the powder room » random http://www.dkcy.com random ramblings of a wandering snow monkey Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:32:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Musings on identity from a cutlery drawer http://www.dkcy.com/2009/08/musings-on-identity-from-a-cutlery-drawer/ http://www.dkcy.com/2009/08/musings-on-identity-from-a-cutlery-drawer/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:39:29 +0000 Dan http://www.dkcy.com/2009/08/musings-on-identity-from-a-cutlery-drawer/ Today I cleaned out my Mum’s cutlery drawer (yes, that’s right – a tidy cutlery drawer is a mark of civilisation. And too much time on your hands) and found out everything you need to know about what it means to be Chinese. See if you can spot:

- melon baller
- curved bi-directional grapefruit knife
- broken egg timer
- 14 sports-type bottle tops
- 3 tea strainers
- a curved cheese knife
- 14 jam jar lids
- 8 assorted Tupperware lids
- an angel shaped cookie cutter
- 2 ‘Cannies’ closures for open drinks cans
- novelty claw shaped crab hammer
- 2 cunningly resealable milk bottle tops
- a mini-whisk
- a pickled onion fork
- 1 plastic disposable fork
- a medicine dispenser cup

Unique utensils

Unique utensils

BUT the highlight was…

- A collection of teaspoons from various world airlines (Left-Right: Thai, JAL, Qantas?, United, Continental, British Airways, Qantas. On the top: Malaysian,
Singapore Airlines)

Teaspoons from various airlines

Teaspoons from various airlines

Cultural heritage in a cutlery drawer. Fantastic.

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