Posted on 05/26/2005 7:26:25 PM PDT by aculeus
Ice picks, forks, screwdrivers, nails, pocket knives, nail files, ink pens, pencils, drill bits.......bananas
"You can have my 8" Chef's knife if you can get it "from my cold dead hands!"
LOL!. That makes two of us, along with my assortment of parers of varying shapes and sizes and my boning knife.
I don't believe for a minute that they found 10 *real* chefs that would say that all you need is a short birdseye parer. *Every* professional chef or cook I've known (and that's a few over the last 30+ years :) is fanatical about their knives, carrying them with them in cases, often engraved, and woe to anyone who dares to touch them, albeit for good reason.
Not to mention that, contrary to what's being advocated here, dull blades are infinitely more dangerous in daily life than sharp ones.
I have 27 knives in my kitchen, no two alike, each with a specific weight, length, style of blade and purpose. None of them was designed as a weapon. I have OTHER knives for that!
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." ~Sigmund Freud, "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"
Your love of daggers sounds like you are ____________ and _____________.
Julia Child is turning in her grave.
British doctors want to ban SCALPELS ?
"I have 27 knives in my kitchen, no two alike, each with a specific weight, length, style of blade and purpose. None of them was designed as a weapon.
I hear ya. :) Sadly, most people don't realize that "balance"(which is different for each person) is also important to prevent fatigue and injury.
I also have at least a dozen pairs of scissors in varying lengths for specific tasks and no, round edge kiddie scissors won't do these jobs. :)
>I have OTHER knives for that!"
Who needs knives? I keep a broom with a long wooden handle handy at work, among other *supposedly* "non-lethal" items. "Anything" can become a weapon and you can't "outlaw" everything.
"____________ and _____________."
I shudder to think what the "blanks" say....;))
No need to ban anything. Like always, banning will just encourage more useage. So, instead of banning, just place a prohibitive tax on them and people will stop using them because they cost so much.
People will have to find other ways to commit Ginsu-icide.....:))
Oh, well. Once private ownership of firearms was banned, this was inevitable.
More people die in their bathtubs than by knives. Should the government require people to register for the right to take a bath?
What about strangulation, by hands?
good point
I say cut off all their hands ... then they can't hold guns or knives or strangle anyone.
Of cource if you outlaw hands , then only outlaws will have hands.
And rocks, and breakable glass and hammers and fists and scary dogs and, and....
No one in England will be safe until they've conquered the scourge of "fresh fruit".
This is a comedy thread, right? Someone please tell me it's so...
What steak? These are the same kind of people who deem that "thou shalt not eat meat". They'll just outlaw that at the same time.
British doctors want to ban SCALPELS ?
The next step in nationalised health care? I better shut up now, else I give Hitliary ideas.
"What steak? These are the same kind of people who deem that "thou shalt not eat meat". They'll just outlaw that at the same time."
There is actually a college "professor" in Californicate (prolly wymyns studies) that spews the nonsense that the eating of meat is the domination of women.
"The Colt 45 made all men and women the same size."
That is an excellent point about guns, in fact I've been thinking about your post since last night. It's a point that's not made often enough. I'm going to try this argument out on my lefty, gun-hating, but law & order minded, friend the next time we get into an argument on this subject.
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