New Teaspoon Advice Please
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eldar said:
A Fermi Royale Buttock, for the wedding of Prince Rupert of Wallonia.
Pretty much a souvenir design, marketed to mid level Belgian Gentry. That said, quite unusual, current value around £150 to £180. You won’t lose money, nor make a fortune.
A safe but unexciting investment.
There are 2 and one is engraved with the initial ARSEPretty much a souvenir design, marketed to mid level Belgian Gentry. That said, quite unusual, current value around £150 to £180. You won’t lose money, nor make a fortune.
A safe but unexciting investment.
wolfracesonic said:
55palfers said:
Fellow Spoonists,
I hesitate, so late in the day, to bring these abominations to your attention.
When I was in the dealership this afternoon putting the finishing touches to the specification of my new Royce Cullinan, it was suggested by the "so-called salesman" that I consider the following optional extra.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-703...
The somewhat exuberant £44K price tag could have been absorbed by a few enthusiastic Forex transactions, until I was acquainted of these, frankly absurd caviar "spoons"
Suffice to say my order was immediately cancelled and the employment of the shiny suited and shabby shoed faux parvenu terminated.
I am presently awaiting the courtesy of a response to my impassioned missive from the anagrammatically entitled Torsten Müller-Ötvös to explain just what on earth he was thinking / imbibing when he sanctioned such a travesty of the art of the spoon.
I will now have a lie down and a small Louis XIII cognac to steady my nerves.
Goodnight.
My God, those look like something a dentist would use! If you're thinking of giving Bentley a go instead palfers, don't bother, much the same I'm afraid. I beat a hasty retreat when shown their equivalent offering. How hard can it be!I hesitate, so late in the day, to bring these abominations to your attention.
When I was in the dealership this afternoon putting the finishing touches to the specification of my new Royce Cullinan, it was suggested by the "so-called salesman" that I consider the following optional extra.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-703...
The somewhat exuberant £44K price tag could have been absorbed by a few enthusiastic Forex transactions, until I was acquainted of these, frankly absurd caviar "spoons"
Suffice to say my order was immediately cancelled and the employment of the shiny suited and shabby shoed faux parvenu terminated.
I am presently awaiting the courtesy of a response to my impassioned missive from the anagrammatically entitled Torsten Müller-Ötvös to explain just what on earth he was thinking / imbibing when he sanctioned such a travesty of the art of the spoon.
I will now have a lie down and a small Louis XIII cognac to steady my nerves.
Goodnight.
I shan't be so obvious as to post any images of the pair provided, but needless to say I wouldn't even use the monstrosities shown above to scrape the grouse dung off of my Durberrys.
As a non spoonist (just a casual observer), I spotted this browsing a magazine whilst waiting for the annual eye checkup at the Opticians... I found an online article relating to the sale.
Spoon Fire Sale
£11k for a spoon? Seems a bit cheap, but as an uneducated philistine where it comes to spoonage related topics, I thought you might be interested...
It's apparently a rare Charles I East Anglian spoon by Arthur Haslewood of Norwich (1635).
On the same page there is a A George II Irish provincial marrow scoop, which looks like a useful addition, albeit its not strictly a spoon...
Spoon Fire Sale
£11k for a spoon? Seems a bit cheap, but as an uneducated philistine where it comes to spoonage related topics, I thought you might be interested...
It's apparently a rare Charles I East Anglian spoon by Arthur Haslewood of Norwich (1635).
On the same page there is a A George II Irish provincial marrow scoop, which looks like a useful addition, albeit its not strictly a spoon...
Tea drinking, and by extension, the avocation of tea stirring, gained popularity in the 1660s, as tea moved from the royal confines of Charles II's court into the salons of the emergent middle class.
The spoon you link to is from the 1630s. Charles I spoons were NOT made for stirring tea and therefore have no place on this thread.
Disgraceful !
The spoon you link to is from the 1630s. Charles I spoons were NOT made for stirring tea and therefore have no place on this thread.
Disgraceful !
Blib said:
Tea drinking, and by extension, the avocation of tea stirring, gained popularity in the 1660s, as tea moved from the royal confines of Charles II's court into the salons of the emergent middle class.
The spoon you link to is from the 1630s. Any Charles I spoon was NOT made for stirring tea and therefore has no place on this thread.
