I feel that, in the brave new world of silverware, the spoon is overlooked, forgotten, and ultimately left dejected in a drawer somewhere. This is unacceptable.
It's true that the spoon might not be the most effective utensil. Knives can slice through meat with ease, unless you're a bad cook and royally smurf up your food.
Forks can stab, scrape, hold, and are just generally the silverware equivalent of Ben Franklin. It seems that even the bastard child of the spoon and the fork, the spork, is more useful than the spoon.
The spoon is good for spooning, and that's about it. But what we have forgotten--what we never notice--is just how elegant the spoon really is. Its smooth, graceful curves and perfect figure make up for all that it lacks in usability. And, as an added bonus, spoons double as figures of speech for sexual innuendo.
So which utensil do you really prefer? The fork, the knife, and the spork are the obvious choices. On the surface, at least, they appear to be the real winners. But look deep inside yourself and reflect upon the spoon. There is magic there. Magic that can't be expressed with a pointier instrument. If you have been so enlightened, spread the word of love for spoons and help raise spoon awareness around the world. Long live the spoon.
