what are two theories concerning the use of chopsticks?
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Where you hold them defines your social status...the higher up you hold them(towards the top),means you're from a well brought up family.\nIt seems also the higher up you hold them the easier it is to pick things up.
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In the 1970s, there were many reports of people who claimed to have the ability to cause such events. The most notable in the West was Uri Geller, a former stage magician who demonstrated his alleged psychic powers by bending metal spoons (hence the popular name above) as well as metal keys and several other objects and materials. However the reports were met with skepticism by most scientists, and many reported performances were eventually exposed as tricks and frauds by professional stage magicians such as James Randi.\n\nIn most cases, the trick could be accomplished simply by misdirection, a basic tool of the stage magician. Namely, the performer draws the audience's attention away from the spoon during the brief moment while he is actually bending it with his hands. The typical bend, where the bowl meets the handle, requires relatively little force.\n\nAnother possible method is to use a metal spoon that has been previously doctored so that a simple flick will cause it to bend. This can be done, for instance, by repeatedly bending the spoon at the desired spot, until the metal cracks and weakens. A skilled magician can disguise a sharp flick so that it appears smooth and natural.
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it's a spirital ritual some cultures do. i've heard that japanese people do this to heal the sick. some also believe it cleanses the body internally and externally.  he wasn't doing a bad thing just trying to keep her healthy.
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Knife, Fork, and Spoon\n\nThe knife and the spoon are of prehistoric origin. Primitive peoples made knives for cutting from bones, shells, and stones, particularly flint, that flaked to form sharp edges. The Egyptians also manufactured knives from flint chipped in such a way as to form serrated edges; the flint pieces were then glued into slots formed from wooden handles. The blade was kept sharp by rubbing it in the hollow of a stone. \n\nThe first spoons were probably seashells or crudely formed stone ladles that provided an ideal way to transport liquids to the mouth. Later knives and spoons were crafted from copper and bronze, clay, wood, ivory, iron, and gold. The fork is a more modern invention. For a long time food was cut into small pieces at the table with a knife, which then was used to spear the pieces and bring them to the person's mouth. It is speculated that the fork was invented to hold down meat (or other foods) while cutting it with a knife. The twelfth-century Italians were the first people known to use a two-pronged fork for eating. By the 1600s, forks and knives were commonplace eating utensils in France and in England; the first fork was brought to North America in 1630 by John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts colony. Today flatware for eating is made in colorful plastics for picnic or other casual use, or from silver, silver plate, gold plate, or stainless steel for use in homes and restaurants.
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Ch-Ch-Ch- Chia!!! Dumbest thing ever!! What is the freakin purpose of those damned things?? No one know, and we may never know the psyche behind Chia Pets!
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Chopsuey\nNeedles\nQuestions\nLonley Day
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I think oily fish helps, as does white meat and most vegetables! Try stir - frying some pork with bok choi, mange tout and baby sweetcorn, with a little chilli sauce, soy sauce and soba (buckwheat) noodles. Nummy AND BrainFood!!
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Mmmm... maggots.\n\nMy grandfather used to have a recipe for hawk soup.  You put the hawk in a pot of boiling water along with a fist-sized stone.  Boil both hawk and stone until the stone is tender enough to poke with a fork.  Then you throw out the hawk and eat the stone.
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Way back when the good o'l book was a written. Pork was seen as a dirty animal and shell fish had no refrigeration, both were seen as good ways of getting sick, gods will kinda stuff.
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The secret to using chopsticks is to hold one chopstick in place while pivoting the other one to pick up individual portions. How to position the chopsticks is the secret you have to learn. First, place the first chopstick so that the thicker part rests at the base of your thumb and the thinner part rests on the lower side of your middle fingertip. Then, bring your thumb forward so that the stick will be firmly trapped in place. At least two or three inches of chopstick of the thinner end should extend beyond your fingertip. Next, position the other chopstick so that it is held against the side of your index finger by the end of your thumb. Check whether the ends of the chopsticks are even. If not, then tap the thinner parts on the plate to make them even. Ok, now you are going to practice. Just place a little pressure on the upper chopstick, the one against your index finger, to make it pivot on the index finger while keeping the bottom chopstick stationary. Isn't it easy?
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we also got fish fingers in the UK, these can either be goujons of fish (fish sticks) in a crispy crumb sold be a benevolent looking sea captain with a penchant for travelling around the world with lotas of underage children, or a nickname for a woman of a loose persuasion.\n\nbut you have a good point, i dont really agree with any variety of reconstituted meat product, the thought of "mechanically reclaimed meat" makes my skin crawl bleagh
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My manager at the last restaurant I worked at told us about some interesting theories.  One was that it comes from the dimensions of a grave (8ft long 6ft deep).  He also told about a popular restaurant in New York called Delmonico's.  Apparantly, the menu at this place had numbered items, the most popular being the Delmonico Steak, #86.  Since they would sell out of #86 often, the number evetually came to be used when they were out of anything. \n\nWhen I looked this up for more information, I found those two ideas and some other good ones at this site: http://www.dinersoft.com/askdave/davenov00.htm
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absolutly amazing.  Kobyashi (sp?) the hot dog eater guy. it amazes me\n\nsport -  no\n\ntelevised - yes it entertains me, and obviously you enough to write about it\n\nPaid - if they are going to do that to their body, might as well get a years supply of hot dogs or something?\n\nAgree - hmmm more disturbing.
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There are several theories. I doubt we could prove any of them. There are some facts. Us habitants don't eat all of their food, they throw some away (for different reasons). That "waste" could actually feed some people  around the world.\n\nAlso, there's other people that claim that if we started eating insects, food problem would be solved, because there are so many different kind of insects and they are so easy to multiplicatte in labs, transport, fry, etc.\n\nAnyway, I think that as long as Mcdonalds rules the world, americans won't become veggies.
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compared to most kung fu schools i have seen, FMA students learn using weapons on the first day then gradually progress to empty hands. Most kung fu schools start off empty hands first. FMA does not have any long sets, forms or katas. It is very simple, which is why it is so effective. \n\nFMA was not developed in China. The sticks used in training in FMA are called "sticks". No special names. They are substitutes for knives, machetes and other bladed weapons during training. \n\nFMA is still used for combat and survival in the jungles of the phillippines.
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Rice.\nHomegrown vegis.\nPork, sometimes.\n\nAll food was rationed.  The Japanese used the rationing both to distribute food and to quash Resistance.
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Filipinos aren't the only cluture group who do so,\nand it makes historic sense: homo sapiens had hands long before tools and spoons were "invented".