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The time and headspace required for a proposed undertaking
We don’t have the spoons to do that right now
Derived from the expression elephants and teaspoons (qv)
Joy – 2020s
Joy Healiff (Iliff) – offspring of owners
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That is at least partially where the expression came from but it came into my lexicon through Rhys (from College) using it. It stuck with me because of elephants and spoons. IT is relatively widespread now so I am not sure where Rhys and the wider neurodivergent community came across it.
—Joy, 12 Feb 2024