these are good thoughts Scott. I like the title, "humble knife-fork enthusiast", and the idea that we should bow in some way to the audience of our great ideas.

nice idea but in my opinion it would be much more challenging using a spork to eat a piece of meat, especially tough ones like steak or lamp chops. this is because there would be no tool to hold down the piece of meat for you so the piece of meat will merely be "wiping" your plate. for current eating customs, we have a fork in the left hand to hold down the piece of meat and a knife in the right hand to cut it which prevents the meat from moving so that we can cut the meat efficiently. thus having a fork and knife in both hands definitely proves to be a more efficient and effective way of eating meat. that is why the idea of a spork will not catch on to society, not just because of the risk involved about cutting off one's tongue.

In a long gone era, when I was in the Navy, I was in the chow line on Steak Day. Very crowded, and they ran out of knives and forks. Only spoons left. I ate my steak dinner with two spoons. Very efficient, though I wished the spoons had a thinner edge, like the ordinary table knives usually found in the mess hall. On reflection, now, I think that forks are really only needed for eathing spaghetti.