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Spoon theory is a metaphor describing the amount of physical or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks, and how it can become limited. The term was coined in a 2003 essay by American writer Christine Miserandino.
It is not enough to learn how to ride, you must also learn how to fall; It is on; It is the early bird that gets the worm; It is the empty can that makes the most noise; It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease; It is what it is; It needs a hundred lies to cover a single lie; It never rains but it pours; It takes a thief to catch a thief
Of course, we need enough spoons so everyone at the table can have a bite. On the other hand, I'm skipping the clam chowder unless I'm in New England. Clam chowder is a pretty heavy appetizer choice.
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The fortnightly British satirical magazine Private Eye has long had a reputation for using euphemistic and irreverent substitute names and titles for people, groups and organisations and has coined a number of expressions to describe sex, drugs, alcohol and other aspects of human activity.
A spoon (UK: / ˈ s p uː n /, US: / ˈ s p u n / SPOON) is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl (also known as a head), oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery (sometimes called flatware in the United States), especially as part of a place setting , it is used primarily for transferring food to the mouth (eating).
Photo: Getty. The hole in the center of the ladle is actually used to measure out a single serving of pasta. It works best with spaghetti and linguine.
Cutlery of this design (but not name) is evidenced as early as 1817. [11] Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines a runcible spoon as: "A horn spoon with a bowl at each end, one the size of a table-spoon and the other the size of a tea-spoon. There is a joint midway between the two bowls by which the bowls can be folded over."