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wheniwasincongress

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71. Pros of eating pizza with a fork

Fri Apr 1, 2016, 07:57 PM

Apr 2016

Keeps your hands clean

Doesn't transfer any unwanted germs from your hands to your mouth

Allows you to more thoughtfully chew your food (they say most people don't chew as much as they should, something about the saliva delivering more enzymes to better help digest food)

Cons:

People make fun of you... I think that's the only con.

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I sometimes use a fork and knife when eating a slice of pizza. [View all] trumad Apr 2016 OP

Heathen!!!! Glassunion Apr 2016 #1

Good Pizza needs to be eaten with a fork FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #26

You must be from Chicago. (n/t) Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #41

when trump did that, Jon Stewart went ape. :D:D:D roguevalley Apr 2016 #64

I've never received a scalding slice of pizza (anywhere, any time) left-of-center2012 Apr 2016 #2

Really? trumad Apr 2016 #5

Tell them you want it "not too hot" unless it's a white slice Renew Deal Apr 2016 #21

I blend my pizza, then inject it into my mouth with a large syringe... virtualobserver Apr 2016 #7

I use a spatula, it is the only correct way snooper2 Apr 2016 #3

NO! MrWendel Apr 2016 #4

Wow! You went full Stephen A Smith. Iggo Apr 2016 #10

That's one of the best ways to do it when its hot. kentauros Apr 2016 #6

I eat my peas with honey, Xipe Totec Apr 2016 #8

I haven't heard this poem in a LONG time! DawgHouse Apr 2016 #14

I am a vast repository of arcane trivia. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2016 #66

You lie!!! Iggo Apr 2016 #9

I put ketchup on my hotdog. Heeeeers Johnny Apr 2016 #11

Consider yourself on notice (nt) TacoD Apr 2016 #15

This place is falling apart... No wonder all we do is argue. Glassunion Apr 2016 #31

Welcome to Ignore. Dr. Strange Apr 2016 #49

I used to do that too Capt. Obvious Apr 2016 #50

Adding fries on top saves valuable time. n/t Contrary1 Apr 2016 #67

Oh, So You Hate America AND Italy? ProfessorGAC Apr 2016 #12

In Italy, beac Apr 2016 #30

Nuh, Uh! ProfessorGAC Apr 2016 #47

I LIVED in Italy. beac Apr 2016 #59

It's the same in Switzerland BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #78

Ha! trumad Apr 2016 #53

cboy4 hijacked trumad's account. That's why he seems like he is on sterroids!! madinmaryland Apr 2016 #69

I do it every time... 2naSalit Apr 2016 #13

I curse and humiliate my pizza then microwave it into submission before consuming it. randome Apr 2016 #16

This might be a TOS violation. kwassa Apr 2016 #17

I suspected that about you all along... unapatriciated Apr 2016 #18

I like you, but this is not the way to eat pizza Renew Deal Apr 2016 #19

NYC style Flyingbird5066 Apr 2016 #20

No NY Style slice eating involves a fold and no utelsils, Chicago is home of the flatware pizza. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #36

You must not be from around here Sanity Claws Apr 2016 #55

Yes, NYC style, no fork needed. brush Apr 2016 #58

If it is really hot a fork will not keep you from burning the roof of your mouth yellowcanine Apr 2016 #22

There are people who still slice pizza? Buns_of_Fire Apr 2016 #23

The first pizza I ever had was when I was working in NYC as a kid. LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #24

Well said Renew Deal Apr 2016 #25

Why do you discriminate against spoons? TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #27

Ban the OP! LannyDeVaney Apr 2016 #28

Actually no to all the above. trumad Apr 2016 #39

lol! #7 here! Sissyk Apr 2016 #29

Alerter beat me to it... Glassunion Apr 2016 #33

Juror 6---what the hell! trumad Apr 2016 #34

That was me Renew Deal Apr 2016 #43

You MONSTER! gratuitous Apr 2016 #32

If i was wearing clothes that cost a lot of money, i would eat pizza with a fork killbotfactory Apr 2016 #35

"Now you listen to me, Strebek" hfojvt Apr 2016 #37

A fork is useful ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2016 #38

It's pretty much scalding fondue on a weak substructure. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #40

And...... the voting is in! (A rare example of 7-0 to leave a Trumad post) Nye Bevan Apr 2016 #42

You're a shill for the corpo/industrial-pizza complex. LanternWaste Apr 2016 #44

Funny, I eat pizza with my mouth. n/t malthaussen Apr 2016 #45

then it's really bad pizza... Javaman Apr 2016 #46

Ha! If I serve you my deep dish special, made in the cast iron skillet Trailrider1951 Apr 2016 #48

That's like eating fried chicken with nunchucks pintobean Apr 2016 #51

Under those circumstances... yes. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #52

All the people complaining don't understand b/c they eat New York style pizza Taitertots Apr 2016 #54

Hunter Pence never leaves home without his pizza fork Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #56

Interesting seanjoycek476 Apr 2016 #57

Pizza is the world. JonathanRackham Apr 2016 #60

Jebus Cristina Aguilera, Trumad...what is this...some kind of exorcising of your demons session? islandmkl Apr 2016 #61

There goes your nomination Capt. Obvious Apr 2016 #62

I always carry a knife, you know, in case of cheesecake..n/t monmouth4 Apr 2016 #63

I eat it with a knife & fork 'till it's not too hot. Down with militant pizza fundamentalists. NBachers Apr 2016 #65

Same here, or wait until it cools off. MoonRiver Apr 2016 #68

I do when it's sloppy pizza I made at home bc I suck at it. frogmarch Apr 2016 #70

Pros of eating pizza with a fork wheniwasincongress Apr 2016 #71

You probably eat hot dogs with a knfe and fork too rug Apr 2016 #72

Well if the hotdog didn't have a bun maybe.. trumad Apr 2016 #73

Never! rug Apr 2016 #74

how about a Kielbasa? trumad Apr 2016 #75

I'd need a pole. rug Apr 2016 #79

Especially if it's deep dish and really, really sloppy Warpy Apr 2016 #76

If the slice is too hot to touch, put it between two doughnuts struggle4progress Apr 2016 #77

One of our local In 'N' Out Burgers has a Krispy Kreme sharing the same lot. NBachers Apr 2016 #83

I tell myself the white cream is loaded with vitamins and minerals struggle4progress Apr 2016 #84

Go ahead. Call me an idiot. So Far From Heaven Apr 2016 #80

It depends on the pizza for me gollygee Apr 2016 #81

Because you're too uncivilized to use chop sticks Bucky Apr 2016 #82