What are there more of

[Withano]

Are there more people in the world, or more pairs of knifes and forks in the world? Fight.

[Withano]

I don't actually know the answer. Somebody asked me like ten years ago, and it still kinda bugs me.

You'd first think knifes and forks, because everyone you know, and the restaurants near your house would own several.. but then you think of all the countries that rarely use these utensils, and all the poverty-stricken villages that would have few-to-none in a mile radius, and the question gets pretty impossible to answer. And I need answers.

[Nicky91]

more people i think

[smudgie]

People.
As said above, not everybody uses knife and forks.

[Wizard.]

Well, if everyone has enough knives and forks in their house for each person living there, then you could say that there's the same of each!

[smudgie]

Well, if everyone has enough knives and forks in their house for each person living there, then you could say that there's the same of each!

What about the people that don't have houses?
The countries that a lot of people don't use knives and forks?

[jet]

Fun question. Every person doesn't have just one knife and fork each in their homes. My wife and I, for instance, have 12 knives and 10 forks in our drawer (yes, I did that).
So that would balance out the countries that didn't use any. So about equal maybe? :hee:

[Withano]

Fun question. Every person doesn't have just one knife and fork each in their homes. My wife and I, for instance, have 12 knives and 10 forks in our drawer (yes, I did that).
So that would balance out the countries that didn't use any. So about equal maybe? :hee:

:joker:

For some reason, my knife to fork ratio is about 4:1

[jet]

:joker:

For some reason, my knife to fork ratio is about 4:1

Time to fork shop? :hehe:

[thesheriff443]

Fork you withano

[thesheriff443]

You never see anyone get arrested for carring a fork.

[Withano]

What about the people that don't have houses?
The countries that a lot of people don't use knives and forks?

... but then... what about all of the huge hotels and restaurants that probably have hundreds spare at any one time

[MTVN]

Definitely more knives and forks. I expect that in countries like the UK, the US and most of Europe that there is at least twenty times as many knives and forks as people

[Jack_]

Knives and forks, they are mass produced so even if they're not bought and sitting in a drawer somewhere they still exist, and that's without even counting the plastic ones you can buy massive packs of in supermarkets

[Crimson Dynamo]

@Mods -can this be moved to Chat and Games please?

[Withano]

So including the unowned, knifes and forks win? But what about the owned ones alone (its the only way I've thought about the question tbh!) obviously plastic don't count, they're imposters.

[Withano]

@Mods -can this be moved to Chat and Games please?

Stop derailing this serious debate.

[Jack_]

If you only include owned I'd be inclined to say people, since the countries where people don't own any are more likely to outnumber those who do and have more than they need.

[Littlegreen]

Justice for spoons.

[Withano]

Justice for spoons.

I don't know her

[bots]

given that China has the largest population and they use chop sticks i would say people

[jet]

Justice for spoons.

Ah, but that's another serious debate of it's own, all those table spoons, dessert spoons and the baby of spoons, the little teaspoon.

[MTVN]

The number of restaurants and pubs that own dozens of sets of knives and forks still means there's a lot more of them than people I think. The only way I think it might be close is if you're just talking about the knives and forks owned in domestic homes and even then I think knives and forks would win

[jet]

I don't know her

She's teaspoons Mummy.

[Underscore]

cutlery

[thesheriff443]

Justice for spoons.

Dishing it out

[waterhog]

with all due respect I don't gibe a fork :joker:

[Withano]

with all due respect I don't gibe a fork :joker:

Yes look after your forks, theres a clear shortage of forks which makes the question even more difficult to answer :think:

[Wizard.]

What about the people that don't have houses?
The countries that a lot of people don't use knives and forks?

:joker:

For some reason, my knife to fork ratio is about 4:1

Withano knows what I'm talking about

[Wizard.]

Do the knives people stab you in the back with count tho?

[AnnieK]

Im going knives and forks.

[DouglasS]

Knives and forks, as someone stated in western countries there are at least 20x knives and forks to people ratio. That in itself will at least double the number of people in the world.

[Toy Soldier]

But are there more dogs or cats?

[Shaun]

I'd say cutlery outnumbers people by at least 20-1.

edit: ok nvm douglas beat me to that number