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Warpy

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13. I was amazed at what one handed people could do

Reply to xxqqqzme (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:43 AM

Dec 2012

after a few weeks of rehab at the VA.

However, I agree about brassieres, they're easy to unhook with one hand but hooking them in back takes two. Front hooks are a little easier but snaps or zippers are best.

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Religious opposition to the table fork [View all] cleanhippie Dec 2012 OP

Very interesting. Reminds me of a recent link at DU.... Beartracks Dec 2012 #1

Saint Peter Damian sounds like a nasty little prig, doesn't he? On the bright side, he died of a Squinch Dec 2012 #2

Fundamentalists Liberalagogo Dec 2012 #3

DUzy! cleanhippie Dec 2012 #18

Oh, FFS. ElboRuum Dec 2012 #4

And there are those who suggest NOT using oil as fuel also offends God! elleng Dec 2012 #5

Now I'm hungry shenmue Dec 2012 #6

I lost the use of my xxqqqzme Dec 2012 #7

I was amazed at what one handed people could do Warpy Dec 2012 #13

You would get along well with a friend of mine! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #33

There's a great scene in the film "Becket" thucythucy Dec 2012 #8

"I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. rug Dec 2012 #9

Reminds me of the Catholic Church's opposition to birth control ButterflyBlood Dec 2012 #10

An earlier version of this BS was debunked four years ago back on DU2 struggle4progress Dec 2012 #11

"Some writers of the Roman Catholic Church expressly disapproved of its use... trotsky Dec 2012 #14

Let us follow the first Wikipedia citation (currently footnote 14) back to its source-link: struggle4progress Dec 2012 #17

I repeat, why does this bother you so much? trotsky Dec 2012 #23

Or, y'know, you yourself might try, through internet sleuthing, to provide a more credible version struggle4progress Dec 2012 #25

I understand now. trotsky Dec 2012 #26

Debunked? Are you saying this is fabricated, just a story, or a myth? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #19

Peter Damian (b. 1007) could not have been sufficiently shocked, by woman's wedding in 1004, to have struggle4progress Dec 2012 #21

Are you saying this is fabricated or a myth? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #28

YMMV struggle4progress Dec 2012 #29

It's your statement. Just trying to clarify what you said. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #30

OK. What I mean is that when this story first appeared on DU2 four years ago, struggle4progress Dec 2012 #31

What does thathave to do with forks and religion? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #35

Lot number: 1487. A collection English medieval knives and English medieval forks, with horn, metal struggle4progress Dec 2012 #12

The 15th century came a little bit after the 11th century. trotsky Dec 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author struggle4progress Dec 2012 #16

Following the link in the OP back, leads to this webpage: struggle4progress Dec 2012 #20

So you're calling Thomas Coryate a liar? trotsky Dec 2012 #22

Here: struggle4progress Dec 2012 #24

Of course what Coryat noted was not that the fork was unknown to the English... trotsky Dec 2012 #27

Reminds me of how the Amish reject buttons on clothing. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #32

Since when do the Amish not use buttons? struggle4progress Dec 2012 #34