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Old 27th October 2008, 14:12   #21
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It's a crap product and I have already written to my MP about it.
You could set up a research team of unemployed IT people, apply for an EU subsidy, and develop the equations necessary for building the ideal rotating fork; you might find there’s a market for it among senile Italians, of whom there are many. You might even win an Ignobel Prize.

I’m sure these kindly people would be prepared to publish your research;
http://www.plokta.com/plokta/issue23/teapot.htm
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Old 27th October 2008, 14:12   #22
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Old 27th October 2008, 14:14   #23
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i don't know what that is. do you get it with an oil / powder option?
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Old 27th October 2008, 14:16   #24
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My spinning fork was a disappointment: it didn't spin fast enough to prevent the noodles falling off and the fork part fell off.
The world is in financial crisis. Global shares are plummeting. House prices are in free-fall. Mass unemployment is looming.

And now this.
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And now this.
is it the last straw?
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Old 27th October 2008, 14:19   #26
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I prefer Daz myself or liquitabs if on the go.
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is it the last straw?
It feels like it. I can't take any more.
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It feels like it. I can't take any more.
you need some dirty rock and roll mate.
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The world is in financial crisis. Global shares are plummeting. House prices are in free-fall. Mass unemployment is looming.

And now this.
The fork itself is patented, along with a mechanism for stopping rotation at a convenient angle for eating, but I don’t see any patent for an automatic speed adjustment mechanism or algorithm.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6594908.html
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The fork itself is patented, along with a mechanism for stopping rotation at a convenient angle for eating, but I don’t see any patent for an automatic speed adjustment mechanism or algorithm.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6594908.html
Thanks Mich.

It isn't the invention of the fork that bothers me (I was well aware of it and have posted about it yonks ago) but the fact that this fork of beauty is a let down to BD.
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