--- On Thu, 5/4/12, Umesha Economics <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Umesha Economics <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] It's all about using a fork for Mohit the Dork! > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 5 April, 2012, 8:02 AM > Hi mohit, > congrats to your innovative questions. in order to avoid the > problem, I do not use the spoon or fork in such situations > and I do not worry about people around thinking some thing > bad, as eating with fingers is not bad for health or in any > respect. only this illusive modernity makes these rules. so, > I think it is not wrong in over ruling them as long as there > is no harm. for example, to eat 'Idli', a well known south > Indian breakfast, people use 2 spoons. but it is too > difficult for visually impaired to eat like that. so, I do > it with my fingers. yes, its even in public. I don't mind as > I think if the people around me had the same problem, they > would have developed the custom of eating by fingers and at > that time, eating with spoon would have been rather > unacceptable custom. say for example, for eating 'Dosa', > another well known south Indian meal, the same people cannot > use spoon or any other tool and inevitably they eat by > fingers. so, I conclude, if sighted people make customs > based on their conveniences, why cannot we follow them > according to our conveniences? these are my personal views > and you have right to differ in yours. > > Umesha > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "akhilesh" <[email protected]> > To: "Mujtaba Merchant" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 04 April, 2012 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] It's all about using a fork for Mohit the > Dork! > > > > Hold the fork gentlly, while you're in confusing > state. However, the > > empty fork situation seems dificult to avoid during > some last moments > > of the eating affairs. > > > > > > On 4/4/12, Mujtaba Merchant <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Why feel concerned and embarrassed about an issue > like not being able to > >> fork something on your plate? It is not that you > are doing it on purpose or > >> you have a choice of avoiding this situation. Trust > me you are not the only > >> one that can't fork something on your plate, I many > times have put an empty > >> fork in my mouth and sometimes have hurt my mouth > too. It happens and I just > >> learned to live with it, so did my friends and > social network. > >> > >> Relax, its not the end of the world or anything > remotely close. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Mohit Shah Shah > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 > 2:17 AM > >> Subject: [AI] It's all about using > a fork for Mohit the Dork! > >> > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> This time, my question is not as > weird as all my other questions have > >> been so far. > >> My question is related to using a > fork. > >> > >> So, I usually use a fork for > having things like pasta, noodles, brownies, > >> etc. > >> However, sometimes, the thing > which I'm attempting to have doesn't > >> stick in the fork, so my fork > remains empty. > >> So, this can be a bit awkward in > social situations. > >> > >> My question is, is there a more > definitive way of getting more success > >> with using a fork? > >> Is there a better way to ensure > that the piece which does actually > >> stick to the fork is not too big? > >> > >> Please do answer this question > ASAP. > >> > >> Controversially yours, > >> Mohit > >> > >> > >> Search for old postings at: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to > >> [email protected] > >> with the subject unsubscribe. > >> > >> To change your subscription to > digest mode or make any other changes, > >> please visit the list home page at > >> > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > >> Search for old postings at: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to > >> [email protected] > >> with the subject unsubscribe. > >> > >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make > any other changes, please > >> visit the list home page at > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > >> > > > > > > -- Akhilesh Kumar Dahiya, > > Advocate. > > Mobile: +91 9210616426 > > New Delhi > > > > > > Search for old postings at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > > [email protected] > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any > other changes, please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other > changes, please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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