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General Discussion => Admins 4 Admins => Topic started by: andream on September 26, 2002, 02:57:13 pm



Title: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: andream on September 26, 2002, 02:57:13 pm
Define"SPORK".  Provide links as documentation.

Just a little thought provoking web surfing challenge.........



Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: winkiebear on September 26, 2002, 03:03:52 pm
Oh come on, I know that... don't make me surf! lol


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Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: bethalize on September 26, 2002, 03:06:43 pm
There are at least TWO definitions.

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Edited by bethalize on 26/09/02 03:07 PM.



Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: winkiebear on September 26, 2002, 03:08:41 pm
you asked for it!

Taken from The Spork FAQ page:
1. What is a "spork?"
A spork is an unusual dining implement that is part spoon, part fork. Basically, it is a spoon with tines on the end, suitable for using as a fork, while still having a spoon portion. It is the utensil of choice for eating cole slaw, potato salad, and many other take-out foods.
Please don't confuse sporks with woons, those wooden planks you get with ice cream and "malts" at the ballgame/fairs/etc. Woons are not sporks, and are in fact just a cheap ripoff of a spoon.


http://www.sonic.net/~ian/Spork/spork.faq.html

Then again, maybe it's an army?
Taken from The Imperial Spork Army Page:
Welcome civilian to the Imperial Spork Army. As you probably already know The ISA is the most powerful military in the world.
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Cauldron/1006/ISA.html

OK, no, it's definitely a utensil.
Taken from SPORKITSU:
But Master Sporker, what is a spork exactly?

Ah! I am glad you asked!
Simply put, a spork is a certain kind of combination of a fork and a spoon commonly having 3-4 prongs.


http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/1810/whatisaspork/


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Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: countrigal on September 26, 2002, 03:11:06 pm
And from the dictionary website... http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=Spork

It has 2 definitions, with the primary one being an eating utensil.

The other definition is not a definition at all but is an acronym:
"SPORK  Secret Protectors of Revolutionary Knowledge"

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Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: mcbethers on September 26, 2002, 06:13:31 pm
Are often found in camping - and are invariably useless for eating.  The tines are too short for using as a fork and liquids don't stay in the bowl.  There is a tendency to stab yourself by accident.



Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: radaro on September 26, 2002, 06:40:21 pm
McBethers - Where have you been?  I missed the only other Canadian on the site.

I hope that your igloo didn't melt.  Then you would have to chase the huskies all over the tundra.



Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: ozbound on September 26, 2002, 10:57:43 pm
Well, when I looked up "Spork" at "Secret Protector of Revolutionary Knowledge." I had no idea SPORKS were so important...

Of course, to me a "Spork" will always be that curious but handy plastic spoon/fork utensil most commonly handed out by Kentucky Fried Chicken establishements, to eat their overly-gravied mashed potatoes with.  And, ah, here it is! At last, a "normal" Spork-fan site: http://members.tripod.com/~sporkk/



Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: north_carolina on September 26, 2002, 11:54:24 pm
Secret Protector of Revolutionary Knowledge - hmmm, is it just me or does that describe admins?



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Title: Re: Test your web search ability.....
Post by: bethalize on September 27, 2002, 10:06:23 am
Almost a runcible spoon then.

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