I don’t know about you, but I hate the “spork”. That mutated plastic utensil that purports to serve as both a spoon and a fork? In reality, it does neither the job of the spoon or the fork very well, and no one would choose a spork if given the option of a stand-along spoon and fork.
One of my first manager’s favorite aphorisms was “if I had more time, I’d write you a shorter letter.” I personally experienced a variation of this theme in college, as I found there was an inverse correlation between the length of my essay exam answers and my knowledge/confidence in the answer; the more I knew about the subject, the shorter my answer, while I did my best to blind the professor with words when I had no idea what I was talking about.