Opal, if you don’t want the table set with mismatched silverware then get rid of the old stuff and buy a new all matching set. Otherwise, just say “Thank you, Earl.”
mismatched silverware: Earl’s plate must have salad fork, steak knife, dessert spoon whereas Opal’s plate must have dinner fork, butter knife, soup spoon (also, at least Earl knew the fork goes on the left-hand side of the plate and knife on the right-hand side thereof with the spoon next to it)
If Opal wants matching silverware she needs to go to a restaurant.
I don’t care if the eating utensils are not perfectly matched. I care about do they get the food from the bowl/plate to my mouth without making a mess.
I’m struggling a little with thanking someone for doing a chore that is just as much their responsibility as yours. the mismatch thing is a kid’s trick, at some point it is easier to just do it yourself
Perfect silverware placement was a given at my parents’ home. Another mandatory rule of my mom’s: Serve coffee with cake, and serve tea with all other desserts!
I almost always put out mismatched forks because there’s just one fork in the drawer that I like the best (and my spouse careth not), so I use it, then hand-wash it for use the next day. Spouse gets a fork that matches her spoon and knife. And no, I don’t have OCD. Much.
Yakko: To use the right utensil’s, One of etiquette’s demandsDrSns: Uuuuuggghhhh…YW+D : So we recommend you throw them out, And eat with your hands!Dot: A salad fork, Yakko : A dinner fork, Wakko: A butter knife, YW+D : A water glass, Dot: A soup spoon, Yakko : A dinner knife, Wakko: A fork for eating pickled bassYW+D : An oyster fork, dessert spoon, a napkin, and a finger bowl, A dinner spoon, a salad knife, a bread plate for your dinner roll!, YW+D : We’ve heard the rules you need to know to make that social climb, But we’d rather spend our energy on having a good time!
Colorado almost 5 years ago
Opal, if you don’t want the table set with mismatched silverware then get rid of the old stuff and buy a new all matching set. Otherwise, just say “Thank you, Earl.”
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
mismatched silverware: Earl’s plate must have salad fork, steak knife, dessert spoon whereas Opal’s plate must have dinner fork, butter knife, soup spoon (also, at least Earl knew the fork goes on the left-hand side of the plate and knife on the right-hand side thereof with the spoon next to it)
stairsteppublishing almost 5 years ago
Not until the 3rd panel do I see her spoon.
Thechildinme almost 5 years ago
Some people are just thankful to have food!
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs almost 5 years ago
Matching is unnecessary.
Queen of America almost 5 years ago
Who cares? The dinner table police?
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
As long as it works, what’s the issue?
iggyman almost 5 years ago
None of mine match, and no one complained yet!
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
Frick and Frack…at it again …..over something so inconsequential ….
chick485 almost 5 years ago
Fingers are enough for me!
syzygy47 almost 5 years ago
If you’re going for wrong, or the no-win situation, go all the way with chopsticks.
Cozmik Cowboy almost 5 years ago
We buy random old fancy silverplate flatware at garage sales; “not matching” is the theme.
GaryMann almost 5 years ago
“Never let it be said I didn’t do the least I could do”
-Hawkeye Pierce
jamessob almost 5 years ago
Why would you have mismatched silverware in the same drawer?
Linguist almost 5 years ago
She’s lucky he just didn’t give her a plastic spork and be done with it!
codedaddy almost 5 years ago
Silverware!? I could never afford it. My flatware has always been stainless steel.
sparkle 13 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Quit while you are AHEAD Opal !!! lol
guy42 almost 5 years ago
Opal has CDO. It is like OCD but it is in alphabetical order, the way it should be.
Jeffin Premium Member almost 5 years ago
He could have leased matching flatware. That would be the lease he could do.
anomalous4 almost 5 years ago
By the time you get to be their age, you probably have a lot of mismatched silverware! Who cares, as long as you’ve got what you need…
furryoldguyjeans almost 5 years ago
If Opal wants matching silverware she needs to go to a restaurant.
I don’t care if the eating utensils are not perfectly matched. I care about do they get the food from the bowl/plate to my mouth without making a mess.
caring55 almost 5 years ago
I’m struggling a little with thanking someone for doing a chore that is just as much their responsibility as yours. the mismatch thing is a kid’s trick, at some point it is easier to just do it yourself
j.l.farmer almost 5 years ago
a pecious memory you’ll recall and laugh about if Earl leaves this earth before you.
ex window inspector almost 5 years ago
We husbands do what we can to irritate
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
And I used (RIP) to add to her, “I’m a nice guy.”
heathcliff2 almost 5 years ago
Exactly. The yummy, healthful food is the point.
walstib Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Perfect silverware placement was a given at my parents’ home. Another mandatory rule of my mom’s: Serve coffee with cake, and serve tea with all other desserts!
DaveQuinn almost 5 years ago
why does the silverware have to match? Does it matter? Silverware all works the same.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
I almost always put out mismatched forks because there’s just one fork in the drawer that I like the best (and my spouse careth not), so I use it, then hand-wash it for use the next day. Spouse gets a fork that matches her spoon and knife. And no, I don’t have OCD. Much.
nbwddd almost 5 years ago
Yakko: To use the right utensil’s, One of etiquette’s demandsDrSns: Uuuuuggghhhh…YW+D : So we recommend you throw them out, And eat with your hands!Dot: A salad fork, Yakko : A dinner fork, Wakko: A butter knife, YW+D : A water glass, Dot: A soup spoon, Yakko : A dinner knife, Wakko: A fork for eating pickled bassYW+D : An oyster fork, dessert spoon, a napkin, and a finger bowl, A dinner spoon, a salad knife, a bread plate for your dinner roll!, YW+D : We’ve heard the rules you need to know to make that social climb, But we’d rather spend our energy on having a good time!