The Spife
After a failed 'spife,' an inventor ponders combining a fork and spoon: the spork, the unspoken punchline.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-04-25-the-spife/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A (holding a spoon-knife): "Oww! This 'spife' of yours is a disaster! I'll give you one more chance, and then I'm canceling the Utensil Combination Project!" B (holding a fork and a spoon): "hmm…"