China - give me a fork

The Chinese people have a reputation as being a very intelligent people. But I'm not so sure. Just look at the Chinese restaurant. They start you off by bringing you tea. That's great , but when you pick up your cup you burn your hands! "Why" you may ask, "do you burn your hands"? I'll tell you why. Because there are no handles on chinese tea cups! How can a culture be around for 4000+ years and not invent a cup with handles? Or at least copy off of some other culture? Surely someone in the Ming dynasty should have said "hey, look at what those Etruscans are doing with cups these days. I think we can knock those off pretty cheaply". At least they could have come up with something like "tea gloves" to protect their hands. Maybe they just prefer callouses on their fingers. Cups without handles are not the worst feature of the Chinese restaurant, however, that distinction goes to chopsticks. How smart an idea is it to pick up your food with two miniature spears? They aren't even attached. You have to work them independently in the same hand. These tools are similar to those found with Neanderthal man 30,000 years ago. it may be time for some updating. Some people just have to use them to enhance their Chinese food eating experience (or so they say). I think they just like to show off. Face it Chinese people - Forks kick chopstick ass any day. Their easier to use and far more efficient. If you didn't clump your rice into sticky balls you would probably starve to death. So maybe Chinese people aren't so smart . Although they did come up with the egg roll. A perfect food that doesn't require any utensils at all. H'mm - food for thought.