Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A spoon is a common eating utensil, or item of cutlery, like a small spade, that occurs in a number of sizes and forms and is also suitable for liquid food and for stirring, and can have a number of other uses, including: courtship, combat and musical entertainment, strangely enough. Spoon types Dessert spoon - between tablespoon and teaspoon in size Egg spoon - used for hens' eggs; smaller than a teaspoon Ladle - spoon with a long handle attached vertically; for liquids Love spoon - a carved wooden spoon given as a token of betrothal Musical spoons - because they are played in pairs Runcible spoon - invented by Edward Lear in The Owl and the Pussycat, but later given a real meaning Serving spoon Silver spoon - a small spoon given to a newborn child to ensure good fortune; used as a metaphor for someone born to riches Slotted spoon Soup spoon - different types: metal soup spoon similar in shape to a teaspoon Chinese soup spoon - usually made from ceramic and of a distinct Chinese soup spoon shape Tablespoon Teaspoon Wooden spoon - sometimes given symbolically as a compensation for losing a competition Spoon Quotes "Spoon!!!" - Battle cry of The Tick, The Tick From the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: "I'll cut out his heart with a spoon..." -Sherriff of Nottingham "Why a spoon cousin? Why not an axe?" -Guy of Gisbourne "Because it will hurt more, you idiot!" -Sherriff "We found this spoon sir." -Sergeant, The Life of Brian "And the cat's in the cradle with the silver spoon, little boy blue and the man in the moon" - "Cats in the Cradle", performed by Harry Chapin and Ugly Kid Joe "There is no spoon." -Bald Kid, The Matrix "There is no spoon?" -Neo, The Matrix "A sweet lounge lizard, with a silver spoon" -Motorhead, Stone Dead Forever "Do you know that's the third spoon I've heard drop this month?" -Algy Longworth, Bulldog Drummond "That tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass." -Red, The Shawshank Redemption "They'll east their words with a fork and spoon, and watch 'em! They'll hit the road and all be surfin' soon." -The Beach Boys, "Catch A Wave" "They came in through the bathroom window, protected by a silver spoon" The Beatles Spoon = Sporadic Purveyor of Obscure kNowledge "And the dish ran away with the spoon." - from a nursery rhyme See also food, knife, fork, tablespoon, spork, Spoonerism, Spoon (band) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.