Mechanically/electronically-induced percussion or pseudo-percussion (e.g. you're trying to play in a session and some lamebrain simply HAS to join in and, quite undeterred by the fact that he can't play an instrument, starts rattling his car keys or tapping his beer glass, usually with a metal object. To me, spoons border on this category - I hate the bloody things! Even when played in rhythm - which they often aren't - they're just noisemakers. Adrien, I'm with you 1000%.

If you haven't seen this thread (containing Con Fada O'Driscoll's "The Great Spoons Murder"), do:

http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=67631