“Spoons are a species of bowl, knives are a species of plate, forks are descendants of strainers…”

A jocular post explains the origins of cutlery.
 
“Spoons are a species of bowl. Knives are a species of plate. Forks are descended from a now-extinct dish that would be completely incomprehensible to the modern diner” was posted on Bluesky by Tyver Foucault on July 19, 2025. “spoons are a species of bowl,knives are a species of plate,forks are descendants of strainers,and sporks are a subspecies of a cross breed of bowls x strainers” was posted on X/Twitter by sof on September 2, 2025.
 
 
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Tyver Foucault
‪@thedoorthedoor.bsky.social‬
Spoons are a species of bowl. Knives are a species of plate. Forks are descended from a now-extinct dish that would be completely incomprehensible to the modern diner
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
   
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29 jul 2025
Tyver Foucault @thedoorthedoor.bsky.social Spoons are a species of bowl. Knives are a species of plate. Forks are descended from a now-extinct dish that would be completely incomprehensible to the modern diner July 19, 2025 at AM Everybody can reply
 
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Sam V✨Late 90s Twink Jude Law Expert✨
@MissSamVee
Saw someone say that Spoons are a species of Bowl and I couldn’t even fight them on it. They’re right. I don’t want them to be, but they are.
11:13 PM · Aug 24, 2025
 
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James Gamble🧙‍♂️
‪@jamesgamble.bsky.social‬
Spoons are a species of bowl. Knives are a species of plate. Forks descend from a now-extinct dish that would be completely incomprehensible to the modern diner.
August 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
 
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sof
@sof38639124
spoons are a species of bowl,knives are a species of plate,forks are descendants of strainers,and sporks are a subspecies of a cross breed of bowls x strainers
12:03 PM · Sep 2, 2025