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Hey Tabs...why spoon and not spork?
Several posters have recently inquired about "our" spoon terminology. I don't believe it's to get past "filters" (i.e. corporate sites etc. as they just don't work that way), so now I'm curious. Why did this originate...just for grins?
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i bet Tabs asked Mother "Mum, i want a gun" she said no son, that's to dangerous.. guns kill people.. Tabs thought about it long and hard.. and said "eff it" i'll tell her i'm into fancy expensive spoons" And so he did.. Mother thought it was cute.. gave her blessing to break the piggybank to go buy a spoon.. and he's been buying spoons ever since..
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Few colloquialisms have well-understood origins. Maybe it is better just to roll with it.
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It was a readers mistake. TABS actually does collect spoons. Real spoons. Sterling. Some with historical associations. He also collects firearms. For similar reasons. A long time ago a Pelican poster thought TABS reference to his spoon collection was referring to firearms. True story.
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Let's hope Tabs hasn't gotten washed away in the Vegas flooding
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Fwiw I think Tabdulla collects spoons too!
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Yet he gathers no moss...
ps: Thanks Moses! So we could just as easily be referring to our "rugs" 
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What Moses said.
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An expression we use here and in the UK. Tabs was taking the piss.
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