On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:07:50 +0100, Doesn't Frequently Mop
wrote:
>On the particular moment of Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:00:17 +0000 in
>relation to the death of Jesus, Mike..
> put forth:
>
>>BBC London (a local station staffed mainly by idiot presenters
>>interested only in celebrity trivia and themselves, not to be confused
>>with things like Radio 4 or BB1 and 2) just said that the (alleged*)
>>US habit of cutting up food first with the knife then eating with a
>>fork only originated in the poverty of western settlers who only had
>>one knife in the family, sounds as likely as William Tell to me, what
>>do those of you in a position to know think?
>>
>>* i dont recollect seeing any americans doing it and some deny it
>>exists
>
>At a recent work lunch, we had an American, Portuguese, Irish, 2
>English and 2 Germans, and afterwards they all were stunned that the
>American "couldn't" use a knife and fork. I didn't notice at the time,
>but perhaps he was doing the hand swapping thing.
>
>Naturally we concluded all Americans are stupid.
:-)
You should recall that the OP has never been to America.
Those who have been there are sworn to not disclose US eating habits.
A local Dutch company offers lessons in how to use cutlery.
--
Martin
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