Spoons: Our Fallen Heroes
The path to recovery and the best methods of prevention
By Neil Ray
Every now and again, though we wish it untrue, our heroes falter. Whether it is superman being affected by kryptonite or frodo at mount doom. It is the same for our silverware; sometimes the spoon slides. Right into your bowl of your soup that is, and then there you are, sitting and looking down into a bowl of broken dreams and lost hopes. Your spoon floats just under the surface and your mind begins to wonder, could this have been prevented? How can I go on from this point? Will my life ever be the same again?
Precautions must been taken when dealing anything, whether it’s operating the local nuclear power plant or diving into a tank of killer dolphins. When dealing with something as volatile and sometimes lukewarm as soup, extra precautions must always be taken. Nigel Ticknor, a professional soup-eater and spoon aficionado, told me a few tips about how to avoid any mishaps. He was able to share that the spoons that fall into soup the easiest are “[ones] made of crackers” and that he prefers to use “plastic” spoons. Regardless of spoon type he also shared that you can “tape the spoon to your hand with Gravitape©.” to help prevent a spoon from falling. Lastly, a special trick he shared with me was to “always keep a pocket full of spoons and if a spoon falls into the soup simply take out another and ignore the previous spoon.” While following these techniques will not guarantee a safe spoon experience, it will greatly decrease the risks of a soupy splash.
Whilst our heroes falter, in the end they rise stronger than before. The same logic can be applied to you and your sunken spoon. Will you let the utter devastation and loss fling you into a chaotic spiral of self pity and crippling depression? Or will you use this opportunity to go forward, sun at your back, as you ride a stallion of blazing light forward into a better future? The choice seems obvious to me.
The path to recovery and the best methods of prevention
By Neil Ray
Every now and again, though we wish it untrue, our heroes falter. Whether it is superman being affected by kryptonite or frodo at mount doom. It is the same for our silverware; sometimes the spoon slides. Right into your bowl of your soup that is, and then there you are, sitting and looking down into a bowl of broken dreams and lost hopes. Your spoon floats just under the surface and your mind begins to wonder, could this have been prevented? How can I go on from this point? Will my life ever be the same again?
Precautions must been taken when dealing anything, whether it’s operating the local nuclear power plant or diving into a tank of killer dolphins. When dealing with something as volatile and sometimes lukewarm as soup, extra precautions must always be taken. Nigel Ticknor, a professional soup-eater and spoon aficionado, told me a few tips about how to avoid any mishaps. He was able to share that the spoons that fall into soup the easiest are “[ones] made of crackers” and that he prefers to use “plastic” spoons. Regardless of spoon type he also shared that you can “tape the spoon to your hand with Gravitape©.” to help prevent a spoon from falling. Lastly, a special trick he shared with me was to “always keep a pocket full of spoons and if a spoon falls into the soup simply take out another and ignore the previous spoon.” While following these techniques will not guarantee a safe spoon experience, it will greatly decrease the risks of a soupy splash.
Whilst our heroes falter, in the end they rise stronger than before. The same logic can be applied to you and your sunken spoon. Will you let the utter devastation and loss fling you into a chaotic spiral of self pity and crippling depression? Or will you use this opportunity to go forward, sun at your back, as you ride a stallion of blazing light forward into a better future? The choice seems obvious to me.
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