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Spoons then forks then knives

204 replies

B0bbin · 18/04/2020 23:51

In your cutlery drawer, do you have spoons on the left, then forks, then knives? That makes sense to me because when you lay them out on the table it's forks on left and knives on the right. My DH puts them away (wrong) as knives on left then forks then spoons, just because he says it sounds right- when you say, 'knives, forks, spoons.'
I'm fully aware of the current world problems which are affecting us all terribly. This is still important😉

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OmgThereAreNoPlanesAboveMeNow · 19/04/2020 17:50

I am with you!
Spoons-forks-knives

Kindlingwood · 19/04/2020 17:51

My drawer is (ltr) forks, spoons, knives too.

Teaspoons across the top.

Kindlingwood · 19/04/2020 17:52

My logic is the same as yours. We are in the right. Everyone else is wrong, clearly.

OneMoreLight · 19/04/2020 18:46

This is how I have mine.

Spoons then forks then knives
BeanTownNancy · 19/04/2020 19:07

I used to set tables for fancy functions from the age of 15. Forks are to be used with the left hand and spoons and knives with the right hand. So logically in a drawer, forks should be on the left and then knives and spoons on the right.

Your honour, I rest my case.

Waveysnail · 19/04/2020 19:21

Knife, fork, dinner spoons, teaspoons, soup spoons.
Dh thinks ira hilariousnthat I cant cope with soup spoons being in with normal spoons. They are just wrong shape to be mixed!!!!

DontTouchTheMoustache · 19/04/2020 19:25

Mine are all over the place cos 4 year old D's likes to 'help' unload the dishwasher. I no longer even remember where they used to go.

PurpleFlower1983 · 19/04/2020 19:27

Knives, forks, spoons here.

greathat · 19/04/2020 19:34

Knife fork spoons left to right

Dontlikeoranges · 19/04/2020 19:40

Spoons forks knives here!

OmgThereAreNoPlanesAboveMeNow · 19/04/2020 20:28

Can some people add whether they are left handed or right handed?
I am right handed (with some left handed tendency apparently)
Spoons, forks, knives.

BlueSuffragette · 19/04/2020 20:31

Knives, forks, spoons in drawer left to right.

NeverDropYourMoonCup · 19/04/2020 20:37

Have some compassion for those of us who suffer with shitty Howden's cabinets with their stupid arse drawers that only allow a standard cutlery tray in sideways as long as you saw the long tray off.

Big spoons at the back.
Forks in the middle.
Knives nearest.
Teaspoons to the right.

Bastarding Howden's.

MuchTooTired · 19/04/2020 20:45

Forks, knives, spoons with tea spoons at the bottom all facing the same way (to the left) is the only way for my cutlery drawer.

Yes, I have ocd. Any other way desperately upset me before cbt, and I have messed it up and tried different arrangements but I found it too annoying so went back to my correct way 😂

Nottherealslimshady · 19/04/2020 20:48

Spoons, forks, knives, steak knives. But that's because the knife slot is the biggest and is on the right so forks go next to the knives.

Nottherealslimshady · 19/04/2020 20:49

Oh and teaspoons at the top facing right because I'm a leftie :)

Lanurk · 19/04/2020 23:25

Mine is laid out like yours but I prefer spoons, forks then knives on a left to right basis. I was overruled by my dp because I got everything else how I wanted it Grin

user1473878824 · 21/04/2020 04:09

I don’t understand why people are putting knives first cries forever

user1473878824 · 21/04/2020 04:10

@DontTouchTheMoustache They used to go PROPERLY!!! 😭😭

Oblomov20 · 21/04/2020 04:31

Knives, forks, spoons. Left yo right.

Greenscissors · 21/04/2020 06:36

I have literally never thought about this - they are just in separate compartments. As it happens, ours go L-R knives, forks, spoons - does that means I've done it subconsciously? Grin

CeeceeBloomingdale · 21/04/2020 06:47

Spoons, forks, knives

DitheringBlidiot · 21/04/2020 07:01

Mine goes fork spoon knife from left to right. The middle one is the only slot the spoons will fit in for some reason

LadyPenelope68 · 21/04/2020 07:11

Spoon, forks, knives here.

ExpletiveDelighted · 21/04/2020 07:17

Knives, forks, spoons. We are all right handed. There are only four of us so only one hand is needed to carry all the cutlery to the table, pick it out with right hand, place in left hand, walk to table and use right hand to place cutlery.