Postcards: Why is the Cork on the Fork?

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Dear Fellow Expat:

In the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Steve Martin plays an American con man - Freddie Benson - who teams up with Michael Caine (his character is Lawrence Jamieson) to usurp money from wealthy women.

At one point, “Freddie” portrays a character named “Ruprict.”

Ruprict is the “challenged” brother of Caine’s pretend character, a freedom-fighting prince. During dinner with one of the wealthy targets, Ruprict uses a fork with a wine cork on it to eat apple sauce.

“Why is the cork on the fork?” asks an unsuspecting woman...

“To prevent him from hurting himself... and others," Caine boasts.