Ever heard of the Montreal-Philippines cutlery controversy?


	Ever heard of the Montreal-Philippines cutlery controversy?

Torley

10-25-2007 11:55 PM

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Torley says:

Humans find all sorts of wasteful things to get upset about.

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10-26-2007 12:01 PM

adamc

I'm curious to learn the ways of Filipino cutlery.

10-27-2007 1:26 AM

coconutshell

My aunts use a spoon & fork. They use the fork to shove the food on to the spoon. Then they shove the food-filled spoon in the mouth.

I grew up with a knife and fork and fish and chips so I can only tell from what I've seen.

10-29-2007 8:21 AM

rwatuny

hey teacher leave those kids alone...
- Roger Waters.

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