Chopsticks

As a special treat we went out for lunch today and I got the chance to try Asian cuisine for the first time. It was delicious but the big wooden spoon they gave me to eat it with was a bit awkward to use ... not as difficult as the chopsticks though!

"And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven't yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food?"
(Bill Bryson)