaning to too. Perhaps next week and hopefully Kids Free
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