Spoonverine

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Unlike my unusually apt friend Blake, I am a bit fuzzy on the circumstances surrounding the birth of Spoonverine. Blake has an uncanny astuteness about him when it comes to the details of short-lived, circumstantial jokes of long ago. A veritable prodigy of inside jokes, if you will. So I am going to count on having the missing parts of this story filled in via comments; I may even copy them into a follow-up post to ensure that no part of Spoonverine’s rich history is overlooked by casual readers.

In any case, I think it began whilst eating lunch with Blake and Ryan.

Spoonverine is an unlikely superhero; as you may have guessed from the name, he bears similarity to a certain popular X-Men character. However, instead of adamantium claws, Spoonverine sprouts spoons. Regular dinner spoons. Depending on the recent quality of his diet, they may be composed of stainless steel or white plastic.

Spoonverine bears the voice and general mannerisms of Towely (from South Park). Not so much the drug addiction, however. His most common catchphrase is, of course, “Anybody need a spoon?” After saying that, he will usually extend some spoons, accompanied by a sort of “shink” sound effect. Note that they don’t actually make that noise; Spoonverine says “shink” whenever he does it.

Spoonverine is usually found eating cereal, or soup, or any other food that requires a spoon. He inexplicably does this with a spoon still attached to his hand, regardless of the fact that the spoons do detach (he can continue produce them infinitely, though doing so takes time and energy).

And that’s Spoonverine! At least, that’s the extend of my recollection, and since I’ve already embarrassed myself far more than necessary, I’ll leave it at that.