favorite spoons

Everybody has a favorite spoon to eat their cereal with in the morning. This is mine:

Some people use the spoon, wash and dry their bowl and spoon, and put them away to use again the next morning. In this way, they use their favorite spoon every day.


Some people use the spoon, then put the dish and spoon in the
dishwasher or in a pile of dirty dishes in the sink. When next they wash their dishes, they put everything away and use their favorite spoon the following morning. In this way, they use their favorite spoon whenever it happens to be clean. This is how I use my favorite spoon.

Some people let all their dishes stack up in the sink, or in the dishwasher until there is a full load, except for their favorite spoon, which they wash every morning, either immediately before or immediately after eating their cereal. In this way, they get to use their favorite spoon every day.

Some people use a different spoon every day of the week, and only occasionally use their favorite spoon to eat their cereal. In this way, using their favorite spoon becomes as a special occasion or a reward, and makes the spoon even more attractive.

Some people buy seven spoons exactly like their favorite spoon, use one every morning, and let them pile up in the sink or accumulate in the dishwasher. In this way, there is the appearance of using their favorite spoon every day, but very soon they lose track of which particular spoon was their favorite spoon in the first place, until eventually all the set of spoons becomes somewhat better than all other spoons, but not as good as the favorite spoon was originally.

Some people never use their favorite spoon. Just the fact that the spoon is in the silverware drawer and can be used at any time is enough. In this way, there is the constant anticipation of being able to use their favorite spoon, like Christmas eve, or being next in line for a roller coaster.

Some people take their favorite spoon and put it away in a safe deposit box at the bank. In this way they always know where to find their favorite spoon if, indeed, they ever want to use it for their cereal, and have the security and peace of mind in knowing that all their favorite and most valuable implements are safely locked away and can never be taken from them.

Some people remember their favorite spoon from when they were children, but which was tragically lost in a move from their childhood home. In this way, it makes no matter what spoon they use to eat their cereal in the morning; they will always be disappointed and full of resentment because it is not as it was when they were young. They could come into possession of a magic spoon made of clouds and fairy wings, that makes every bowl of cereal taste exactly as if it were milled in god's own cereal factory, and yet they would still scrunch their faces up and turn their mouths down, as if they were eating a bowl of ashes.

Some people give their favorite spoon to their children or their grandchildren.

For some people it doesn't matter which spoon they use to eat their cereal in the morning. It is always as their favorite spoon. In this way, they carry their favorite spoon around with them, wherever they may be, and whichever spoonish implement they happen to be using.