xkcd #3166: Big and Little Spoons
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Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3166/
What about nesting style measuring spoons?
I’ve been saying this for decades. I’m right
But do you want to be right out do you want to sleep on the sofa?
¿Por qué no los dos?
I think I have to throw up.
From a set of spoons? Huh?
If you’ve ever in your life tried sleeping the spoony way, you’ll know that there’s always at least one arm too many, plus a million other sources of discomfort (such as an untimely hardon.)
This is such a perfect setup that I can’t decide if you are actually Randal Murnoe, but I will take the bait, and provide a link to the Relevant XKCD, as is tradition.
A possibility does exist that I may, or may not, have read XKCD more than the recommended centennial dose.
These soup spoons stack properly tough…
That’s the point. Same size spoons usually stack perfectly.
‘What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I’d far rather be happy than right any day.’ ‘And are you?’ ‘No. That’s where it all falls down, of course.’ ‘Pity,’ said Arthur with sympathy. ‘It sounded like quite a good lifestyle otherwise.’
I’m reasonably certain that my best fitting spoons are the tablespoon, half tablespoon, third tablespoon, teaspoon, half teaspoon.
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