Minority Spoons

Click Spoons to read the his/her-story of each Spoon. Fun, intellectual (if pretentious) whimsy from my Wandering Mind.

I am the SpoonMonger

Mongers sell things. CostaMongers sell coffee. IronMongers do laundry. FishMongers sell stuff we really don't need to eat, now we've evolved out of the sea. Ordinary Spoons are factory made clones. But I make Spoons that are uniquely designed and made from green wood. Treat yourself to a bespoke tool, whittled, cutled, mongered and explained by a Monger. If I hear them correctly, people often call me a Monger. Live a little (or a lot).

Ancient

I am proud to continue the ancient craft of simple people making simple tools from simple materials. Even chimpanzees use sticks to "spoon" out ants or termites. And we didn't even evolve from chimps. We invented spoons ourselves! I am quite simple, it turns out. And very nearly ancient.

Unique

Moslems believe in a god called Allah - and only he can make perfect things. So when a beautiful patterned carpet is made, a small mistake is deliberately introduced so as not to upstage him. Beautiful ladies in the 16th century similarly added imperfections to themselves, called ‘beauty spots’. My spoons have imperfections too. It’s not because I’m not very good! So they are unique.

Diversity apology

Many minorities use spoons. I am in several of them! Yet I use spoons. They address the difficulties that we might have eating. Minority ≠ Disability. However I am old enough to be part of history - not very “woke”, also bald, white, overweight and male (therefor often wrong). So if I’ve managed to offend you, and you consider that a bad thing - do advise! Minority Spoons May 2020