Q: if you got a bucket or a box of icecream and you wanna eat it right away and you have no spoon no fork not even a straw what are you gonna do
A: 用手
Q: if lots of people are watching you i assume you are supposed to get a proper utensil but what if you wanna eat it right away
A: 用手
Q: and you think you can just walk into a mcdonald and ask for a spoon or fork and they will give it to you but what if i don't wanna ask
A: 用手
【playingtoy 用膳秘笈】
under most circumstances if i am running into rice or noodles or spaghetti i will try to find a fork or two straws to work as chopsticks and if i can only find one straw i will fold it halfway and work with it and i am doing all these just to be polite and meanwhile keep my hands clean
my opinion is that in extreme circumstances when you and your food meet at the perfect moment and you do not prefer any other distraction the best way to get over it is 用手
during my peak homeless period some people called me the wild man and some people spitted at me and my level of civilization whatever it is you get a general idea of the possibility and potential when your identity is a bum whether you think this is appropriate or not it's completely personal
altho eating with your fingers in public might fall into the category of DISORDERLY CONDUCT indecent act UNDER THE CRIMINAL CODE (*) i've never got charged myself but i did got the police's attention many many times not to mention the security guards in most shopping malls you might not believe anything i have said but that was my nomadic lifestyle in a nutshell and i will use my hand without hesitation the end
afterwords: i had a friend from africa once and i went to her place and had a meal with her and her mom they actually showed me how to eat with my hands properly with 4 fingers holding the food and pushed it into my mouth with the thumb i wasn't very good at that time now that she is back to africa to her people and i am pretty much living that primitive life in some aspects except i surf the net
(*)Disorderly Conduct
Indecent acts
173. (1) Every one who wilfully does an indecent act
(a) in a public place in the presence of one or more persons, or
(b) in any place, with intent thereby to insult or offend any person,
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. |