Spade/Shovel - What's the difference

[CHAPPERS]

Just had a quick office survey and the results indicate that the difference between a psade and a shovel is that a shovel is more 'curved' than a spade which are mostly flat.

Shovel

Spade

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

you arent bored by any chance??

 

[Marc]

Spavel - a cross breed of the two
Like a Spork or the great thread on the Knork we had a few weeks back...fantastic stuff

 

[Sam]

yeah a spade is more for gardening, and a shovel more for moving things from the floor into a skip, like debris etc..

 

[tinx]

Cheers chappers, its been playing on my mind for the past few minutes, Now I am happy.

 

[Italiaseagull]

Ah the Knork, brings back memories of happier times

 

[tedebear]

hmmm I have often pondered this very question...I think shovels are good for things such as putting cement mix in the mixer....and spades are good for clearing things off a flat surface - like garden soil off the path....

anyhow - I cut a worm in two on the weekend with my shovel - sad days indeed...

 

[Donny Osmond]

Spade digs, shovel shovels.

 

[Sam]

Spot the difference!

11 things

Click here to see how you did

 

[Marc]

A NEW ONE!

Knirk (relative of spork)
Fork-Knife combination

First off, I believe this invention has special meaning to me because I invented the grapefruit fork. My grandmother gave me my first grapefruit (I was 7) and a spoon, and I said, "I could dig into the meat better if this spoon had teeth." She handed me a grapefruit fork, and the rejection turned me away from inventing and grapefruit for a long time. I'm returning to the world of utensils with the KNIRK. As you cut your meat, you must work the knife in front of it to cut off a piece, using the fork to stabilize the vittle. What about a sharp blade place at the midsection of the fork? It'd be like a little guillotine. Just stab the meat, hit a button, the blade drops, and ~viola~, your meat is cut. It could even to adjusted to work only when in an upright position, to disallow the cutting off of one's own lips.

 

[tinx]

I found five differences, how many is there?

 

[Tooting Gull]

anyhow - I cut a worm in two on the weekend with my shovel - sad days indeed...

At least aforementioned worm has now been mentioned and honoured in not one but two threads on NSC. Gone, but not forgotten...

 

[JJ McClure]

Shovels are northern.

 

[CHAPPERS]

A NEW ONE!

Knirk (relative of spork)
Fork-Knife combination

First off, I believe this invention has special meaning to me because I invented the grapefruit fork. My grandmother gave me my first grapefruit (I was 7) and a spoon, and I said, "I could dig into the meat better if this spoon had teeth." She handed me a grapefruit fork, and the rejection turned me away from inventing and grapefruit for a long time. I'm returning to the world of utensils with the KNIRK. As you cut your meat, you must work the knife in front of it to cut off a piece, using the fork to stabilize the vittle. What about a sharp blade place at the midsection of the fork? It'd be like a little guillotine. Just stab the meat, hit a button, the blade drops, and ~viola~, your meat is cut. It could even to adjusted to work only when in an upright position, to disallow the cutting off of one's own lips.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I'd rather be a pick-axe than a shovel..

 

[Sam]

I found five differences, how many is there?

11!

 

[tedebear]

At least aforementioned worm has now been mentioned and honoured in not one but two threads on NSC. Gone, but not forgotten...

indeed I have mentioned it twice - twas sad...

 

[Tooting Gull]

Let's not forget the trowel, a sort of runt little brother to the big two.

 

[Hamilton]

Aren't spades flat and shovels have rimmed sides to hold stuff in them

 

[Safeway]

Spades are black.