Chopstick
About Chopstick
Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used as kitchen and eating utensils in most countries of the Sinosphere for over three millennia. They are held in the dominant hand, secured by fingers, and wielded as extensions of the hand, to pick up food.
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Maybe like some sort of propeller where it scoops them up when you spin it around. Exactly. I think you probably, the rules say that you have to pick them up in traditional Chopstick fashion, although they would enjoy those baked beans more, because there's been a study that finds that you would, you enjoy food more if you eat it with Chopsticks. This is specifically with popcorn, and specifically in one study of 68 participants, but hear me out.
from 290: No Such Thing As A Winter Fax Machine, 2019-10-11 at 00:15:50 · read transcript
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You karate your piano, basically. Exactly, isn't that cool? Do you want to hear some stupid Chopstick records? Yes, please. So the most marbles moved with Chopsticks in one minute is 43, and that was broken not by someone from China or Japan, but by an Italian man called Silvio Saber, and then a few years after that record was made, a Japanese man called Mr. Cherry tried to break the record, for most marbles moved in one minute with Chopsticks, and he didn't, he exactly equaled it.
290: No Such Thing As A Winter Fax Machine, 2019-10-11 · listen
On the piano with one hand? Chopstick. You're right. Piano was a terrible example.
No Such Thing As A Glazed Lizard Donut, 2026-06-25 · listen
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290: No Such Thing As A Winter Fax Machine put 2 places on the map.
- Nishiki Market · Japan
Coordinates: 47.3761, 8.5439