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re: How can you be an adult and hold your fork like this?

Posted on 4/25/22 at 12:30 pm to
Posted by Maytheporkbewithyou
Member since Aug 2016
13845 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 12:30 pm to
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Maybe he has really bad arthritis


My FIL has arthritis bad and I've seen him have no choice but to hold his fork like that.
Posted by Turf Taint
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2021
6010 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 12:32 pm to
Good technique to stab people who post on social media about the way you eat with a fork.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
20604 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 12:47 pm to
I've known 3 people eat like the Never. 2 spent several years in the Marines, and 1 spent over a decade upstate. As another poster stated, speed and volume was key for all 3
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
13867 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 12:51 pm to
Go fork yourself.
Posted by Cubera
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2017
223 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 12:55 pm to
The Down the Bayou grip is a modified version of the left photo where thumb is extended on side of utensil. Amazes me the number of educated and successful coonasses that eat like that; they DGAF.
Posted by texasmason
Dallas
Member since Apr 2019
1300 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 1:26 pm to
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Anyone who uses the method on the left also pulls their paints down all the way at urinals.


Always, to prevent splash back on my khakis.
Posted by Pfft
Member since Jul 2014
4840 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 1:32 pm to
You have to lean forward over the plate more. Shortens the delivery time and keeps the stains off your wife beater.
Posted by eatpie
Kentucky
Member since Aug 2018
1554 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 1:53 pm to
I use the "fist-grip". I grew up in a poor but big family. Once you grabbed your pile of food, you needed to be ready to protect it at all costs. I had to learn to punch my cousin-daddy real quick like or he'd take my food. Growing up in rural Alabama was rough.

Also called the Alpha/Viking grip.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44128 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 1:55 pm to
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I use the "fist-grip". I grew up in a poor but big family. Once you grabbed your pile of food, you needed to be ready to protect it at all costs. I had to learn to punch my cousin-daddy real quick like or he'd take my food. Growing up in rural Alabama was rough.



What a made up load of shite. If you actually grew up in Alabama you'd know it was cousin-pa. Only yankees use the term cousin-daddy.
Posted by Tortious
ATX
Member since Nov 2010
5650 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 2:00 pm to
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I've known two highly intelligent guys who do this. One is an engineer, the other a project manager. It astounds me that no one ever taught them how to hold a fork like an adult.


Funny you mention this. I've been watching the Big Bang Theory again and almost all of the characters have similar awkward grips, Amy in particular. They're supposed to be so smart but can hold a fork properly.
Posted by eatpie
Kentucky
Member since Aug 2018
1554 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 2:15 pm to
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What a made up load of shite. If you actually grew up in Alabama you'd know it was cousin-pa. Only yankees use the term cousin-daddy.


Don't you talk about my cousin-daddy that way you inbred! I'll meet you IN FRONT OF the Sonic right dadgum NOW! I'll beat you till you gurgle ROWTIDE!
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
18669 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 2:21 pm to
Prison grip. He served time. Bookit
Posted by stratman
NOLA
Member since Apr 2013
977 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 3:18 pm to
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That's why they lost the war. Too much worrying over trivial shite. This is a fight, not finishing school.



This isn't a fight, baw, it's dinner. Hold your fork and knife properly.
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
17109 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 3:53 pm to
The left is the way I hold my fork.

I can't help it. People have been correcting me for years since I was a child. Trying to hold it "proper" like the guy on the right feels terribly uncomfortable and unnatural for me.

Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
35650 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 4:02 pm to
.......prison style!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by TooheysNew
Mississppi
Member since Jan 2016
30 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 4:39 pm to
Left hand tines down like a civilized person
This post was edited on 4/25/22 at 4:41 pm
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70444 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:08 pm to
That’s how the cons eat.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
22872 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:12 pm to
I had to eat like that when my finger was broken.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
71309 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:15 pm to
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This isn't a fight, baw, it's dinner. Hold your fork and knife properly.

Don't need forks at Sonic. I'll meet you there.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44128 posts
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:15 pm to
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Don't need forks at Sonic.


You do if you got that quarter pound chili cheese coney baw.
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