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Forks are female and knives are male

138 replies

CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 18:57

And spoons are female too.
Or is it just me?

I also think letters and numbers are gendered and some of them have quite specific personalities. Eg. Both G and H are older matriarchal women.

I am aware I am coming across as an absolute loon.

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Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 18:59

No, but Monday is pink.

Tontostitis · 22/03/2026 19:00

Spoons are children forks are mummies and knives are daddies I thought that was obvious til I told someone and they looked at me like I was deranged

takealettermsjones · 22/03/2026 19:00

Well, in French, you are correct ☺️

EwwPeople · 22/03/2026 19:01

Well yes and no, because in some languages nouns are gendered female,male, neutral.

Spoon and fork are definitely female. Knife is neutral. Grin

P.S. I know this isn’t what you were actually talking about, but wanted to add my own brand of madness in.Grin

FlatErica · 22/03/2026 19:01

Cake forks are policemen.

Nibbits · 22/03/2026 19:01

According to my grandmother who was very superstitious, if you drop a knife it means a man will visit, dropping a fork means a female visitor and if it's a spoon you'll be visited by a fool. So you're not far wrong Smile

PlumPlumb · 22/03/2026 19:02

You probably have a form of synesthesia

It's great and validated by my colour coding on my outlook calendar.

Sunday is yellow BTW

ShortButSure · 22/03/2026 19:02

Well, cats are girls and dogs are boys, so…

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:02

Sounds about right.

Monday is blue! Tuesday's grey and Wednesday tooo... dances

CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:02

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 18:59

No, but Monday is pink.

Wow, it's clearly blue and not just cos of Blue Monday. It just is.
Tuesday is yellow

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 22/03/2026 19:03

Yes knives are male and forks and spoons are female

Small spoons are ick inducing, latte spoons only

SerenitySeeker4 · 22/03/2026 19:03

Yeah, I agree with you.

CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:04

Tea spoons are the babies 💕

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boatyardblues · 22/03/2026 19:04

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 18:59

No, but Monday is pink.

Do you have synaesthesia? I have two friends with it. One sees whole words in colour and the other sees individual letters as different colours.

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 22/03/2026 19:04

What?!

Yabu

Sunday is deep egg yolk yellow. Monday is lemon yellow. Tuesday is blue. Weds is green.

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:04

mumofoneAloneandwell · 22/03/2026 19:03

Yes knives are male and forks and spoons are female

Small spoons are ick inducing, latte spoons only

I love little spoons. I'll take those and you can have the rest.

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 19:05

Monday is not blue, it's the same colour as a PINK dress I had at 3/4 years old. Tuesday and Thursday are a meh grey colour, Wednesday is dark green, Friday is black, Saturday blue and Sunday orange obvs..

Coconutter24 · 22/03/2026 19:05

Tbh I sat waiting for some loon to come along and tell you that you can’t call them male and female because you don’t know how they identify

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 19:06

boatyardblues · 22/03/2026 19:04

Do you have synaesthesia? I have two friends with it. One sees whole words in colour and the other sees individual letters as different colours.

I don't know, I think it's some sort of small person word association! It made sense at 4.

Mymanyellow · 22/03/2026 19:06

Thursday is a lovely bottle green. Nice and cool.

Sminty2 · 22/03/2026 19:06

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:04

I love little spoons. I'll take those and you can have the rest.

I always eat pudding with a tiny spoon. It tastes so much better that way.

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:06

Coconutter24 · 22/03/2026 19:05

Tbh I sat waiting for some loon to come along and tell you that you can’t call them male and female because you don’t know how they identify

Way to bring down a fun thread.

Sporks!

Evaka · 22/03/2026 19:07

The Bakerloo line is a posh older gent.

CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:08

I do think with the numbers and letters thing it stems from learning the alphabet/order of the numbers. A way my tiny brain helped itself to remember them.

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