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Which way should the teaspoons face?

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Tori_Scope
Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,492 Disability Gamechanger
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When you put your teaspoons away, which way do you make them face? 

For these purposes, I'm saying that the way they're facing is determined by the way the spoon bit is facing, not the handle.
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Which way should the teaspoons face? 14 votes

To the left
57%
poppy123456easyOverlyAnxiousTori_Scopebg844CartiniBibliokleptKaren7788 8 votes
To the right
28%
deb74woodbine[Deleted User]Alex_Alumni 4 votes
I'm not bothered
14%
leeCalOxonlady 2 votes
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,041 Disability Gamechanger
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    Only because I’m right handed so when picking up the spoon from the drawer the handle is on the right side.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • leeCal
    leeCal Community member Posts: 7,550 Disability Gamechanger
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    I'm not bothered
    I place them one on top of the other! 

    “This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.” 
    ― Dalai Lama XIV

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  • Oxonlady
    Oxonlady Scope Member Posts: 566 Pioneering
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    I'm not bothered
    I'd say that you are extremely fortunate if your life is not beset by such severe problems that your mind is free to think about tea spoons! I like my tea spoons sparkling clean, stacked neatly on top of each other, since the question has been asked! 
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  • Karen7788
    Karen7788 Scope Member Posts: 598 Pioneering
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    On the left when I put them away, any which way when my husband does. 
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  • Karen7788
    Karen7788 Scope Member Posts: 598 Pioneering
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    Teaspoons always make me think of honey. I think it’s a Mary Poppins thing. 
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  • Karen7788
    Karen7788 Scope Member Posts: 598 Pioneering
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    But Mary says sugar. 
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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 50,016 Disability Gamechanger
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    Erm I just throw them where they go  :D
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  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 4,682 Disability Gamechanger
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    Oxonlady said:
    I'd say that you are extremely fortunate if your life is not beset by such severe problems that your mind is free to think about tea spoons! I like my tea spoons sparkling clean, stacked neatly on top of each other, since the question has been asked! 
    This made me giggle. My life is certainly not free of severe problems but I still question things like this too. I was wondering the other day how everyone else stores their cling film and foil and if they lie it horizontally or vertically in the drawer :D 
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  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 4,682 Disability Gamechanger
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    Karen7788 said:
    Teaspoons always make me think of honey. I think it’s a Mary Poppins thing. 
    That's so strange, when I read this I was sitting thinking about how much I agree and then read your next post and I'm not sure why I associate teaspoons with honey and Mary Poppins but I really do
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,562 Disability Gamechanger
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    I'm left handed, so having the handle on the right and spoon on the left makes most sense to me! :)
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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community member Posts: 2,616 Disability Gamechanger
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    I'm right handed so find it easier to pick them up with the handle on the right.  

    As a contamination OCD sufferer, I'd be far more bothered by someone having touched my spoons than having put them away incorrectly.  :D
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  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,652 Disability Gamechanger
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    None of the above really, ours are vertical rather than horizontal. The spoony part points away with the handle closest to you as you open the draw.
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  • Cartini
    Cartini Community member Posts: 1,108 Pioneering
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    To the left
    Being right handed, the handle of the spoon must (yes, for me, must, not should) be on the right.  Cutlery is normally stated as "knives, forks and spoons"; my cutlery is set, from the right, knives, forks then spoons.  An "Andy tantrum" is initiated if someone puts them back in the wrong order.
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