If you ever saw (the original) In-Laws with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, you’re smiling now. One of the funniest scenes in a movie, ever.
Why is a direct path boring but going back and forth is fun? What makes hairpin turns and Silly Straws so much fun? Why is a kickoff return with seventeen laterals more entertaining than a straight-up-the-field return?
And don’t even get me started on body shapes.
Even making a curvy motion with your finger in the air is more fun than making a straight line. Go ahead, try it. Do it with a flourish. Pretend like you’re conducting a symphony. Lassooing a cow. Cracking a whip. Yee-ha.
And in the case of this spoon, curvy is highly functional, too. It’s the best kind of curvy. I found it at Argo Tea; you hang your spoon on the lip of your cup so you can store it between stirs without getting your saucer all wet and coffee-y.
Poo-poo it if you must but for hot beverage drinkers who like to stay dry this is a very happy spoon. And it's got a curve in it, so that makes it more fun right there. I'll take a dozen.
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