The Disappearing Spoon
Just where did it go? And why? What did I ever need a spoon
to do? This question keeps me awake at night. Sometimes, I even dream of a
spoon.
My attachment to this topic has become obsessive, in a few
ways. My hand could be a spoon or a ladle. If it were but for the fact I worry
about germs. Is ignorance bliss, after all? Who made or used the very first
spoon? I saw a chimpanzee poke a stick into a hole in the ground in order to
pull out some termites to eat, pretty clever, I say. So what is the difference
between a stick to a spoon? It, the
spoon I mean, has a tiny bowl or vessel on one end and the stick does not. But,
try to get a spoon into a ketchup bottle. Personally, I love silver spoons. I
do not like to polish silver spoons, so in this case a stick will do. Notwithstanding
(I really hate that word), I still want a spoon. But, I do not know where it went.
I like wooden spoons, too, they do not scratch my cookware when I stir a sauce,
would a stick do? I wonder what Forest Gump would think about this topic? Maybe
his friend would answer my question like he does about shrimp. How can you eat
spaghetti without a spoon? How can you eat soup without a spoon? I tried eating
spaghetti at that Italian Restaurant we all know without a spoon, didn’t work
too well using my knife as a spoon. How much money do these corporations save
by not putting a spoon with the knife and a fork? My husband made a career by
discovering tiny little things that make a huge difference in the bottom line
for large corporations. He also is always picking up pennies from the pavement
of any parking lot we walk across. This is where I guess the spoon has gone,
into the space where a billion dollar sign goes. But still, I want a spoon. Do
you suppose I could pick the phone up and dial a number to ask someone? Just how
many buttons do you think I would push before a real live person would come
onto the other end to tell me that they do not know but they would be happy to
connect me with someone else where that same thing happens again endlessly?
I wonder if someone has a dissertation or a focus book already
done on the topic. No, I do not want to Google it!
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Ok I'm outa here. This is for someone who knows.
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