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lovejuice
11-06-2007, 01:26 AM
this thread is for silly questions. not reutoric ones though. ones that you're burning to know the answers.

i have this obsession. contrary to most people's belief, we thais don't eat with chopsticks. instead we use fork and spoon -- fork on your left and spoon on your right. and we use this pair for soup, salad, steak, noodle, everything you name it.

http://www.tabletools.com/ttools/images/std_img/hmTCL187811-1.jpg

ancient thais ate with their hand, though, so i guess this fork and spoon is something we got from foreigners. my question is which country? i always assumed you guys, westerners, ate with fork and spoon, until i came to the US ten years ago and realized american used fork and knife. but there must be some country -- perhaps in europe -- that ate with fork and spoon. (my guess is protugal.) so enlight me if you ever visited such place.
Duncan
11-06-2007, 01:28 AM
I can't answer your question, but my question is this: how does a Thai person cut his/her steak?
lovejuice
11-06-2007, 01:30 AM
I can't answer your question, but my question is how does a Thai person cut their steak?

believe it or not, spoon! we don't eat steak that often though, and sometime a knife is provided. (yes, one for a table.)
rocus
11-06-2007, 01:40 AM
Here's the best I could ind for you lovejuice:

http://www.geocities.com/curvess2000/genesis_of_the_dining_fork_in_ eu.htm
SpaceOddity
11-06-2007, 07:25 AM
Why are stereotypical farmer and pirate voices identical?
*confused*
lovejuice
11-06-2007, 03:51 PM
Why are stereotypical farmer and pirate voices identical?
*confused*

:D :D :D

perhaps to show redneck-ity.
MadMan
11-06-2007, 03:53 PM
Why are stereotypical farmer and pirate voices identical?
*confused*Because farmers evolved from pirates. Duh. ;)
Sycophant
11-06-2007, 04:21 PM
Why are stereotypical farmer and pirate voices identical?
*confused*I don't know what stereotypical farmer voices you've been listening to, but the ones I think of as iconic bear only the most passing of resemblances to the traditional pirate voice.
SpaceOddity
11-06-2007, 04:52 PM
I don't know what stereotypical farmer voices you've been listening to, but the ones I think of as iconic bear only the most passing of resemblances to the traditional pirate voice.

Well, I'm thinking of cliched English farmers.
*Brit*
Sycophant
11-06-2007, 05:24 PM
Well, I'm thinking of cliched English farmers.
*Brit*Well, that changes everything!

(Moonlighters, all of 'em.)
SpaceOddity
11-07-2007, 08:19 PM
Why is Indiana Jones so much hotter than Han Solo?

*attributes appeal to accessories* ;)
Kurosawa Fan
11-07-2007, 08:21 PM
Why is Indiana Jones so much hotter than Han Solo?

*attributes appeal to accessories* ;)

I think it's a combination of accessories and stubble.
soitgoes...
11-07-2007, 08:35 PM
I think it's a combination of accessories and stubble.
Definitely the whip.
Spinal
11-07-2007, 08:43 PM
Indy has more quiet confidence. Han pushes a little too hard, listing his own resume basically. Plus, Indy is not followed around by a stinky wookie.
Ezee E
11-07-2007, 08:44 PM
Indiana Jones sweats a lot more then Han also.
Philosophe_rouge
11-07-2007, 09:01 PM
Why is Indiana Jones so much hotter than Han Solo?

*attributes appeal to accessories* ;)
Accessories play into it, as does costume... and hair, and stubble.
number8
11-07-2007, 09:11 PM
Neither is hotter than President James Marshall.