I think it would fun to buy a Swiss Champ, then take it apart and graft in a 3' long section of stuff that matches the original knife parts to make the MONSTER knife. It wouldn't have to do anything useful, but you could use it as a club to pummel persons of differing opinons (or people who mock your knife). Randy Bergum 1990 Carat Fullerton, CA
> [Original Message] > From: Wil Haslup <whaslup@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Date: 2/17/2007 2:06:39 PM > Subject: Re: Swiss Army Knife - Necessary Tool Content > > Ronald Michaels wrote: > > > So, he used his Land Rover to fix his Swiss Army Knife. Africa is full of > > stories of how "I used my Swiss Army Knife to fix my Land Rover." The > > inverse problem is harder. > > Speaking of Swiss Army knives... > > I recently tripped over this link to the $1200 mother of all Swiss Army > knives... > > http://www.wengerna.com/browse/product.jsp?prod_id=1260&cat_id=1&cat_name=Kn ives&sub_cat_id=23 > > ..try driving over that one, let alone just hanging it on your belt! > > > -- > Sincerely, > > -- Wil > > "Would Albert Einstein ever have hit upon the theory of relativity if he > hadn't been clever? All these tremendous leaps forward have been taken > in the dark. Would Rutherford ever have split the atom if he hadn't > tried? Could Marconi have invented the radio if he hadn't by pure chance > spent years working at the problem? Are these amazing breakthroughs ever > achieved except by years and years of unremitting study? Of course not." > -- Presenter > -- Monty Python's Flying Circus - Epi. 38 - The Gathering Storm > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.2/692 - Release Date: 2/18/2007 4:35 PM |
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