foku (フォーク-katakana) – fork
hashi (箸-kanji/はし-hiragana) – chopsticks
Obviously, I know why people keep trying to give me a fork. Not only do I often drop and randomly fling pieces of food with my chopsticks, but 65% of the time I hold them in a ridiculously impractical way that doesn’t allow the tips to pinch closed.
I do know how to hold them properly. Honest. I hold them correctly when I practice my chopsticks skills one edamame bean at a time. But after 7 or 8 minutes, my hand starts to cramp. I blame it on the day job. All of the grading and writing has given me a form of carpal tunnel that won’t allow me to correctly use chopsticks.
I shall persevere.
By the way, that’s not beer. It was hop tea. You add water (or liquor, apparently).
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