Disgraceful !
I am surprised by your lack of tea history appreciation. A Charles I tea spoon was for the consumption of the leaves, the fluid being discarded. The spoon you link to is from the 1630s. Any Charles I spoon was NOT made for stirring tea and therefore has no place on this thread.
Disgraceful !
There is no place for stirrest discrimination here.
This continued to around 1650, when the consumption began to reverse, completing by around 1665.
eldar said:
Blib said:
Tea drinking, and by extension, the avocation of tea stirring, gained popularity in the 1660s, as tea moved from the royal confines of Charles II's court into the salons of the emergent middle class.
The spoon you link to is from the 1630s. Any Charles I spoon was NOT made for stirring tea and therefore has no place on this thread.
Disgraceful !
I am surprised by your lack of tea history appreciation. A Charles I tea spoon was for the consumption of the leaves, the fluid being discarded. The spoon you link to is from the 1630s. Any Charles I spoon was NOT made for stirring tea and therefore has no place on this thread.
Disgraceful !
There is no place for stirrest discrimination here.
This continued to around 1650, when the consumption began to reverse, completing by around 1665.
Blib said:
So, what you're saying is that a Charles I spoon is for the post evacuation of tea rather than agitating it?
My point proved, methinks.
I’m sure you have a copy of McGrivens ‘History of Infusing.’ It is detailed there.
Apologies for exposing you to "The SUN" but my concerned valet brought this to my attention.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9194388/how-much-sun...
I suppose after this article we will be inundated with endless requests "What is the best teaspoon for sunscreen please?"
Certainly not these pedestrian offerings, I hope we professional spoonists will rise to the challenge.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9194388/how-much-sun...
I suppose after this article we will be inundated with endless requests "What is the best teaspoon for sunscreen please?"
Certainly not these pedestrian offerings, I hope we professional spoonists will rise to the challenge.
Remember the "Loving Spoonful" band name was allegedly from the amount of Semen in an ejaculation, though how anyone actually managed to ejaculate into a teaspoon and the splung stay there for this verification is a mystery to me; mine always went over the curtain, the wifes face and her sisters face when we tried to scientifically verify this. But, empirical facts are as they are and if Eve said to Adam at the Garden of Eden, my teaspoon is empty, I need some sauce for my apple, fill me baby", thus it was spake.
But in work today, I learn that if one were fill a teaspoon with 5mL water, and then another etc etc with water to give us eternal electricity for life, we would need to fill 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 teaspoons for the water atoms within to contain enough Tritium to power fusion electricity production - in just one Fusion power plant.
However if just 500 of those teaspoons were made from Plutonium (we have done the Plutonium teaspoon haven't we and the "Demon Cuppa" where some American bloke was using two teaspoons to keep apart the Plutonium, then fancied a cuppa and killed himself and a few mates...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin) then conventional nuclear power could be employed using these spoons as fuel.
How tragic, teaspoons and their role in the Carbon free economy has not been recognised and we are doomed to fossil fuel choking annihilation!
But in work today, I learn that if one were fill a teaspoon with 5mL water, and then another etc etc with water to give us eternal electricity for life, we would need to fill 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 teaspoons for the water atoms within to contain enough Tritium to power fusion electricity production - in just one Fusion power plant.
However if just 500 of those teaspoons were made from Plutonium (we have done the Plutonium teaspoon haven't we and the "Demon Cuppa" where some American bloke was using two teaspoons to keep apart the Plutonium, then fancied a cuppa and killed himself and a few mates...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin) then conventional nuclear power could be employed using these spoons as fuel.
How tragic, teaspoons and their role in the Carbon free economy has not been recognised and we are doomed to fossil fuel choking annihilation!
Badvok said:
The fool witters on about some exercise in faux silverware mediocrity all the while failing to notice the Novelty Jersey cow milk jug next to them. This, from the same hand, de Rouvroy...
...recently fetched a six figure sum, apparently going to the far east. I don't suppose you can recall which charity shop it was, Badvok
wolfracesonic said:
...recently fetched a six figure sum, apparently going to the far east. I don't suppose you can recall which charity shop it was, Badvok
Badvok said:
wolfracesonic said:
It was in Bristol, I went back today and the one in the window had gone. Luckily the woman had another 50 in the back room in several cardboard boxes Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff