h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

While the composition and use of spoons has been so brilliantly touched upon,no research would be complete without mention of that most famous of spoons,
THE SILVER SPOON.
A Spoon found in the mouths of the new-born children of wealthy families which apparently guarantees the infant a better quality of life than most,although extensive research over many years and right around the globe has so far failed to produce physical or even photographic evidence of its existence.
One theory forwarded(unsubstanciated)as to the lack of evidence of the SILVER SPOON's existence is that Doctors/Midwifes have always considered the Spoon to be theirs and so claim it to subsidise their traditionally low charges.