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Tubutensils
Hollow utensils with tubes for conveying liquids while eating.
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Let me illustrate for you the circumstances of this supper past. Before me was a side of steak, that I managed to cook to the consistency of weather treated shoe leather.

So there I sat, cutting and forking. Cutting a piece of steak, and forking it into my mouth. Did I mention the chewing? There was a lot of chewing. The chewing was aided by sipping, but herein lies the problem.

In order to sip from my drink, I was required to drop either the knife or fork. Letting down the fork, I took up my drink. Contented, I tried to resume my steak eating. However, I was fork-less. I put down the knife and took up the fork. Then I was knife-less. I reluctantly put down my drink, to find that the knife was in the wrong hand!

Oh, what a situation I found myself in! I shuddered at the thought of repeating this procedure for every bite, and was about to cry out in helplessness when a halfbaked idea occurred to me, that would deal with this overbaked steak!

Tubutensils! These totally tubular utensils are spoons and forks that are hollow, with a length of flexible rubber hose attached to the end that extends into your drink. The fork has hollow tynes that facilitate the passage of palate moistening fluids.

A special feature in the Tubutensils makes them even ten times tubular! A button on the handle allows the air and beverage flow to be stopped after sucking, so the Tubutensil always remains full of sweet, sweet juices.

As many Tubutensils as needed can be placed into your beverage so you can have both your spoon and fork ready to dispense cool refreshment without ever having to put them down!


rcarty, Jan 29 2006

Build them into these - Silverwear
- and you can drink with your fingers [normzone, Jan 29 2006]

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       Sorry, just seems overly complicated. I don't think even Rube Goldberg would go that far, lol

21 Quest, Jan 29 2006
  

       Its a hollow utensil with a tube connected to it.

rcarty, Jan 29 2006
  

       Why not just have the tube run up the side of the utensil? This would be a lot simpler than a hollow utensil, which would be susceptible to breakage by a particularly tough piece of steak.

21 Quest, Jan 29 2006
  

       Yeah that would be a good prototype. I suppose I could do that right now. But I'm not worried about breakage as they could be made of steel quite easily.

rcarty, Jan 29 2006
  

       Steak, and other meats, contain fats that will congeal at the temperatures of your drink. Erk, I think.

lurch, Jan 29 2006
  

       I'd imagine that the end of the utensil would be food or mouth temperature. As the fluid only passes through it when sucked on.

rcarty, Jan 29 2006
  

       you're not in the bath, then?

po, Jan 30 2006
  

       Sorry for taking so long to respond [po], I was in the bath.
I feared the idea would be interpreted that way, but I hoped it would be pronounced like tubular.

rcarty, Jan 30 2006
  

       were you playing with... oops, sorry.

po, Jan 30 2006
  

       No [po], there is no need to apologize. You weren't mistaken. I was.

rcarty, Jan 30 2006
  

       A hollow steel untensil would be comically large, lol

21 Quest, Jan 31 2006
  

       It could be I guess, but it could also be normal size. Think about the sizes of medical syringes. They are hollow steel.

rcarty, Jan 31 2006
  

       I don't understand; can't you just use a straw? Then you don't have to pick up your drink.

phundug, Jan 31 2006
  

       Quiet you.

rcarty, Jan 31 2006
  

       Tuber tonsils? Sounds like some kind of childhood illness.

RayfordSteele, Feb 02 2006
  

       Those can be found in the new Mr. Potatohead, biology edition.

rcarty, Feb 02 2006
  

       Would be cool, but if you happen to leave some food on your fork, it would float in your drink. If you are very inconsistent, you would have a small island in your glass, heh. Still like it [+]

Night, Feb 02 2006
  
      
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