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Wooden Spoon Award

Posted by Doug Langmead on April 13, 2001

How did the custom of awarding a wooden spoon to a losing competitor originate ? (not that I've been awarded one !)

A popular tree-based kitchen implement to anyone who gets it wrong !

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