It goes, knives, forks, spoons, knives, forks, spoons....

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

It always has
Knives, forks, spoons..... always

AI therefore BU to be irritated beyond belief that when DH unloads the sodding dishwasher that he cannot get it right?He always puts them in random places in our cutlery tray, but never knives, forks, spoons

I suspect he does it like this so that I stop asking him to do it, but we have been together for 15 years!

Knives, forks, spoons or AIBU?!!

I fear that you would beat me Knotty. All I have to hand at the moment is some Extra chewing gum and an apple.

Damn you Weightwatchers. DAMN YOU.

Those urinal spoons might come in handy. I live in a house full of men. But I will not be needing the galvanized pee bucket.That would never fit in anyones cutlery drawer.

Ah, I see what you mean now. I want those diamond encrusted spoons. (make a change from lasagne encrusted)

I agree with shopalot It is the logical order

think about which side you put your fork and nife when setting your table place.

then think how backwards you have to become if you have the knives on the left in the drawer.

do you all cross your hands to pick up your knives with your left hand?

we spoon fork knives or forks knives spoons people are less dextrously challenged when we lay our tables.

less dextrously challenged LAZY.

Anyway, I've listened to enough of this deparivity for one lifetime.

*depravity obviously. My typing is appalling today.

I think you should count yourself luck that you have a dishwasher, let alone a DH who will load it for you!

Well after intense debate andbollocks about

diamond encrusted spoons
cheese slicers
dough cutters
north facing
south facing
jam spoons
lemon zesters
corkscrews
ladida posh canteens
chopsticks
jacket potato spikes
cake forks
sporfs
knorks
and spifes

I am glad we all agree, there is a natural order here and it goes
Knives forks and bloodyspoons*

and I for one am glad we have settled it once and for all.
Our great nation and indeed global nation can rest at last.

Yippee !

I have the final word on this subject!!

knives
forks
spoons

Absolutely, your order is correct. From right to left

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followed by a slumping sound as Piste slides down the wall with a vat of gin

followed by sobbing sounds

followed by a weak but determined whisper

"from the left..knives
forks
spoons"

If you need a special spoon to get your gin out of the vat RatherBe I'm sure I could find one in my 3rd cutlery drawer.

Well, I think that this has been one of the best threads in aaages and it should be nominated for Classics.

Anyway, of course, the order is

Knives
Forks
Spoons

There there dearie...

The "Squirt Spoon" on KnottyLocks link is just utterly fantastic. I want one.

Can't believe I just read this instead of going to bed.

Except...I also have a smaller cutlery drawer in the dining room (for the posh set) which has 2 compartments (and a teaspoon one). In that one knives and forks share (knives facing left forks facing right)

Can see why so many people have been drawn into commenting......

Knives and forks share? . Forks and spoons possibly... I'm speechless!

wuglet you were doing so well until the sharing part
Never mind, you could rearrange your drawers over the weekend.

notagrannyyet
I will need your gin spoon, but will it be a goon or a spin ? I should like to know

rockbird
Step away from my drawers, step away from my drawers, step away from my drawers weeaweeawwwawee ( alarm going off if rockbird enters my kitchen sound emoticon)

Anyway ... as said before.. I am glad that we are all united and agree with me, it goes FROM THE LEFT

knives
forks
spoons

am keen to have the final word on this thread

There is only one way ( from the bleeding left )

Knives
forks
spoons

Noooooooooooooooooooo

That just doesn't make ergonomic sense when you take the cutlery out to set the table!

But prettybird, when I get the cutlery out of the drawer I put it on the worktop and then it gets collected all together in one hand and distributed about the place mats so it makes no sense to have it in the order it would be set.

The only order is

from the left

Knives
Forks
Spoons

But it also helps reinforce to ds what the "correct" order is when laying the table (not that he does it that often ) - especially as stupid dh insists on his cutlery being laid the other way around, with the feeble excuse justification that he is left handed. I too am left handed and use my fork in my left hand and my knife (whne using the two together) in my right.

PigeonPie
You are my new best friend, I have just made a vacancy and so that is official.

Trying to link the order in the drawer, with the order on the table is a nonsense, as no one has three hands, so ergonomic theory fails.