Thank you, Sweet WO'N--I knew there had to be a reason I am not afraid to die! I wonder if, when he wrote that, he knew how powerful it would become? Gives us all something to aspire to.

About the spoons--my bet is that it relates to things I've read about light-fingered dinner guests stealing the silverware. Possibly spoons because they were least likely to be missed, or else least likely to poke holes or show an outline in the pocket of the thief?