You might remember that a few months ago I wrote a moving blog post about that under appreciated little eating utensil known as the spork.
Well, my son has taken this to a whole new level.
Introducing, the Dino Fork!
My son, using a dinosaur tail to eat his food. Inventive!
Ya, I know. My kid is an absolute genius!
It’s a spoon? It’s a fork? No, it is AWESOME!
I love sporks!
I have ever since I went to a Tupperware party with my mom when I was like five years old and I got a long yellow spork as the “thanks-for-coming” freebie gift. I used it for years, especially to consume hard-to-eat dishes like Spaghetti O’s. It got discolored orange from all the tomato sauce.
Then, alas, one day it snapped in two. It was a very sad day:(
And so, except for the occassional Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner, I went sporkless for years. It was a hole that remained in my heart for a long time.
Then, around the time I got my own apartment, my mom found me some sporks!
They were yellow Pikachu sporks. They were meant to be a party supply for a children’s birthday party. I think the package came with eight. I hoarded them, only using two at a time. And they seemed to last forever.
Then, the toddler came along.
Ten year old disposable forks that have gone through the dishwasher, been put in the fridge, and multiple uses, just do not hold up to the destructive throw-down of a two-year old.
With only three remaining Pikachu’s left, I went on a mission for more sporks. I found the blue ones you see above in the camping area at Walmart (Usually I take this opportunity to boast about Meijer, but they let me down on my mission for sporks).
As I began to imagine the future of these brand new blue plastic sporks ending in breakage as well, I dreamed of a metal spork.
With a simple Google search, look what I turned up:
BEHOLD! The Titanium Spork! In trendy colors!
Snow Peak Colored Titanium Spork
Photo: Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Peak-Colored-Titanium-Utensil/dp/B004T2YPN8/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So awesome! I must own one of these! And I love the reviews that say it also makes a great gift. Watch out, friends and family. Next Christmas will be SPORKTACULAR!
I also loved the reviews because, I realized for the first time, I AM NOT ALONE! There are other spork lovers out there!
From an Amazon review by EJ on the same page linked above:
“It’s a TITANIUM SPORK. If you can’t appreciate the glory of that, then I can’t think of anyting that I can say that would help.”
Oh, but upon further searching, check this spork out! It is called the “Apocalypspork”! It claims to be “flat wear that will last you through the apocalypse” and good to “ram through a zombie skull”.
Photo: americankami.com/swag.html
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(Note: I have never purchased from this website.)
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