[Corin Stormhands]

These gross people (the "couple" on the right of course) use silverware...

I don't see how you rate silverware usage as a plus for the elves...

[Overtaxed]

I can see Haldir polishing all that silverware. LOL

[Lil'freeper]

I don't see how you rate silverware usage as a plus for the elves...

That's because you're thinking like a dwarf. Eating with grubby little fingers (grimey, nasty fingernails), belching, snorting, saving food in beards for later is gross.