This challenge is an indirect writing exercise. Indirect because I'm not actually going to write but it's a practice in creative/divergent thinking which is the life source of fictional writing. I was inspired by RSA's video Changing Education Paradigms. They mentioned a test in which they asked people to think up as many uses as they can for a paper clip. Some could come up with 200 unique uses. I've always been meaning to give it a try just for the fun of it. However, instead of a paper clip I'm going to use a fork. This exercise is untimed and you stop when you can't think of any more ideas. It's also fun to set a number goal or to make it a game between friends to see who can come up with the most uses. Feel free to try it yourself with whatever object you wish. If you post your list on a blog or website please leave a link below in the comments. I'd be great to see all the ideas you guys come up with.
- Eat . . (I won't list every food on the planet)
- Feed another person or animal
- Scramble things
- Mix things
- Stir stuff
- Poke things or people
- Give it to a small farmer as a pitch fork
- Give it to to a small mermaid to use it as a trident
- Use it as a make-shift comb
- Dig around in the dirt
- Use it to catapult stuff
- Bend it and make modern art
- Scratcher
- Get something out of a fire
- Cook marshmallows
- Murder weapon
- Tool of torture
- Use it as the stick for a musical triangle
- Stick it up into the sky during a storm as a lightning rod
- Pry open stuff
- Stick it in the ground and watch the shadow like a sun dial to tell the time
- Conductor's baton
- Marker in a really big book
- Stick it in a wall and hang stuff on protruding end
- Use it as a toy and imagine it whatever you want it to be
- Pick your teeth with
- Take a picture of it
- Play spin the fork
- Stick in a time capsule so that it may be preserved for future generations
- Melt it and use the metal to make something else
- Wand
- Be a hungry monster for Halloween and use it as an accessory
- Prop in a play
- Throw it away
- Donate it
- Give it as a gift
- Practise telekinesis
- Inspire a blog post
- Draw it
- Tie it on a string and use it as a Christmas tree ornament
- Bend it into an oval and you have a bracelet
- Glint it in the sun as a signal
- Bend it into a horse shoe shape and play horseshoes
- Go up to a person who speaks a different language and point at the fork and learn what fork is in their language
- If the fork is made out of wood you can burn it
- If the fork is made out of an edible material eat it
- Set the table
- Weight
- Make a texture on a soft surface by impressing the fork on it
- Use it in a science experiment to test metal properties
- Make a wind chime with multiple forks
- Kite handle
- Handle can be a straight edge to draw a line
- Break off middle prongs and you have a difficult field goal for paper football
- Break off all the prongs but one, dip it in ink and you can write a little
- Card holder for desk(Stick the handle in a wad of clay and weave a card through the prongs)
- Make a small rake by spreading prongs and bending the ends
- Become super famous and auction your fork off to your fans
- Prop something open
- Form a code with a series of tapping using a fork
1 comment:
Dear Mandy,
Yesterday I discovered your post by chance...
Here is my uses for a fork list (in spanish and catalan)
http://www.spoonch.com/2013/07/10-maneras-de-usar-un-tenedor/
Regards from Barcelona
Joan
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