Oh sure, the food on somebody else's plate always tastes better.

Fortunately, you never leave home without your handy-dandy Freeloader Fork. It's got a telescoping handle and a reach of about two feet - immediately putting you at an advantage at all family-style dinners and buffet lines.

Demonstrate how well it works when lazing on your side at next weekend's picnic. While everyone else has to say things like, "Pass the potato salad already, you greedy porker!" you can quickly and easily pierce the starchy tuber without enlisting anyone's help or changing body position.

The stainless steel instrument can be licked clean and used an infinite number of times. And it goes hand in hand with the Sneaky Spoon, another eating utensil that eliminates the distinction between "yours" and "mine."

So snatch up one for yourself.

Before they're out of reach.

• Sneak tastes of your friends' desserts
• Move particularly icky things
• Poke people at safe distance
• Backscratcher?
• Great alternative to laser pointer
• Measurements: 9 1/2"L; 25 1/2"L at maximum extension