I’m still undecided as to whether I think these finger forks are cool or just a big waste of time and money. I’m sure kids would like them … but kids like pretty much anything. Give them a metal bucket and a wooden spoon and they’ll pound that for hours. For the rest of us though, what’s the point of finger forks beyond putting one on each of our fingers and pretending to be Freddy Krueger of the dinner table? Which in itself would be entertaining for all of 45 seconds until everyone in the room tires of the joke.
I guess if you had one on each finger you could eat four different foods at once without mixing them. That might be useful for the person that doesn’t like food touching other food on their plate; like beets and mashed potatoes. Don’t you just hate it when beets stain mashed potatoes? I know I hated that when I was a kid, but now I have more important things to worry about in life like if Britney Spears is ever going to pull her career out of the toilet. As long as that happens, my beets can stain anything they want.
In addition to the Freddy Krueger thing and keeping your food separated; how about backscratchers? Wouldn’t you like to scratch someone’s itch? But the real question in regards to that is, how low will you go? As far as I’m concerned anything below the equator is off limits, especially if you’re a guy. I may make the exception for a hot woman who’s in need of some assistance. Come to think of it, if you’re a guy you can scratch your own itch.
Finally, you could carry one around in your pocket just in case you go into a restaurant for dinner and the restaurant runs out of forks. I’m sure that happens a lot. It’s never happened to me in all the years I’ve been dining out, but it might be wise to be prepared if it does … cause you never know when a fork shortage is going to hit.
The sad thing is, I’m kind of making fun of these finger forks and questioning their use in society, but the person who invented them is probably a millionaire. I guess I know who’s going to be laughing last.
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