Editing 3166: Big and Little Spoons

{{comic
| number    = 3166
| date      = November 10, 2025
| title     = Big and Little Spoons
| image     = big_and_little_spoons_2x.png
| imagesize = 662x259px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|This page was created by a SAME-SIZED SPOON. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}

{{w|Spooning}} is the intimate (and sometimes, but not always, sexual) act of laying down so that one's fore is directly up against the back of another person. A common colloquial term for people in this position is to refer to the two participants as "big spoon" (the one behind) and "little spoon" (the one in front). Cueball points out that the colloquialism does not have any basis in reality due to how spoons nest; commonly, spoons of the the same size will form a relatively uniform stack, which may be handy with a full complement if {{w|cutlery}} that is stored together in functional groups, while the spoons of differing sizes would rest awkwardly due to the different curvature in their handles. There ''may'' be an exception for a {{w|File:Swedish Measuring Spoon Set.jpeg|measuring spoon ''set''}}, or one-person camping set (perhaps small spoon, large spoon, plus knife and fork; or involving [[419: Forks and Spoons|hybrid]] {{w|Combination eating utensils|flatware}}), where one of each type is deliberately designed to be nested/packed against the others.)

The last panel reveals that he is {{tvtropes|ExiledToTheCouch|sleeping on the couch}}, presumably because of his nitpickery regarding the colloquialism. From another room, someone else - presumably Megan - realizes that he is addressing anyone who is listening about this, and expresses annoyance that he hasn't let the matter go; Cueball merely insists that he's ''right'', indicating his refusal to let the matter slide.

The title text asks whether you are annoying spoon or sleepy spoon, which, in this context, most likely means to ask whether you are like Cueball (who is annoying) or like his sleepy partner.

==Transcript==
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:[Close up shot of Cueball's head and neck. Cueball is facing the left and has his arm raised.] 
:Cueball: Some people like to be the big spoon.

:[Cueball's face and neck are still the only elements visible. Cueball is facing the right now and has lowered his hand.]
:Cueball: Some people like to be the little spoon.

:[A big spoon sitting atop a little spoon and a little spoon sitting atop a big spoon are depicted.]
:And some brave truth-tellers point out that the metaphor makes no sense because different-sized spoons don't nest right ''either'' way. You nest ''same''-sized spoons.

:[Cueball is lying alone on a couch.]
:...and apparently ''we'' sleep on the couch.
:[Voice from outside the panel:]
:Voice: Why are you ''still'' going on about the spoon thing?
:Cueball: Because I'm ''right!''

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